page_title: Andrea Drews
section_title: 2019-2020
hierarchical_section_title: Andrea Drews / Career / Club Teams / 2019-2020
caption_attribution_description: English: Drews wins V.League Title
context_page_description: Andrea Carrie "Annie" Drews 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, where USA won the gold medal and the Best Opposite of the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup as part of the silver medal squad. She currently plays for Japan V.League Division 1 team JT Marvelous in the 2020–2021 season for the second year in a row.
context_section_description: 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. 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 kills on 57 swings (50.9% hitting efficiency), 2 stuff blocks and 1 service ace. Against the previous year's runner-ups Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team), Drews hammered in 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. Against the PFU Bluecats on 26 Oct, Drews lead the team in a straight sets victory with 15 kills on 34 swings (44.1% hitting efficiency), 1 stuff block and 1 service ace. Drews scored 29 points in their 5-set loss to Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team) on 2 November from 26 kills on 71 swings (36.6% hitting efficiency), 2 stuff blocks and 1 service ace. JT bounced back the following day after beating PFU Bluecats on 3 Nov behind Drews' 33 points - 29 kills on 49 swings (59.2% hitting efficiency) and 4 stuff blocks. On 9 Nov, JT edged out  Ageo Medics in a 4-set win with Drews scoring 26 points from 21 kills on 40 swings (52.5% hitting efficiency), 3 stuff blocks and 2 service aces. JT came up with a big win against then-spotless Toyota Auto Body Queenseis as Drews put up 21 kills on 47 swings (44.68% hitting efficiency), 2 stuff blocks and 3 service aces. On 16 Nov, Drews contributed a humble 9 points in a 3-set win against Kurobe AquaFairies with 8 kills on 18 swings (44.4% hitting efficiency) and 1 stuff block.
  Exchange matches against the Premier Conference teams commenced on 23 Nov. Drews notched 18 points all on kills from 43 swings (41.9% efficiency) in a losing effort against the NEC Red Rockets. JT bounced back the following day, 24 Nov, with a big 4-set win against the then-undefeated Denso Airybees. Drews had 24 kills on 47 swings (51.1% hitting efficiency), 3 stuff blocks and 4 service aces. JT regained their lead in the standings after clobbering Okayama Seagulls on 30 Nov. Drews lead all scorers with 25 kills on 41 swings (61.0% hitting efficiency), 1 stuff block and 2 service aces for 28 points. She then posted 18 points against Hisamitsu Springs - 17 kills on 29 swings (58.6% hitting efficiency) and 1 service ace - to lead JT Marvelous to a straight-sets win. Drews poured in 12 points in their 3-set victory against Hitachi Rivale with 9 kills on 27 swings (33.3% hitting efficiency), 2 stuff blocks and 1 service ace. The following day, Drews pounded 15 kills on 27 swings (55.6% hitting efficiency) to down Victorina Himeji via a sweep.
  At the first match of the final round of conference play, Drews amassed a total of 20 points versus Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 18 of which coming from kills of 30 swings (60.0% hitting efficiency) and 2 from stuff blocks. Drews continued loading the howitzer to lead her team in another 3-set win against PFU Bluecats on 15 Dec. She tallied 23 points coming from 18 kills on 30 swings, 3 stuff blocks and 2 service aces. Drews dropped 37 points via 35 kills on 66 swings (53% hitting efficiency), 1 stuff block and 1 service ace in a loss to Ageo Medics on 21 Dec. JT Marvelous put up a dominant performance against Kurobe AquaFairies on 22 Dec backed by Drews' 15 points - 8 kills on 17 swings (47.1% hitting efficiency), 6 stuff blocks and 1 service ace. JT Marvelous ended the regular round strong by downing Toray Arrows (women's volleyball team) as Drews willed in 23 kills on 50 swings (46% hitting efficiency), 4 stuff blocks and 2 service aces. The win cemented JT Marvelous as the number 1 team in the Star Conference, finishing with a 17-4 W-L record, good for 49 points. As a reward, the team carried over 3 points to the Final 8 round which cushioned them 
caption: Drews bags V.League title and MVP
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