CONWAY - In exclusive voting by the league's head coaches, Hendrix women's basketball was picked as runners-up in the 2026-27 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Preseason Poll.

The Warriors earned 70 points in the voting and picked up three first-place votes, three shy of the preseason favorites, Colorado College.

Hendrix returns four starters and most of their rotation from last year's squad who earned a berth to the SCAC Tournament championship game in the school's first season back in the SCAC.

Senior forward Riley Brady became just the third player in league history to earn both Player and Defensive-Player-of-the-Year accolades in the same season and set a new SCAC record with 441 rebounds. She finished fourth in all of NCAA Division III last season with 22 double-doubles, averaging over 18 points per game, on her way to a D3hoops.com All-American selection. Sophomore guard Chloey-Rei Brown was also an All-Conference performer last season, earning All-SCAC Second Team honors and All-Freshmen Team accolades after leading the league with 109 assists. The duo of Brady and Brown averaged 30.0 points, 22.9 rebounds, and 5.2 assists.

Head coach Wes Sullivan enters into his third year at the helm after guiding Hendrix to their most wins in conference play (11) since the 2010-11 season and their most wins overall (17) since the 2017-18 campaign.

Hendrix will tip off the 2026-27 season on November 7 at Grove Gymnasium against Rhodes College. Conference play begins the second weekend of December as the Warriors will host the University of St. Thomas and Colorado College on December 11-12.