Official Site of the Bulldogs · May 10, 2018
Softball Collects Multiple MVC Accolades
The Drake University softball team, which claimed the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference regular season title, claimed multiple MVC honors Wednesday night at the MVC Awards Banquet at the West Des Moines Sheraton.
Sophomore Mandi Roemmich (West Des Moines, Iowa) was the first-ever Drake softball player to be named MVC Player of the Year while redshirt junior Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.) was the MVC Pitcher of the Year for the second time in her career. Head coach Rich Calvert and assistant coaches Tina DeAngelo and Kasey Griffith were tabbed the MVC Coaching Staff of the Year.