Blake Julia Dietrick (born July 19, 1993) is an American professional

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player who is currently playing for Lyon ASVEL in France. After signing a contract in August 2021 and becoming a team member for the Atlanta Dream during the 2021 season. She played previously for the

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in the WNBA, and the

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in Spain. She played

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Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine ...

High school and college

Born in

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, Dietrick played basketball for

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, where she scored a school record 1,440 career points, leading the team to an 84-9 record during that time. Dietrick was also a three-time All-American in lacrosse, earning first team US Lacrosse honors her sophomore through senior years. In her final season for Princeton, Dietrick was named

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Player of the Year and chosen as an All-American honorable mention by the

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and

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. 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

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and advanced to the second round.

Professional career

In 2016, she was chosen as a free agent by the

and played in two games. She later signed a 7-day contract with the

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and played in one game. She then went on to play for a year for the

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of Australia's WNBL. From 2017 to 2018, she was on the Greek AO Dafni Agioy Dimitriou team. In 2015, she had training camp stints with the

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and

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but was later waived. In 2022-2023 she achieved the double with her club L'asvel where she finished champion of France LFB 2022-2023 and winner of the eurocup 2023. (as well as finalist of the French cup the same year)

College statistics

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External links

Princeton Tigers bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dietrick, Blake 1993 births Living people American women's basketball players Atlanta Dream players Basketball players from Massachusetts People from Wellesley, Massachusetts Point guards Princeton Tigers women's basketball players Princeton Tigers women's lacrosse players San Antonio Stars players Seattle Storm players Undrafted Women's National Basketball Association players Wellesley High School alumni