ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Drake men's basketball senior Reed Timmer (New Berlin, Wis.) and Drake women's basketball redshirt-junior Maddy Dean (Jordan, Minn.) have been named Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athletes of the week, presented by Enterprise Bank and Trust Company, Commissioner Doug Elgin announced today. The two student-athletes were honored for their performances during the period of Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2018. This weeks honor is Timmer's fourth of this season and Dean's first.
 
This is the sixth time Drake's men's and women's basketball programs have swept the weekly awards, while making it the 17^th honor for the Bulldogs in the 2017-18 academic year, more than any other school.
 
Timmer, who was also the Co-MVC Player of the Week, had a historic week as he became Drake's all-time scoring leader with 1,812 career points and moved into 30^th in career scoring in the MVC record book. He averaged 27.0 points on 14-of-29 shooting and 7-of-16 from the three-point arc as well as 19-of-22 at the free-throw line. Timmer opened the week with 22 points in the loss to Southern Illinois and followed that up by matching a career-high 32 points in the road win at Bradley. Against Bradley with a three-pointer at the 4:56 mark he became Drake's all-time leading scorer, passing Josh Young's 1,789 career points. He was 12-of-14 from the free-throw line at Bradley including 6-of-6 in the final minute to help preserve the Bulldogs' win as he scored 17 second-half points. Timmer's two performances of 20 or more points on the week gives him 11 such performances this year, the second most in the league and the most 30-point games this season. Timmer holds a 3.47 GPA in Drake's doctorate of pharmacy program.
 
Dean averaged 16.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting a blistering 57.9 percent from the floor (11-of-19), an impressive 50 percent from behind the three-point line (6-of-12) and 83.3 percent from the free throw line (5-of-6) to help Drake win home games over Southern Illinois and Missouri State. Friday against Missouri State, Dean scored a season-high 20 points, going 7-of-11 from the field, including tying a season-best with three three-pointers. She pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the year and the eighth of her career. Dean also added three assists and two steals in 25 minutes. In Sunday's victory over Missouri State, Dean scored 13 points of a 4-of-8 shooting performance, equaling her season-best for three-pointers once again with three. She added three rebounds, three assists and one steal in 20 minutes. This season, Dean, who missed all of 2016-17 due to injury, is averaging 9.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. She has scored double-figures in five of the past six games. In league games, Dean averages 11.2 points and a league-best 4.0 assists per game. Dean holds a 3.5 GPA has an actuarial science and finance major, as well as being in Drake's MBA program.
 
2017-18 Drake Missouri Valley Scholar-Athletes of the Week
Sept. 6 - Josh Yeager - Men's Cross Country
Sept. 13 - Kyle Brandt - Men's Cross Country
Oct. 4 - Kyla Inderski - Volleyball
Nov. 28 - Reed Timmer, Men's Basketball
Nov. 28 - Sara Rhine, Women's Basketball
Dec. 6 - Reed Timmer, Men's Basketball
Dec. 6 - Sara Rhine, Women's Basketball
Dec. 13 - Becca Hittner, Women's Basketball
Jan. 3 - Becca Hittner, Women's Basketball
Jan. 3 – Nick McGlynn, Men's Basketball
Jan. 10 – Becca Hittner, Women's Basketball
Jan. 10 – Reed Timmer, Men's Basketball
Jan. 17 – Sara Rhine, Women's Basketball
Jan. 17 – Nick McGlynn, Men's Basketball
Jan. 31 – Sara Rhine, Women's Basketball
Feb. 7 – Reed Timmer, Men's Basketball
Feb. 7 – Maddy Dean, Women's Basketball