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2023-24 MIT Women's Basketball Roster

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5 Christina Antonakakis

  • Position G
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Holmdel
  • Hometown Holmdel, N.J.
  • Major Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science

Biography

Career Highs
Points 44 vs. Springfield (Jan. 26, 2022)
Rebounds 7 at Clark (Jan. 17, 2024)
Assists 8 Three times, last vs. Bridgewater St. (Dec. 05, 2023)
Steals 4 at Tufts (Nov. 29, 2023)
Blocks 1 vs. Wheaton (Feb. 13, 2019) 


Accolades:
- D3hoops.com All-America Fifth Team (2021-22)
- WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (2021-22, 2023-24)
- 2022 Women's Collegiate All-Star Team presented by the WBCA (2021-22)
- WBCA Senior All-Star Game selection (2023-24)
- CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team (2021-22)
- NEWMAC Athlete of the Year (2021-22)
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team (2019-20, 2021-22, 2023-24)
- NEWMAC Rookie of the Year (2018-19)
- D3hoops.com Region 2 Player of the Year (2021-22)
- D3hoops.com Region 2 All-Region First Team (2021-22)
- D3hoops.com Region 2 All-Region Second Team (2023-24)
- D3hooops.com All-Northeast Region Third Team (2019-20)
- NEWBA Player of the Year (2021-22)
- NEWBA All-Region First Team (2021-22, 2023-24)
- NEWBA All-Rookie Team (2018-19)
- NEWBA Weekly Award - First Team (Nov. 13, 2023)
- NEWBA Weekly Award - Second Team (Feb. 6, 2024)
- CSC Academic All-District Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
- NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (1/13/20, 2/8/20, 1/31/22, 11/13/23, 1/22/24)
- NEWBA Honor Roll (Jan. 31, 2022)
- D3hoops.com Team of the Week (Jan. 31, 2022)
- NEWBA Rookie of the Week (Nov. 19, 2018)
- Set the program record for points in a game with 44 vs. Springfield (Jan. 26, 2022)
- Set the MIT basketball (men's and women's) record for points in a game (44 vs. Springfield, Jan. 26, 2022)
- Set the Rockwell Cage facility record for points in a game (44 vs. Springfield, Jan. 26, 2022)
- Set the program record for made three-point field goals in a game (9 vs. Springfield, Jan. 26, 2022)
- Set the program record for made three-point field goals in a season (83) in 2023-24
- Set the program record for season scoring average (21.1) in 2021-22
- Set the program record season free-throw percentage (87.3) in 2019-20
- Set the MIT record for career points (1,576)
- Set the MIT record for career three-point field goals made (268)
- Set the MIT record for career free throws made (298)
- Set the MIT record for career scoring average (15.8)
- Set the MIT record for three-point field goal attempts in a game (15 vs. Maine Maritime, Jan. 6, 2024)
- Set the MIT record for career three-point field goals attempted (671)
- Set the MIT record for three-point field goal attempts in a season (212) in 2023-24
- Graduated ranked second in career free throw percentage (.854)
- Graduated ranked third in career three-point field goal percentage (.399)
- Graduated ranked sixth in career assists (285)
- The only player in program history to score 40+ points in a game (40 vs. Westfield State on Nov. 16, 2021 and 44 vs. Springfield on Jan. 26, 2022)


2023-24:
- Played and started in all 27 games
- Led the NEWMAC in made three-point field goals per game (3.1) and second in points per game (16.9), made three-pointers (83) and free throw percentage (.856)
- Finished the season ranked fifth in the nation in made three pointers and made three-point field goals per game
- Ranked fourth in NEWMAC in three-point field goal percentage (.392), and fifth in total points (456)
- Reached double-digit scoring in 23 games
- Made 5+ threes in seven games


2021-22: [SEASON STATISTICS]
- Played in and started 21 games
- Led the NEWMAC in points (444), points per game (21.1), three-point field goals made (71), and free-throw percentage (85.3)
- Ranked seventh in the country in three-point field goals per game (3.38) and eighth in points per game
- Ranked second in the NEWMAC in minutes per game (34.5) and free throws made (87), third in three-point field goal percentage (39.0), fourth in field goals made (143), and eighth in minutes (738)  


2020-21:
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic  


2019-20: [SEASON STATISTICS]
- Played in 24 games, started 23
- Led the NEWMAC in points (418), points per game (17.4), made three-point field goals (71), and three-point field goal percentage (40.3)
- Ranked second in the NEWMAC and 14th in the nation in free-throw percentage (87.3), third in minutes per game (35.5), fourth in made free throws (89) and assists (85), and sixth in minutes (851) and made field goals (129)
- Reached double-digits in scoring in 19 games
- Recorded 30 points against Suffolk (Jan. 9) and Coast Guard (Feb. 8) in addition to scoring 33 points against Wellesley and Babson (tying the previous program record for points in a game)  


2018-19: [SEASON STATISTICS]
- Played in 28 games, started four
- Led the NEWMAC in three-point field goal percentage, ranked third in three-point field goals, and 11th in assist-turnover ratio
- Reached double-digits in scoring in 12 games  


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning the NEWMAC Championship


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Winning the NEWMAC Championship  


Off the Court at MIT:
- Pursuing a master’s degree in computer science, economics, and data science
- Graduated from MIT in 2022 with degrees in business analytics and computer science, economics, and data science
- Product Manager at Capital One
- Internships: Golden State Warriors (business analytics and strategy intern); Sports Innovation Lab (data analyst intern); Archway Wealth Management (financial intern)
- Research: Applied Economics Department - analyzed and predicted pollution levels in India
- Research: Finance Department - analyzed SEC debt contract filings to obtain covenants they specify
- Little Beavers Running Team Coach Coordinator
- Sloan Student Advisory Board Committee Member
- Sigma Kappa Sorority - Theta Lambda Chapter  


High School:
- Graduated from Holmdel High School
- Co-captain and four-time varsity letterwinner
- Two-time Shore Conference Class A Central All-Division First Team, Shore Conference All-Shore Second Team, Shore Sports Network and Asbury Park Press All-Shore Third Team
- Jersey Sports Zone Shore Conference Game Ball Winner, NJSCA North-South All-Star, Shore Conference Senior All-Star Team
- NJSIAA Student Scholar Athlete
- Shore Conference champions
- 1000-point scorer
- National Honor Society treasurer, Spanish Honor Society
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- High Honor Roll
- NY FED Challenge participant
- Class vice president, newspaper staff writer and junior editor, Future Physicians of America treasurer, Team Unify, Kimisis Tis Theotokou GOYA, Women in Science League  


Club/AAU:
- Central Jersey Hawks, NJ Belles
- USJN All-Star Team District Heights MD

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2018-19First Year

    G
    5'4"
    5
  • 5

    2019-20Sophomore

    G
    5'4"
    5
  • 5

    2020-21Junior

    G
    5'4"
    5
  • 5

    2021-22Senior

    G
    5'4"
    5
  • 5

    2023-24Graduate Student

    G
    5'4"
    5