By: MIAA Communications

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (November 23, 2020) - The MIAA announced its first men’s basketball athlete of the week for the 2020-2021 season. Northwest Missouri’s Trevor Hudgins was tabbed with the first award of the season.

Hudgins scored a game-high 27 points in leading Northwest to a season-opening road victory at Rogers State. He also grabbed five rebounds, handed out four assists, tallied three steals, and did not turn the ball over in 38:23 minutes of action. Hudgins was 6-of-10 from the field, 13-of-15 at the free-throw line, and 2-of-4 from three-point land in the only game last week for NW. 

Notable Performances In The Association
Austin Downing - Emporia State
Downing led the Hornets to two road victories last week. He scored 14 points with six assists and four rebounds at Nebraska Kearney then netted 19 points with three rebounds, three steals, and two assists at Fort Hays State.

Cam Martin - Missouri Southern
Martin helped the Lions to wins at Central Oklahoma and an overtime victory at Newman. He scored 27 points and had 10 rebounds at UCO then recorded 24 points with 11 rebounds against NU.

Tyler Geiman - Washburn
Geiman guided the Ichabods to wins at Fort Hays State and Nebraska Kearney. He had 14 points with six assists and four rebounds against FHSU and 13 points with eight assists and five rebounds against UNK.

Nominations For Athletes of the Week
Cameron Hunter - Central Missouri, Cam Givens - Central Oklahoma, Austin Downing - Emporia State, Jared Vitztum - Fort Hays State, Sai Witt - Lincoln, Cam Martin - Missouri Southern, Q Mays - Missouri Western, Branden Bunn - Newman, Trevor Hudgins - Northwest Missouri, Quentin Hardrict, Jr. - Pittsburg State, Tyler Geiman - Washburn