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Jersey Number 33
Aijha Blackwell
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Cardinal Ritter
- Prev School:
- Missouri
- Hometown:
- Berkeley, Mo.
• 2024 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
• 2024 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2020-21 Second Team All-SEC
• 2019-20 All-SEC Freshman Team
• 2019-20 SEC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 10)
• 2019 WBCA High School All-America Honorable Mention honoree
• 2019 USA Women’s U19 World Cup Team Trials invitee
• 2018 USA U18 National Team Member
• 2018 FIBA Americans U18 Gold Medalist
2023-24 (GRADUATE STUDENT): Named to the Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List for the second-straight year … Started 27 contests and appeared in 32 games … Led team in rebounds (263) and rebound average (8.2) … Reached double-figure scoring in 13 matches, leading the team in scoring four times … Led team in rebounding 11 times with 14 double-figure rebounding games … Recorded back-to-back double-doubles against Oregon (12/3), with 10 points and 12 rebounds, and Delaware State (12/14), with 14 points and 11 rebounds … Posted third double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Houston (1/6), surpassing 1,000 career rebounds … Posted a massive 20-point, 18-rebound performance against Oklahoma State (3/3) on Senior Day. The 20 points were a season high for the graduate senior and marked the 32nd 20-plus point performance of her career.
2022-23 (SENIOR): Saw limited action due to injury, making eight appearances in her first season with the Bears... Turned in a 23 point, 11 rebound performance against Incarnate Word (Nov. 10).
2021-22 JUNIOR (MISSOURI): Played in 26 games with 22 starts … Averaged 14.9 points and 13.1 rebounds in 31.0 minutes per game … Earned All-SEC Second Team honors … Finished the highest single-season rebounding average in program history … 20 double-doubles on the year.
2020-21 SOPHOMORE (MISSOURI): Played and started in 21 games … Averaged 14.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.6 steals in 28.8 minutes per game … Averaged 13.9 points and 12.5 boards in SEC play … Became the fifth player in program history and first since 1997-98 to average a double-double … Her 11 rebounds per game ranked second all-time in program history … All-SEC Second Team … Became the first Tiger since 2002-03 to record 15+ rebounds in consecutive games.
2019-20 FRESHMAN (MISSOURI): Played in 31 games with 24 starts … Averaged 15.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 29.0 minutes per game … Averaged 17.9 points, 8.8 boards and 3.1 assists in 32.1 minutes per game in SEC action … Had seven double-doubles on the season, the most by a Mizzou freshman since 2002-03 … Was one of three freshmen in program history to record eight or more 20-point games … All-SEC Freshman Team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked the No. 9 prospect in the country by ESPN HoopGurlz and the No. 1 prospect in the Missouri … 2019 WBCA High School All-America honorable mention … 2019 Naismith High School Trophy preseason watch list … Three-time Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Class 3 All-State selection … USA Today First Team Missouri in 2018 … Led Whitfield School to a 22-7 record and a Class 3A state semifinals appearance in 2018 … 2019 USA Women’s U19 World Cup Team Trials participant … Member of the USA U18 National Team that won goal at the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championships.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Ernest and Amy Blackwell … Father was a four-year letterwinner for Mizzou football as a running back (1994-97) and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1998.
• 2024 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2020-21 Second Team All-SEC
• 2019-20 All-SEC Freshman Team
• 2019-20 SEC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 10)
• 2019 WBCA High School All-America Honorable Mention honoree
• 2019 USA Women’s U19 World Cup Team Trials invitee
• 2018 USA U18 National Team Member
• 2018 FIBA Americans U18 Gold Medalist
2023-24 (GRADUATE STUDENT): Named to the Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List for the second-straight year … Started 27 contests and appeared in 32 games … Led team in rebounds (263) and rebound average (8.2) … Reached double-figure scoring in 13 matches, leading the team in scoring four times … Led team in rebounding 11 times with 14 double-figure rebounding games … Recorded back-to-back double-doubles against Oregon (12/3), with 10 points and 12 rebounds, and Delaware State (12/14), with 14 points and 11 rebounds … Posted third double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Houston (1/6), surpassing 1,000 career rebounds … Posted a massive 20-point, 18-rebound performance against Oklahoma State (3/3) on Senior Day. The 20 points were a season high for the graduate senior and marked the 32nd 20-plus point performance of her career.
2022-23 (SENIOR): Saw limited action due to injury, making eight appearances in her first season with the Bears... Turned in a 23 point, 11 rebound performance against Incarnate Word (Nov. 10).
2021-22 JUNIOR (MISSOURI): Played in 26 games with 22 starts … Averaged 14.9 points and 13.1 rebounds in 31.0 minutes per game … Earned All-SEC Second Team honors … Finished the highest single-season rebounding average in program history … 20 double-doubles on the year.
2020-21 SOPHOMORE (MISSOURI): Played and started in 21 games … Averaged 14.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.6 steals in 28.8 minutes per game … Averaged 13.9 points and 12.5 boards in SEC play … Became the fifth player in program history and first since 1997-98 to average a double-double … Her 11 rebounds per game ranked second all-time in program history … All-SEC Second Team … Became the first Tiger since 2002-03 to record 15+ rebounds in consecutive games.
2019-20 FRESHMAN (MISSOURI): Played in 31 games with 24 starts … Averaged 15.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 29.0 minutes per game … Averaged 17.9 points, 8.8 boards and 3.1 assists in 32.1 minutes per game in SEC action … Had seven double-doubles on the season, the most by a Mizzou freshman since 2002-03 … Was one of three freshmen in program history to record eight or more 20-point games … All-SEC Freshman Team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked the No. 9 prospect in the country by ESPN HoopGurlz and the No. 1 prospect in the Missouri … 2019 WBCA High School All-America honorable mention … 2019 Naismith High School Trophy preseason watch list … Three-time Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Class 3 All-State selection … USA Today First Team Missouri in 2018 … Led Whitfield School to a 22-7 record and a Class 3A state semifinals appearance in 2018 … 2019 USA Women’s U19 World Cup Team Trials participant … Member of the USA U18 National Team that won goal at the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championships.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Ernest and Amy Blackwell … Father was a four-year letterwinner for Mizzou football as a running back (1994-97) and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1998.
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