BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — The Indiana women’s basketball team announced in a statement Press release On Monday, Hoosier legend Mackenzie Holmes will be a graduate manager on the staff for this season.
Holmes finished her Indiana career last season after playing five years for the Hoosiers. She was named an AP First-Team All-American in 2022-23, the first in Indiana program history. She was also named a two-time First-Team All-Big Ten and made an All-Big Ten team three times.
She is Indiana’s all-time leading scorer with 2,530 points and ranks first in Indiana program history in wins (123).
The Hoosiers have reached the NCAA Tournament four times when she was there, including an Elite 8 appearance in 2020-21 and, most recently, a Sweet 16 appearance last season.
Holmes was Selected by the Seattle Storm with the 26th overall pick in the third round of the WNBA Draft in April. She will miss this year’s entire WNBA season due to knee surgery.
She will go to Storm training camp in 2025.
Holmes will join former teammate Ali Patberg on the team. Patberg was promoted to full-time assistant coach for the upcoming 2024-25 season. She was an assistant coach for the first time last season, as well as team and recruiting coordinator.
According to the release, it was also announced that Lauren Fields will be a graduate manager. Fields concluded her five-year college career in March. She played three seasons at Oklahoma State, where she was second-team All-Big 12 as a junior in 2021-22. She then transferred to Arizona for one season and completed her career at West Virginia last season.
Indiana went 26-6 last season and finished tied for second in the Big Ten with a 15-3 conference record. The Hoosiers’ season ended in the Sweet 16 when they lost to eventual national champion South Carolina.