WAC Player of the Week (Jan. 27, 2025)
2x Academic All-WAC (Winter 2025, 2023-24)
Senior (2024-25):
Tarleton State’s floor general and point guard during the 2024-25 season… Set the Division I single season program record for free throw percentage at 83.9% … Averaged 9.1 points per game (299 points) and grabbed 75 rebounds to go with 70 assists … Made 33 appearances to go with 28 starts, accumulating over 900 minutes … Had 13 double-digit point games, with her first coming against No. 4 nationally-ranked Texas (11/20) … Scored 17 points off the bench to lift Tarleton State to a come-from-behind win at Houston Christian (11/26) … Came up with 10 points in two of the Texans’ first three WAC games at UT Arlington (1/4) and against Utah Tech (1/11) … Named WAC Player of the Week on Jan. 27 after posting a career-high 24 points in Tarleton State’s 79-54 win over ACU (1/23) … First Tarleton State player in Division I Era to hit six 3-pointers in a single game, doing so in the I-20 rivalry against ACU (1/23) … Had 11 points in three out of four games between Feb. 6-15 … Knocked down four 3-pointers en route to 16 points in Tarleton State’s Quarterfinal win against Southern Utah (3/12) … Had 14 points in her final outing as a Texan in the WNIT second round game against Lindenwood (3/23), Tarleton State’s first Division I postseason game … Voted Team MVP at Tarleton State’s first annual Oscar P’s Awards … Named Academic All-WAC for Winter 2025.
Junior (2023-24):
Saw action in 29 games to go with 12 starts, scoring 212 points (7.3 points per game) … Grabbed 69 rebounds, dished out 55 assists and collected 19 steals … Finished second on the team in assists, recording 12 multi-assist games … Scored 10 times in double figures … Shot 80.6 percent from the free throw line … Scored in double figures in two out of her first three starts, beginning with a 10-point outing against Eastern Washington (11/22) … Tallied 13 points to go with five rebounds and four assists against Stephen F. Austin (11/29) … Came up with 10 points and five rebounds at Utah Tech (1/27) before dropping a season-high 23 points against Abilene Christian (2/1) … Scored 15 points against Utah Valley (2/8) and 17 points against UT Arlington (2/15) … Had a 13-point game at Grand Canyon (2/22) … Had double-digit point outings in three of Tarleton’s final four games, starting with back-to-back 11-point games at Utah Valley (3/7) and Seattle (3/9) … Played all 40 minutes at Seattle (3/9) … Scored 13 points and played every minute in Tarleton’s first WAC Tournament victory in program history against Abilene Christian (3/13) … Named Academic All-WAC.
McLennan Community College (2020-23):
NJCAA First Team All-Conference honors in her final year after all-conference honorable mentions in her first two years … Started 30 of her 33 games played in her last season, was second on the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game (.442 FG%, .809 FT%), led the team in assists (3.4 APG) and steals (1.8 SPG), plus averaged 2.7 rebounds per game … Totaled 20+ points six times and 10+ points 21 times in her final season, pouring in a career-high 29 points at Weatherford College on Feb. 11, adding six rebounds, five assists and four steals … In McLennan's first NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championships game in 39 years, Little led her team to a 50-47 overtime win, finishing with a tied-team-high 13 points, adding two assists and two steals … Paired with head coach Bill Brock, Little and the Highlassies went 28-5 overall, the first time they've reached the 20-win plateau since 2013-14 … McLennan was ranked as high as No. 8 in the NJCAA poll and received one of eight at-large bids to the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championships … Across three years at McLennan, played in 80 career games (57 starts), averaging 11.5 points, 3.0 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.4 steals.
Connally High School:
McDonald's All-American nominee, TGCA All-State, District Offensive MVP, District Newcomer of the Year, and earned a spot in the TGCA All-Star Game … Played four varsity years, finishing her prep career as the program's all-time leading scorer at 2,613 points … Averaged nearly 24 points per game, over five assists and six steals per contest … Also participated in two years of varsity track, a two-time 4x4 regional champion.
Personal:
Is a 2020 graduate of Connally High School in Waco, Texas … Garnered academic all-conference honors at McLennan, plus made the academic all-district team all four years at Connally HS … Full name is Miannah Lenae Little … Nickname is Mimi … Hometown is Waco, Texas … Daughter of Robert Little and Angie Burns, plus a stepdaughter of Doyle Burns … Has one brother, Dreydon … Majoring in psychology … Born Oct. 29.
