Mya Merschman

24 Mya Merschman

Height:

5-11
Hometown:

West Point, Iowa
Position:

G/F
Year:

Jr

gp

32
pts/g

15.7
fg %

48.7
3pt %

45.8
ft %

91.0
reb/g

5.6
a/g

1.5

Bio

2023-24 (Junior): Heart First Team All-Conference...played in all 32 games with 31 starts...averaged career-highs with 15.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game in a career-high 30.1 minutes per game...shot 48.7 percent from the field, 45.8 percent from three point range, the best three point percentage in a season in program history, and 91.0 percent from the free throw line, the second-best in program history, as her three point percentage finished third in the NAIA and her free throw percentage finished sixth in the NAIA...scored in double figures in 27 of the 32 games including 11 games of 20 or more points led by her new career-high of 28 points on Jan. 22 against Peru State...recorded three double-doubles (points-rebounds) all with 10 rebounds in those games including the Jan. 22 game against Peru State as well as Nov. 11 against William Penn and Nov. 18 at Benedictine...finished her career arguably as the best shooter in program history with 126 career made three pointers, eighth all time, a 41.3% career mark from three point range, the best percentage in program history, and an 88.8% career mark from the free throw line, the best in school history.

2022-23 (Sophomore): 2023 NAIA National Champion...Heart Honorable Mention All-Conference...played in 36 games with four starts...averaged 8.1 points per game, 2.5 rebounds per game, and 1.1 assists per game over 19 minutes per game...shot 41.7 percent from the field, 37.1 percent from three point range, and 88.6 percent from the free throw line...scored in double figures in 13 games including a career-high 22 points against Central Methodist on Feb. 4.

2021-22 (Freshman): Played in 35 games...averaged 5.7 points per game, 3.6 rebounds per game, and 1.1 assists per game...shot 40.0 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from three point range, and 84.7 percent from the free throw line...scored in double figures in seven games on the season.

Prior to Clarke: Was on the basketball, volleyball, and track and field teams at Central Lee High School in Donnellson, Iowa...a four-year letterwinner on the basketball and volleyball teams and a two-year letterwinner on the track and field team...KHQA Player of the Year, WGEM Player of the Year, All-State, All-District, All-Region, and All-Conference on the basketball Team...All-Conference, All-Region, and All-District on the volleyball team...All-Conference on the track team...holds school records at Central Lee for all three sports...basketball records: most points in a career (1,937), most points in a season (607), most points in a game (50), most free throws made in a career (367), most free throws made in a season (137), best free throw percentage in a season (83.5%), and best free throw percentage in a game (100%)...volleyball records: most kills in a career (1,018), most kills in a season (327), and most blocks in a career (352)...track and field records: long jump (16'11")...First Team All-Conference Academic for every year she was a letterwinner on all three teams...participated in Spanish Club, Art Club, Leo Club, FCCLA, and National Honor Society.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	32	24
Games started	31	23
Minutes	962	717
Minutes per game	30.1	29.9
FG	167-343	132-259
FG Pct	48.7	51.0
3PT	66-144	51-105
3PT Pct	45.8	48.6
FT	101-111	81-87
FT Pct	91.0	93.1
Off rebounds	31	24
Def rebounds	149	102
Total rebounds	180	126
Rebounds per game	5.6	5.3
Personal fouls	49	42
Disqualifications	1	1
Assists	48	42
Turnovers	63	52
Assist to turnover ratio	0.8	0.8
Steals	16	13
Blocks	23	17
Points	501	396
Points per game	15.7	16.5
Points per 40 min	20.8	22.1

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 21	at William Penn (IA)	W, 89-63
Feb 24	at Peru State	W, 87-73
Feb 28	Central Methodist (MO)	W, 80-67
Mar 2	Benedictine	L, 64-61
Mar 15	College of the Ozarks	W, 80-61
Mar 16	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	L, 78-72

