Blake Julia Dietrick (born July 19, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. She played previously for the Atlanta Dream and the Seattle Storm in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the Gernika KESB in Spain. She played college basketball at Princeton.[1]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 19, 1993 Wellesley, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 169 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Wellesley (Wellesley, Massachusetts) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Princeton (2011–2015) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | San Antonio Stars | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Bendigo Spirit | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | AO Dafni Agioy Dimitriou | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||
| 2018-2020 | Gernika KESB | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||
| 2021-2022 | Le Mura Lucca | ||||||||||||||
| 2022-2023 | ASVEL Féminin | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Union Féminine Angers Basket 49 | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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High school and college
editBorn in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Dietrick played basketball for Wellesley High School, where she scored a school record 1,440 career points, leading the team to an 84–9 record during that time.[2] Dietrick was also a three-time All-American in lacrosse, earning first team US Lacrosse honors her sophomore through senior years.[3]
In her final season for Princeton, Dietrick was named Ivy League Player of the Year and chosen as an All-American honorable mention by the Associated Press and Women's Basketball Coaches Association. She also led the Ivy League in assists (4.9/game) while setting her school's single-season assists record (157). Princeton went 30–0 during regular season, won the conference outright, received a bid to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament and advanced to the second round.[2]
Professional career
editIn 2016, she was chosen as a free agent by the Seattle Storm and played in two games.[4] She later signed a 7-day contract with the San Antonio Stars and played in one game. She then went on to play for a year for the Bendigo Spirit of Australia's WNBL.[5] From 2017 to 2018, she was on the Greek AO Dafni Agioy Dimitriou team.[6]
In 2015, she had training camp stints with the Washington Mystics and Los Angeles Sparks but was later waived.
In the 2022–2023 season, she won the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the EuroCup Women with her team ASVEL Féminin.
Career statistics
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
WNBA
editRegular season
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2016 | Seattle | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| San Antonio | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 2017 | Did not play (did not appear in WNBA) | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Atlanta | 26 | 0 | 7.2 | 34.3 | 39.1 | 66.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | Seattle | 17 | 1 | 6.2 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | Atlanta | 22 | 4 | 21.0 | 47.1 | 44.8 | 62.5 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
| 2021 | Atlanta | 9 | 0 | 15.7 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Career | 6 years, 3 teams | 77 | 5 | 11.8 | 39.9 | 38.5 | 68.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
Playoffs
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Atlanta | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | Seattle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
College
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Princeton won the Ivy League championship |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2011–12† | Princeton | 23 | 91 | 47.6 | 46.3 | 80.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.96 |
| 2012–13† | Princeton | 29 | 231 | 39.2 | 35.6 | 68.4 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 7.97 |
| 2013–14 | Princeton | 30 | 428 | 46.4 | 40.0 | 85.2 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 14.26 |
| 2014–15† | Princeton | 32 | 483 | 48.9 | 40.9 | 70.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 15.09 |
| Career | Princeton | 114 | 1233 | 45.9 | 39.6 | 75.9 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.8 |
Source:[7]
References
edit- ^ "WNBA Bio". wnba.com. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ a b "Blake Dietrick Named to Seattle Storm's Opening Night Roster". goprincetontigers.com. May 13, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ "Blake Dietrick Willed Her Way to WNBA, From Princeton to Abroad". Nothing But Nylon. 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ Lester, Justin (May 25, 2016). "By Making Storm's Final Roster, Blake Dietrick Realized Dream That Seemed Impossible". storm.wnba.com. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ Iles, Kieran (October 7, 2016). "Bendigo Spirit import Blake Dietrick settles into WNBL life ahead of season opener against Adelaide Lightning". bendigoadvertiser.com.au. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ^ Dietrick '15 Signs With AO Dafni Agioy Dimitrioy of Greece League
- ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". ncaa.org. Retrieved June 1, 2016.