ST. LOUIS, Mo. – For the 11^th time in the last 15 weeks, a member of the Drake University women's basketball team has been named a Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Week, presented by Eagle Bank & Trust Company. Junior Maddy Dean (Jordan, Minn.) is the latest Bulldog to earn the honor, her second of the season.
 
Last week, Dean led the Bulldogs to a second-straight MVC Women's Basketball Tournament championship and earned tourney MVP honors.  Dean averaged 17.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, while shooting 52 percent from the field and 47 percent from behind the three-point arc.  The junior scored 19 points with five rebounds and three assists in the quarterfinal win over Valparaiso, 22 points with seven boards and three assists in the semifinal win over Southern Illinois and 10 points with five rebounds and five assists in the title game win over UNI. 
 
Dean's stellar MVC Tournament helped earn the Bulldogs a berth in this week's NCAA Tournament field as a No. 13 seed. She and her teammates face fourth-seeded Texas A&M Friday, March 16 at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
 
This most recent MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honor is the 21^st this season by a Drake student-athlete, the most of any Valley 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
Feb. 14 – Sara Rhine, Women's Basketball
March 1 - Reed Timmer, Women's Basketball
March 7 - Becca Hittner, Women's Basketball
March 14 – Maddy Dean, Women's Basketball