KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For the third time in five weeks the MIAA has named Fort Hays State's Talexa Weeter its women's basketball Athlete of the Week, announced Monday (Dec. 15) by the league office.
 
The Goodland, Kan. native put together her fourth 30-point game of the season on Saturday (Dec. 13), helping the eighth-ranked Tigers thump No. 6 Pittsburg State 88-70. Weeter tallied 32 points and 13 rebounds, recording her third double-double of the season and the sixth of her career.
 
The junior hit 57.9 percent from the floor (11-of-19), including a perfect 2-for-2 effort from behind the 3-point line. It was the third time this season she's hit multiple triples in a game. Weeter also added three assists, one steal and one block.
 
Weeter leads the country and ranks second across all NCAA Divisions with an average of 28.6 points per game while ranking second in the MIAA with an average of 9.2 rebounds per night.
 
She is the first athlete in the conference since Brooke Littrell in 2023-24 to claim the award more than twice in a season. Littrell, however, didn't earn her third award until week 10, while Weeter now has three of the first five awards this season.
 
Now 8-1 on the year, Fort Hays State will conclude non-conference play this week with two home games. The Tigers will first host Tabor on Tuesday (Dec. 16) before taking on Chadron State on Friday (Dec. 19). Both contests are scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. inside Gross Memorial Coliseum.