2021 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 9
Samantha Drechsel
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Hometown:
- Woodinville, Wash.
- High School:
- Cedar Park Christian
- Previous College:
- Maryland
Bio
Thank you, @samdrechsel ??#PointHuskies pic.twitter.com/SXXEOL20dt
— Washington Volleyball (@UWVolleyball) December 17, 2021
2021 AVCA All-America Second Team
2021 AVCA All-Region Team
2021 All-Pac-12 Team
2020-21 AVCA All-America First Team
2020-21 AVCA All-Region Team
2020-21 All-Pac-12 Team
2019 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2019 AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention
Drechsel Features
» Washington All-American Sam Drechsel: βInteresting combination of incredibly caring and incredibly competitiveβ (Volleyball Magazine; Nov. 16, 2021)
» Opposite Samantha Drechsel Leads UW Volleyball Into Big Matches (Seattle Times; Feb. 24, 2021)
» How A Bag Of Laundry Helped Give Washington Its 1-2 Punch (ESPNW; Nov. 19, 2019)
» UW Volleyball Standout Happy To Be Home (Everett Herald; Nov. 27, 2018)
» Heart Pulls Drechsel Back Home To Huskies (GoHuskies.com; Sept. 19, 2018)
2021 (As A Fifth-Year Senior)
Earned second-straight All-America honor, named to the AVCA Second Team ... a second-straight All-Pac-12 Team honor and AVCA All-Region Team ... improved her attacking numbers once again, hitting a career-high .304 while second on the team with 3.45 kills per set ... finished sixth in school history with 1,490 career kills at UW and totaled 1,701 for her career when including freshman year at Maryland ... led UW in kills in 11 matches ... had double-figure kills in 22 of final 24 matches after reaching double figures just once in first five matches ... led the team in her final match, posting 19 kills and 12 digs with a career-high-tying 5 aces in 2-3 heartbreaker at No. 2 Texas on 12/9 ... named to NCAA Tournament Austin All-Regional Team ... great final home appearance in NCAA round two sweep of Hawaii (12/4) with 11 kills (.417 Att%) plus 2 aces, 4 blocks and 4 digs ... 7 kills without an error on 19 swings in 3-0 win over Brown in NCAA first round (12/3) ... led the team with 17 kills in Senior Day win over No. 21 Washington State (11/27) adding 8 digs and 4 blocks as UW won the Pac-12 title ... double-double with 16 kills and 11 digs, hitting .265, in 3-1 win at Colorado (11/24) ... named AVCA National Player of the Week (11/23) and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (11/22) after wins over Oregon schools where she hit .551 with 30 kills ... became just the second Husky OH in the rally scoring era to have 15+ kills and hit over .700 in 3-0 win over No. 16 Oregon (11/21) with 15 kills and one error on 20 swings to hit an even .700 plus 3 aces ... shared team high with 15 kills on .448 attacking in sweep of Oregon State (11/19) ... powered down 20 kills on a .333 Att% with a team-high 15 digs to lead the way in a 3-1 road win at No. 20 Stanford (11/11) ... hammered 13 kills in 3-0 win over Arizona (11/7) hitting .417 ... a double-double with 11 kills and 11 digs plus 2 aces in sweep of Arizona State (11/5) ... had 10 kills and hit .348 in defeat at No. 16 UCLA on 10/31 ... a season-high 22 kills and four-set career-high, hitting .404, to power the win at USC on 10/29 ... put away 10 kills on a .333 Att% with 8 digs and 3 blocks in sweep of No. 15 Stanford (10/24) ... scorching .517 Att% with 16 kills, 1 error, on 29 swings in 3-1 win over Cal (10/22) ... a stellar match at Oregon State (10/17) with 10 kills on 18 swings (.500 Att%) ... double-double with 11 kills and 15 digs, 1 ace and 3 blocks in 3-2 win at No. 13 Oregon (10/14) ... in 3-2 road win at Arizona State (10/10) had 14 kills on 36 swings with 7 digs and 5 blocks ... powered the 3-1 win at Arizona (10/8) with 18 kills (.485 att%) and 5 blocks ... hit .348 with 13 kills on 23 swings with 2 aces, 7 digs, and 3 blocks in 3-1 win over USC (10/3) ... stellar effort in 0-2 comeback 3-2 win over No. 15 UCLA (10/1) with 15 kills on a .433 Att% with 9 digs and 4 blocks ... a career-high 54 swings and had 20 kills plus 11 digs in five-set road loss at Washington State (9/26) ... in 2-3 loss to No. 15 Utah (9/22) had 13 kills and 15 digs with 3 aces ... hit .321 with 13 kills in sweep of Fresno State on 9/16 ... in five set win over Montana State (9/16) had 14 kills and 7 digs ... double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs, hitting .345, in 3-1 win over Cal Poly (9/11) ... in 3-1 win at No. 22 Pepperdine (9/10) had 7 kills and 8 digs with 2 blocks ... dominant effort vs Iowa (9/4) with 18 kills on 29 swings to hit .552 ... 7 kills, 5 digs, 1 ace and 3 blocks in 3-1 win at Illinois (9/3) ... recorded 7 kills, 4 blocks, and 11 digs in a 3-1 setback at No. 11 Ohio State (8/28) ... served up 3 aces with 4 kills in the 3-0 win over Ohio (8/27).
