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McKenzie Forbes

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Jun 23, 2000
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College / Country
USC / USA
Draft
2024 Rnd 3 Pick 28
Experience
Rookie

About McKenzie

COLLEGE — USC, 2023-24 — Named to Portland Region 3 All-Tournament Team …. named to Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 List … named toCheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Preseason Watch List … earned All-Pac-12 Team, Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player and Pac-12 Player of the Week (12/26) honors … USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week (12/27) … Started all 35 games in her graduate season … averaged 14.3 points, 3.3 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game … scored 1,000th career point vs. Cal Poly on 11/28 … averaged 17.3 ppg at Pac-12 Tournament … scored in double digits in USC’s last six games, including all four NCAA Tournament games … scored a career-high 36 points at Long Beach State, including a career-high 13 free throws made on 16 attempts … season-high six 3-pointers made in NCAA Second Round vs. Kansas … shot .400+ from beyond the arc 14 times.  

2019-2022, Harvard — Named to Second Team All-Ivy League (2021-22) … appeared in 24 games with 23 starts, averaging 27.6 minutes per game in her junior season … averaged 14.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game (21-22) … did not compete in first season at Harvard due to NCAA transfer rules. 

2018-19, University of California — Played freshman season with the Bears … earned All-Pac-12 Freshman Honorable Mention … appeared in all 33 games, averaging 17.0 minutes per game … averaged 5.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game and made 34 threes … scored a season-high 22 points vs. Harvard (12/30/18) … two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week. 

HIGH SCHOOL — Four-year letterwinner and captain at Folsom High School (Folsom, California) … Named a McDonald’s All-American … named a Jordan Brand Classic All-American … 2018 McDonald’s All-American 3-Point Shooting Champion … selected to the Canada Ballin’ Across Borders Global Games … named the Sacramento Bee Player of the Decade for 2010-20 … 2018 Sacramento Bee Player of the Year … named to the First Team All-City from 2016-18 … Three-time Sierra Foothill League MVP from 2016-18 … named to the First Team All-State and First Team All-Northern California in 2018 … earned an ESPN 5 Star ranking in 2018 … selected as an alternate for the 2018 USA U19 Team … Folsom all-time leading scorer … played AAU for the Cal Stars … folsom Hope STARS After School Program volunteer … participant in the Hooked on Books Literacy Campaign … coached 13U travel girls basketball. 

INTERNATIONAL — Selected as a reserve player for the 2018 USA National Team. 

PERSONAL — Born June 23, 2000 in Beverly Hills, California …. daughter of Sasha and Sterling Forbes … has three brothers: Marcus, Max and Mason … Mason, also played basketball at Harvard (2019-22) … father, Sterling Forbes Jr., played at Texas State and professionally in Argentina and with the Harlem Globetrotters … grandfather, Sterling Forbes Sr., was an All-American at Pepperdine, a 1960 draft pick of the Los Angeles Lakers, and spent three years with the Harlem Globetrotters.  

TRANSACTIONS — Drafted No. 28 overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2024 WNBA Draft … waived by Los Angeles in May 2024 … signed a training camp contract with the Wings in February 2025.  

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