A pair of former Drake volleyball players – Rebecca Brown and Makena Schoene – are representing the Bulldogs internationally through their professional careers.
Brown (class of 2016) and Schoene (2017) were teammates for three seasons, and in that span, they helped lay the foundation to turn Drake volleyball around.
The Bulldogs won five matches in Brown's freshman year, and they mustered two victories in Schoene's ensuing freshman season. The pair persevered and demonstrated their fortitude, steadily increasing Drake's win total year-by-year until the Bulldogs posted 17 victories in 2016, Schoene's senior season.