Wisconsin Badgers

FOR NIL OPPORTUNITIES: FRESHMAN (2023-24): Named to the 2024 Big Ten All-Freshman Team, becoming the ninth player in program history to do so ... Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors four times (Nov. 27, Dec. 11, Jan. 23, Mar. 11), joining Nigel Hayes (2013-14) as the only Badgers to win the award four times ... Scored a career-high 18 points in 18 minutes off the bench against Robert Morris (11/17) ... Averaged 10.0 points and 6.5 rebound per game while helping lead the Badgers to the title at the 2023 Fort Myers Tip-Off ... Dropped a team-high 17 points while grabbing a team-high 7 rebounds in win against No. 1 Arizona (12/9) ... Scored 17 points while grabbing 11 rebounds in a win against Rutgers (3/7) ... Provided a team-high 18 points against No, 3 Purdue (3/10) ... Scored a team-high 18 points against Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament (3/14), shooting 4-for-6 from 3. 

BIO: Three-star combo guard from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan ranked as the 26th-best combo guard in the nation and the third-best prospect in the state of Michigan ... as a junior at Brother Rice High School, averaged 13 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game while shooting 49 percent from beyond the arc – the highest 3-point shooting percentage in Michigan that season ... John's father, Glynn Blackwell, played four seasons at Illinois (1984-88) at shooting guard, playing in 106 games (57 starts) for the Illini where he averaged 12.1 points per game as a senior.