AWARDS
2023-24: First Team Mid-Major All-American by World Exposure Report... CUSA Player of the Year... CUSA Tournament MVP... CUSA First-Team All-Conference... 2X NCAA Starting Five... 5X CUSA Player of the Week... CUSA Preseason CUSA Player of the Year by the league office... CUSA Preseason CUSA Player of the Year by ESPN... CUSA Preseason All-Conference.
2022-23: Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-American by World Exposure Report... CUSA First-Team All-Conference... 3X CUSA Player of the Week... CUSA Preseason All-Conference.
2021-22: CUSA First-Team All-Conference... 1X CUSA Player of the Week... CUSA Preseason All-Conference.
2020-21: CUSA Second-Team All-Conference... CUSA Preseason All-Conference.
2019-20: CUSA All-Freshman Team... 2X CUSA Freshman of the Week.
NOTABLES
• The CUSA all-time leader in career free throws with 656-of-773 for a 84.9 percent clip
• Double figures scoring in 120-of-142 career games
• Ranks third among CUSA all-time scorers with 2,361 points (1,067 at MTSU | 1,294 at Marshall)
• Became the 36th Lady Raider to join the 1,000-point club
• Just the 16th player in CUSA history to eclipse 200 career three-point field goals and ranks ninth all-time with 239 made
• Ranks seventh all-time in CUSA history with 733 career made field goals and third in career field goal attempts with 1,789
• Marshall’s career free throw percentage leader with a mark of .834 (367-of-440)
2023-24 (FIFTH YEAR)
• Played and started all 35 games
• Averaged 17.5 points, 5.0 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game
• Connected for 40.6 percent of field goal attempts
• Scored double figures in 30 games, including 16 consecutive games to end the season
• Tallied 30+ points in three games, including a season-high 34 points against Northern Kentucky (12/20)
• Registered 20+ points in 14 games
• Logged three double-doubles on the season
• Posted a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double against Tennessee – the first of her career (12/6)
• Poured in 21 points, seven rebounds and five assists in MTSU’s Second Round NCAA Tournament game against LSU (3/24)
• Scored 22 points in the Blue Raiders’ First Round NCAA Tournament win over No. 6 seed Louisville (3/22)
• Tallied 15 points and nine assists against Liberty in the CUSA Championship Game (3/16)
• Logged her 1,000th career point as a Blue Raider against LA Tech, just the 36th player in program history to do so (3/15)
• Posted 18 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in her final game at the Murphy Center against LA Tech (3/9)
• Went for 31 points and a career-high 11 assists against FIU at home (2/10)
• Scored 26 points and a career-high 11 assists against FIU on the road (1/27)
• After tallying 30 points, while going 13-of-14 from the charity stripe against NM State, Wheeler became the CUSA all-time leader in career made free throws (1/20)
• Eclipsed 2,000 career points against UTEP, just the 10th player in CUSA history to do so (1/18)
• With a pair of triples against GCU, Wheeler became just the 16th player in CUSA history to eclipse 200 career made three-point field goals (12/30)
• Poured in 22 points and nine assists in the Blue Raiders’ road win over Houston (11/29)
• Tallied 15 points against Princeton (11/12)
• Scored 23 points, seven rebounds and six assist against Florida A&M on Education Day (11/9)
• Posted 17 points, five rebounds and four assists in MTSU’s season opener against Memphis (11/6)
2022-23 (SENIOR)
• Made her inaugural season at Middle Tennessee a memorable one, averaging 15.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game
• Has already moved into the Top 20 in C-USA in scoring
• Shot 87.7 percent (142-of-162) from the free-throw line
• Finished in the Top 6 in scoring in the league for the third consecutive year
• Was the only player in the league averaging more than 15 points per game with a 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio
• Poured in 37 points in a 94-81 over WKU (Feb.9), setting a new MTSU career high in points scored against home-state rival
• Alongside Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, one of two players nationally to score 37 points with four assists, two rebounds and two steals in a conference game
• Scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 21-point win over UAB (2/11)
• Reached 1,500 career point milestone during MTSU’s win over Charlotte (Jan. 19), reaching the feat in her 91st career game
• Scored 23 points in 40 minutes in win over No. 18/15 Louisville (Dec. 4) (6-of-12 field goals and 9-of-11 from the free-throw line) to outduel Louisville’s top scoring guard Hailey Van Lith (12 points on 4-of-18 shooting)
• Made her 150th career 3-point field goal against Louisville
• Scored 21 points in win over previously unbeaten Rice (12/20), hitting 10-of-10 from the free-throw line and scoring 17-of-21 points in the second half
• Missed three games due to injury (WKU on 12/31, UTSA 1/5 and North Texas 1/7)
2021-22 (JUNIOR, MARSHALL)
• Led C-USA and 17th nationally in scoring with 20.2 ppg
• Among C-USA leaders for free throw percentage (5th, .817), 3-point field goals per game (5th, 2.1), field goal percentage (6th, .428), and minutes per game (6th, 34.55)
• C-USA high five games with 30-plus points, including career high 40 points vs. Oakland (12/20/21)
• Among NCAA Top 50 for free throws made (29th, 138), free throw attempts (41st, 169), and final points (48th, 568)
• Became 23rd member of Marshall’s 1,000-point club vs. Rice (1/15/22)|
• Posted double figures in 27 of 28 games
• Scored 20-plus points in 21 games and 30-point in six
• Multiple 3-pointers in 18 games and three-plus in nine
• Career high seven assists vs. Alderson Broaddus (12/15/21)
• Dished out three-plus assists in 10 games
• Multiple steals in 11 games
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE, MARSHALL)
• Started all 19 games and led Marshall in scoring (17.0), which ranked sixth in C-USA
• Team-high 36 3-pointers
• Third in C-USA for free-throw percentage (85.3)
• Set career highs for free throws made (18) and points (35) against Old Dominion (2/6)
• Tied for eighth in C-USA with 20 games of 20-plus points
2019-20 (FRESHMAN, MARSHALL)
• Highest scoring average (13.4) by a Marshall freshman since Sikeetha Shepard-Hall’s 15.0 ppg in 2002-03 and highest point total (403) by a freshman since Kristina Behnfeldt (438) in 1995-96
• Only freshman nationally to rank in the Top 40 in free throws made (37th, 130), and free throw percentage (40th, 83.9)
• Led Marshall in scoring (13.4), field goals (113), free throws (130), assists per game (2.8) and steals per game (1.4)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Boyd County HS
• Named Kentucky’s Miss Basketball after averaging 31.1 points per game as a senior in 2019
• Finished prep career with 3,621 points, including scoring 947 as a senior, which is sixth all time in Kentucky High School Athletic Association history
• Named to the All-Regional Tournament Team three consecutive years (2015-18) and honored as MVP in 2017 and 2018
• Three-time All-State Tournament
• All-Lexington Herald-Leader first team in 2018
• All-Louisville Courier Journal second team in 2018
• Played in Kentucky/Indiana All-Star Game as a junior and senior
PERSONAL
• Born April 27
• Daughter of David and Tracy Wheeler
• Older sister, Taylor, played softball for Walters State as a freshman and sophomore, then at Morehead State as a junior and senior
• Dad, David, played baseball for Morehead State and was named All-OVC in 1990, and also played professional baseball in the Cincinnati Reds organization