Career Highs
Points: 55, at Auburn, Feb. 16, 2025
Rebounds: 10, twice, at Western Kentucky, Feb. 16, 2025; Illinois, March 23, 2026
Assists: 9, Illinois, March 23, 2026
Steals: 7, Appalachian State, Dec. 1, 2025
Blocks: 2, at LSU, Jan. 13, 2025
FG Made: 16, at Florida, Jan. 30, 2025
3-Pt FG Made: 7, at Oklahoma, Feb. 20, 2025
FT Made: 23, at Auburn, Feb. 16, 2025
Double-Doubles: 2
10-Plus Point Games: 66
20-Plus Point Games: 49
30-Plus Point Games: 18
40-Plus Point Games: 2
50-Plus Point Games: 2
Career Honors
- 14-time All-American
- 2025-26 Anne Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year
- 2025-26 Consensus First-Team All-American (AP, USBWA, WBCA, Wooden, ESPN, The Sporting News, USA Today, The Athletic)
- 2025-26 SEC Player of the Year (Coaches, USA Today)
- 2025-26 College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team
- Finalist for the Wade Trophy, Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and Honda Award (2025-26)
- 2025-26 NCAA Division I Scoring Champion (27.0 ppg)
- 2024-25 Second-Team All-American (USBWA, ESPN, The Sporting News, The Athletic)
- 2024-25 Associated Press All-America third team
- 2024-25 WBCA All-America honorable mention
- 2024-25 USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Year
- Two-time All-SEC first team (2024-25, 2025-26)
- 2024-25 SEC Freshman of the Year
- 2024-25 USA Today SEC Newcomer of the Year
- Five-Time AP Player of the Week (Feb. 4, 2025, Feb. 18, 2025, Jan. 6, 2026, Feb. 10, 2026, March 3, 2026)
- Four-time USBWA Anne Meyers Drysdale National Players of the Week (Nov. 30, 2025, Jan. 4, 2026, Feb. 15, 2026, March 1, 2026)
- Naismith Trophy National Player of the Week (Jan. 5, 2026)
- NCAA.com Player of the Week (Jan. 21, 2025)
- Four-Time USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week (Jan. 21, 2025, Jan. 28, 2025, Feb. 4, 2025, Feb. 18, 2025)
- Seven-time SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 18, 2025, Dec. 2, 2025, Jan. 6, 2026, Jan. 20, 2026, Feb. 19, 2026, Feb. 24, 2026, March 2, 2026)
- Seven-time SEC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 19, 2024, Nov. 26, 2024, Dec. 10, 2024, Jan. 28, 2026, Feb. 4, 2026, Feb. 11, 2026, Feb. 18, 2026)
- Nine-time TSWA Player of the Week
NCAA Records and Milestones
- NCAA freshman single-game scoring record (55 points at Auburn, Feb. 16, 2025)
- NCAA sophomore season scoring record (918 points in 2025-26)
- Ranks third in NCAA history, and first in the SEC, for most points scored over the first two seasons of a career with 1,687 points
- One of two players in NCAA history to record 53-plus points in a game twice in the same season, scoring 53 points at Florida (Jan. 30, 2025), then 17 days later registered a career-high 55 points at Auburn (Feb. 16, 2025)
- First NCAA freshman, and fourth NCAA Division I player since 1999-00, to have multiple 50-point games in the same season
- One of nine NCAA players to score 1,000 career points in 42 games or less
- First NCAA Division I player this century to have a game with 55 points, 5-plus rebounds and 5-plus assists (55 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast - at Auburn, Feb. 16, 2025)
- Became just the second NCAA player in the 21st century to score 30 or more points against five-straight ranked opponents (2025-26)
- Enters the 2026-27 season on a 53-game double-digit scoring streak, which is the longest in school history, and third-longest among active NCAA Division I players
SEC Records and Milestones
- SEC single-game scoring record holder (55 points at Auburn, Feb. 16, 2025)
- Modern SEC single-season (since 1981-82) scoring record holder (918 points in 2025-26)
- Twice set the SEC single-game scoring record, first with a 53-point performance at Florida (Jan. 30, 2025), then broke her own record with a 55-point outing at Auburn 17 days later
- Fastest SEC player to score 1,000 career points in the NCAA era (42 games)
- Only SEC player this century to average 30 over points in a game in league play (30.5 ppg) and score 30 or more points in 12 games league games
- Her 27.0 points per game average in 2025-26 is the second-highest for an SEC player, while it is the most points an SEC player averaged in a season since 1982-83
- 13th player in SEC history to earn Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year
- First sophomore to win SEC Player of the Year since A'ja Wilson in 2015-16
- Became the first SEC player to lead the nation in scoring since LSU’s Seimone Augustus in 2005-06
- Became the first freshman to win SEC Player of the Week since Candace Parker in 2006
Vanderbilt Records and Milestones
- First player in program history to earn All-America first team and Academic All-America first team honors (2025-26)
- Became the first Vanderbilt women’s basketball player to lead the nation in scoring when she averaged 27.0 points per game in 2025-26
- Single-season scoring record (918 points in 2025-26)
- Holds both the career scoring average (25.2 ppg) and single-season scoring average (27.0 ppg in 2025-26) records
- Single-game scoring record holder (55 points at Auburn, Feb. 16, 2025)
- Single-game record for most free throws made with 23 at Auburn on Feb. 16, 2025
- Freshman season scoring record (769 points in 2024-25)
- Freshman single-season scoring average record (23.3 ppg in 2024-25)
- Set the school's freshman scoring record on three seperate occassions, first with a 38-point effort vs. Georgia in her first SEC game on Jan. 2, 2025, then had 53 points at Florida on Jan. 30, 2025, to also set the school record and once more on Feb. 16, 2025, with her 55-point outing at Auburn
- Enters the 2026-27 season ranked No. 8 on Vanderbilt's all-time scoring list with 1,687 career points
As a Sophomore (2025-26)
- Led the nation in scoring at 27.0 points per game
- Set the NCAA Division I sophomore scoring record with 918 points
