KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced a new Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week award winner for week seven of the 2025-26 season. Fort Hays State’s Talexa Weeter was named the MIAA Athlete of the Week for her fourth weekly honor of the season.
MIAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Talexa Weeter, Fort Hays State
Talexa Weeter opened the new year with a huge week, averaging 37.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in a pair of conference wins at home. The junior quickly shook off the rust following the two-week holiday break, erupting for 45 points in an 84-71 come-from-behind victory over Northwest Missouri on Thursday (Jan. 1). Her 45 points tied for the most by a Division II athlete this season, is one shy of the program record, and is just the fourth 40-point game in team history. She added 10 rebounds while also setting the team record of 17 made free throws and tying the program record with 20 free throw attempts against the Bearcats. Weeter then racked up 29 points and matched her career-high 14 rebounds against Missouri Western on Saturday (Jan. 3) alongside three assists, three steals and three blocks. She hit an impressive 64 percent from the floor, 56 percent from behind the arc and 88 percent from the free-throw line for the week. This is Weeter’s fourth MIAA Athlete of the Week honor in the seven weeks of competition so far in the 2025-26 season.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
Jillian Aschoff, Nebraska Kearney
Jillian Aschoff averaged 15.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game over the weekend as Nebraska Kearney started the New Year with two MIAA home wins. The redshirt senior posted a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds to help the Lopers to an 84-76 win over Missouri Western (Jan. 1). She was close to having triple-doubles in both games with eight assists against the Griffons and eight points, nine rebounds and 13 assists in the 71-49 win over Northwest Missouri (Jan. 3). Aschoff is averaging 10.6 assists per game over the Lopers’ last five contests.
Reese Schaaf, Central Missouri
Reese Schaff scored a season-high 29 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for her team-high third double-double of the season in Central Missouri’s 70-61 New Year's Day win over Emporia State in Warrensburg. The senior went a career-best 13-of-13 at the free throw line while landing 8-of-11 from the floor. She added three assists and two steals in the victory.
Harper Schreiner, Pittsburg State
Harper Schreiner helped lead the Gorillas to a 2-0 weekend on the road against Arkansas-Fort Smith (Jan. 1) and Northeastern State (Jan. 3) to begin 2026. For the week, the senior guard from Eudora, Kan., averaged 18.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals a game while shooting 91.7 percent from the free throw line and 50 percent from the field and behind the arc. In the 67-58 win against Northeastern State, Schreiner recorded her 11th career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, helping the Gorillas complete a second-half comeback to remain the only unbeaten team in the MIAA. She opened the week with an 18-point, nine-rebound, seven-assist performance in the Gorillas’ 79-56 win over UAFS. This season, Schreiner is averaging 12.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 steals a game while shooting 88.2 percent from the charity stripe.
ALSO NOMINATED:
Bobbie Fouquet [Central Oklahoma], Yiibari Nwidadah [Washburn], Kaitlyn Sanders [Emporia State], Ashlyn Alloway [Missouri Southern], Samantha Shanks [Rogers State]
WEEK ONE: Talexa Weeter, Fort Hays State
WEEK TWO: Kaitlyn Sanders, Emporia State
WEEK THREE: Talexa Weeter, Fort Hays State
WEEK FOUR: Yiibari Nwidadah, Washburn
WEEK FIVE: Talexa Weeter, Fort Hays State
WEEK SIX: Jillian Aschoff, Nebraska Kearney
WEEK SEVEN: Talexa Weeter, Fort Hays State