Skylar Forbes

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Scarborough Prep
Hometown:
Markham, Ontario

Honors & Awards
All-BIG EAST First Team (2024-25, 2025-26)
BIG EAST Player of the Week (March 2, 2026)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 25, 2024, Dec. 2, 2024, Jan. 6, 2025, Jan. 27, 2025, Feb. 17, 2025, Nov. 10, 2025, Dec. 1, 2025, Dec. 8, 2025, Dec. 22, 2025, Feb. 9, 2026, Feb. 16, 2026)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2023- 24, 2024-25)

2025-26 (Jr.): Selected to All-BIG EAST First Team and BIG EAST All-Defensive Team … Appeared in 28 games with 23 starts ... Led the team, and ranked fifth in the BIG EAST, in scoring at 15.5 points per game ... Ranked 29th nationally in blocks per game at 1.79, leading the BIG EAST … Totaled 50 blocks ... Average 4.9 rebounds per game … Dished out a career-best 63 assists … Shot 45.0% (156-of-347) from the field ... Made 48 3-pointers, shooting 34.5% (48-of-139) … Connected on a career-best five 3-pointers against Villanova (1/4/26) … Matched career high of 26 points twice against Butler (12/7/25) and Truman State (12/20/25) ... Had seven 20-point games, sixth-most in the conference … Twice made a career-high 10 field goals versus Gonzaga (11/30/25) and Butler (1/25/26) … Posted double-doubles against Truman State (26 points, 11 rebounds) and Creighton (12 points, 10 rebounds) … Logged 31.2 minutes per game.

2024-25 (So.): Averaged a team-high 15.8 points and 5.9 rebounds starting in all 31 games played … All-BIG EAST First Team … Five-time BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection … Battle on the Banks Tournament Most Valuable Player … Eight 20-point games … Broke program record for blocks in a season with 56 … First in the BIG EAST and eighth in the nation shooting 90.9 percent (120-of-132), the second-highest free throw percentage in a single season in program history … Perfect from the free throw line in 19 contests … Made a team-high 49 threes … Grabbed six-or-more rebounds in 19 games … Scored in double-figures in 26-of-31 contests and in 15-of-18 conference games … Eight 20-point games … Led the team in scoring 16 times … Two double-doubles … Career-high 26 points and nine rebounds vs. DePaul (2/15) … 23 points, six rebounds and career-high five blocks in comeback win at Rutgers (11/29) … 23 points and eight boards vs. Villanova in BIG EAST Quarterfinals (3/8) … 25 points and eight rebounds at James Madison in WBIT Second Round (3/23) … 18 points and a career-high six assists at Drake in WBIT First Round (3/20) ... Played for Team Canada at the FIBA 3x3 Women's Series in Vienna in the summer of 2025.

2023-24 (Fr.): Averaged 4.7 points and 3.9 rebounds appearing in all 32 games with four starts … Had 14 points in collegiate debut vs. UT Martin (11/6) … Career-high 15 points and six rebounds at IUPUI (11/15) … First double-digit rebound game with 10 vs. Penn (12/3) ... 10 points and six rebounds in conference debut at UConn (12/31) … 10 points and three boards vs. Xavier (1/6) … 13 points and three rebounds at Butler (3/2) … 12 points and nine boards in BIG EAST tournament quarterfinal win over Villanova (3/9).

Prior to Marquette: Attended Bond Academy and played for Scarborough Prep in Toronto , Ontario … As a senior, averaged 17.5 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals … Juel League First Team All-Star as a junior and senior … Juel League All-Start game MVP in 2023… Named an Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA) Second Team All-Star as a senior … Was a four-time team captain (2020-2023) … Was a member of the U18 Canadian National team in 2022 … Participated in the Biosteel All-Canadian games in 2023 … Played club for Durham City Chameleons Juel from 2020-2023 … Helped lead team to back-to-back Juel League Championships in 2022 and 2023.

Personal: Daughter to Richard and Sharon Forbes … Born July 9, 2004 … Has three siblings, Brooklyn, Jaxon and Taylon … Majoring in criminology.