2020-21 (As A Senior - exercised extra year of eligibility)
Transitioned to a six-rotation role and upped her game in all phases, earning AVCA All-America First Team honors, the first Husky opposite named First Team since 2005 ... named to the All-Pac-12 Team and AVCA All-Region Team ... named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team ... led the team with a career-high 3.52 kills per set while hitting a career-best .280 ... ranked fourth in the Pac-12 in points per set with 4.31, highest among all opposites ... tied for team lead in aces with 33 (0.35/set) and ranked sixth in the Pac-12 ... a career-high 0.84 blocks per set ... led the team in kills in 10 matches, aces in 6 matches, blocks in 5 matches, and digs in 3 matches ... had nine double-doubles ... led the offense in the Final Four loss to No. 2 Kentucky (4/22) with 18 kills on 38 swings (.289 Att%) with 2 aces and 3 blocks ... powered comeback from 0-2 down in Elite Eight win over Pittsburgh (4/19) with 17 kills on a .343 Att% with 11 digs ... in five set thriller over 11-seed Louisville in the Round of 16 (4/18) had 13 kills and 10 digs ... double-double with 11 kills and 14 digs with 2 aces in 3-2 NCAA tourney win over Dayton (4/15) ... a career-high 5 aces with 8 kills and 7 digs in 3-0 win at Cal (4/1) ... won Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for second time this spring after posting 4.67 kills/set and 3.78 digs/set and hitting .353 in series win over Stanford ... double-double with 19 kills and 16 digs with 4 blocks in 3-2 thriller over Stanford (3/28) ... hit a career-high .588 with 23 kills, 3 errors, and 34 swings with career-high 18 digs in four set win over Stanford (3/26) ... banged out 10 kills on 20 swings with just 1 error (.450 Att%) with 5 blocks in sweep of USC (3/14) ... in 3-2 win over USC on 3/12 had 16 kills, 3 assists, 1 ace, 3 blocks, and 7 digs ... team-high 19 kills (.312 Att%) with 16 digs and an ace in 2-3 loss at No. 20 Oregon (3/7) ... hammered 16 kills on 34 swings with 4 errors (.353 Att%) in just three sets in sweep at No. 20 Oregon (3/5) adding 2 aces ... put down 13 kills on a .273 Att% with 6 blocks in 3-1 win over No. 7 Utah (2/27) ... in sweep of Utah on 2/25 had 9 kills, 8 digs, and 2 blocks ... a solo block on match point to finish 3-0 win at Colorado (2/21) with 12 kills, hitting .276 ... led the way in 3-2 thriller at Colorado on 2/19 with 19 kills (.340 Att%) and 17 digs, and had the final kill at 14-13 in the fifth ... posted 8 kills, 8 digs, and 4 blocks in road sweep at No. 18 UCLA (2/12) ... in five set loss at No. 18 UCLA on 2/12 had 14 kills and 4 blocks ... hit .417 with 12 kills on 24 swings and 2 errors and tied career-high with 4 aces in 3-0 win over Oregon State (2/6) ... 11 kills, 3 aces, 4 blocks and 6 digs and hit .333 in 3-1 win over Oregon State (2/4) ... named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after leading the way to two wins at Arizona with 33 kills over two matches and a .324 Att% ... raised her career-high in kills to 24 in the five set comeback win at Arizona (1/30), going 24-6-45 for a .400 hitting percentage, and adding 2 aces and 5 blocks for a career-high 28.5 points, plus 14 digs ... reached 1,000 career kills in the 3-0 win at Arizona on 1/29 with 9 kills, adding a team-high 5 blocks ... powered UW to its first win tying her then-career-high with 21 kills and a .391 attack percentage with 2 aces and a career-high 18 dgs in 3-1 win over Arizona State (1/23) ... tallied 7 kills, 7 digs, and 2 blocks in season-opening setback to Arizona State (1/22).
