Monmouth University Athletics

One of the most decorated athletes in school history, Blackwell finished his career as a three-time First-Team All-Metropolitan, All-State and All-Northeast Conference honoree. A prolific scorer, the communication major still holds the single-season scoring record with 663 points in 1990-91 and owns three of the top-eight single-season scoring records overall. Blackwell reached double-figures in 79 of 86 career games played, with 25 double-doubles and his career 20.3 points-per-game scoring average is still highest in program Division I history. He is Monmouth’s single-season record holder for field goals made with 247 (1990-91), when he garnered District II All-American honors.

The Hawks averaged 18.6 wins in the three seasons with Blackwell on the squad, setting a then program-record with 20 victories during the 1991-92 year. 

He was a gold medal winner for the United States in the World University Games in 1991, where he played in all six games for the US, averaging 6.0 points and 4.2 rebounds. Monmouth’s only player to play in the National Basketball Association, he signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers on August 11, 1992, appearing in 27 games that season.