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2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster

Peter Buehner
Peter Buehner
Peter Buehner
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Peter Buehner
Peter Buehner
UMaine Athletics

22 Blanca Millan

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool Colegio M. Peleteiro
  • Hometown Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Biography

  • 2x America East Player of the Year (2019, 2021)
  • 2x America East Defensive Player of the Year (2019, 2021)
  • Only woman in America East history to win AE Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year each twice
  • America East Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2019)
  • 3x America East First Team All-Conference (2018, 2019, 2021)
  • 2x America East All-Tournament Team (2018, 2019)
  • 3x America East All-Defensive Team (2018, 2019, 2021)
  • 14x America East Player of the Week
  • America East Rookie of the Week (1/9/17)
  • America East All-Rookie Team (2017)
  • Tallied her 1,000th career point on Dec. 4, 2018 at Harvard
  • Became the 7th fastest in Black Bear history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark, and just the third-ever to do it in her third season

SENIOR (2019-20): Started the first six games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury against Arizona State (11/29) ... over the six game stretch, averaged 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 2.3 steals while shooting 38.9-percent from the floor and 84.6-percent from the free throw line ... poured in a career-high 37 points on 11-of-19 shooting in the season opener at Delaware ... added 27 points,  seven boards and six steals at Brown (11/11) ... posted her fourth career double-double with 25 points and a career-high matching 11 rebounds against Navy (11/24) ... named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll ... a UMaine Scholar-Athlete Bronze Medalist.

JUNIOR (2018-19): Became the fourth player in America East history to earn both America East Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors in the same season ... selected to the America East First Team and America East All-Defensive Team ... named to the All-ECAC First Team ... Voted Most Outstanding Player of the America East Tournament ... collected five America East Player of the Week honors ... became the 20th Blak Bear in history, and seventh fastest, to reach the 1,000 point mark with a 26 point effort at Harvard (12/3); the 11th player in UMaine history to reach the plateau in her third season ... recorded her 200th career steal at New Hampshire (1/2) ... led the America East in scoring (17.2) and steals (2.8) ... ranked in the top-20 among America East leaders in blocks (3rd-1.4), field goal percentage (6th-41.9), 3-point field goals per game (7th-1.8), rebounding (19th-4.4) and assists (20th-2.1) ... started all 33 games ... finished the year with 568 points, climbing to ninth in scoring all-time at UMaine, and ranked 18th in the country in total steals (92), 21st in steals per game ... Posted 26 double-digit scoring efforts, surpassing 20 points on 12 occasions including a 36-point outing in a win over Brown (12/8), while adding seven rebounds, six assists, three blocks and five steals ... added a 31 point showing at UAlbany (2/16) ... tallied 25 points against No. 20 Duke ... poured in a career-high 14 field goals against Brown while matching a career-best with six assists ... recorded a new career-high with five blocks against Hartford (2/13) ... America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.

SOPHOMORE (2017-18): Selected to the America East All-Conference First Team ... America East Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... Named to the America East All-Tournament Team ... America East All-Defensive Team ... Two-time America East Player of the Week (1/22; 2/5) ... Started all 33 games ... ranked second in the America East in scoring (17.5), first in steals (3.0), third in three-point percentage (35.4), sixth in three-point field goals made per game (2.1), eighth in field goal percentage (44.4) and 16th in rebounding (5.1) ... ranked 13th in the nation in total steals (99) and 14th in steals per game (3.0) ... tallied 13 20+ point performances and 31 total double-digit showings ... registered 28 points in a win over Harvard while setting a new program record by going 12-for-13 (92.3%) from the floor ... tallied three double-doubles; against Bryant (26 points/11 rebounds), UMBC (19 points/11 rebounds) and Vermont (23 points/10 rebounds) ... swiped a career-high nine steals, one shy of the all-time Maine record, against UMass Lowell (2/14) ... UMaine Scholar-Athlete Bronze Medalist (3.0+ GPA).

FRESHMAN (2016-17): Named to the America East All-Rookie team ... Named America East Rookie of the Week (1/9) ... Started all 34 games ... ranked third on the team and 24th in the America East in scoring (8.6 ppg) ... was 10th in the league in both field goal percentage (43.5) and steals (1.8) ... also averaged 2.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists while shooting 30.8-percent from three-point range ... tallied 20+ points in a pair of games and finished the year with 16 double-digit scoring performances ... poured in 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting with five three-pointers against UAlbany (1/22) ... added a 23 point performance against Hartford (1/16) ... made her career debut with a 17 point outing against Purdue ... finished in double-digits in all three of Maine's America East Championship games, averaging 12.0 ppg in the postseason.

BEFORE MAINE: A Blue Star Europe five-star recruit, averaged 27.0 ppg, 13 rebounds, 10 assists and four steals for Peleteiro during the 2015-16 season, leading the team in all categories ... guided Spain's U15 national team to a silver medal before piloting the U16 group to a bronze showing ... While playing with Peleteiro, earned Most Valuable Player accolades in a number of championships in Galicia.

MAJOR: Kinesiology and Physical Education - Exercise Science with minors in child development & human relations and food science

GET TO KNOW BLANCA:
  • Favorite professional team: Real Madrid, Golden State Warriors
  • Favorite sport other than basketball to watch: Tennis
  • Favorite athlete: Sergio Lull and Kevin Durant
  • Favorite musician/band: Andrés Suárez
  • Favorite food: Spanish Omelette
  • If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go: Australia
  • Pet peeve: People chewing gum with their mouth open
  • Favorite snack/candy: Lay's sour cream and onion chips or any cookies
  • Favorite movie: Love and Basketball
  • Favorite phone app: Instagram
  • Favorite hobby: Going to the beach

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2016-17Freshman

    Guard
    5'11"
    22
  • 22

    2017-18Sophomore

    Guard
    6'1"
    22
  • 22

    2018-19Senior

    Guard
    6'1"
    22
  • 22

    2019-20Senior

    Guard
    6'1"
    22
  • 22

    2020-21Fifth Year

    Guard
    6'1"
    22
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