CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M women's basketball head coach Josh Prock has announced the return of Karley Motschenbacher to the Lady Buff roster for the 2025-26 campaign. The three-time All-Lone Star Conference honoree returns to the hardwood for her final season of eligibility. 
 
"It is with a lot of excitement that we announce the return of Karley Motschenbacher.  We are grateful for one more year to be able to coach this outstanding young lady, she will be an outstanding addition to our roster next season" added Prock "Karley will bring a tremendous amount of versatility to our roster; as we all remember, she is a young lady that can play and guard multiple positions. She is the true definition of what it means to be a Lady Buff; we are very excited to see what she will be able to accomplish in her final season of eligibility."
 
The Moorehead, Minnesota product has seen time in 95 games with 89 starts for the Lady Buffs, averaging 32.2 minutes per contest. She scored her 1,000th career point back on January 20, 2024 at Eastern New Mexico and is just the 25th player in WT history to score 1,000 points as a Lady Buff.
 
Motschenbacher has started all 31 games for the Lady Buffs during the 2023-24 campaign, going 121-of-244 (49.6%) from the floor to average a team-leading 11.5 points per game to go along with 190 rebounds, 89 assists, 11 blocks and 54 steals to claim First Team All-LSC and All-Defensive honors.
 
As a sophomore in 2022-23 the First Team All-LSC honoree went 113-of-239 (47.3%) from the floor including 22-of-64 (34.4%) from deep and 105-of-144 (72.9%) from the charity stripe to average 11.4 points per contest to go along with 188 rebounds (66 offensive, 122 defensive), 75 assists, five blocks and 50 steals to earn LSC All-Defensive Team accolades.
 
During her redshirt freshman campaign Motschenbacher went 135-of-324 (41.7%) from the floor including 34-of-101 (33.7%) from behind the arc and 75-of-98 (76.5%) from the free throw line to average 10.2 points per game to go along with 292 rebounds (124 offensive, 168 defensive), 78 assists, seven blocks and 55 steals. She was named a Second Team All-LSC honoree and an All-LSC Defensive selection while also being tabbed the LSC Championship Most Outstanding Player and the MVP of the South Central Regional Championships in Canyon.