Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

1,624 Career Points - 5th Most in LR WBB History
2024-25 Preseason All-SAC First Team
2023-24 Second Team All-Region Selection
2023-24 SAC First-Team All-Conference Selection
2023-24 Preseason All-SAC First Team
2022-23 SAC All-Tournament Team 
2022-23 SAC First-Team All Conference Selection


2024-25 (Lenoir-Rhyne University)
Started in all 27 games she appeared in for the Bears...Averaged 13.3 PPG, 2.1 APG, and 4.3 RBG...Generated 39 steals and 11 blocks...Shot .456 from the field and a career-high .893 from the free throw line...Scored double figures in 20 of the 27 games she played in including a season-high against UVA Wise (28) on 1/12/25.

2023-24 (Lenoir-Rhyne University)
Named First-Team All-SAC and was also named Second Team All-Region during her senior year...Became the 25th 1,000-point scorer in program history during the season...Played and started in all 31 games...Averaged 16.0 points per game along with 4.7 rebounds per game...Shot 45.2% from the floor while shooting 44.8% from long range...Added 62 assists and 66 steals on the season...Had nine 20-points games including a season high 25 points against Lander on November 12th. 

2022-23 (Lenoir-Rhyne University)
Named First-Team All-SAC and was part of the SAC All-Tournament Team...Played and started in all 32 games this season...Average 14.9 points per game this season as Crooks scored in double figures in 28 of 32 games this year including a career high 34 points at UVA-Wise on 2/25/23...Added 122 rebounds, 44 assists, 13 blocks and a team high 63 steals this season...Shot 84.3% from the free-throw line (6th best in the SAC Conference).

2021-22 (Lenoir-Rhyne University)
Played in 25 games while starting in 16 games for the Bears...Averaged 6.9 points per game and 3.2 rebounds per game in her second year in Hickory. Scored in double digits in her last four games of the season including a career high 18 points on February 23, 2022 in a win over Queens...Blaikley had a career high in rebounds with seven twice this year (at Anderson and Mars Hill) 

2020-21 (Lenoir-Rhyne University)
Played in 17 games while starting two games...Scored 119 points on the season...Added 47 rebounds, 20 assists and 17 steals in her first year...Had a career high 14 points in the season finale at Queens on 2/24/21...Blaikley had seven double digit scoring outputs including the last three regular season games...Had four steals in a game at Coker on 2/18/21. 

High School / Personal
Played varsity basketball at Freedom HS...Conference Player of the Year in basketball...Daughter of Travis Crooks and Clarissa Snipes