Mikayla Blakes of Vanderbilt women's basketball was named the USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Year, the organization announced Tuesday. Blakes will be honored at the Final Four.

Blakes was named the 2024-25 Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). She’s the first Vanderbilt player to win the awards and first ...

S. Basketball Writers Association. Blakes becomes the first Vanderbilt women’s basketball player to win the USBWA’s national freshman of the year award, as well as the first Commodore to win ...

This isn’t the first USBWA freshman award in the program ... were named to the USBWA’s Ann Meyers-Drysdale National Player of ...

Bueckers was named the USBWA National Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, which she shared with Caitlin Clark. The guard was the first player in college basketball history to earn both ...