Missouri State

Honors:
MVC Honor Roll: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2022-23
NFCA Scholar-Athlete: 2023
CSC Academic All-District Team: 2023
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Career Summary
Played in 136 career games, earning 130 starts across multiple positions throughout her career…Finished her career with a .261 average, 96 hits, 15 home runs, 65 RBI, 50 walks and a .446 slugging and .983 fielding percentage.
 
2023 (Senior)
Appeared in all but one game as a senior, drawing 49 starts…Ranked second on the team with 37 hits and eight home runs…MSU’s fourth-best hitter on the season with a .261 average while adding 15 runs, five doubles, 29 RBI and 17 walks…Logged seven multiple-hit and multiple-RBI games… Went 2-for-3 with her first home run of the season versus Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 19)…Hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth against Mount St. Mary’s (March 4)…Was 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBI and a run scored in MSU’s home opener versus Drake (March 17)…Drove in all three of the Bears’ runs, a career high, in a 3-0 win over Evansville with a two-run homer and RBI single, as she went 3-for-3 at the dish (March 26)...Recorded a 3-for-4 outing with a double, two RBI and a run at Valparaiso after she swiped a career-high two bases in game one of the doubleheader versus the Beacons (April 2)…Led the Bears with two hits and two RBI in MSU’s series-clinching victory over Murray State, knocking the game-winning RBI single in the sixth inning (May 7)…Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team and the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.

2022 (Junior)
Appeared in 24 games with 21 starts across multiple positions…Missed nearly two months during the season due to injury…Knocked an RBI-single against No. 4/5 Oklahoma State at the Kajikawa Classic (February 12)…Went 1-for-2 with a double and two walks in game one at Loyola (April 23)…Recorded her first multiple-hit game of the season with a 2-for-3 effort, while also collecting an RBI, walk, run scored and stolen base at Drake (May 6)…Hit a double and a home run as she drove in three runs in MSU’s MVC Tournament championship victory over Northern Iowa (May 14)…Logged a single in the NCAA Tournament against No. 15 national seed Missouri (May 21)…Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.

2021 (Sophomore)
Played in all 43 games of the 2021 season and started in 42 of them … Led the team and ranked eighth in the MVC with nine doubles … Ranked second on the squad in RBI (22), extra-base hits (13) and walks (17) … Slugged .541 against Valley opponents which ranked 14th in the league … Posted six multi-RBI games during her sophomore campaign including a four-game tear (March 24-27) where she drove in a pair of runs in three of the four contests … Scored three runs and collected two RBI against Western Illinois (Feb. 26) … Went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with a double and two RBI versus Loyola (April 25) … Smacked two doubles as part of a three-hit game against Indiana State (May 2) … MVC Honor Roll … Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters.

2020 (Freshman)
 Led squad with .333 batting average, 16 hits and 3 home runs as a true freshman ... Was also the club leader or co-leader in runs (7), total bases (27), slugging (.563), on-base percentage (.448), putouts (83) and fielding percentage (1.000) ... Started 18-of-19 games ... Started 9 games at first base, 5 at DP and 4 at catcher ... finished 16th in the MVC in hitting (.333) -- shared for the best average among all Valley freshmen -- and tied for 6th in the MVC in double plays (4) ... Was also perfect defensively on 87 chances -- the second-most attempts in the Valley among players with a 1.000 fielding percentage ... Reached base in 11 straight games (Feb. 14-March 6) ... Posted a season-high 9 putouts in extra-inning loss at No. 6 Oklahoma (March 7) ... Went 1-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base in win over Murray State (March 6) ... Also stole a base against Jackson State (March 1) ...  Was 2-for-3 with a walk and RBI vs. Cal Baptist (Feb. 29) with a double in Oxford ... Collected multiple hits in 4 straight games (Feb. 15-28) ...Went a perfect 3-for-3 in first Jackson State game (Feb. 28) with a solo homer ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in win over Cal Baptist (Feb. 28) ... Went 2-for-3 at North Texas (Feb. 15) with a walk ... Cracked a 3-run homer in the first inning vs. UT Martin (Feb. 15) as part of a 2-for-3 day with 3 RBI and 2 runs ... Walked twice and scored a key run in win over Creighton (Feb. 14) .. Was 2-for-3 in win over Baylor (Feb. 9) in Clearwater ... Smashed a 2-run homer in the 7th inning for her first collegiate hit and drew a pair of walks against NC State (Feb. 8) ... Earned first career start against No. 7 Minnesota (Feb. 7) … Earned MVC Honor Roll laurels ... Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters.

High School
Batted .645 and drove in 32 runs her senior season at Elsberry (Mo.) High School where she was a first-team all-state selection for coach Trudy Bull in 2018 ... Helped the Indians to a 15-5 overall record and Eastern Missouri Conference runner-up finish after hitting 9 home runs and compiling a remarkable .725 on-base percentage ... Was a three-time all-conference selection, a three-time academic all-state honoree, and twice earned all-district and all-region distinction ... Batted .529 as a junior with 30 RBI ... Hit .418 her sophomore season ... Was also an all-conference, all-district and all-region point guard on the Elsberry basketball team for former Missouri State standout Kari Koch-Dowell ... Played travel softball with St. Louis Chaos Gold, a team that finished second at the 2018 USA Softball Junior Olympic Cup.
 
Personal
Tess Abigail Weakly was born 7/19/01 in Elsberry, Mo. ... Daughter of Marvin and Lynn Weakly of Elsberry ... Has a brother, Jack ... Majoring in Biology.