- Set the SEC and Vanderbilt single-season scoring records
- Only NCAA player in 2025-26 to hold a season average over 4.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.5 made 3-pointers
- Averaged 30.5 points per game in SEC games, making her the only SEC player this century to average 30 points or more in league contests
- Only NCAA player to rank in the top 25 nationally in scoring (1st; 27.0 ppg), steals per game (21st; 2.88) and 3-pointers made per game (20th; 2.82)
- Scored 30-plus points in 13 games, which were the most in the NCAA in 2025-26, while her 29 contests with 20 or more points also led the nation
- Fastest SEC player to score 1,000 career points in the NCAA era (1981-82), and was the quickest Commodore to score 1,000 points, at 42 games
- Ended the season ranked eighth on the Vanderbilt all-time scoring list with 1,687 points
- Had 11 games where she made 10-plus field goals and shot 50 percent or higher from the floor
- Collected her first two double-doubles with a 30-point, 10-rebound effort at Western Kentucky (Nov. 19) and in the NCAA Tournament second-round victory with a 25-point, 10-rebound performance over Illinois (March 23)
- Named the Associated Press National Player of the Week three times
- Named the Anne Meyers Drysdale National Players of the Week by the USBWA four times
- Naismith Trophy National Player of the Week (Jan. 5)
- Set the program record for most SEC Player of the Week selections with six
- Scored a season-high 38 points at Mississippi State on Jan. 15 and scored double-digit points in every game in 2025-26
- 15 games with a field goal percentage of 50 percent or higher
- 16 games with 5-plus assists, 10 games with 5-plus rebounds and three games with 5-plus steals
As a Freshman (2024-25)
- Appeared in 33 games with 32 starts in her first season at Vanderbilt
- Averaged 23.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.4 steals per game
- Joined Khamil Pierre (20.4 ppg) to make up the only pair of teammates in all of NCAA Division I to average over 20.0 points per game this season
- Her 23.3 points per game led the Commodores and was the highest scoring average among all NCAA Division I freshmen
- Led all freshmen nationally in seven categories
- Ranked second in the SEC in scoring (23.3 ppg), free throw percentage (88.5), points scored (769) and free throws made (193)
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week a program-record seven times (Nov. 19, Nov. 26, Dec. 10, Jan. 28, Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 18)
- Became the first freshman to win SEC Player of the Week since Candace Parker (’06) with her co-player of the week selection on Feb. 11
- First Commodore to be named AP Player of the Week (Feb. 4 and Feb. 18)
- Twice scored 50-plus points in a game over a 17-day stretch, first with 53 points at Florida on Jan. 30, then had 55 points at Auburn on Feb. 16
- Her 55 points at Auburn set an NCAA single-game record for most points scored by a freshman, surpassing the 54-point total scored by Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne during her redshirt freshman season in 2009-10
- Her 53 points at Florida was briefly an NCAA single-game record for most points scored by a true freshman
- Twice set the SEC and Vanderbilt women’s basketball single-game scoring records
- Scored 30-plus points in five games and registered 20-or-more points in 20 games
- Ended the 2024-25 season on a 19-game double-digit scoring streak
- Dished out 3-plus assists in 19 games and had three or more steals in 15 games
- Made three or more 3-point field goals in a game eight times with a season-high of seven trifectas at Oklahoma on Feb. 20
- Led Vanderbilt in scoring in 16 games and assists in 10 games
USA Basketball
- 2025 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year
- Played for the 2026 USA Women's Basketball 3x3 Women's Series team, participating in events in Tokyo, Bordeaux and Debrecen
- Participated in the April 2026 USA Women's National Training Team Camp in Phoenix, Arizona
- Led USA to a gold medal at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, where she was named Tournament MVP and the All-Star 5 after averaging a team-high 14.0 points per game
- Member of the 2024 USA Women's Nike Hoops Summit team and defeated the World Select team, 83-80
The Blakes File
- 2024 McDonald’s All-American
- Invited in Kelsey Plum's Dawg Camp in April 2025
- Attended Rutgers Prep in Franklin Township, New Jersey
- Participated in the 2024 McDonald’s All-American Game, where she scored 13 points and hit a pair of 3-pointers for the East team
- The 2024 McDonald’s All-American Games Knockout Champion
- The third McDonald’s All-American that has signed with Vanderbilt during head coach Shea Ralph’s tenure, joining Jordyn Oliver (2019) and Justine Pissott (2022)
- Highest-ranked prospect to sign with Vanderbilt under head coach Shea Ralph
- A five-star recruit according to HoopGurlz/espnW and ranked No. 8 nationally in the Class of 2024
- 2024 New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year
- Jordan Brand Classic All-American
- Represented Team USA at the second annual Nike Brand Hoops Summit
- Led the Rutgers Prep to a 24-5 record during her senior season and averaged 20.4 points, 3.6 steals, and 3.2 assists per game
- Guided Rutgers Prep to three-straight New Jersey Non-Public B State Championship games, winning the state title as a sophomore
- Played for the Philly Rise on the under-17 Nike EYBL circuit, the same program that Justine Pissott played for as a prep player
- A 4.0 student at Rutgers Prep
- Chose Vanderbilt over Indiana, UCLA, Stanford, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Rutgers
- Daughter of Monroe and Nikkia Blakes
- Her brother Jaylen played basketball at Duke and Stanford