McKenzie Forbes
No. 34 – Los Angeles Sparks | |
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Position | Guard / Forward |
League | WNBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Folsom, California, U.S. | June 23, 2000
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 174 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
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College | California (2018–2019) Harvard (2019–2023) USC (2023–2024) |
WNBA draft | 2024: 3rd round, 28th overall pick |
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks | |
Playing career | 2024–present |
Career history | |
2024–present | Los Angeles Sparks |
McKenzie Forbes (born June 23, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at California, Harvard, and USC.
High school[edit]
Forbes attended Folsom High School in Folsom, California.[1]
College career[edit]
Freshman season[edit]
Forbes attended University of California, Berkeley where she played for the California Golden Bears.[2]
Sophomore season[edit]
Forbes transferred to Harvard, where she planned to play for the Crimson. However, the school canceled the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Junior season[edit]
Forbes played her junior season for the Crimson, where she averaged 14.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game.[2]
Graduate season[edit]
After graduating from Harvard and being ineligible to play for the Crimson anymore, Forbes transferred to the University of Southern California, where she played for the USC Trojans women's basketball team.[4][5][6]
Career statistics[edit]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College[edit]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2018–19 | California | 33 | 0 | 16.9 | 36.9 | 36.6 | 65.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
2019–20 | Harvard | Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules | |||||||||||
2020–21 | Harvard | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||
2021–22 | Harvard | 24 | 23 | 27.4 | 37.4 | 34.9 | 76.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 14.1 |
2022–23 | Harvard | 32 | 31 | 30.6 | 41.5 | 40.1 | 74.4 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 13.7 |
2023–24 | USC | 35 | 35 | 34.0 | 38.4 | 37.4 | 78.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 14.3 |
Career | 124 | 89 | 27.3 | 38.9 | 37.4 | 75.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 11.7 | |
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7] |
Professional career[edit]
WNBA[edit]
Los Angeles Sparks (2024–present)[edit]
Forbes was selected as the 28th pick in the 3rd round of the 2024 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks.
References[edit]
- ^ Davidson, Joe. "How Folsom's McKenzie Forbes put on a show at McDonald's All-American showcase". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ a b Schnell, Lindsay. "JuJu Watkins has powered USC into Elite Eight. Meet the 'Yoda' who's helped her dominate". USA Today. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Abraham, Yvonne. "For McKenzie Forbes, transferring to Harvard has been a case of sibling revelry". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Nguyen, Thuc Nhi. "Meet the sister-brother duo celebrating their March Madness moments together". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Kirschenbaum, Alex. "USC Women's Basketball: McKenzie Forbes Added To Women's College All-Star Watch List". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Evans, Luca. "'We have no knuckleheads': How USC women's basketball is clicking and winning". The Orange County Register. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ "Mckenzie Forbes College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- Living people
- 2000 births
- American women's basketball players
- USC Trojans women's basketball players
- California Golden Bears women's basketball players
- Harvard Crimson women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Sacramento County, California
- Sportspeople from Folsom, California
- Los Angeles Sparks draft picks