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Oct 22	at Iowa	L, 122-49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 1	at St. Ambrose (IA)	W, 95-55	1	22	8-9	88.9	4-5	80.0	2-2	100.0	22
Nov 8	Governors State	W, 68-66	1	32	1-12	8.3	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	3
Nov 11	William Penn (IA)	W, 84-66	1	28	8-13	61.5	4-6	66.7	2-2	100.0	22
Nov 15	Central Methodist (MO)	W, 101-74	1	35	8-14	57.1	4-5	80.0	1-2	50.0	21
Nov 18	at Benedictine	W, 71-61	1	38	5-9	55.6	2-4	50.0	5-6	83.3	17
Nov 21	Columbia (MO)	W, 65-59	1	38	4-12	33.3	3-7	42.9	0-1	0.0	11
Nov 30	at Graceland	W, 93-72	1	25	8-11	72.7	3-4	75.0	3-3	100.0	22
Dec 2	Baker	W, 92-65	1	29	6-9	66.7	2-4	50.0	8-8	100.0	22
Dec 9	at Park	W, 59-54	1	33	4-10	40.0	1-6	16.7	0-0	-	9
Dec 13	at Culver-Stockton (MO)	W, 92-62	1	29	5-10	50.0	1-4	25.0	1-1	100.0	12
Dec 16	MidAmerica Nazarene	W, 67-54	1	33	2-10	20.0	1-5	20.0	2-2	100.0	7
Dec 22	St. Ambrose (IA)	W, 90-78	1	32	6-9	66.7	3-6	50.0	4-4	100.0	19
Jan 3	at Grand View	W, 71-69	1	34	3-6	50.0	0-2	0.0	4-4	100.0	10
Jan 6	at Missouri Valley	W, 77-62	1	26	5-13	38.5	2-5	40.0	4-4	100.0	16
Jan 10	Mount Mercy	W, 87-84	1	31	3-9	33.3	1-3	33.3	5-5	100.0	12
Jan 15	at Central Methodist (MO)	W, 78-60	1	32	3-10	30.0	1-6	16.7	5-5	100.0	12
Jan 20	Benedictine	W, 2-0	1	26	3-10	30.0	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	8
Jan 22	Peru State	W, 97-80	1	32	9-12	75.0	5-6	83.3	5-6	83.3	28
Jan 24	Graceland	W, 91-83	1	27	6-15	40.0	3-7	42.9	8-8	100.0	23
Jan 27	at MidAmerica Nazarene	W, 65-60	1	33	7-10	70.0	1-1	100.0	1-3	33.3	16
Jan 31	Culver-Stockton (MO)	W, 73-70	1	44	8-21	38.1	5-8	62.5	4-4	100.0	25
Feb 3	at Baker	W, 80-64	1	29	4-8	50.0	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	10
Feb 7	at Mount Mercy	W, 85-76	1	27	4-8	50.0	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	10
Feb 10	Park	W, 70-60	1	26	5-6	83.3	4-4	100.0	6-6	100.0	20
Feb 14	Grand View	W, 93-78	1	35	6-11	54.5	0-3	0.0	4-4	100.0	16
Feb 17	Missouri Valley	W, 92-77	-	26	5-7	71.4	2-3	66.7	6-6	100.0	18
Feb 21	at William Penn (IA)	W, 89-63	1	20	8-14	57.1	2-4	50.0	1-1	100.0	19
Feb 24	at Peru State	W, 87-73	1	19	7-13	53.8	3-6	50.0	4-5	80.0	21
Feb 28	Central Methodist (MO)	W, 80-67	1	28	1-11	9.1	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	3
Mar 2	Benedictine	L, 64-61	1	31	3-11	27.3	1-6	16.7	5-6	83.3	12
Mar 15	College of the Ozarks	W, 80-61	1	27	9-14	64.3	2-5	40.0	3-4	75.0	23
Mar 16	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	L, 78-72	1	35	3-6	50.0	0-2	0.0	6-7	85.7	12

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Oct 22	at Iowa	L, 122-49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 1	at St. Ambrose (IA)	W, 95-55	1	22	0	4	4	1	1	1	0
Nov 8	Governors State	W, 68-66	1	32	2	6	8	1	0	0	0
Nov 11	William Penn (IA)	W, 84-66	1	28	2	8	10	2	1	1	0
Nov 15	Central Methodist (MO)	W, 101-74	1	35	2	5	7	3	2	0	0
Nov 18	at Benedictine	W, 71-61	1	38	2	8	10	2	3	1	1
Nov 21	Columbia (MO)	W, 65-59	1	38	1	5	6	1	0	0	0
Nov 30	at Graceland	W, 93-72	1	25	1	3	4	1	3	0	0
Dec 2	Baker	W, 92-65	1	29	1	6	7	2	1	0	1
Dec 9	at Park	W, 59-54	1	33	2	6	8	0	4	0	0
Dec 13	at Culver-Stockton (MO)	W, 92-62	1	29	1	7	8	2	3	0	0
Dec 16	MidAmerica Nazarene	W, 67-54	1	33	0	1	1	2	2	1	1
Dec 22	St. Ambrose (IA)	W, 90-78	1	32	1	8	9	2	3	0	3
Jan 3	at Grand View	W, 71-69	1	34	1	7	8	3	3	0	1
Jan 6	at Missouri Valley	W, 77-62	1	26	1	4	5	3	1	2	0
Jan 10	Mount Mercy	W, 87-84	1	31	0	2	2	0	0	1	1
Jan 15	at Central Methodist (MO)	W, 78-60	1	32	1	4	5	1	1	0	0
Jan 20	Benedictine	W, 2-0	1	26	0	1	1	1	0	1	1
Jan 22	Peru State	W, 97-80	1	32	2	8	10	3	6	1	0
Jan 24	Graceland	W, 91-83	1	27	2	0	2	2	3	0	1
Jan 27	at MidAmerica Nazarene	W, 65-60	1	33	0	6	6	3	4	0	4
Jan 31	Culver-Stockton (MO)	W, 73-70	1	44	2	3	5	0	2	2	1
Feb 3	at Baker	W, 80-64	1	29	1	3	4	2	3	1	1
Feb 7	at Mount Mercy	W, 85-76	1	27	0	2	2	2	3	0	0
Feb 10	Park	W, 70-60	1	26	1	5	6	2	2	0	0
Feb 14	Grand View	W, 93-78	1	35	1	2	3	2	2	1	1
Feb 17	Missouri Valley	W, 92-77	-	26	0	2	2	1	1	0	0
Feb 21	at William Penn (IA)	W, 89-63	1	20	0	3	3	3	0	0	2
Feb 24	at Peru State	W, 87-73	1	19	1	6	7	0	2	1	1
Feb 28	Central Methodist (MO)	W, 80-67	1	28	1	8	9	0	0	0	0
Mar 2	Benedictine	L, 64-61	1	31	1	2	3	0	2	0	2
Mar 15	College of the Ozarks	W, 80-61	1	27	0	9	9	1	2	2	1
Mar 16	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	L, 78-72	1	35	1	5	6	0	3	0	0

