[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]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its 12th 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 had yet another outstanding week against MIAA opponents scoring 24 or more points in back-to-back to games and doing so for the third time in her last four starts. Budgetts walked into last Wednesday’s matchup against Washburn needing 26 points to become the 20th Griffon in program history to 1,000 in their career. She dropped 29, shooting 52.9 percent (9-of-17) overall, 50 percent from deep (4-of-8) and 87.5 percent (7-of-8) at the free-throw line to help MWSU take down the Ichabods by 20 points, 67-47. Just three days later, the junior guard scored 24 more points in the Griffons 76-60 win over Emporia State, making 7-of-7 at the charity stripe, blocking two shots and finding four rebounds.
 
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Tre’Zure Jobe – Emporia State
Tre’Zure Jobe averaged 23.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists last week. She scored 21 points and tied her career high with seven rebounds in the Lady Hornets 52-42 win at Northwest Missouri. During the game she passed 2001 NCAA Player of the Year Emily Bloss (1,915 pts from 1997-2001) for fourth on the Lady Hornet career scoring list. She came back with 26 points and again matched her career high with seven rebounds in ESU’s loss at Missouri Western. During that game she passed 2017 NCAA Player of the Year Kelly Moten (1,932 pts from 2013-17) for third on the Lady Hornet career scoring chart and has 1,954 career points. Jobe is currently leading the MIAA and ranked sixth in the nation in scoring a 21.3 points per game. For her career, the junior is the sixth leading active scorer in NCAA Division II and has the fewest games played among the top six.
 
Lacy Stokes – Missouri Southern
Lacy Stokes led the Lions to a perfect road week that included giving Central Missouri their first loss at home this season and scoring her 1,000th point in her career against Lincoln. For the week she averaged 18.5 points, 7.0 assists, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals a game. Against the Blue Tigers, Lacy finished with 19 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals while becoming the 15th Lion in program history to score 1,000 career points while wearing the Green and Gold and did so in 55 game to set a new program record for quickest to achieve the feat while also being the first player to accomplish the achievement as a sophomore/underclassmen. To end the week, she helped take down the No. 7-ranked Jennies with a 18 point, nine assist, six rebound and four steal performance while coming away with the offensive rebound to continue the eventual go ahead possession and had the assist on the go ahead three pointer while also blocking the final shot by the Jennies to ensure the win.
 
Olivia Nelson – Central Missouri        
Olivia Nelson averaged a team-high 22 points per game while shooting a sizzling 68 percent from the floor in Central Missouri’s two games against Pittsburg State and No. 24 Missouri Southern. In the win over the Gorillas, she scored 21 points on 10-for-14 shooting (71.4 percent) while tallying four steals and dishing out three assists. In the narrow loss to the No. 24 Lions, Nelson netted 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting (64.3 percent) while dishing out three assists. The redshirt sophomore guard became the 32nd Jenny to surpass 1,000 career points.
 
ALSO NOMINATED
Sarah Schmitt (Nebraska Kearney), Molly Hartnett (Northwest Missouri), Karenna Gerber (Pittsburg State), Emma Ruddle (Fort Hays State), Niyah Jackson (Lincoln), Emma Chapman (Washburn)

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