ST. LOUIS – Former Drake University women's basketball standouts Carla Bennett, Tricia Wakely and Lizzy Wendell have been selected to the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball 25-Year Anniversary Team, the MVC office announced Tuesday, Jan. 2 morning.
The 2017-18 season is a landmark one for the MVC and for women's sports. To help celebrate the 45th anniversary of Title IX and the 25th anniversary of women's sports, the Valley is naming 25-Year Anniversary Teams throughout 2017-18 for each of the league's sponsored women's sports.
Bennett (1999-2003), Wakely (1992-96) and Wendell (2013-17) are three of the most decorated players in Drake and MVC history.