ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Missouri Valley Conference has awarded over 3,000 student athletes academic honors for their effort over the 2022-23 school year, the league office announced. Various Drake athletes earned recognition at three different levels, the MVC Honor Roll, the MVC Board of Directors Academic Excellence Award, and the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
Eight Bulldogs across seven teams were granted the Board of Directors Academic Award. Nicholas Pittman (men's golf), Matija Matic (men's tennis), Sarah Beth Gueldner (women's basketball), Kiernan Blanchard (rowing), Mary Jonas (rowing), Delaney Goertzen (women's soccer), Rebecca Ehn (women's tennis), and Chandler Haight (women's track and field), represented Drake with the esteemed award.