ST. LOUIS - For the third-straight season, Drake University women's basketball senior Becca Hittner is the Jackie Stiles Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year.
Hittner joins just Kristi Cirone of Illinois State (2007, 2008, 2009) and Jackie Stiles of Missouri State (1999, 2000, 2001) as the only three-time winners of the top MVC player award.
For the third consecutive season, Hittner leads the Valley in scoring at 18.9 points per game. Her free throws made (160), three-point total (70) and three-point percentage of 41.2 are tops in the MVC.