ST. LOUIS. Mo. – Drake women's basketball was represented by a pair of student-athletes on the 2026-27 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Players to Watch List, the league announced today.
 
Top returners Anna Becker, a sophomore, and Brooklin Dailey, a senior, were listed among the Valley's premier players ahead of the 2026-27 season.
 
Becker as named MVC Freshman of the Week five times and earned MVC All-Freshman Team honors last season. She started all 32 of Drake's games while playing 26.7 minutes per game while scoring 358 total points for an average of 11.2 per game.
 
Dailey started 11 of 32 games played while playing 19.1 minutes per game as a key contributor on the Bulldogs' interior. The Southeast Polk graduate scored 211 total points, averaging 6.8 per game while shooting 69-for-154 from the field (.448), 18-for-60 from three (.300), and 55-for-84 from the free throw line (.655).
 
Becker, Dailey, and the rest of the Bulldogs will hit the hardwood for the first time on Wednesday, Oct. 28 in an exhibition contest vs. Minnesota-Duluth before tipping of their 2026-27 regular season slate on Nov. 3 against Eastern Illinois in Des Moines.
 
The entirety of the 2026-27 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Players to Watch List is included below:
 
 

Institution	Name	Yr.	Pos.	Ht.	Hometown (Previous School)
Belmont	KK Brodie	5th	C	6-3	Columbia, Mo. (Pepperdine)
Belmont	Quinn Eubank	Jr.	G	6-0	Union, Ky. (Ryle HS)
Belmont	Kenley McCarn	Gr.	G	5-11	Melbourne, Ark. (UT Martin)
Belmont	Lauren Rust	Sr.	F	6-0	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (Pitt)
Bradley	Inia Jones	Jr.	G	5-6	Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Central HS)
Bradley	Claire McDougall	Sr.	G/F	5-11	Washington, Ill. (Washington Community HS)
Bradley	Charia Smith	Gr.	F	6-1	Columbus, Ohio (Marquette)
Bradley	Mya Wardle	Jr.	G	5-7	Peoria, Ill. (Eastern Kentucky)
Drake	Anna Becker	So.	G	5-10	Topeka, Kan. (Seaman HS)
Drake	Brooklin Dailey	Sr.	G	6-0	Pleasant Hill, Iowa (Southeast Polk HS)
Evansville	Avery Kelley	Jr.	G	5-6	Evansville, Ind. (Reitz Memorial HS)
UIC	Nevaeh Foster	Sr.	G	5-8	South Bend, Ind. (IU Indy / Western Kentucky)
UIC	TuTu Clayton	Jr.	G	5-6	St. Louis, Mo. (Vashon HS)
UIC	Julia Coleman	R-Jr.	F	6-0	St. Louis, Mo. (Texas State)
UIC	Salma Khedr	Jr.	G	6-1	Giza, Egypt (Western Kentucky)
Illinois State	Trista Fayta	Jr.	G	5-8	Green Bay, Wis. (Notre Dame HS)
Illinois State	Danyella Mporokoso	Fr.	G	5-7	Aurora, Ill. (Waubonsie Valley HS)
Illinois State	Chloe Spreen	Jr.	G	5-10	Bedford, Ind. (Indiana)
Illinois State	Nevaeh Thomas	Sr.	F	6-1	Kenosha, Wis. (Evansville)
Indiana State	Jayci Allen	5th	G/F	5-10	Richmond, Ind. (Northwestern Ohio HS)
Indiana State	Eanae Dagons	Jr.	G	5-4	Phoenix, Ariz. (Eastern Arizona College)
Indiana State	Amerie Flowers	Jr.	F	6-2	Willowbrook, Ill. (McLennan CC)
Murray State	Sharnecce Currie-Jelks	Sr.	F	6-2	Jackson, Tenn. (Indiana)
Murray State	Haven Ford	Sr.	G	5-6	Morehead, Ky. (Rowan County HS)
Murray State	Halli Poock	Sr.	G	5-6	Waterloo, Iowa (Bradley)
Murray State	Keslyn Secrist	Sr.	G	5-10	Draper, Va. (Indiana State)
UNI	Elise Jaeger	Jr.	F	6-2	West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley HS)
UNI	Kaylynn Janes	Jr.	F	5-11	St. Louis, Mo. (Incarnate Word Academy)
UNI	Callie Levin	Jr.	G	5-10	Solon, Iowa (Iowa)
UNI	Jenna Twedt	Sr.	G	5-8	Atkins, Iowa (Kirkwood CC)
Southern Illinois	Braxcynn Baker	Jr.	G	5-11	Lowell, Mich. (Murray State)
Southern Illinois	Kayla Cooper	Sr.	G	5-9	Plano, Texas (Oklahoma)
Southern Illinois	Kynnedi Davis	Sr.	G	5-7	Brandon, Miss. (Trinity Valley CC)
Southern Illinois	Shakara McCline	Sr.	G	5-6	East St. Louis, Ill. (DePaul)
Valparaiso	Maci Rhoades	Gr.	G	5-11	Beavercreek, Ohio (Radford)
Valparaiso	Allia von Schlegell	So.	G	5-5	Downers Grove, Ill. (Nazareth Academy)