Blanca Millán

Spanish basketball player
Blanca Millán
CB Islas Canarias
PositionGuard
LeagueLiga Femenina de Baloncesto
Personal information
Born (1998-05-18) May 18, 1998 (age 26)
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
CollegeMaine (2016–2021)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x AEC Player of the Year (2019, 2021)
  • 2x AEC Defensive Player of the Year (2019, 2021)
  • 3x First-team All-AEC (2018, 2019, 2021)
  • 3x AEC All-Defensive Team (2018, 2019, 2021)
  • AEC All-Freshman Team (2017)

Blanca Millán (born 18 May 1998) is a Spanish basketball player with CB Islas Canarias of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.[1] While playing for the Maine Black Bears women's basketball team from 2016 to 2021, Millan became one of the most accomplished players in team and conference history. She is a two-time America East Player of the Year and America East Defensive Player of the Year (2019, 2021). She is the only woman in America East history to win AE Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year each twice.[2]

On 18 April 2021, she signed a training camp contract with the Washington Mystics of the WNBA before being waived on 5 May.[3]

Career statistics

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2016–17 Maine 34 34 27.2 43.5 30.8 65.0 2.9 1.7 1.8 0.3 1.3 8.6
2017–18 Maine 33 33 34.7 44.4 35.4 67.1 5.1 1.6 3.0 0.7 2.0 17.5
2018–19 Maine 33 33 34.2 41.9 27.2 71.1 4.4 2.1 2.8 1.4 2.2 17.2
2019–20 Maine 6 6 30.0 38.9 18.2 84.6 6.3 1.2 2.3 0.3 2.7 18.2
2020–21 Maine 20 20 35.6 47.9 35.3 78.0 7.5 2.3 2.9 0.7 1.9 21.4
Career 126 126 32.5 43.9 31.0 72.9 4.8 1.8 2.6 0.8 1.9 15.7
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Blanca Millán: «El espíritu del Obra es siempre seguir trabajando»". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 22 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Blanca Millan - Women's Basketball". University of Maine Athletics.
  3. ^ Lazarczyk, Travis (19 April 2021). "Women's Basketball: Former University of Maine star Blanca Millan gets her WNBA shot". Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
  4. ^ "Blanca Millán College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.


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