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Drake Student-Athletes to Receive Diplomas

A total of 20 student-athletes representing six sports are set to receive their diplomas in the 141st commencement ceremony this weekend in the Knapp Center.

This group of accomplished student-athletes includes two State Farm Good Neighbor Award recipients and MVC scholar- athlete of the week winners and five all-academic award recipients. Five have also been a part of an NSCAA team academic award winning team for soccer, while last year Emma Donahue was an integral part of the women's basketball team that had the 10th best GPA in the country. James Wypych of men's soccer was selected to the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team.