McKenzie Forbes (born June 23, 2000) is an American

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player for the

Waverley Falcons Waverley Falcons is a member club of the NBL1 South based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club fields both a men's and women's team. The club is a division of Waverley Basketball Association (WBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in t ...

of the NBL1 South. She was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in the

2024 WNBA draft The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s draft for the 2024 season, following the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, was held on April 15, 2024, the 29th draft in WNBA history. The draft took place at the Brooklyn ...

. She played college basketball at California,

Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, and

USC USC most often refers to: * University of South Carolina, a public research university ** University of South Carolina System, the main university and its satellite campuses **South Carolina Gamecocks, the school athletic program * University of ...

High school

Forbes attended

Folsom High School Folsom High School is a public secondary school in the western United States, located in Folsom, California, a suburb east of Sacramento. Established in 1922, it is a part of the Folsom Cordova Unified School District. School history The first ...

Folsom, California Folsom is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is commonly known for Folsom State Prison, the song "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash, as well as for Folsom Lake. The population was 80,454 at the 2020 census. Folsom is pa ...

College career

Forbes began her college basketball career for the

California Golden Bears The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as ''California'' or ''Cal'', the university fields 30 varsity athletic programs and various club te ...

. Following her freshman year, she transferred to

, where she planned to play for the Crimson. However, the school cancelled the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During her junior year at Harvard, she averaged 14.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game. After graduating from Harvard and being ineligible to play for the Crimson anymore, Forbes transferred to

for the 2023–24 season.

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", California , 33, , 0, , 16.9, , 36.9, , 36.6, , 65.7, , 1.5, , 1.4, , 0.2, , 0.4, , 1.1, , 5.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:center;" colspan="12" , ''Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules'' , - , style="text-align:left;",

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:center;" colspan="12" , ''Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic'' , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;",

, 24, , 23, , 27.4, , 37.4, , 34.9, , 76.8, , 3.8, , 2.5, , 1.1, , 0.6, , 1.8, , 14.1 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, style="text-align:left;",

, 32, , 31, , 30.6, , 41.5, , 40.1, , 74.4, , 3.9, , 2.3, , 0.8, , 0.3, , 2.5, , 13.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , style="text-align:left;",

, 35, , 35, , 34.0, , 38.4, , 37.4, , 78.1, , 3.1, , 3.3, , 0.8, , 0.2, , 2.2, , 14.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 124, , 89, , 27.3, , 38.9, , 37.4, , 75.2, , 3.0, , 2.4, , 0.7, , 0.3, , 1.9, , 11.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="14", Statistics retrieved from

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Professional career

Forbes was drafted in the third round, 28th overall, by the Los Angeles Sparks in the

. On May 12, 2024, Forbes was waived by the Sparks. Forbes joined the

of the NBL1 South and helped them win the 2024 NBL1 South championship.

References

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