BlakeDietrick

Position: Guard
Height: 5-10
Weight: 169
Birthdate: July 19, 1993
College: Princeton
Hometown: Wellesley, MA

WNBA Transactions: Signed a training camp contract with Washington on April 23, 2015. Signed a training camp contract with Los Angeles on June 3, 2015. Signed a training camp contract with Seattle on February 18, 2016, converted contract on May 13, 2016. Waived by Seattle on June 25, 2016. Signed second 7-day contract with San Antonio on July 12, 2016. Signed a training camp contract with Atlanta on March 9, 2018, converted contract on May 17, 2018. Re-signed to training camp contract with Atlanta on February 1, 2019. Signed with Seattle on June 5, 2019. Converted training camp contract with Atlanta on February 23, 2020. Signed a rest-of-season contract with Atlanta on August 24, 2021.

2021 Highlights with Atlanta: 

• Signed a rest-of-season contract with Atlanta on August 24, played in all nine remaining games in 2021.
• Recorded a season-high 8 points in her season debut against Chicago (8/24), adding on 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal.
• Season-best 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals at Dallas (9/2) in a season-most 27 minutes.
• Recorded 2 offensive rebounds at Washington (9/10).

2020 Highlights with Atlanta: 

• Appeared in all 22 games and started in four.
• Set the Dream’s franchise record for three point percentage with 44.8% shooting.
• Saw career-best numbers in every single statistical category, finishing with 5.9 points and 3.4 assists per game.
• Led the team with a career-high six assists against Connecticut (8/10).
• Played all 40 minutes in her second career start, finishing with career-high records of 16 points and five rebounds against Seattle (8/12), sinking four three-pointers and shooting 6-of-12 from the field.
• Dished out at least five assists on nine occasions, including a career-best 7 against Phoenix (8/14).
• Scored in double figures six times with two outings of 15+ points.

2019 Highlights with Seattle:

• Signed with Storm on June 5 after appearing in three preseason games with Atlanta
• Appeared in first game on June 9, four days after joining team… made first career start on June 16 at Connecticut
• Dished out season-high 4 assists in 8 minutes of action on Aug. 16 at Connecticut
• First made field goal was a buzzer-beater in a loss to Los Angeles on Sept. 5

2018 Highlights with Atlanta:

• Played in 26 games, averaging 7.2 minutes per game
• Scored a season-high 12 points against Chicago (6/27), and added four rebounds and went 3-3 from the line

2016 Highlights with Seattle and San Antonio:

• Joined Seattle Storm on a training camp contract, appearing in two games
• Signed 7-day contract with San Antonio Stars, appearing in one game

Overseas Competition:

• 2015-16: Cestistica Orvieto, Italy
• 2016-17: Bendigo Spirit, Australia
• 2017-18: AO Dafni Agioy Dimitriou, Greece
• 2018-19: Lointek Gernika Bizkaia, Spain
• 2019-20: Lointek Gernika Bizkaia, Spain

College Highlights:

• Named the 2014-15 Ivy League Player of the Year as a senior
• Chosen as an All-American honorable mention by the Associated Press and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association after senior season
• Named to the All-Ivy League first team as a junior in 2013-14
• Led the Ivy League in assists her senior season (4.9 per game) while setting the Tigers single-season assists record with 157
• Scored a career-high 28 points vs. Yale on 2/15/14

Personal:

• Daughter of Steve and Martha Dietrick; has a younger brother Tucker
• Is also a former lacrosse and cross country athlete
• Majored in English at Princeton
• Guided Wellesley High School to an 84-9 record in her career
• Became Wellesley’s all-time leading scorer, male or female, with 1,440 points