KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The MIAA announced its final women’s basketball athlete of the week for the 2020-2021 season. This week's winner is Fort Hays State's Whitney Randall.
Randall scored a career-high 29 points in Thursday's win at Missouri Western, helping the Tigers secure the regular season MIAA title. The senior knocked down 9-of-16 from the floor (56.3 percent), 2-of-4 from behind the arc (50 percent) and 9-of-12 from the charity stripe (75 percent) while grabbing five rebounds and dishing out five assists in the win over the Griffons. She then added eight points and a game-high nine rebounds in Saturdays win at Northwest Missouri State. The Alva, Okla. native averaged 18.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game for the week.
Notable Performances
Kaylee DaMitz - Pittsburg State
DaMitz averaged 19.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game in a pair of contests for Pitt State last week. She scored a game high 25 points, dished out five assists and grabbed four steals in the Gorillas 69-61 win over Newman on Feb. 27. DaMitz became the 24th player in Pitt State history to eclipse 1,000 career points in the game. She added 14 points and seven assists in a 65-58 loss to Emporia State on Feb. 25.
Brooke Littrell - Central Missouri
Littrell put up 2 double-doubles to finish the regular season. She averaged 17 points and 10.5 rebounds per game while shooting 67% from the floor. She started the week scoring 16 with 10 rebounds in a Jennies win over UCO. She was 6-10 from the floor with a three and 3-3 at the line. In the season finale, Littrell scored 18, one off of her career-best with 11 rebounds going 4-8 from the floor. Littrell also blocked a shot and had 4 steals on the week.
Also Nominated
Lauren Cassaday, Washburn - Vanessa Gajdosova, Rogers State - Mychaell Gray, Missouri Western - Trinity Law, Nebraska-Kearney - Madi Stokes, Missouri Southern - Amoni White, Newman