USC Women's Basketball: Trojans Star Lands In Top 10 For Prestigious NCAA Award

Heck yeah!

USC Women of Troy grad student small forward McKenzie Forbes has been named to the midseason Cheryl Miller Award Top Ten List, per a Trojans press statement. The honor is reserved for the best player at the three spot in the college game, named after one of the position's GOATs, two-time Trojans national champion and three-time Naismith Player of the Year Cheryl Miller.

As the press statement notes, Forbes had been penciled in as a preseason favorite to compete for the Miller Award way back in the fall. She's delivered, and then some, during her inaugural year at the Galen Center. 

The six-foot Folsom native was named to the Ivy League Madness All-Tournament Team during a standout senior season with the Harvard Crimson, and to the 2021-22 All-Ivy League Team during her junior year.

This year, Forbes has continued her production apace with the 13-3 Trojans, the No. 11-ranked club in he land. She scored a career-best 36 points during the Trojans win against Long Beach State, and was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week and the USBWAA Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Week for her Herculean effort.

She's averaging 13.3 points on .400/.373/.667 shooting splits, 3.2 rebounds and 3.2 dimes across 16 contests.