Mack is heading to the PNW.
Another Hoosier is set to join the professional ranks as former Indiana forward Mackenzie Holmes was selected by the Seattle Storm with the 26th pick in the 2024 WNBA draft earlier tonight:
Despite offseason knee surgery and plans to spend the 2024 season recovering, Holmes entered her name in the draft with the hope that she’d be good to go by training camp in 2025.
Simply put, Holmes is the greatest player in the history of Indiana women’s basketball. The Gorham, Maine native finished her five-year career as the program’s all-time scoring leader and led the Hoosiers to their first Big Ten title in 40 years (2023), three Sweet Sixteens (2021-22, 24) and an Elite Eight (2021).
Holmes, an eight-time All-American and the 2023 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, ranked third in the country in field goal percentage (65%) last season and spent the year adding midrange shooting and the ability to run the floor to her game.
The traits she showcased, while less than 100% no less, are probably what warranted Seattle to invest in her. It’ll be a long year but we cannot wait to see all the great things Mack does in the pros.