ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Drake University women's soccer team had four student-athletes earn Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete awards, the league office announced on Tuesday Nov. 13. Seniors Alyssa Brand (Skokie, Ill.) and Linda Fiorito, (Overland Park, Kan.) along with redshirt junior Vanessa Kavan (Lincoln, Neb.) were named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team. Sophomore Olivia Bruce (Lakeville, Minn.) rounds out the group garnering MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention honors. Fiorito and Kavan both have perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point averages.
Brand, who missed most of the season due to injury, returned to the lineup at Loyola on Oct.