Drake Receives 291 Academic Awards From the MVC

Two-hundred and five Drake University student-athletes garnered a total of 291 academic honors from the Missouri Valley Conference as part of the league's annual academic awards.

Of the Bulldogs' honorees, 13 received the league's highest honor, the President's Council Academic Award. The award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average, participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation.

Drake's recipients of that prestigious honor include Monica Burich (Women's Basketball), Ali Burke (Women's Soccer), Victoria Coombe (Women's Track & Field), Linda Fiorito (Women's Soccer), Johnathan Freeman (Men's Cross Country/Track & Field), Vanessa Kavan (Women's Soccer), Christina LeMunyon (Women's Track & Field), Ryan Merideth (Men's Soccer), Nicole Miller (Women's Basketball), Alex Peterson (Men's Soccer), Arjun Reddy (Men's Golf), Sara Rhine (Women's Basketball), Joshua Yeager (Men's Cross Country/Track & Field).