HONORS & AWARDS
Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-American: 2019-20
Senior CLASS Award Finalist: 2019-20
First-Team All-MVC: 2019-20 & 2018-19
Bradley Most Outstanding Athlete: 2019-20 & 2018-19
MVC All-Defensive Team: 2019-20 & 2018-19
NCAA Division I-AAA Scholar-Athlete: 2019-20
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2018-19
Second-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2019-20
MVC All-Freshman Team: 2016-17
MVC Newcomer of the Week: 1/9/17
MVC Player of the Week: 02/17/20
Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 12/4/19, 1/9/19, 12/26/18, 12/5/18 & 12/5/17
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2020
MVC Honor Roll: 2020, 2019, 2018 & 2017
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall '16, Spring '17, Spring '18, Fall '18, Spring '19, Fall '19, Spring '20
2019-20 (SENIOR)
One of six two-time First-Team All-MVC performers in program history ... Second-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete … Is the third two-time MVC All-Defensive Team pick in Bradley history ... Named one of 10 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award (fourth in Bradley history to be a candidate) ... Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis prior in August 2018 prior to her record-breaking junior season ... Second in the MVC in rebounding at 8.5 boards per game and had five double-doubles on the season ... Ranked seventh in the MVC In field goal percentage (.529) with the highest season field goal percentage by a Brave since 2007-08 … Broke Bradley’s career rebounding record, previously held by Leti Lerma, with her 845th career rebound in the road win at Loyola (1/17) ... Finished her career tied for ninth in MVC history with 953 career rebounds ... Averaged 14.6 points per game on 35-for-56 (62.5%) shooting over her final seven games ... Missed the game at Drake due to illness before returning for the game at Northern Iowa, where she had 15 points and seven boards ... Broke the Bradley career record with her 37th career outing with double-digit rebounds in the game at Indiana State (14 pts & 15 reb) ... Shot 57 percent from the field and averaged 12.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in conference play ... Averaged 22.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game on 75% shooting during the home wins against Valparaiso and Loyola to earn MVC Player of the Week honors ... Had 12 points at Illinois State as she became the 20th player in program history to score 1,000 career points ... Closed career 14th in Bradley history with 1,108 career points ... Sixth in Bradley history with 294 career made free throws and her 454 free throw attempts are fifth all-time at BU ... Her 9-for-10 shooting performance against Valparaiso (24 points) was the best by a Brave (minimum 10 attempts) since Amy Peters was 9-of-10 at Southern Illinois on Jan. 6, 2006 ... Had 16 points and 14 rebounds in the home win against Northern Iowa ... Turned in her first double-double of the year with 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting and grabbing 13 rebounds against George Mason, hitting a game-winning layup as time expires ... Owns Renaissance Coliseum career records for rebounds (446 - 8.4 per game) and blocks (55) … Career rebounding average of 8.145 boards per game is second in Bradley history … Ranks fourth in Bradley history with 126 career blocks.
2018-19 (JUNIOR)
Bradley’s first individual to earn First-Team All-MVC & First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete honors in the same season since 2001-02 ... Named to the MVC All-Defensive Team ... Shared team co-MVP honors … Led the MVC and was 21st in the nation in in rebounding (10.9 rpg) … Was sixth in field goal percentage (50.2 percent) in the MVC addition to ranking 15th in scoring (12.6 ppg) ... Pulled down a Bradley season record 327 rebounds, which ranks 10th among MVC season marks ... Owned a league-best 16 double-doubles on the year, including 15 in the last 24 games and 11 of the last 18 ... Her 16 double-doubles were the second-best season total in school history, behind Carrie Coffman’s school record 20 in 1994-95 and tied for the 13th-best season total in MVC history ... Topped double-digit rebounds 19 times ... Fourth on the team in assists (1.2 per game) ... One of seven players in the nation in 2018-19 and first in the MVC since 2011-12 to collect 375 points, 325 rebounds, 35 assists, 30 blocks and 45 or more steals in a season ... Her 19 games with 10 or more rebounds are second-most in school history ... Had a pair of 20-20 outings after scoring a career-best 24 points and pulling down 20 rebounds in the win at Loyola ... First MVC player since at least 1994-95 to have a pair of 20-20 performances in the same season and one of four players in the nation in 2018-19 to have 20 points and 20 rebounds in two different games... Tied the Bradley single-game record with 24 rebounds in the overtime game against Northern Iowa and also poured in a 22 points for the first 20-20 outing at Bradley since Shelli Braud in 1987-88 ... Collected a career-high six steals against Missouri State to go with 12 points & 13 rebounds as she had the most steals combined with a double-double for a Brave since Lora Weber in February 2002 ... Her 24 rebounds were the third most in the NCAA in 2018-19 and tied for the fifth-best total in MVC history (most in MVC since 2009) … Had double digit scoring or rebounding in 24 of 30 games … Averaged 14.0 points and 11.2 rebounds per game in MVC play.
