Mackenzie Holmes joins IU women’s basketball program as graduate manager

The IU women’s basketball program is adding the best player in program history to the bench for the 2024-25 season. Mackenzie Holmes will be among two graduate managers joining the program this upcoming season.

Holmes, who graduated in May, will return for one more year on the bench as part of the group of managers as she recovers from knee surgery that will sideline her for the entire WNBA season.

Holmes finished her IU women’s basketball career ranked as the all-time leading scorer and games won, among other distinctions.

Holmes was selected 26th overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2024 WNBA Draft where she will begin her professional career next season.

Below is the full release from the IU women’s basketball program.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s basketball has announced the addition of the program’s all-time leading scorer Mackenzie Holmes and Lauren Fields as graduate managers for the 2024-25 season.

Holmes recently wrapped up her decorated career at Indiana where she played in 147 games for the Hoosiers in five seasons. She finished her career ranking first in the program as the all-time leading scorer (2,530) and in field goals made (1,043), field goal percentage (63.9) and games won (123). Holmes led the team to four NCAA Tournament runs in her career, most recently to the Sweet Sixteen in 2024. She averaged a team-high of 19.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game in her fifth year.

The Gorham, Maine native earned unanimous All-Big Ten First Team, All-Big Ten Defensive team, USWBA and AP All American selections in her last year. Over her five-year career, Holmes earned eight All-American selections, the program’s first First Team All-American.

Following her illustrious career, Holmes was selected 26^th overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2024 WNBA Draft in April. She will join the Storm for Training Camp in 2025. Holmes graduated with a bachelor’s degree in human development & family studies in May 2023 and began her master’s degree work in 2023-24.

Fields wrapped up a five-year playing career in March as she spent her final year of eligibility at West Virginia in 2023-24, Fields started in all 33 games for the Mountaineers and 302 points, 99 rebounds and 77 steals in her lone season. She was a three-year letter winner from Oklahoma State where she played in 83 games for the Cowgirls, making 66 starts. As a junior OSU, she earned a Second Team All-Big 12 accolades, with a team-high 15.4 points per game. In the classroom, she is a two-time Academic All-Big 12 first team honoree. She also spent one year at Arizona, where she earned 30 starts and appeared in all 32 games (2022-23).

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