Both Northern Iowa and Drake picked up Missouri Valley Conference honors on Tuesday when the league announced its annual awards.
The Bulldogs' Reed Timmer was named an all-MVC first team selection, while UNI’s Tywhon Pickford was named to the conference’s all-freshmen and all-newcomer teams. Panthers redshirt senior Bennett Koch was selected to the all-MVC third team.
Timmer’s honor marks Drake’s first all-MVC first-team selection since Josh Young in 2009-10. This year, Timmer became the Bulldogs’ all-time leading scorer. He ranks second in the Valley in points per game (19.6), 3-point field goal percentage (43.3 percent) and free-throw percentage (86.