KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week, presented by
Shift Group, for the 15th week of the 2023-24 season.
MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week – Katie Horyna, Emporia State
Katie Horyna shot 67.0 percent from the field as the Lady Hornets ran their win streak to three games and clinched a spot in the MIAA Tournament. The senior guard had a career high 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field while going 8-of-9 from the free throw line in ESU’s 73-59 win over Central Missouri. She scored 11 points in the first half as the Lady Hornets built a 40-28 lead at the break. She then hit four straight free throws in the final 1:28 after the Jennies cut the lead to eight. Horyna finished the week with ten points, four rebounds and three assists in the Lady Hornets 73-59 win over Lincoln.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Brooke Littrell – Central Missouri
Brooke Littrell averaged a league-best 23.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game last week while also collecting 3.0 blocks, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game in UCM’s two contests at Emporia State and Washburn. The redshirt junior scored 29 points on 11-of-16 shooting and a 7-of-8 performance at the free-throw line in the Jennies win at Washburn last Saturday while adding six rebounds, four blocks, three steals and one assist. She also compiled a double-double with 18 points and 10 boards at Emporia State.
Olivia Hollenbeck – Fort Hays State
Olivia Hollenbeck averaged 15.5 points on 50.0 percent shooting (13-of-26) while putting up 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.5 blocks per game in a pair of home wins over the weekend. The junior forward scored the first 10 points of last Thursday’s game for the Tigers, finishing with 17 in a 61-49 win over Pittsburg State. She then added 14 points in last Saturday’s 85-81 double-overtime win over Missouri Southern, including a layup with less than 30 seconds remaining in regulation that gave the Tigers the lead.
Harper Schreiner – Pittsburg State
Harper Schreiner averaged 15.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game for the Gorillas in the last road week of the regular season. The sophomore guard posted 12 points, five rebounds and four assists against Nebraska Kearney in the 85-57 win and 18 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists against Fort Hays State. For the week, Schreiner shot 54.5 percent from the field, 44.4 percent from three and a was 2-of-2 from free throws.
ALSO NOMINATED
Brionna Budgetts (Missouri Western), Kryslyn Jones (Missouri Southern), Halie Jones (Northeastern State), Caley Young (Central Oklahoma)
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2023-24 MIAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
WEEK ONE: Katie Wagner, Fort Hays State
WEEK TWO: Olivia Nelson, Central Missouri
WEEK THREE: Brooke Littrell, Central Missouri
WEEK FOUR: Halie Jones, Northeastern State
WEEK FIVE: Grace Pyle, Pittsburg State
WEEK SIX: Karenna Gerber, Pittsburg State
WEEK SEVEN: Kryslyn Jones, Missouri Southern
WEEK EIGHT: Jillian Aschoff, Nebraska Kearney
WEEK NINE: Brooke Littrell, Central Missouri
WEEK TEN: Brooke Littrell, Central Missouri
WEEK ELEVEN: Karenna Gerber, Pittsburg State
WEEK TWELVE: Grace Pyle, Pittsburg State
WEEK THIRTEEN: Katie Wagner, Fort Hays State
WEEK FOURTEEN: Brooke Littrell, Central Missouri
WEEK FIFTEEN: Katie Horyna, Emporia State