DES MOINES, Iowa -- Drake University hosted its student-athletes at the 2019-20 Welcome Back Picnic on Sunday inside the Olmsted Center on Drake's campus. The athletic department hosted the picnic as the culmination of the Bulldog Cup, a competition between Drake athletics teams held throughout the 2018-19 academic year to recognize achievement in competition, classroom, and community. In addition, the athletic department recognized individual awards for the 2018-19 athletics year. Winners are listed below.
Wayne Ford was the event's main speaker. Ford earned his bachelor's degree in education from Drake University in 1974 in addition to playing on the football team.