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Oct 22	at Iowa	L, 122-49	-	-	-	-
Nov 1	at St. Ambrose (IA)	W, 95-55	1	0	-	1.0
Nov 8	Governors State	W, 68-66	1	1	-	-
Nov 11	William Penn (IA)	W, 84-66	1	2	-	2.0
Nov 15	Central Methodist (MO)	W, 101-74	1	0	-	1.5
Nov 18	at Benedictine	W, 71-61	1	2	-	0.7
Nov 21	Columbia (MO)	W, 65-59	1	1	-	-
Nov 30	at Graceland	W, 93-72	1	1	-	0.3
Dec 2	Baker	W, 92-65	1	0	-	2.0
Dec 9	at Park	W, 59-54	1	2	-	0.0
Dec 13	at Culver-Stockton (MO)	W, 92-62	1	3	-	0.7
Dec 16	MidAmerica Nazarene	W, 67-54	1	1	-	1.0
Dec 22	St. Ambrose (IA)	W, 90-78	1	1	-	0.7
Jan 3	at Grand View	W, 71-69	1	3	-	1.0
Jan 6	at Missouri Valley	W, 77-62	1	2	-	3.0
Jan 10	Mount Mercy	W, 87-84	1	1	-	-
Jan 15	at Central Methodist (MO)	W, 78-60	1	3	-	1.0
Jan 20	Benedictine	W, 2-0	1	2	-	-
Jan 22	Peru State	W, 97-80	1	3	-	0.5
Jan 24	Graceland	W, 91-83	1	1	-	0.7
Jan 27	at MidAmerica Nazarene	W, 65-60	1	1	-	0.8
Jan 31	Culver-Stockton (MO)	W, 73-70	1	1	-	0.0
Feb 3	at Baker	W, 80-64	1	2	-	0.7
Feb 7	at Mount Mercy	W, 85-76	1	5	1	0.7
Feb 10	Park	W, 70-60	1	0	-	1.0
Feb 14	Grand View	W, 93-78	1	2	-	1.0
Feb 17	Missouri Valley	W, 92-77	-	2	-	1.0
Feb 21	at William Penn (IA)	W, 89-63	1	1	-	-
Feb 24	at Peru State	W, 87-73	1	2	-	0.0
Feb 28	Central Methodist (MO)	W, 80-67	1	0	-	-
Mar 2	Benedictine	L, 64-61	1	2	-	0.0
Mar 15	College of the Ozarks	W, 80-61	1	0	-	0.5
Mar 16	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	L, 78-72	1	2	-	0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2021-22	35	16.8	1.8-4.6	0.6-1.6	1.4-1.7	5.7
2022-23	36	18.9	2.6-6.3	1.1-2.9	1.7-1.9	8.1
2023-24	32	30.1	5.2-10.7	2.1-4.5	3.2-3.5	15.7
Total	103	21.7	3.2-7.1	1.2-3.0	2.1-2.3	9.6

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2021-22	35	0	589	64-160	40.0	21-56	37.5	50-59	84.7	199
2022-23	36	4	680	95-228	41.7	39-105	37.1	62-70	88.6	291
2023-24	32	31	962	167-343	48.7	66-144	45.8	101-111	91.0	501
Total	103	35	2231	326-731	44.6	126-305	41.3	213-240	88.8	991

