| McKenzie Forbes | |
| Number: | 5 |
| Position: | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lbs: | 174 |
| League: | NBL1 South |
| Team: | Waverley Falcons |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Folsom, California, U.S. |
| High School: | Folsom (Folsom, California) |
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| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Draft Year: | 2024 |
| Draft Round: | 3 |
| Draft Pick: | 28 |
| Draft Team: | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Career Start: | 2024 |
| Years1: | 2024–present |
| Team1: | Waverley Falcons |
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McKenzie Forbes (born June 23, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Waverley Falcons of the NBL1 South. She was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2024 WNBA draft. She played college basketball at California, Harvard, and USC.
Forbes attended Folsom High School in Folsom, California.[1]
Forbes began her college basketball career for the California Golden Bears.[2]
Following her freshman year, she transferred to Harvard, where she planned to play for the Crimson. However, the school cancelled the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] During her junior year at Harvard, she averaged 14.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game.[2]
After graduating from Harvard and being ineligible to play for the Crimson anymore, Forbes transferred to USC for the 2023–24 season.[4] [5] [6]
|-| 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;"| Harvard| style="text-align:center;" colspan="12" |Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Harvard| style="text-align:center;" colspan="12" |Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Harvard| 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| style="text-align:left;"| Harvard|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;"| USC|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 Sports-Reference.[7]
Forbes was drafted in the third round, 28th overall, by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2024 WNBA draft. On May 12, 2024, Forbes was waived by the Sparks.[8]
Forbes joined the Waverley Falcons of the NBL1 South and helped them win the 2024 NBL1 South championship.[9]