[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, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its 13th 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 – Tre’Zure Jobe – Emporia State        
Tre’Zure Jobe scored 35 points with a career high eight rebounds and six made three-pointers in the Lady Hornets only game last week – a 83-79 win over Newman. The junior guard scored six of her game high 35 points during an 11-0 run in the fourth quarter that turned a six-point deficit into a five-point lead with 4:53 left in the game. Each time Newman scored over the next three minutes Jobe provided an answer. After two free throws with 3:42 left by Amiyah Josey pulled the Jets within three, Jobe hit a three pointer just 12 seconds later to push the lead back to 75-69. Newman’s Brittany Ho connected on two free throws with 2:18 left as the Jets closed to within 75-71. Just eight seconds later, Jobe buried another three-pointer to push the lead back to seven points. She finished the game with 35 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals. She is now just 11 points away from becoming the third Lady Hornet with at least 2000 career points.
 
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Brooke Littrell – Central Missouri  
Brooke Littrell averaged a double-double on the week with 20.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game while shooting 41.0 percent from the field and 88.0 percent at the free-throw line. The redshirt sophomore also added four blocks in the contest. In the Jennies 71-64 win at Fort Hays State, Littrell netted 19 points and pulled down 13 boards while also compiling three blocks while going 7-for-9 at the foul line. In the narrow 60-57 loss at No. 11-ranked Nebraska Kearney, she scored 22 points and compiled 12 rebounds while also finishing a perfect 8-of-8 at the free-throw line.
 
Brooke Rayner – Central Oklahoma         
Brooke Rayner scored a career-high 32 points in a Central Oklahoma 73-62 road win at Washburn over the weekend. The senior guard also snatched six steals to tie her career high from her last visit to Washburn in 2022. Rayner eclipsed 1,000 career points with her performance and also hit the 200-steal mark for her career with the Bronchos. Against the Ichabods, Rayner hit 12-of-16 shots, two three-pointers and all six free-throw attempts.
 
Katie Wagner – Fort Hays State         
Katie Wagner averaged a double-double over the weekend, putting up 16.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game. The Maize, Kan. native put up 16 points and 16 rebounds in a win over Lincoln before adding 16 points and a career-high nine assists against Central Missouri. She knocked down 50.0 percent of her shots on the week (13-of-26).
 
ALSO NOMINATED
Brionna Budgetts (Missouri Western), Molly Hartnett (Northwest Missouri), Meg Burns (Nebraska Kearney), Karenna Gerber (Pittsburg State), Lacy Stokes (Missouri Southern), Amaya Davison (Washburn)

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