Drake University women's basketball senior Lizzy Wendell (Blue Springs, Mo.) earned Associated Press All-America honorable mention honors, the AP announced on Monday morning. The teams are selected by a national media panel that chooses the AP Top 25 each week and voting was done before the NCAA Tournament. Wendell is the first Bulldog to earn AP honors since Rachael Hackbarth also garnered All-America honorable mention accolades in 2012.
In her final season, Wendell, who was named the 2017 Jackie Stiles Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, averaged a league-leading 21.0 points and ranked among the top six in the MVC in assists (3.