Blake Dietrick

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Blake Dietrick
Personal information
Born (1993-07-19) July 19, 1993 (age 31)
Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight169 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school Wellesley
(Wellesley, Massachusetts)
College Princeton (2011–2015)
WNBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2016–present
Position Point guard
Number13
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
2019Seattle Storm
2021Atlanta Dream
2021–2022Le Mura Lucca
2022–2023 ASVEL Féminin
2024Union Féminine Angers Basket 49
Career highlights and awards
  • Ivy League Player of the Year (2015)
  • 2x First-team All-Ivy (2014, 2015)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Women's 3x3 basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team
FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Miami Team

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]

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High school and college

Born 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

In 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 2022–23 season, she won the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the EuroCup Women with her team ASVEL Féminin.

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2016 Seattle 203.00.00.0100.00.00.00.00.00.51.0
San Antonio 108.050.00.00.03.00.00.00.00.02.0
2017 Did not play (did not appear in WNBA)
2018 Atlanta 2607.234.339.166.70.50.40.30.00.51.4
2019 Seattle 1716.210.00.066.70.60.90.20.10.60.4
2020 Atlanta 22421.047.144.862.51.63.40.80.11.85.9
2021 Atlanta 9015.729.631.30.01.61.20.60.10.62.3
Career6 years, 3 teams77511.839.938.568.21.01.50.40.10.92.6

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2018 Atlanta 305.00.00.00.01.30.70.00.00.00.0
2019 Seattle 100.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Career2 years, 2 teams403.80.00.00.01.00.50.00.00.00.0

College

Legend
  GPGames 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
2011–12† Princeton 23 91 47.6 46.380.0 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 85.25.33.4 1.2 0.214.26
2014–15† Princeton 32 48348.940.9 70.3 4.5 4.91.20.1 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

  1. ↑ "WNBA Bio". wnba.com. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Blake Dietrick Named to Seattle Storm's Opening Night Roster". goprincetontigers.com. May 13, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Blake Dietrick Willed Her Way to WNBA, From Princeton to Abroad". Nothing But Nylon. March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Dietrick '15 Signs With AO Dafni Agioy Dimitrioy of Greece League
  7. ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". ncaa.org. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
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