Andrew Donlin

Drew Donlin
	Andrew Donlin in Air Force uniform
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
Club information
Current club	Abanca Ademar León
Number	12
Youth career
Years	Team
2011 - 2015	USAFA Team Handball
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2015 - 2016	Unknown
October 2016	Knight Air
October 2017	Revol
December 2017	Knight Air
May 2018	Los Angeles THC
2018 - 2019	TSV Bayer Dormagen (DE)
May 2019	Los Angeles THC
2019 -	Abanca Ademar León
National team
Title
	Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	2015 - present
Rank	Captain
Unit	World Class Athlete Program

Andrew (Drew) Lawrence Donlin (born 9 October 1992 is an American professional handball player and a United States Air Force Captain.

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 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 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 (3th) 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 a 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
	Various
	BCT Squadron Commander	July 2014
	Squadron Commander	August 2014
	Second Lieutenant	May 2015
	First Lieutenant	May 2017
	Captain	May 2019

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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.

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] "Erfolgreiches Handball-Wochenende". TSV Bayer Dormagen. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[4] "Ademar Leon bindet Leistungsträger". handball world. 6 May 2020. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.