ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Missouri Valley Conference announced its 2026 women's tennis awards with two Bulldogs among the league's best.
 
Graduate student Maja Dodik was named to the All-MVC First Team and earned both the Co-Player of the Year, alongside Murray State's Valeria Chaikovskaia, and Newcomer of the Year. Her Newcomer of the Year nod was the first in the history of Drake women's tennis.
 
Dodik went 6-1 overall in MVC singles play and posted a 17-3 overall record in the Dogs' No. 1 spot.
 
Sophomore Jordane Dookie joined Dodik on the All-MVC First Team as the No. 4 singles representative.
 
The entire list of MVC award winners and All-Conference honorees is below.
 
 
Co-Players of the Year: Maja Dodik (Drake), Valeria Chaikovskaia (Murray State)
Freshman of the Year: Vittoria Benedetti (Illinois State)
Newcomer of the Year: Maja Dodik (Drake)
Coach of the Year: Elizabeth Lumpkin Robinson (UIC)
 
All-MVC First Team
No. 1 – Maja Dodik, Drake; Valeria Chaikovskaia, Murray State
No. 2 – Ruby Tseng, Bradley
No. 3 – Vittoria Benedetti, Illinois State
No. 4 – Jordane Dookie, Drake
No. 5 – Nuria Sanz, Illinois State
No. 6 – Rebecca Widan, Murray State
No. 1 Doubles – Savannah Webster/Jessica Popiol, Belmont
No. 2 Doubles – Nicole Iosio/Nuria Sanz, Illinois State
No. 3 Doubles – Madi Rodgers/Andrea Delgado, Valparaiso
 
All-MVC Second Team
No. 2 – Silvia Pomarolli, Illinois State
No. 3 – Anais Brown, UIC
No. 4 – Nicole Iosio, Illinois State
No. 5 – Andrea Delgado, Valparaiso
No. 6 – Paula Rodriguez Gregoris, UIC