PHOTO PROVIDED - Drake junior Amber Henson, center, poses with her eighth-place flag and all-Missouri Valley Conference plaque alongside her parents Mark and Andrea after last week’s MVC Championship women’s golf tournament at Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Ill.

WATERLOO, Ill. — Former Marshalltown High School standout Amber Henson helped the Drake women’s golf team to a third-place finish at last week’s Missouri Valley Conference Championship at Annbriar Golf Course.

Henson earned All-Conference Team honors for finishing eighth individually, shooting 73-74-75–222 for a 6-over-par total in the 54-hole event. She carded seven birdies for the tournament and 13 bogeys, but nothing higher than a bogey.

Illinois State won the team title with a collective 10-over-par 874, followed by Missouri State (905), Drake (906) and Bradley (907) in the 12-team tournament. Bradley’s Jillian Cosler claimed medalist honors with a 1-under 215 total.

Erika Holmberg led Drake with a 5-over 221, tying for sixth place, followed by Henson, Julie Higgins (229), Rylee Heryford (239) and Kate Connolly (248).

Henson, a 2022 MHS graduate, has placed 37th, seventh and now eighth at the MVC Championships in her three seasons with the Bulldogs.