Career Honors

• Anne Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year winner (2025-26)
• Consensus First-Team All-American (2025-26)
• SEC Player of the Year (2025-26; Coaches, USA Today)
• Finalist for the Wade Trophy, Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and Honda Award (2025-26)
• All-SEC First Team (2024-25, 2025-26)
• CSC First-Team Academic All-America (2025-26)
• USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Year (2024-25)
• USBWA All-American Second Team (2024-25)
• ESPN All-America Second Team (2024-25)
• The Sporting News All-America Second Team (2024-25)
• The Athletic All-American Second Team (2024-25)
• Associated Press All-American Third Team (2024-25)
• WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (2024-25)
• SEC Freshman of the Year – Coaches (2024-25)
• USA Today SEC Newcomer of the Year (2024-25)
• All-SEC First Team (2024-25)
• Seven-time SEC Freshman of the Week (2024-25)
• SEC Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 11, 2025)
• Four-Time USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week (2024-25)
• Two-Time AP Player of the Week (2024-25)
• Three-time TWSA Player of the Week (2024-25)

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
• Ranks third in NCAA history, and first in the SEC, for most points scored over the first two seasons with 1,687 points
• 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
• Became just the second NCAA player in the 21st century to score 30 or more points against five-straight ranked opponents
• Became the first Vanderbilt women’s basketball player to lead the nation in scoring, and the first SEC player since LSU’s Seimone Augustus (22.7 ppg) in 2005-06
• 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 (Jan. 6, Feb. 10, March 3), while she was named the Anne Meyers Drysdale National Players of the Week by the USBWA four times and was the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Week on 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
• Named USA Basketball’s 2025 5-on-5 Female Athlete of the Year after leading Team USA in scoring en route to winning the gold medal at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup

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 were 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

The Blakes File

• 2024 McDonald’s All-American
• 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