Career Milestones & Achievements

Mikayla Blakes named the 2026 Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year, as part of the Hoophall Starting 5

Previous record: Sheryl Swoopes 1,645 points

The nation’s leading scorer sits with some elite company 😮‍💨 @mikaylablakes. Mikayla hols the most points in first 2 NCAA D1 seasons.

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 @mikaylablakes becomes Vanderbilt's first @USBWA first-team All-American since the 2002-03 season

𝗦𝗘𝗖’𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 @mikaylablakes named All-SEC first team for the second straight season

𝗦𝗘𝗖’𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 @mikaylablakes historic 2025-26 season has earned her SEC Player of the Year honors

The best player in the country in the toughest conference 🤩

Previous record: Caitlin Clark: 4

Mikayla Blakes is HOOPIN' hoopin' 💪 The sophomore's fifth-straight 30-piece vs. Top 25 teams passes Caitlin Clark's 4-game streak in her senior season 🔥

Wendy Scholtens (now Wendy Scholtens Wood) held the previous Vanderbilt record for most SEC Player of the Week selections in a single season, with 4 in 1989-90. The SEC single-season record for most Women's Basketball Player of the Week awards (across any school) is 7, set by Angel Reese of LSU during the 2022-23 season.

Mikayla Blakes is the first SEC player this century with 10 30-point games in a season.

Previous record: Angel Reese (9 straight 20-point games)

Mikayla Blakes joins Angel Reese as the only SEC players in the past 15 years to put up 9 straight 20-point games.

Previous record: Only Stephen Curry, Paige Bueckers, and Caitlin Clark had 100+ points in a 3-game span with all 3 being wins over AP Top 25 foes

Mikayla Blakes scored 105 points over her last 3 games. All were against ranked opponents. All were wins. Only 2 others this century (male or female) have had 100+ points in a 3-game span with all 3 being wins over AP Top 25 foes: Stephen Curry and Paige Bueckers.

Mikayla Blakes is the first SEC player in the last 25 seasons with 4 straight 30-point games. It was also her 2nd 30-piece vs. a top 5 team this season (also LSU). She's the 3rd player with multiple such games in a season in the last 5 seasons, joining Caitlin Clark and JuJu Watkins.

Mikayla Blakes has been named the 2025 USA Basketball 5-on-5 Female Athlete of the Year.

Mikayla Blakes becomes the 9th women's basketball player in the NCAA era to score her 1,000th career point in 42 games or less. Fastest in Vanderbilt program history.

Mikayla Blakes was named the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup MVP after coming through in the clutch in the biggest game of the tournament.

Mikayla Blakes was named the USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Year.

Mikayla Blakes has been named the AP Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the 2nd time in three weeks.

Mikayla Blakes scored 50 points, the most points by a freshman in SEC history.