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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The Associated Press announced that Vanderbilt women’s basketball standout Mikayla Blakes has been named a first-team All-American. Blakes is the first Commodore to earn AP All-America first team honors in 23 seasons.The sophomore’s selection marks the first time since Chantelle Anderson (2000-03) that Vanderbilt has had a player named to the five-member AP All-America first team. It is Blakes’ second AP All-American honor, as she earned a spot on the second team last season. The guard joins Anderson as the only Commodore to earn multiple AP All-American honors in their career.It is the Blakes’ fifth first-team…
Photo: Steve Roberts-Imagn ImagesThe Vanderbilt Commodores have added the Tennessee State Tigers to their 2028 football schedule, FBSchedules.com has learned. A copy of the game contract for the Tennessee State–Vanderbilt matchup was obtained from Tennessee State University via a state public records request.Vanderbilt will host Tennessee State at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2028. According to the contract, which was executed on Dec. 4, 2025, the Commodores will pay the Tigers a $415,000 guarantee for the contest.Vanderbilt is 3–0 all-time against Tennessee State. The Commodores won the inaugural meeting in 2006, 38–9, and followed with victories…
Women’s Basketball: Mikayla Blakes named AP First Team All-American The Vanderbilt Hustlersource
In this story:March Madness is here, and all of the college football fans who are waiting on spring will be turning on the TVs with the hope of their favorite program making a run to the championship. Luckily for many programs, they have a great head coach in both sports.While there are many coaching duos worth mentioning, I believe that these are the top five entering the tournament.The Vanderbilt Commodores have a ton of talent, as they have been able to make do with what they have, but this is more talent than they have had in the past for…
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Mikayla BlakesMikayla BlakesIt has been an outstanding year for the men’s and women’s basketball teams at Vanderbilt.In the lead-up to both programs’ opening NCAA Tournament games this week, the Commodores have secured a number of national honors.After being named the national freshman of the year, earning All-American status and rewriting the Vanderbilt record books in her first season in the Black and Gold, Mikayla Blakes has been named to a slew of All-American teams following the 2025-26 regular season.The star sophomore has been selected as a first-team All-American by The Athletic, ESPN, The Sporting News, the USWBA and the Associated Press.…
In this story:OKLAHOMA CITY—It could’ve felt like a difficult, confrontational question to a different person in a different situation, but Vanderbilt freshman wing Chandler Bing approached it as briskly as the three-man weave drill that Vanderbilt executed against air in the opening minutes of its Wednesday shootaround. Talk is cheap these days, but it didn’t feel all that cheap as Bing addressed an open-ended question in regard to his future. It felt like Bing wasn’t just being agreeable as he sat there at his new locker in a black Vanderbilt practice jersey. “Yeah, for sure,” Bing told Vandy on SI in regard…
In this story:OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The week of madness has arrived around the country, including Oklahoma City, where No. 4 seed Vanderbilt will take on No. 12 seed McNeese in Paycom Center for the Round of 64.While the consensus was Vanderbilt’s draw seeding-wise was under appreciated compared to what many felt like it deserved, the bracket is set and there is no time to waste thinking about which teams should be which seeds. Leading up to this week, every team included in the 32 games of Round of 64 have spent all week preparing and in film study.For Vanderbilt,…
Candice Lee on success of Vanderbilt women’s basketball in 2026 Yahoo Sportssource
In this story:OKLAHOMA CITY—A few pounds into the ground was all that George Kimble needed as he worked to get the scout team offense into its stuff with Duke Miles and Tyler Tanner hounding him. They were all he needed to separate himself from everyone else in red jerseys, too. Vanderbilt’s scout team is made up of walk-ons as well as scholarship players who still have significant room left in their development before they see the floor consistently; with one exception. Watching Kimble wear a No. 51 red jersey and operate against Vanderbilt’s veteran guards quickly indicated something that murmurs within…