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40
2021-22	35	589	16.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	37.5	0.0-0.0
2022-23	36	680	18.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	37.1	0.0-0.0
2023-24	32	962	30.1	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	45.8	0.0-0.0
Total	103	2231	21.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	41.3	0.0-0.0

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2021-22	35	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.2
2022-23	36	0.6	1.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	0.3	0.2
2023-24	32	1.0	4.7	5.6	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.7
Total	103	0.8	3.0	3.9	1.2	1.3	0.4	0.4

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2021-22	35	0	32	94	126	39	33	10	7
2022-23	36	4	22	69	91	39	41	11	7
2023-24	32	31	31	149	180	48	63	16	23
Total	103	35	85	312	397	126	137	37	37

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2021-22	35	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2022-23	36	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2023-24	32	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	103	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	32	30.1	5.2-10.7	2.1-4.5	3.2-3.5	15.7
Conference	24	29.9	5.5-10.8	2.1-4.4	3.4-3.6	16.5
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	19	31.3	5.1-11.2	2.3-4.8	3.6-3.9	16.1
Away	13	28.2	5.5-10.1	1.7-4.0	2.5-2.8	15.1
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	30	29.9	5.4-10.9	2.2-4.5	3.0-3.3	15.9
Losses	2	33.0	3.0-8.5	0.5-4.0	5.5-6.5	12.0
Month
November	7	31.1	6.0-11.4	3.0-5.0	1.9-2.3	16.9
December	5	31.2	4.6-9.6	1.6-5.0	3.0-3.0	13.8
January	9	31.7	5.2-11.8	2.2-4.7	4.0-4.3	16.7
February	8	26.3	5.0-9.8	1.8-3.6	2.9-3.0	14.6
March	3	31.0	5.0-10.3	1.0-4.3	4.7-5.7	15.7

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	32	31	962	167-343	48.7	66-144	45.8	101-111	91.0	501
Conference	24	23	717	132-259	51.0	51-105	48.6	81-87	93.1	396
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	19	18	595	96-212	45.3	44-92	47.8	69-75	92.0	305
Away	13	13	367	71-131	54.2	22-52	42.3	32-36	88.9	196
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	30	29	896	161-326	49.4	65-136	47.8	90-98	91.8	477
Losses	2	2	66	6-17	35.3	1-8	12.5	11-13	84.6	24
Month
November	7	7	218	42-80	52.5	21-35	60.0	13-16	81.3	118
December	5	5	156	23-48	47.9	8-25	32.0	15-15	100.0	69
January	9	9	285	47-106	44.3	20-42	47.6	36-39	92.3	150
February	8	7	210	40-78	51.3	14-29	48.3	23-24	95.8	117
March	3	3	93	15-31	48.4	3-13	23.1	14-17	82.4	47

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	32	962	30.1	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	45.8	0.0-0.0	0.0
Conference	24	717	29.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	48.6	0.0-0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	19	595	31.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	47.8	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	13	367	28.2	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	42.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	30	896	29.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	47.8	0.0-0.0	0.0
Losses	2	66	33.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	12.5	0.0-0.0	0.0
Month
November	7	218	31.1	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	60.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
December	5	156	31.2	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	32.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
January	9	285	31.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	47.6	0.0-0.0	0.0
February	8	210	26.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	48.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
March	3	93	31.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	23.1	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	32	1.0	4.7	5.6	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.7
Conference	24	1.0	4.3	5.3	1.8	2.2	0.5	0.7
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	19	1.1	4.5	5.6	1.3	1.7	0.5	0.7
Away	13	0.8	4.8	5.7	1.8	2.4	0.5	0.8
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	30	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.7
Losses	2	1.0	3.5	4.5	0.0	2.5	0.0	1.0
Month
November	7	1.4	5.6	7.0	1.6	1.4	0.4	0.1
December	5	1.0	5.6	6.6	1.6	2.6	0.2	1.0
January	9	1.0	3.9	4.9	1.8	2.2	0.8	1.0
February	8	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.5	1.6	0.4	0.6
March	3	0.7	5.3	6.0	0.3	2.3	0.7	1.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	32	31	31	149	180	48	63	16	23
Conference	24	23	24	102	126	42	52	13	17
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	19	18	20	86	106	25	32	10	13
Away	13	13	11	63	74	23	31	6	10
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	30	29	29	142	171	48	58	16	21
Losses	2	2	2	7	9	0	5	0	2
Month
November	7	7	10	39	49	11	10	3	1
December	5	5	5	28	33	8	13	1	5
January	9	9	9	35	44	16	20	7	9
February	8	7	5	31	36	12	13	3	5
March	3	3	2	16	18	1	7	2	3

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	32	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Conference	24	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	19	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Away	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	30	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Losses	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Month
November	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
December	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
January	9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
February	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
March	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0