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Bluder Included in 2025 MVC Hall of Fame Class

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Former Drake women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder will enter the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame as the Bulldogs' 15th all-time inductee.

A former student-athlete at the University of Northern Iowa, Lisa Bluder served as Drake women's basketball head coach from 1990-2000. She began her coaching career at St. Ambrose, where she compiled a 169-36 mark in six seasons, leading St. Ambrose to the NAIA Fab Four in 1989 and 1990. While at Drake, she earned four MVC tourney titles (1995, 1997, 1998, 2000), three MVC regular-season crowns (1997, 1998, 2000) and won 20+ games five of her last six seasons on the Drake bench.