ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Drake men's basketball senior Reed Timmer (New Berlin, Wis.) and Drake women's basketball redshirt-junior Maddy Dean (Jordan, Minn.) have been named Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athletes of the week, presented by Enterprise Bank and Trust Company, Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today. The two student-athletes were honored for their performances during the period of Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2018. This weeks honor is Timmer's fourth of this season and Dean's first.
This is the sixth time Drake's men's and women's basketball programs have swept the weekly awards, while making it the 17th honor for the Bulldogs in the 2017-18 academic year, more than any other school.