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)
Ranked fifth in the MVC in rebounding at 6.5 boards per game, to go with 6.5 points per outing, and was ninth in the league in blocks (1.1 per game) ... Started 14 contests, including eight of the last 15 ... Returned to the starting lineup at Indiana State after coming off the bench in her six previous appearances to score 14 points and grab seven rebounds ... Reached double figures in scoring seven times and pulled down 10 or more rebounds six times … Had two double-doubles on the year … Scored a team-high 10 points in the final home game of the year against Illinois State to snap a streak 10-game streak of single-digit scoring efforts ... Had 10 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three blocks in just 12 minutes of action at Evansville ... Missed the home game against Southern Illinois due to injury, but returned two days later against Missouri State ... Tossed in a season-high 20 points against Western Illinois and added 12 rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal vs. the Leathernecks, tallying 15 points and eight boards during the second-half comeback ... Hauled down a season-best 15 rebounds in the win against Illinois-Chicago ... Scored nine consecutive points for Bradley at Northern Illinois and finished with a double-double (10 points & 11 rebounds) to go with three blocks and a pair of steals ... Battled foul trouble against Southeast Missouri State to finish with 11 points and three boards in just 13 minutes.
2016-17 (FRESHMAN)
Bradley’s first MVC All-Freshman team honoree since senior Leti Lerma in 2013-14 ... Named MVC Newcomer of the Week for the week of Jan. 9 ... Fifth on the team in scoring at 8.0 points per game ... Broke the Bradley freshman rebounding record ... First Bradley player since 1991-92 and first MVC freshman since at least 1995-96 with 235 points, 200 rebounds, 45 assists, 30 blocks and 20 or more steals ... Joined Eileen Yerkes (1991-92) as only players in program history to reach those marks in a season … One of three freshmen in the nation to reach those numbers, joining Joyner Holmes of Texas (Big 12 Freshman of the Year) and Bella Alarie of Princeton (Ivy League Rookie of the Year) ... Made all 11 of her starts in MVC play, averaging 7.6 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game in conference action ... Ranked eighth in the MVC in rebounding, with her 6.7 boards per game third among Bradley freshman marks …Third in the MVC in free throw attempts per game (4.5) and also ranked third in The Valley in blocks per game (1.1) ... Her 86 made free throws and 134 attempts were both Bradley freshman records ... Had two double-doubles with her most recent at Southern Illinois (10 points & 12 rebounds) ... Turned in her first career double-double with season highs of 23 points and 19 rebounds at Indiana State for just the third performance in school history with 19 points and 19 boards ... Her 19 rebounds at Indiana State tied the Bradley freshman single game record set by Leti Lerma and her 23 points were the most by a Bradley freshman since Katie Yohn at UNLV on 11/29/09 ... Sat out the game against Northern Illinois (Dec. 2) with an injury only to return at Western Illinois (Dec. 5) and score a season-high 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting in 25 minutes off the bench ... Averaged 8.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 blocks per game after returning from her injury ... Scored eight of her 14 points in the win at Valparaiso in the second quarter and also collected eight boards, three assists, two blocks and a steal ... Averaged 9.3 free throw attempts per game in first three home games and averaged 9.3 points and 6.0 rebounds in her first three outings at Renaissance Coliseum ... Was the 12th freshman in school history to score in double figures in their debut, collecting 10 points, six boards, one assist and two steals at Kent State ... Fourth freshman in program history with at least 10 points and six rebounds in their first outing as a Brave ... Nearly had a double-double in first home game of her career, tallying nine points, nine boards, one assist and two blocks in home win against Detroit ... Finished with 11 points, five boards, two assists, three blocks and two steals against preseason A10 favorite Saint Louis.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned WBCA All-Star honors as a senior ... All-Suburban Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year in 2015-16 ... Averaged 14.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game as a senior as she helped Eisenhower to a state championship in 2016 ... Finished her prep career with 1,103 points and was an all-conference selection as a senior ... Third-team all-state performer as a junior … Averaged 11.4 points and 6.8 rebounds her junior season … First-team all-conference in 2014-15 … Helped the Lions to back-to-back second-place state finishes as a freshman and sophomore, which included a 27-1 record her freshman year.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Sabine and Bernd Brackmann, Chelsea was born in Milwaukee, Wis. … Has an older sister: Joanne … Majored in health science
