Hailey Weaver Season 2025-26

Nebraska bolstered its 2025-26 backcourt with an experienced Big Ten guard when Husker women's basketball coach Amy Williams announced the signing of Hailey Weaver on April 14.

Weaver, who spent three seasons on the court at Northwestern from 2021-22 through 2023-24 before sitting out the 2024-25 season, will be a graduate student at Nebraska in 2025-26.

"We are thrilled that Hailey will be finishing her career at Nebraska," Williams said. "Her versatility on the offensive side of the ball makes her a great fit with our team and our style of play. She has three years of experience guarding in the Big Ten Conference, and we are excited for what she brings to us on that side of the ball as well."

In three career games against the Huskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Weaver went 5-for-11 from beyond the arc. She scored 11 points on 2-of-5 long-range shooting in a loss to the Huskers in Lincoln (Feb. 20, 2024).

In one of the best games of her sophomore season, Weaver pumped in 12 points on 2-of-5 three-pointers to go along with three steals and two assists in a setback to the Big Red at PBA (Feb. 26, 2023). She added a three-pointer in Lincoln on her only shot attempt as a freshman against the Huskers (Feb. 27, 2022).

Weaver has totaled 318 points, 127 rebounds, 57 assists and 66 steals as a collegian, while going 44-of-138 (.338) from three-point range. She has produced double-figure points 14 times in her career.

She has averaged 4.7 points over 39 career Big Ten Conference regular-season games.

Redshirt (2024-25, Northwestern)
Weaver took a redshirt season and did not compete for Northwestern in 2024-25. She earned her bachelor's degree from Northwestern and is pursuing a graduate business certificate in marketing analytics from Nebraska.

Junior (2023-24, Northwestern)
Over the first seven games of her junior season, Weaver scored in double figures seven straight times capped by a career-high 20 points against Loyola-Chicago (Nov. 29). The stretch began with back-to-back 15-point games to open the season, before she notched the only double-double of her career with 12 points and a career-high 13 rebounds against Florida State (Nov. 22). During the stretch, Weaver went 16-for-30 (.520) from three-point range, including 3-for-5 from beyond the arc on her way to 11 points against Notre Dame (Nov. 15, 2023).

She scored 11 points on 2-of-5 long-range shooting in a loss to the Huskers in Lincoln (Feb. 20).

For the season, Weaver averaged career bests of 7.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, while shooting 36 percent (32-89) from three-point range and 83.8 percent (31-37) from the free throw line.

She produced double figures in points 12 times, while starting 14 of 28 games. Weaver averaged 11.4 points and 4.2 rebounds while starting each of her first 10 games as a junior, but averaged 5.9 points and 2.4 rebounds while making just four starts over the last 18 games of the season.

Sophomore (2022-23, Northwestern)
Weaver's contributions increased during her second season at Northwestern. She played in 28 games for the Wildcats and averaged nearly 11 minutes per game off the bench.

Weaver averaged 3.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game for the Wildcats. She erupted for a season-high 14 points on a career-best 3-of-4 three-pointers at Purdue (Feb. 12).

Two weeks later she added the second double-figure scoring effort of her college career when she pumped in 12 points on 2-of-5 three-pointers to go along with three steals and two assists in a loss at Nebraska (Feb. 26).

Over the last 10 regular-season games of 2022-23, Weaver averaged 5.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.9 steals in just 15.7 minutes per game, after averaging 1.8 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.8 steals in just under eight minutes per game through the first 17 contests of the season.

Freshman (2021-22, Northwestern)
Weaver played six games during her true freshman season at Northwestern. Her sporadic contributions came in each month of the regular season, playing in two games in November, one in December, one in January and two in late February. She hit a three-pointer against Nebraska in Lincoln on her only shot attempt in one minute of play (Feb. 27). She went 3-for-3 from three-point range in Big Ten play on the road at Maryland (Jan. 23), at Illinois (Feb. 20) and at Nebraska (Feb. 27), scoring nine points in just nine total minutes over three Big Ten road games as a freshman.

Overall on the season, she totaled 14 points and four steals in just 21 minutes, while hitting 50 percent (4-8) of her shots, including 60 percent (3-5) of her three-point tries.

High School
Weaver was named to the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith National High School Girls Trophy Watch List. She was ranked as the No. 35 overall recruit in the nation by ESPN. She was named second-team All-Ohio Division I as a senior at Solon High School after averaging 11.9 points per game as a senior. She claimed third-team All-Ohio honors as a sophomore in 2019 (15.0 ppg) and as a junior in 2020 (16.4 ppg). She was also an academic honor roll selection throughout high school. 

 

Personal
The daughter of Kevin and Stephanie Weaver, Hailey also was recruited by Michigan, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Kentucky and Miami out of high school. She earned her bachelor's degree from Northwestern in 2025 and is pursuing a graduate certificate in marketing analytics from Nebraska.

Hailey Weaver's Career Bests
Points - 20 vs. Loyola-Chicago, Nov. 29, 2023
Rebounds - 13 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, 2023
Assists - 5 vs. Loyola-Chicago, Nov. 29, 2023
Steals - 6 vs. Minnesota, Feb. 18, 2023
Blocks - 2 Five Times, most recent, vs. Indiana, Feb. 27, 2024
FGM - 6 vs. Loyola-Chicago, Nov. 29, 2023; vs. Omaha, Nov. 12, 2023
FGA - 12 Three Times, most recent, vs. Georgetown, Dec. 3, 2023
3FGM - 3 Six Times, most recent, vs. Iowa, Jan. 31, 2024
3FGA - 6 vs. Loyola-Chicago, Nov. 29, 2023
FTM - 6 vs. UIC, Nov. 9, 2023
FTA - 6 vs. Loyola-Chicago, Nov. 29, 2023; vs. UIC, Nov. 9, 2023

Weaver's Career Stats