The 2016-17 season featured many thrilling moments and accomplishments for Drake athletics. From conference titles, outstanding team and individual accomplishments, postseason appearances and significant regular season victories, the Bulldogs had plenty to celebrate as they look forward to the upcoming season. Before embarking on 2017-18, www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com will take a look back at the top 10 moments of the 2016-17 throughout the months of June and July.
 
The No. 6 moment of the 2016-17 season comes from Lizzy Wendell's hard work and dedication on the women's basketball team earning her a number of titles and honors during her career. Especially her impressive final year at Drake.
 
 
In 2016-17, Wendell was chosen to the All-MVC First Team for the fourth-consecutive season, an accomplishment only six other MVC players have been able to claim. Wendell was also named the 2017 Jackie Stiles Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year. She is the first MVC player to lead the league in scoring (averaging 21.0 points per game) in three-straight seasons since Jackie Stiles led the league four-straight seasons from 1998-2001. Wendell was named MVC Player of the Week an impressive 14 times in her stellar career, a total that ranks only behind Stiles (18) for the most in MVC history. 
 
After the season, Wendell was the first Bulldog to earn Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention accolades since Rachael Hackbarth in 2012. Wendell's other postseason awards also included earning 2016-17 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America honorable mention accolades and being named to the NCAA Division I women's basketball Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team. She was earlier selected as a WBCA All-Region nominee.

Wendell finished her career with 2,551 points, a total that ranks third all-time at Drake and in the MVC.  In her senior season along with leading the league in scoring, she handed out 98 assists (3.0 per game) to rank fifth in the league and was second in the MVC in steals with a total of 88 (2.7 per game) to go with 4.5 rebounds per game while shooting 50.2 percent from the floor.
 
Check back on July 13 as the No. 5 moment of 2016-17 is unveiled.