by (Lawrence, Kansas) – After leading her team to A.I.I. basketball championship title on Sunday,Haskell Indian Nations University’s Tyler Sumpter (Pyramid Lake Paiute) was named the Association of Independent Institutions Athlete of the Week on Monday.
Sumpter, who also was the MVP of the women’s championship, kicked things off in the A.I.I. tournament with 24 points against Northern New Mexico before racking up 15 against IU Northwest to propel the third-seeded Indians to the title game. On Sunday, she’d pick up another 19 as Haskell stunned College of the Ozarks, who were ranked third nationally.
Tyler joins Duelle Gore (Seminole Tribe of Florida), from the Haskell men’s teams, as the only two athletes named A.I.I. Conference players of the week for the Indians this season.
Haskell will now await their opponent and tip-off time in the NAIA Women’s Division II National Tournament that will be held in Sioux City, Iowa March 9th through 15th.
2015-16 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK WINNERS
- Aug. 24: Matt Redgrave (Georgia Gwinnett Soccer), Pakalana Helekahi (Ashford Volleyball)
- Aug. 31: Dalton Pando (Johnson & Wales Soccer), Clarissa Blick (Ashford Volleyball)
- Sept. 7: Lewis Sharpe (Georgia Gwinnett Soccer), Julia Schojan (Fisher Soccer)
- Sept. 14: Kevin Konfederak (Georgia Gwinnett Tennis), Haley Bannister (Central Christian Volleyball)
- Sept. 21: Jack Wood (British Columbia Golf), Shannon Murdock (Rochester Volleyball)
- Sept. 28: Tyler Gahara (Fisher Soccer), Krystina Stackhouse (Central Christian Soccer)
- Oct. 5: Andrew Harrison (British Columbia Golf), Pakalana Helekahi (Ashford Volleyball)
- Oct. 12: Martin Lugo (Georgia Gwinnett Soccer), Sam Thomas (Georgia Gwinnett Soccer)
- Oct. 19: Kevin Konfederak (Georgia Gwinnett Tennis), Valeria Podda (Georgia Gwinnett Tennis)
- Oct. 26: Dalton Pando (Johnson & Wales Soccer), Kat Kennedy (British Columbia Golf)
- Nov. 2: Quentin Palmer (IU Northwest Basketball), Verenice Chaparro (Ashford Volleyball)
- Nov. 9: Jesse Hooton (British Columbia Cross Country), Kirsten Lee (British Columbia Cross Country)
- Nov. 16: Pakalana Helekahi (Ashford Volleyball), Danielle Boyd (Ashford Soccer), Cameron St. Prix Mitchell (Ashford Soccer)
- Nov. 23: Jesse Hooton (British Columbia Cross Country), Natalia Hawthorn (British Columbia Cross Country)
- Nov. 30: Alonzo Stafford (Central Christian Basketball), Nicki Monahan (IU Northwest Basketball)
- Dec. 7: Ernest Burton (Central Christian Basketball), Kristen Ward (Johnson & Wales Basketball)
- Dec. 14: Duelle Gore (Haskell Basketball), Kelsey Ernst (Clarke Basketball)
- Dec. 21: Alonzo Stafford (Central Christian Basketball), Nicki Monahan (IU Northwest Basketball)
- Jan. 4: Quentin Palmer (IU Northwest Basketball), Amanda Weber (Johnson & Wales Basketball)
- Jan. 11: Cameron Coleman (York Basketball), Nicki Monahan (IU Northwest Basketball)
- Jan. 18: Tyler Shular (Fisher Basketball), Heather Crittenden (Central Christian Basketball)
- Jan. 25: Jairen Hunt (IU Northwest Basketball), Grayce Roach (IU Northwest Basketball)
- Feb. 1: Cade Thomason (Texas A&M-Texarkana Baseball), Breland Prochaska (Clarke Basketball)
- Feb. 8: Patrick Bendegue (Northern New Mexico Basketball), Katie Boyce (Lincoln Christian Basketball)
- Feb. 15: Seth Fitzgerald (Allen Basketball), Chantal Thomas (Johnson & Wales Basketball)
- Feb. 22: Neiko Yribe (Texas A&M-Texarkana Baseball), Grayce Roach (IU Northwest Basketball)
- Feb. 29: Alex Houston (Mount Mercy Basketball), Tyler Sumpter (Haskell Basketball)
