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Bulldogs Earn 211 MVC Academic Honors

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Drake University student-athletes received tremendous recognition for their efforts in the classroom as the Bulldogs were honored a total of 211 times by the Missouri Valley Conference as part of its 2016-17 Academic Awards, the league office announced Friday, July 7.

Of those 211 honors, eight student-athletes received the prestigious Missouri Valley Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award. Those eight were AJ. Rutter (men's basketball), Reed Fischer (men's track & field), Nick Manzoni (men's soccer), Alex Prusa (men's soccer), Caitlin Ingle (women's basketball), Shelby Varney (women's track and field), Kaitlyn Finneran (softball) and Capris Quaites (volleyball).