DES MOINES, IOWA - Adam Emmenecker and Jill Martin, who led the Drake men's and women's basketball teams to respective Missouri Valley Conference regular season titles last year, have been named co-recipients of the Tim and Jerry Howlett Memorial Award which is presented annually to honor the outstanding student-athlete at Drake from the past school year.

The award was presented during the annual Bulldog Corn Feed Monday night at the Drake Knapp Center.

Emmenecker arrived at Drake as a walk-on and didn't earn a scholarship until one day before school started during his senior year in college.

He was as instrumental as anyone in helping Drake post a school-record 28-5 mark, winning its first MVC title since 1971, while capturing its first ever MVC Tournament championship and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1971.

The guard, who set a school single-season record with 213 assists, also earned honorable mention honors on the Associated Press All-America men's basketball team.

He captured every major award in the MVC, being named recipient of the Larry Bird Player of the Year award, the outstanding player of the State Farm MVC Tournament, as well as captain of the MVC most improved team.

The Saginaw, Mich., native was the only MVC player to be named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District Seven first team.

Emmenecker, who is playing professional basketball in Germany, also enjoyed success off the court, while owning four majors.

He was named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Men's Basketball Player of Year in the university division, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. He also was named the MVC basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Martin became the fourth player in Drake women's basketball history to become a three-time first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference performer.

She turned in the best offensive campaign of her career, registering team highs in scoring (16.8) and rebounding (9.1) in helping spark the Bulldogs to their first regular season MVC title since the 2000-01 campaign.

The Norwalk, Iowa, native became the fifth player in Drake history to collect 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career. She also started more games than any player in Drake history at 125.

The Norwalk, Iowa, native had 41 double-doubles in her career, including an MVC-high 15 this past season.

Martin collected a career-best 16-rebound performance against Green Bay in the WNIT and finished among the MVC leaders in six statistical categories this past season.

Martin also was selected to the first-team MVC women's basketball scholar-athlete squad, as well as being named to the MVC all-tournament team after leading Drake to the championship game.