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She was a member of the U.S. Women's National A2 Program (now known as U.S. Collegiate National Team) in 2013. |
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| Full name | Andrea Carrie Drews | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Annie | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | December 25, 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (75 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 312 cm (123 in) | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | Purdue University | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||||
| Current club |  JT Marvelous | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 (national team) | ||||||||||||||
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Andrea Carrie Drews (born December 25, 1993) is an American volleyball player who plays Opposite for the United States women's national volleyball team. She has played professional club volleyball in Puerto Rico, Italy, and Turkey. Drews was elected as the Most Valuable Player of the 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League in Nanjing, China and the Best Opposite of the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. She currently plays for Japan V.League Division 1 (V1) team JT Marvelous in the 2019-2020 season.
Personal life
Annie Drews grew up 15 miles east of South Bend in Ekhart, Indiana, a city of 50,000 that proclaims itself as both the “RV Capital of the World” and the “Band Instrument Capital of the World.” Her parents are Mike Drews and Carrie Drews. She has a brother, Derek, who played basketball at Western Michigan University. Annie enjoys eating donuts while reading any CS Lewis Books or listening to country, acoustic or indie music.
When asked about her mindset on playing, she said, "My faith has been the biggest game changer/factor in my career, but more importantly, my life. I became a Christian in college and I truly believe that God has equipped me with opportunities and abilities to continue playing & learning in this sport."[1]
At a young age, she started playing club volleyball for Mizuno Gold and Circle City Gold.
Drews graduated from Purdue University in Hospitality and Tourism Management in 2015.[1] She is in a relationship with Tanner Schumacher.
High school and collegiate years
Formative years and high school
Andrea started playing indoor club volleyball in 2008 with Network Juniors and concluded her youth club career with Northern Indiana Volleyball Academy. She was a two-time volleyball state champion at Penn High School in Mishiwaka, Indiana, where she was selected an AVCA High School American as a senior.[1]
Purdue University
Andrea began her sportive career in school tournaments. After emerging as one of the nation's top prep players at Penn High, she headed to Purdue University's women volleyball team, with which she took part in the Division I NCAA from 2012 to 2015.[2] “The monster of the Big Ten,” Purdue coach Dave Shondell called Drews. She was an All-America outside hitter.[3]
Drews received Honorable Mention at the AVCA All-American in 2014. Moreover, Drews was selected AVCA Second-Team All-America in 2015 as a senior at Purdue University.[1] She graduated from Purdue University in Hospitality and Tourism Management in 2015.
Career
=== Ya mums butthole, She was a member of the U.S. Women's National A2 Program (now known as U.S. Collegiate National Team) in 2013.
Club Teams
2015
In 2015, she began her professional career at 2015 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino where was finished runner-up with Indias de Mayagüez. She was named as part of the all-star team at the end of the tournament.
2016
In the following season, she played with Criollas de Caguaso. Drews was named the league's MVP after leading Caquas Criollas to a 16-0 start and the Puerto Rican title. Her performance started catching the eye of Kiraly and SASB Volleyball Legano, the club in Italy's Serie A1 she eventually signed with.
2017-2018
In the 2017-18 championship she played in the Italian A1 Series in the newly promoted SAB Volley Legnano, ending her contract with the team in December 2017; in January 2018 she signed a contract with another Italian team: Casalmaggiore.
2018-2019
During the 2018-2019 pro season, she signed with Kameroglu Beylikdüzü Voleybol Ihtisas and played at the Turkish Volleyball League. She played the play-off quarterfinals and finished as the third-best scorer in the regular season with 384 points.[4] She helped the club reach its best finish in the league since its inception.
