2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 23
Mackenzie Blazek
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Franklin, Indiana
- High School:
- Whiteland Community
Career Honors
- 2020 Academic All-Big Ten
Junior - 2020-21
- Announced her retirement from basketball prior to the start of the season (Oct. 23) after battling stress injuries in her leg that forced her to miss most of the 2019-20 season.
- Received medical non-counter waiver from the Big Ten Conference (Dec. 11).
Sophomore - 2019-20
- Played in 14 games with five starts
- Battled leg injury for most of the season
- Ranked second on the team at 4.1 rebounds per game
- Led the team in rebounding twice, including a 9-rebound game vs. Rutgers (Jan. 9) and a five-rebound game at Purdue (Jan. 16)
- Shot 47.4 percent from the field overall, the best mark on the team (minimum 50 attempts)
- Posted the team's two best single-game shooting percentages on the year with .714 (5-for-7) vs. Evansville (Dec. 15) and vs. Merrimack (Dec. 10).
Freshman - 2018-19
- Played in 30 games for Illinois, earning three starts
- Posted seven points and three rebounds in her debut in the Orange and Blue against Alabama A&M (Nov. 7)
- Earned her first career start against Indiana (Dec. 28) to open the Big Ten slate, also posting a career-best 10 rebounds in the contest
- Recorded three double-figure scoring games, including putting up a season-best 15 points against Purdue in the 2019 Big Ten Tournament (Mar. 6)
- Averaged 3.1 rebounds per game and swatted 18 blocked shots on the season
High School
- Four-time All-Conference honoree
- Three-time IBCA All-State honoree
- Two-time-All-State Super Team member
- Four-time All-County player
- Participated in the Junior and Senior Indiana All-Star games
- Ranked No. 90 overall by ESPN Hoopgurlz
- Daily Journal 2016-17 Player of the Year
- Concluded her high school career with 1,165 rebounds, which ranks fourth in the state
- Racked up 1,536 points during her high school career
- Also played volleyball at Whiteland Community High School
- Member of the National Honor Society
Personal
- Daughter of Phil and Jen Blazek
- Born October 7, 1999
- Has one brother, Colton
- Lists Steph Curry as her favorite professional athlete
Illinois Women's Basketball | HC Shauna Green Selection Sunday Availability (3/15/26)
Monday, March 16
Illinois Women's Basketball | HC Shauna Green, B. Wallace, J. Brown-Hagger Presser (3/6/26)
Saturday, March 07
Illinois Women's Basketball | Highlights vs. No. 9/9 Iowa - Big Ten Tournament (3/6/26)
Saturday, March 07
Illinois Women's Basketball | Highlights vs. [7] No. 18/17 Michigan State (3/5/26)
Friday, March 06
