🔥 Dores kick off February with FIERCE Energy

Welcome to Anchor Impact, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Vanderbilt University’s collective Anchor Impact.

In today’s content ⚓
- Blakes on 🔝
- Dore awards 🏆
+ so much more 💪

🏐 Volleyball announces 2025 summer camps

⛳ Dores hold the lead at the Puerto Rico Classic

🏆 DORES AWARD SZN

The Nation’s Best Duo has been named to the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year Award Midseason Top 50 Watch List (READ MORE).

Mikayla Blakes was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for a league-leading fifth time to tie the school record (READ MORE).

Blakes added to her accolades, earning AP Player of the Week and USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week honors (READ MORE).

Blakes has been named to the top 10 watch list for the 2025 Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Award, becoming the first Commodore to earn this recognition (READ MORE).

RJ Austin was named to the Baseball America Preseason All-America Third Team. Austin led the Commodores in batting average, runs, hits, RBI and stolen bases as a sophomore in 2024 (READ MORE).

🎾 February 5 // Men’s Tennis travels to Middle Tennessee to battle at 5:00 pm CT

🏀 February 6 // Women’s Basketball takes on Texas in Austin at 8:00 pm CT on SEC Network +