Bradley University Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS
MVC Medalist: 2017-18
All-MVC: 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2017-18 & 2016-17
MVC Golfer of the Week: 10-05-16, 03-30-16 & 10-07-15
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2018 & 2017
MVC Honor Roll: 2016, 2017, 2018
MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 05-02-18
Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 10-10-18 & 05-01-18 & 10-12-16
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll (8): Fall '15, Spring '16, Fall '16, Spring '17, Fall '17, Spring '18, Fall '18, Spring '19

2018-19 (SENIOR)
Only four-time All-MVC performer in program history and one of eight in league history … Earned First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete honors for the third consecutive year to become just the third three-time Valley Scholar-Athlete in program history … Ranked ninth in the MVC with a 73.26 stroke average, which is fifth among Bradley season marks … Finished ninth at the 2019 MVC Championship for his third top-10 finish of the year and 18^th of his career … Closed out his career with a 73.77 stroke average, which is second all-time at Bradley and owns a school record 118 career sub-80 rounds … Placed in the top 20 in six of 10 tournaments … Fired a career-best round of 67 in the opening round of the Zach Johnson Invitational, where he tied for second and helped Bradley to the team title … Bradley’s top finisher in five of nine tournaments … Has 10 career rounds in the 60’s to rank second in Bradley history … Ranks third in Bradley history with 125 career rounds played and won four medalist titles during his time on The Hilltop.


2017-18 (JUNIOR)
First three-time All-MVC performer in program history after winning medalist title at 2018 Valley Championship at Dalhousie Country Club in Cape Girardeau, Mo. ... Second on the team with a 74.87 stroke average, which ranked 18^th in the MVC ... Stroke average ranked 14^th among Bradley season marks … Voted a First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete for the second consecutive year ... Rebounded from a fall in which he shot 76.67 per round to average 73.67 in the spring ... Posted a pair of top-10 finishes, with both coming in Bradley team wins ... Also placed in the top-20 in three other events … Followed up his individual win at the MVC Championship by tying for 28^th at the NCAA Bryan Regional to pace the Braves … Fired a season-best 69 in the second round of the MVC Championship ... Missed the only tournament of his career during the fall at Bill Ross Intercollegiate after averaging 77.57 per round in first three tournaments and posted a 73.71 average over the final seven outings ... Fired a season-best 214 (71-72-71) to tie for third at the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate (+1) and help Bradley to the team title ... Ranks second in school history with four career medalist titles ... Second on the team with five top-20 finishes in 2017-18 and has placed in the top-20 in 26 of 33 career tournaments, including 15 career top-10 finishes.

2016-17 (SOPHOMORE)
First-Team All-MVC … First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete … Second on the team and 11^th in the MVC with a 73.91 stroke average, which ranks sixth among Bradley season marks … Named MVC Golfer of the Week after winning medalist honors at the Zach Johnson Invitational … Fired a school season record 34 sub-80 rounds … Posted six top-10 finishes and placed in the top 20 a team-high 10 times in 12 events … Bradley’s top finisher in three tournaments, including the MVC Championship (14^th) … Fired a career-best 68 at the Hoosier Invitational … Owns the lowest career stroke average in school history at 73.49 … First individual in school history to have 30 or more sub-80 rounds in back-to-back seasons … 15^th in school history with 66 career sub-80 rounds … Had a streak of 29 consecutive sub-80 rounds for the fourth longest streak in school history and is only individual in Bradley history to have two career streaks of 28 or more consecutive sub-80 rounds

2015-16 (FRESHMAN)
First freshman in program history to earn All-Missouri Valley Conference honors … Led the team with a school record 73.03 season stroke average, beating out senior Lyle Burns by one stroke and breaking the previous mark of 73.28 set by Andy Mickelson in 2002-03 … Two-time MVC Golfer of the Week selection … Also tied Mickelson’s school record with 32 sub-80 rounds … Opened the year with 32 consecutive rounds in the 70’s or better for the second longest streak in program history … Won two medalist titles and placed in the top 10 in seven of 12 events … Had just one outing he didn’t finish in the top 20 … Fired a season-best 69 in his first career round at the Weibring Intercollegiate and went on to finish second in the field … Won medalist honors at the Zach Johnson Invitational in West Des Moines, Iowa, with a three-round 212 for his lowest 54-hole score of the year … Was Bradley’s top finisher seven of 12 outings … Tied for second at the Bob Sitton Invitational held at TPC Four Seasons … Carded five rounds in the 60’s … Tied Lyle Burns for medalist at the I-74 Individual Challenge … Tied for 16th at the MVC Championship.  

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time state qualifier … Capped his prep career with a sixth-place state finish at the IHSA Class 3A state championship in 2014 … All-state performer as a senior … Won two Mid-Illini Conference individual titles … Claimed an IHSA sectional crown and two individual regional medalist honors … As a junior, he owned the second-lowest season stroke average in Pekin High School history behind current PGA Tour member D.A. Points’ school mark only to break it the next year as a senior with a 71.4 stroke average … Three-time all-conference selection … Career-best 64 at Lick Creek as a senior … Helped the Dragons to a 10th-place state finish as a freshman.

PERSONAL
The son of John and Kelly Bushong, Drake was born in Peoria, Ill. … Majored in marketing … His father John was a member of the men’s golf team at Carl Sandberg College.