Blake Ahearn

Blake Ahearn

Blake Ahearn during his tenure with the Dakota Wizards.
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Personal information
Date of birth	May 27, 1984 (1984-05-27)
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality	American
High school	De Smet Jesuit
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	Missouri State (2003–2007)
NBA Draft	2007 / Undrafted
Pro career	2007–present
League	NBA D-League
Career history
Dakota Wizards (2007–2008; 2009) Miami Heat (2008) San Antonio Spurs (2008) Austin Toros (2008) Estudiantes Madrid (2009) Bakersfield Jam (2010) Erie BayHawks (2010; 2010–2011) Teramo Basket (2010) Reno Bighorns (2011–present)
Career highlights and awards
First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference twice, Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year NBA Development League Rookie of the Year 2007–2008 NBA Development League MVP All Stars 2008-2009

Medal record
Men’s Basketball
Competitor for United States
Pan American Games
Bronze	2011 Guadalajara	National team

Blake Ahearn (born May 27, 1984(1984-05-27)) is an American professional basketball player. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

High school career

Ahearn attended Immacolata School in St. Louis for grade school.^{[citation needed]} He then went to De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He played three years of varsity. He averaged 17.7 points per game as a junior and 18.5 as a senior. He was an All-Metro Selection his junior and senior years and an All-State selection his junior year. In his junior year he broke his hand in the divisional semifinal game. He was unable to play for the duration of his junior year. His team was state runner-up his junior year losing to Missouri powerhouse St. Louis Vashon in the state championship game.

College career

Ahearn played collegiately for the Missouri State Bears from 2003–2007. He was poised to finish his career with four straight NCAA free-throw titles but failed, and finished with an accuracy of 92.5% during his senior year. He finished his college career as a 94.6% free throw shooter, 435 for 460, all-time best percentage. He also holds a single-season record at 97.5%. He made 60 consecutive free-throws twice in his career (December 20, 2003 through February 14, 2004 and December 19, 2004 to February 26, 2005) which are school and Missouri Valley Conference records. He missed his final attempt against the San Diego State Aztecs in the NIT on March 24, 2007, his final college game. He holds the career record for career three-pointers at Missouri State with 276, and was selected the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Freshman of the Year (2004), also being a two-time all-MVC first teamer (2006 and 2007). He came within one game each season of making the NCAA tournament and failed to reach any. His team lost in double overtime to Northern Iowa in the MVC Tournament finals his freshman year and to Creighton in the MVC finals his sophomore year. His team was rated 21st in the RPI his junior year and a 33rd his senior year, which included a win over #7 in the nation Wisconsin.

Pro career

2007-2008 season

NBA D-League

In the 2007–2008 season, Ahearn played with the NBA Development League's Dakota Wizards. He worked his way to the starting lineup, averaging 19 points, with a 96% free-throw percentage, shooting 49% from the field and 44% from 3-point range in 41 games.

NBA

On March 21, 2008, Ahearn was signed to a 10-day contract by the NBA's Miami Heat, whose roster had been depleted by injuries. On March 27, Ahearn scored a team-high 15 points in a loss to the Detroit Pistons.

On April 10, Ahearn was named the Rookie of the Year of the D-League and All-NBA Development League Second Team.

2008-2009 season

Despite posting a solid NBA preseason during which he averaged 8 points per game, Ahearn was cut by the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 23, 2008. After being waived by the Timberwolves he joined the Dakota Wizards. On November 16, Ahearn was signed by the San Antonio Spurs becoming the 2008-09 season's first D-League call-up. Ahearn was in camp with the Wizards prior to signing with the Spurs. On November 30, Ahearn was assigned to the Spurs' D-League affiliate Austin Toros.

The Spurs waived Ahearn on December 15, 2008, and he re-joined the Dakota Wizards. He was selected to play in the D-League All-Star Game on February 14, 2009.

2009-2010 season

The following season Ahearn signed a contract with Estudiantes Madrid in Spain, until he moved back and played for Bakersfield Jam and for Erie BayHawks in the NBA Development League.

2010-2011 season

On August 1, Ahearn signed a contract with the Italian team Teramo Basket but he was waived after a few games.

On December 29, he re-signed with Erie BayHawks.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08	Miami	12	0	14.8	.263	.294	.968	1.6	1.6	.5	.0	5.8
2008–09	San Antonio	3	0	6.3	.333	.500	1.000	.3	.7	.3	.0	2.7
Career		15	0	13.1	.270	.316	.970	1.3	1.4	.5	.0	5.2

See also

• Bryant Notree
• Maurice Baker
• Richard Hendrix

References

Preceded by Jeremy Richardson

NBA Development League MVP All Stars 2008–2009

Succeeded by Brian Butch