2019-2020
In 2019, Drews took her scoring prowess to JT Marvelous to play in the Japan V.League Division 1 (V1), replacing Serbia women's national volleyball team outside hitter Brankica Mihajlovic.[5] Due to prior commitments with the USA national team (participation in the 2019 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship), she missed the first two games against Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (0-3) and Kurobe AquaFairies (3-2). In her first game with her team on 19 Oct, she registered 32 points against Ageo Medics via 29 attacks on 57 swings (50.9% hitting efficiency), 2 stuff blocks and 1 service ace.[6] Against the previous year's runner-ups Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team), Drews scored 29 points on 23 of 55 attacking (41.82% hitting efficiency), 4 stuff blocks and 2 service aces to lead the Marvelous to its 3rd straight win.[7] Against the PFU Bluecats on 26 Oct, Drews lead the team in a straight sets victory with 15 attacks on 34 swings (44.1% hitting efficiency), 1 stuff block and 1 service ace. [8] Drews scored 29 points in their 5-set loss to Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team) on 02 Nov from 26 attacks on 71 swings (36.6% attacking efficiency), 2 stuff blocks and 1 service ace.[9] JT bounced back the following day after beating PFU Bluecats on 03 Nov behind Drews' 33 points - 29 attacks on 49 swings (59.2% hitting efficiency) and 4 stuff blocks.[10] On 9 Nov, JT edged out Ageo Medics in a 4-set win with Drews scoring 26 points from 21 attacks on 40 swings (52.5% hitting efficiency), 3 stuff blocks and 2 service aces.[11]
| Japan V.League Division 1 (V1) 2019-2020 Season: Andrea Drews (JT Marvelous) - Statistics Summary | ||||||||||
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| Match Date | Opponent | Result | Spiking | Blocking | Serving | TOTAL | ||||
| Spikes | Attempts | Hitting % | Blocks | Block/set | Aces | Ace/set | ||||
| 19 Oct | Ageo Medics | 3-2 (W) | 29 | 57 | 50.9% | 2 | 0.40 | 1 | 0.20 | 32 |
| 20 Oct | Toray Arrows | 3-2 (W) | 23 | 55 | 41.8% | 4 | 0.80 | 2 | 0.40 | 29 |
| 26 Oct | PFU Bluecats | 3-0 (W) | 15 | 34 | 44.1% | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.33 | 17 |
| 2 Nov | Toray Arrows | 2-3 (L) | 26 | 71 | 36.6% | 2 | 0.40 | 1 | 0.20 | 29 |
| 3 Nov | PFU Bluecats | 3-1 (W) | 29 | 49 | 59.2% | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33 |
| 9 Nov | Ageo Medics | 3-1 (W) | 21 | 40 | 52.5% | 3 | 0.75 | 2 | 0.50 | 26 |
| 10 Nov | Toyota Auto Body Queenseis | |||||||||
| 16 Nov | Kurobe AquaFairies | |||||||||
| 23 Nov | NEC Red Rockets | |||||||||
| 24 Nov | Denso Airybees | |||||||||
| 30 Nov | Okayama Seagulls | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 143 | 306 | 46.73% | 16 | 0.6154 | 7 | 0.269231 | 166 | ||
Senior National Team
2017
Drews entered the USA senior national volleyball team for the first time in 2017, having been handpicked by Karch Kiraly, widely regarded as one of the best coaches in professional volleyball, who returned as the head coach of the team that year after Rio Olympic Games in 2016. Kiraly brought Drews into Team USA's summer-long camp in Anaheim. When Drews joined the team, she was already behind many of the players who had been in the Team USA gym since May 1 as the Puerto Rican league playoffs went through mid-May. Drews debuted for the United States national team later that year. Used primarily as the opposite in the double-sub with just two match starts, Drews led Team USA in scoring in three (against Columbia, Mexico and Argentina) of its first five matches in its gold medal run at the 2017 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in June.[12]
Drews led Team USA past fourth-ranked Brazil with a 21-point performance to open the 2017 USA Volleyball Cup in Anaheim on a Sunday evening. Drews powered down 16 kills on 38 swings against Brazil while adding four blocks and an ace over the course of the four sets, with final set a bonus set after the Americans won the first three sets 25-21, 25-14, 29-27. However, in the official three sets of the match, Drews was her most dominant having 14 kills on 26 attacks with just three errors to go with three blocks and an ace. And she was able to have such a break-out match on American soil with her family in the stands watching.[13]
“I think it has been awesome,” Drews said immediately after the Brazil match. “The longer I get into my career, the more moments like this will stand out when we do get to play on American soil and have our families here. USA has been awesome about having our families able to come to practice and they are here tonight.”
