The WNBA season tips off Friday night, and two former Indiana women’s basketball players open the season on rosters.
Mackenzie Holmes enters her second season with the Seattle Storm looking to make more of an impact. The forward played sparingly last year, appearing in 10 games for the Storm, with double-digit minutes in only one contest. Holmes played in the WNBL in Australia over the offseason, averaging 21.8 points and 9.6 rebounds per game and earning an All-WNBL first team selection. The Gorham, Maine native averaged 17 minutes per game across Seattle’s two preseason games.
Meanwhile, Shay Ciezki earned a spot with the Phoenix Mercury as one of the team’s developmental players. Those two spots are reserved for younger players, with three years or fewer of service time, and is a new addition this season. In that slot, Ciezki can play in up to 12 games this year. The Mercury made only two draft selections this year, both international players who are not on the roster. Ciezki, an undrafted free agent, won one of the developmental slots over a number of other players including former Hoosier Yarden Garzon and fellow All-American honorable mention Maggie Doogan.
Grace Berger spent preseason with the Dallas Wings, but didn’t survive roster cuts and was waived.
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