[2022-2023 MIAA Women's Basketball Athletes of the Week: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its tenth MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week, presented by Shift Group, for the 2022-23 season.
 
MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week – Brionna Budgetts – Missouri Western       
Brionna Budgetts notched her ninth and 10th double-figure scoring games in a row last week, scoring 18 points in Missouri Western’s 65-54 win over Lincoln and 19 points in the Griff’s 66-63 victory over No. 5-ranked Central Missouri. The Griffon junior shot 56.3 percent (9-of-16) from three-point range while making 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. Overall, Budgetts averaged 18.5 points per game and shot 48.0 percent (12-of-25) from the field. In MWSU’s upset over the Jennies, Budgetts made 5-of-8 from downtown, hitting a game-clinching three with 90 seconds left to play.
 
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Tristan Gegg – Pittsburg State
Tristian Gegg averaged 19.5 points to help lead Pittsburg State to a pair of road wins over Rogers State and Northeastern State last week. The Altamont, Kan., native scored a game-high 25 points as the Gorillas defeated the Hillcats, 87-47. She made nine of 16 shots in the game, including five three-pointers. Gegg followed that up with a 14-point performance, making three of four shots from beyond the arc, in an 82-70 win against the RiverHawks. For the week, Gegg shot 56.0 percent from the field (14-of-25) and 53.3 percent from three-point range (8-of-15). Gegg has now scored 1,868 career points, climbing to No. 3 on Pitt State’s all-time scoring list.
 
Lacy Stokes – Missouri Southern       
Lacy Stokes averaged 19.5 points, 5.0 assists and 3.0 steals a game as the Lions picked up road wins over Northeastern State and Rogers State. In MSSU’s 63-51 win over the RiverHawks, Lacy had 23 points and five steals to mark the 14th time in her career with five or more steals in a game. In the Lions 72-53 victory at RSU, Stokes had 16 points and eight assists to move into sixth in career assists and is tied for fifth for steals in program history as well.
 
Tre’Zure Jobe – Emporia State
Tre’Zure Jobe averaged 23.5 points per game as she returned to the lineup after missing two games with an illness. Along the way, she moved into the top five of all-time scorers in Lady Hornet history. Jobe totaled 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting against Nebraska Kearney. She then scored 26 points with four rebounds and three assists against Fort Hays State. Against the Tigers, Jobe moved past Tara Holloway (1,839 points from 1996-2000) and Cassondra Boston (1,844 points from 2006-10) and now has 1,862 points to rank fifth all-time at Emporia State.
 
Katie Wagner – Fort Hays State
Katie Wagner helped the Tigers to a pair of road wins last week, averaging 15.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in victories over Washburn and Emporia State. The sophomore hit 5-of-6 from the floor in the Tigers 53-46 win against the Ichabods before going off with 21 points and 12 rebounds in FHSU’s 77-68 victory over the Lady Hornets. She knocked down 60.0 percent from the floor on the week (12-of-20).
 
ALSO NOMINATED
Shiloh McCool (Nebraska Kearney), Kelsey Fields (Northwest Missouri), Britney Ho (Newman), Aspen Williston (Central Oklahoma), Gabi Artis (Washburn), Jaylee Kindred (Northeastern State)  

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