Andrew Donlin
Andrew (Drew) Lawrence Donlin (born 9 October 1992 is an American professional handball player and a United States Air Force Captain.
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Andrew Lawrence Donlin | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
October 9, 1992 Plymouth, Minnesota, United States | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 202 cm (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Line Player | |||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Abanca Ademar León | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | USAFA Team Handball | |||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||
2016 | Knight Air | |||||||||||||||
2017 | Revol | |||||||||||||||
2017 | Knight Air | |||||||||||||||
2018 | Los Angeles THC | |||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | TSV Bayer Dormagen | |||||||||||||||
2019 | Los Angeles THC | |||||||||||||||
2019– | Abanca Ademar León | |||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||
2012 | Handball (Junior) | |||||||||||||||
2016– | United States | |||||||||||||||
2016– | Beach handball | |||||||||||||||
| Title | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | USA Open Division | Winner | ||||||||||||||
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High school
He played American football, basketball and baseball for the Wayzata High School.
College
He attend the United States Air Force Academy in 2011.
He attended at walk-on tryout for the football team they encouraged him that he should play handball. Later he joined the USAFA Team Handball.
In 2012 he played the 2019 IHF Trophy Tournament PATHF–North America Zone in Mexico City with the United States men's national junior handball team. They lost the small final 38–40 against Canada.
In 2014 he became top scorer with 27 goals at the 2014 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division. They won the bronze medal.
At the 2015 Summer Universiade the USAFA Team Handball club represented the national team. He was captain of the team. They had additionally one student from the Colorado State University.[1][2] They were 13th out of 13 teams.
He finished the academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management.
Adult
In July 2015 after graduation he was assigned as Acquisition Program Manager at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles.
In 2016 he made his United States men's national handball team debut at the 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship. The team reached the eight place out of 12. His United States national beach handball team was at the same year at the 2016 Beach Handball World Championships this was the first World Championships appearance for the US and Donlin was the top scorer of the team.
At the 2018 Pan American Men's Beach Handball Championship he was the top scorer of the tournament and the team got the bronze medal.
He was in sixth in scoring at the 2018 Men's Beach Handball World Championships.
He played for the Los Angeles THC at the 2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Open Division (Winner).
In November 2018 he became member of the United States Air Force World Class Athlete Program.
In December 2018 he played his first game for TSV Bayer Dormagen (DE).[3]
He played at the 2019 Pan American Games.
They won the 2019 Nor.Ca. Men's Beach Handball Championship which qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games The team were 5th placed at the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship.
He played for the Los Angeles THC at the 2019 North American and the Caribbean Senior Club Championship (3rd) and 2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division (4th).
In August 2019 he joined CB Ademar León a professional Liga ASOBAL club. He became the first American handball player how played at a European international league the 2019–20 EHF Cup. They were eliminated in the group stage.
In 2020 he was awarded with the 2019 United States Air Force Athlete of the Year title.
Family
He is the oldest of four children and his sister, Colleen Donlin, is an NCAA Division I swimmer at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. In 2020 he extended his contract. The club doesn't pay him anything because he is paid via the World Class Athlete Program.[4]
Ranks
| Rank | Date of Promotion | |
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| Various | ||
| BCT Squadron Commander | July 2014 | |
 | Squadron Commander | August 2014 |
 | Second Lieutenant | May 2015 |
 | First Lieutenant | May 2017 |
 | Captain | May 2019 |
References
- Godwin, Maurice (2015-07-07). "Michael Cavanaugh Leads Colorado-Based Team to Korea for World University Games". USA Team Handball. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
- Cavanaugh, Mike (2015-07-17). "Michael Cavanaugh Leads Colorado-Based Team to Korea for World University Games Report". USA Team Handball. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
- "Erfolgreiches Handball-Wochenende". TSV Bayer Dormagen. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- "Ademar Leon bindet Leistungsträger". handball world. 6 May 2020. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.