Missouri State

Honors
All-MVC: 2021 (Outdoor)
NCAA Regional Qualifier: 2021 Outdoor (4x100 relay)
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2020, Fall 2023

2023-24 Track and Field
Indoor: Appeared in two meets for the Bears ... Ran the 60-meter dash at the Crimson & Gold Invitational (12/19/23) with a time of 8.02 ... Competed in the long jump at the Gorilla Classic (2/9-2/10/24) where she recorded an attempt of 4.81 meters.

Outdoor: Competed in one meet during the outdoor season ... Placed tenth in the long jump at the SBU Bearcat Invitational (3/30/24) with an attempt of 5.23 meters.

2022-23 Track and Field
Indoor: Competed in five meets during the indoor season... Part of a solid sprinting squad that presented itself during the 2022-23 season... Competed in the 60-meter dash and long jump for the Bears during their indoor campaign... Matched her long jump lifetime best of 5.22 meters at the Washburn Open & Multi on Feb. 3-4... Was named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for her academic efforts during the Fall 2022 semester. 

Outdoor: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season... Turned out her season-best time of 12.48 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the Rock Chalk Classic... Hit her season’s top long jump mark of 5.25 meters at the Gorilla Classic... Was a mainstay in the Bears’ 4x100-meter relay time that placed fifth at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships (46.20). 

2021-22 Track and Field
Indoor: Appeared in two meets... Competed in the 60-meter dash and the long jump for the Bears... Finished fourth in the long jump at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational, recording a season-best distance of 5.17 meters... Clocked a time of 7.98 seconds in the 60-meter at the Jayhawk Classic. 

Outdoor: Competed in three meets during the outdoor season... Earned a 10th-place long jump finish at the outdoor championships jumping to a distance of 5.39 meters... Part of the sprinting core at MSU competing in the 100-meter dash... Clocked a season-best time of 12.44 at the Arkansas Twilight on May 6. 

2020-21 Track and Field
Indoor: Competed in all four meets… Placed fifth in the 60-meter dash at the MVC Indoor Championship (Feb. 26-28) after she clocked a season-high time (7.58) in the prelims… Won the 60-meter title at the UCM Classic (Feb. 19)… Made her collegiate debut at the Washburn Open (Jan. 29) where she set a season best in the long jump with 5.22-meter mark… Clocked her fastest 200-meter time (25.53) of the season and finished fourth in the 60m at the Gorilla Classic (Feb. 12-13).
 
Outdoor: Competed in five meets… Qualified as part of the 4x100-meter relay for the NCAA West Preliminary Round... Earned all-conference honors after she led off the MSU 4x100-meter relay team that won the event title at the MVC Outdoor Championship (May 14-16)… Placed seventh in the 100-meter dash with a season-high time of 12.01 at the MVC Outdoor Championship… Marked a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 100m at the Gorilla Classic (Apr. 10) and Rock Chalk Classic (Apr. 30-May 1)… Set season-best marks in the 200-meter dash (25.00) and long jump (5.72m) at the Gorilla Classic… Led off the first-place Bears 4x100-meter relay at the Gorilla Classic.

High School
Competed all four years as part of the track and field team for North Brunswick Township High School… Earned a runner-up finish in the 100-meter dash at the 2019 NJSIAA Outdoor State Championship… Finished fifth in the 55-meter dash at the 2020 NJSIAA Meet of Champions.

Personal
Nakaja Weaver was born on June 22, 2002 in New Brunswick, N.J… Daughter of Robert and Sheila Weaver… Has one brother, Tembi… Majoring in Biochemistry

 

Career Bests at Missouri State
Event	Time/Mark	Opponent/Meet	Date
60-Meter (Indoor)	7.58	MVC Indoor Championship	2/28/21
200-Meter (Indoor)	25.53	Gorilla Classic	2/12/21
Long Jump (Indoor)	5.22m	Washburn Open	1/29/21
100-Meter (Outdoor)	12.01	MVC Outdoor Championship	5/16/21
200-Meter (Outdoor)	25.00	Gorilla Classic	4/11/21
Long Jump (Outdoor)	5.61m	Joey Haines Invitational	4/3/21