52 Facts About Andrea Drews

Andrea Carrie "Annie" Drews was born on December 25,1993 and is an American professional volleyball player for the United States women's national volleyball team.

Andrea Drews won gold with the national team at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Andrea Drews's father played basketball at Ball State University and coached high school basketball for ten years.

Andrea Drews has a sister, Erin Courey, who is an artist in Grand Rapids, MI.

Andrea Drews attended Elkhart Central High School before transferring to play volleyball at Penn High School.

Andrea Drews started playing indoor club volleyball in 2008 with Network Juniors and concluded her youth club career with Northern Indiana Volleyball Academy.

Andrea Drews was a two-time volleyball state champion at Penn High School.

Andrea Drews received an honorable mention at the AVCA All-American in 2014.

Andrea Drews graduated from Purdue University in Hospitality and Tourism Management in 2015.

Andrea Drews was a member of the US Women's National A2 Program in 2013.

Andrea Drews was named as part of the all-star team at the end of the tournament.

Andrea Drews's performance started catching the eye of Kiraly and SASB Volleyball Legano, the club in Italy's Serie A1 she eventually signed with.

Andrea Drews played the play-off quarterfinals and finished as the third-best scorer in the regular season with 384 points.

Andrea Drews helped the club reach its best finish in the league since its inception.

Andrea 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.

Andrea Drews debuted for the United States national team later that year.

Andrea 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.

However, in the official three sets of the match, Andrea Drews was her most dominant having 14 kills on 26 attacks with just three errors to go with three blocks and an ace.

Andrea Drews took advantage of being one of only two opposites in the two- and three-hour sessions in the gym back in Orange County.

Andrea Drews racked up with 10 points in USA's faltered comeback attempt from being down 2 sets to none against Serbia.

Andrea Drews returned for duty as she joined the US team for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup.

Andrea Drews started at opposite for all matches and top-scored in 2 occasions - 22 points vs Japan and 12 points vs Brazil.

Andrea Drews helped USA claim the bronze medal for the tournament.

In 2018, Andrea Drews joined the US team in the inaugural 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League where they eventually won gold against Turkey.

Andrea Drews returned for another round of duty for the US team in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.

Andrea Drews was the 2nd Best Scorer with 69 attacks, 4 blocks and 4 aces for 77 points, behind top scorer Liu Yanhan's 79 points.

Annie Andrea 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.

Andrea Drews did not see action in the pool play match against Brazil to give way for Jordan Thompson.

Andrea Drews scored 21 points in the semifinals against China to lead Team USA to victory.

Andrea Drews had 16 kills on 31 swings, three aces and two blocks.

Andrea Drews started at opposite for most of the time but shared lineups with Karsta Lowe.

USA bagged another impressive straight sets victory against Brazil with Andrea Drews having 12 attacks on 27 swings and 2 stuff blocks for 14 points.

Andrea Drews was the league's 17th Best Scorer and 3rd Best Attacker.

Andrea Drews's performance merited the team and her a silver medal finish and a Best Opposite award.

Andrea Drews was inserted as a starter during the second and third set of their pool play match against Mexico.

Andrea Drews totalled 12 kills on 33 attacks and chipped in 6 digs.

Andrea Drews sparked the US Women's National Team to three tournament podium finishes in events she competed during 2019, all while being selected to two FIVB tournament dream teams.

Andrea Drews tallied a Team USA-high 388 points in 2019 with a 4.56 scoring average per set, second most among players with at least one start.

Andrea Drews's defense improved throughout 2019 with 107 digs for a 1.26 dig average.

Andrea Drews claimed the most valuable player honor at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League and was selected as Best Opposite on the 2019 FIVB World Cup Dream Team.

Andrea Drews averaged 4.70 points per set during the VNL, starting 12 of the 19 matches.

Andrea Drews averaged 4.08 kills, 0.34 blocks and 0.28 aces per set during the VNL.

Andrea Drews averaged 3.92 kills, 0.38 blocks and 0.31 aces per set for a 4.62 scoring average.

Andrea Drews was one of two opposites selected for the tournament alongside Jordan Thompson.

Against Brazil, Andrea Drews scored 16 points in their four-set win.

Andrea Drews scored 11 points in their victory against the Netherlands.

Andrea Drews was initially slotted as for an off-the-bench role but assumed starting opposite duties when Jordan Thompson went down with an ankle injury.

Andrea Drews started in the pool play match against Italy, leading the United States to a 5-set victory.

Andrea Drews top scored for the team in all four matches, leading the United States Women's Volleyball Team to its inaugural gold medal at the indoor volleyball event in Tokyo.

In May 2022, Andrea Drews made her return to the national team after winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.

On June 5,2024, it was announced that Andrea Drews would be returning to represent the United States in her second Olympic Games at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Andrea Drews graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management in 2015.