Wildwood’s Macie McCracken officially signs with West Chester

Posted: November 14th 2024

Wildwood standout Macie McCracken has signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball at Division II West Chester.

By BRIAN CUNNIFF

CapeAtlanticLive.com

One of the best female athletes in Wildwood High School history has cemented her college choice.

Macie McCracken, who verbally committed to play basketball at Division II West Chester earlier this fall, signed a National Letter of Intent during a ceremony at Wildwood to make her decision official Wednesday afternoon.

Dozens of family members, friends, teammates, coaches and administrators were on hand for the event.

With her senior season still to go, McCracken is already one of the most accomplished scorers in the history of Cape May County high school girls basketball. She’ll enter her final high school season with 1,782 career points, putting her on pace to become just the fourth girls basketball in county history to eclipse 2,000 career points.

A 5-8 guard, McCracken averaged 22.7 points, 10.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists while also connecting on a state-best 107 three-pointers as a junior. She has 275 career three-pointers, believed to be a Cape May County record.

McCracken has helped Wildwood to a pair of South Jersey Group I championships, as a freshman in 2022 and as a junior last winter. The Lady Warriors lost in the sectional title game during her sophomore season in 2023.

McCracken is also an elite distance runner who participates in cross country and spring track. Earlier this month, she won the South Jersey Group I individual cross country championship by completing the course at DREAM Park in Logan Township in 18 minutes, 38.27 seconds, a time that represented the best of her career on any course.

McCracken went on to place sixth at the state Group I championship meet at Holmdel Park last weekend to qualify for this weekend’s Meet of Champions.

McCracken will join a West Chester team that is annually one of the best in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Last season, the Golden Rams finished 24-7 overall, 18-4 PSAC, and qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament. This season, West Chester takes a record of 0-2 into Thursday’s non-conference matchup at Holy Family.

McCracken’s two older sisters each played college basketball. Mackenzie competed for four seasons at Widener, while Maddie played two seasons at Stockton before graduating early. McCracken’s father, Scott, is the longtime boys basketball coach at Wildwood High.