TURK, WOLLSCHLAGER NAMED TO MVC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE TEAM

DES MOINES, IOWA - Junior guard Kristin Turk and sophomore guard Amber Wollschlager were named to the Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention Scholar-Athlete Team, the league announced Tuesday.

Turk (Des Moines, Iowa) carries a 3.54 cumulative grade point average in history/secondary education. She is second on the team in scoring with a 13.0 average and is the team's top threat from beyond the arch with 44 three pointers on the year. She scored a career-high 28 points against Indiana State (March 4) and will enter this week's State Farm MVC Tournament having scored in double figures in eight straight games.

Wollschlager (Milbank, S.D.) has a 3.94 GPA in accounting/management. She is fifth on the team in scoring with a 7.0 average and scored a career high 19 points against Iowa, Dec. 20. Wollschlager is second on the team with 33 three-pointers and third with 48 assists (1.7 PG). The sophomore finished the regular season as one of Drake's most accurate shooters, shooting 43.6 percent from the floor and 40.2 percent from three-point range.

Scholar-athlete nominees must be starters or important reserves, have played at least 75 percent of a team's games, and must carry at least a 3.20 GPA (on a 4.0 scale). Student-athletes must also have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at the institution.