Kiraly left Drews in Anaheim for the first rounds of the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. Drews took advantage of being one of only two opposites in the two- and three-hour sessions in the gym back in Orange County.[3]
“When you only have two (opposites), you’re getting a ton, a ton of touches,” Drews said. “There are some benefits to being in the home group when the team is traveling because you get so many reps. I think being so new to this system I really wanted to take advantage of those reps and see if I could get a lot better.”
The extra work paid off with a spot on the U.S. roster for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix finals round. Although the U.S. did not win either of its Finals Round matches against Serbia and Italy, Drews came off the bench in both contests to provide a huge spark. Drews was the U.S.’ top scorer (16 points: 15 kills in 39 swings for a 38.46% hitting efficiency; and 1 ace)[14] in a 3-1 loss to Italy. She racked up with 10 points (10/26 for a 38.46% hitting efficiency) in USA's faltered comeback attempt from being down 2 sets to none against Serbia.[15] USA finished 5th at the final staging of the World Grand Prix, tied with Netherlands.
Drews returned for duty as she joined the U.S. team for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup. She started at opposite for all matches and top scored in 2 occasions - 22 points vs. Japan and 12 points vs. Brazil. In its win over Korea, 25-22, 25-20, 25-16, Drews contributed 11 points on eight kills, two blocks and an ace. She helped USA claim the bronze medal for the tournament.[16]
2018
In 2018, Drews joined the U.S. team in the inaugural 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League where they eventually won gold against Turkey (25-17, 22-25, 28-26, 15-25, 7-15).
2019
Drews returned for another round of duty for the U.S. team in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. During the preliminary rounds, she led the Best Attackers race with a 205-68-426 attacking card, good for 48.12% hitting efficiency. After advancing to the final round, Drews once again ranked first in the Best Attackers chart with a 69-18-132 attacking card, good for 52.27 hitting efficiency. She was the 2nd Best Scorer with 69 attacks, 4 blocks and 4 aces for 77 points, behind top scorer Liu Yanhan's (China) 79 points.
Annie Drews led Team USA with 23 points, including 21 kills on 41 attacks, one block and one ace against Poland in the finals pool play. Drews did not see action in the pool play match against Brazil to give way for Jordan Thompson. Drews scored 21 points in the semifinals against China to lead Team USA to victory. Drews had 16 kills on 31 swings, three aces and two blocks.[17]
In the Gold Medal Match, Drews was named Most Valuable Player after leading USA to victory, including a team-high 33 points against Brazil in the title match. Drews hit 32/59 and added one block. The comeback concluded in high drama in the fifth set with an unusual ending. Although Brazil earned the first two-point cushion of the tiebreaking fifth set at 3-1, Team USA bounced back to take its first lead of the set at 5-4 with two Robinson kills after a Brazil service error. The Americans extended the advantage to three at 8-5 with a Drews kill, Robinson ace and Larson kill. Brazil closed to one at 10-9. Team USA went up 13-10 with kills from Drews and Haleigh Washington. Brazil saved two match points at 14-13. In a bold move, Coach Karch Kiraly called for a video challenge for net touch during the middle of match point and Team USA won the points as the video clearly showed Brazil touching the net antenna.[18] After the win, Kiraly did not spare kind words for the tournament MVP Andrea Drews after the match
“Wow, Annie. I don’t know how many points she had, but she was huge. Everyone was huge. What a great team win, fall down 2-0 against one of the greatest teams in the world, Brazil. Jordan Larson came in and gave us a great lift, Tori Dixon also. It was a total team win, 14-person plus here, all the other people in our program including the 14 battling in Peru. Total team effort. So much to be proud of. We got better as the match went along. We improved our blocking lineups, had a nice passing lineup in there. Lauren Carlini doing a really nice job of running our offense and distributing.”
