FHSU Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fort Hays State's Talexa Weeter has been named MIAA Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week for the fifth time this season, announced Monday by the league office. She has earned five of the league's 10 weekly recognitions this season, with no other athlete earning more than one honor so far during the 2025-26 season.
Her five weekly honors are the most by a player in the league since the 2022-23 season when Central Missouri's Brooke Littrell was also named Athlete of the Week five times.
The junior had another big week for the fifth-ranked Tigers, averaging a double-double with 26.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 blocks per game in wins over Rogers State and Central Oklahoma.
Weeter reached 1,000 career points in the win over RSU, doing so in her 62nd game to become the second-fastest Tiger to reach that milestone (Annette Wiles, 57 games). She is the 26th player in program history to surpass the 1,000-point threshold.
The Goodland, Kan. native scored 23 points and matched her career high with 14 rebounds in a win over Rogers State, tallying her sixth double-double of the season and the ninth of her career.
Weeter then knocked down five 3-pointers while totaling 29 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three blocks against the Bronchos. For the week the junior hit 60 percent from behind the arc (6-of-10) and hit 12-of-13 from the free-throw line (92.3 percent).
She continues to lead the country in scoring (27.9 ppg) while ranking second in the league in rebounding (9.1 rpg).
Weeter's five recognitions combined with Brooke Loewe's MIAA Athlete of the Week honor gives the Tigers six of the 10 weekly honors given out by the league this season. No other school has more than one such honor.
Winners of 11 in a row, tied for the ninth-longest winning streak in team history, the 18-1 Tigers will be back in action Thursday (Jan. 29) when they host Washburn beginning at 5:30 p.m. FHSU will look to avenge its only loss of the season after falling to the Ichabods by three points on the road last month.