On 2–4 August, Drews competed with USA in the 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualifications Tournament (IOQT) in CenturyLink Center, Shreveport-Bossier City, United States. After matches against Kazakhstan (3-0), Bulgaria (3-2) and Argentina (3-0), USA qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. As a result of their second place finish in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, USA's FIVB World Rankings points lead them to become the 2nd best team in the world as of October 2019. This puts them at Pool B during the Olympic Games in 2020.[19]
Drews was lined-up for another round of NT duties at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan from September 14–29. Drews started at opposite for most of the time but also shared lineups with Karsta Lowe. In their first match against Kenya, Drews hit 12 attacks on 22 swings (54.45% hitting efficiency) and added 2 aces to top-score at 14 points.[20] Drews hit 10 attacks on 23 swings (43.47% hitting efficiency), had a stuff block and an ace in their 3-0 win against the Netherlands.[21] USA bagged another impressive straight sets victory against Brazil with Drews having 12 attacks on 27 swings (44.44% hitting efficiency) and 2 stuff blocks for 14 points.[22] In their 3-set loss against eventual gold medalists China, Drews, used sparingly, contributed 6 kills on 12 swings (50% hitting efficiency).[23] In their bounce-back win against Dominican Republic, Drews posted an impressive 23 points in 3 sets mounted from 18 attacks on 29 swings (62.07% hitting efficiency), 3 stuff blocks and 2 aces.[24] USA gutted out a 5-set outing against Russia anchored on Drew's 20 attacks on 46 swings (43.48% hitting efficiency), 1 stuff block and 1 ace.[25]
In their final match of the tournament vs. South Korea, Drews gave out an impressive 20 attacks on 41 swings (48.78% hitting efficiency), 2 stuff blocks and 2 aces for 24 points.[26] South Korea women's national volleyball team head coach, Stefano Lavarini, gave praise to Drews' performance in the post-match interview saying:
"We couldn’t put pressure on their service and the United States in the first two sets, but especially the second, played really strong and their attackers were almost unstoppable, most especially their incredible opposite Andrew Drews. You got Boskovic and Egonu and now I think she's the one to watch."[27]
Drews was the league's 17th Best Scorer (105 attacks, 9 blocks, and 9 aces) and 3rd Best Attacker (105-29-225 for a 46.67% hitting efficiency). Her performance merited the team and her a silver medal finish and a Best Opposite award.[28]
For the final round of 2019 national team duty, Drews was lined-up for the 2019 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 8–13 October. Drews was inserted as a starter during the second and third set of their pool play match against Mexico. USA eventually won the match in straight sets as she added eight kills on 14 swings and a block for nine points.[29] During the finals, Drews came in as a substitute on the second set for teammate Karsta Lowe in the opposite position. She totalled 12 kills on 33 attacks (35.94% hitting efficiency) and chipped in 6 digs. USA eventually settled for silver for the tournament.[30]
Clubs
Indias de Mayagüez (2015–2016)- Criollas de Caguaso (2016–2017)
SAB Volley Legnano (2017–2018)- Pomi Casalmaggiore (2018)
Kameroglu Beylikdüzü Voleybol Ihtisas (2018–2019)- JT Marvelous (2019–)
Awards
National Team
- 2017 Women's Pan-American Cup -
Gold Medal - 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix - 5th Place
- 2017 USA Volleyball Cup - Gold Medal
- 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup -
Bronze Medal - 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League - Gold Medal
- 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League - Gold Medal
- 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualifications Tournament (IOQT) - Qualified
- 2019 FIVB World Cup -
Silver Medal - 2019 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship - Silver Medal
Individuals
- Honorable Mention AVCA All-American in 2014
- AVCA Second-Team All-America in 2015 as a senior at Purdue University
- 2015 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino - "All Star Team Member"
- 2016 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino - "Most Valuable Player"
- 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2019 FIVB World Cup – "Best Opposite"
Clubs
- 2015 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino -
Runner-Up, with, with Indias de Mayagüez - 2016 Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino -
Champion, with Criollas de Caguaso
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