2019 (As A Junior)
An All-Pac-12 honorable mention and AVCA All-Pacific North Region honorable mention ... second on the team with 371 kills, averaging 2.90 kills per set, and upped her attack percentage to a career-best .244 ... in Pac-12 play, averaged 3.21 kills per set, ranking eighth in the league, and hit .261 ... third on the team with 31 aces ... also had career-highs with 104 digs and 99 blocks ... named to Waco All-Region Tournament Team ... huge effort in the season finale, getting 15 kills on 25 swings with just 2 errors for a .520 Att% with 2 blocks in Elite Eight loss at No. 1 Baylor (12/14) ... in the NCAA round of 16 win over (9) Kentucky (12/13) had 6 kills, 1 ace, and 2 blocks ... a 7 kill effort in NCAA round one win over Winthrop (12/6) ... posted 13 kills in five set setback to No. 25 Washington State (11/30) ... in 3-2 comeback win over Cal (11/27) had 16 kills, 4 blocks and 5 digs, hitting .243 ... in four set win at ASU (11/24) had 12 kills hitting .269 and shared team lead with 5 blocks ... hit .333 with 16 kills on 30 swings in 3-1 win at Arizona on 11/22 ... big effort in classic 3-2 win over No. 15 Utah (11/17) with 15 kills, hitting .314, with 2 aces and 2 blocks ... led the team with 12 kills (.346 Att%) in sweep of Colorado (11/15) ... excelled in 3-1 win at Oregon State with 17 kills (.350 Att%) and a career-high 8 blocks ... a 10 kill total with 3 blocks in road sweep at Oregon (11/7) ... hit .333 in sweep of No. 25 UCLA (11/3) with 10 kills and 2 aces plus 6 digs ... 12 kills, 5 blocks and an ace in 3-2 loss to USC (11/1 ... first career double-double in 3-1 win at Colorado (10/27) with a team-high 18 kills, hitting .469 (18-3-32) with 2 aces and 12 digs and 6 blocks for 23.0 total points ... 10 kills against 6 errors in 3-1 loss at No. 18 Utah (10/25) ... put away 17 kills (.212 Att%) with 2 aces and 5 blocks in the 3-1 win over Arizona (10/20) ... upped her season-high in kills to 19, hitting .333, with 2 aces and 2 blocks in a four set win over Arizona State (10/18) ... had 12 kills on 24 swings (.333 Att%) and went 3-for-3 in the fifth set in 3-2 win over Oregon (10/13) ... pounded out 11 kills on 21 swings with just 1 error for a .476 Att% in sweep of Oregon State (10/11) ... tallied 12 kills on a .233 Att% with 4 digs and 2 blocks in 3-1 win at UCLA (10/6) ... in 3-1 loss at USC (10/4) had 11 kills and 2 aces plus 3 blocks and 5 digs ... posted 9 kills on a .261 percentage with 5 digs and 5 blocks in the upset win at No. 1 Stanford (9/29) the first Husky win at Maples since 2007 ... eight kills, 1 ace, 4 digs and 3 blocks in 3-1 loss at WSU on 9/25 ... hit a new career-best .571 with 8 kills on 14 swings without a miss and added 2 aces in the 3-0 win over No. 9 Wisconsin (9/23) ... totaled 9 kills (.250 Att%) with an ace in the huge 3-1 road win at No. 9 Wisconsin (9/19) ... in the 3-1 win at No. 17 Creighton (9/14), had 10 kills (.269 Att%) and fired 3 aces with 5 blocks for 15.5 points ... a big match at Iowa in the 3-1 win (9/7), leading the team with 16 kills while hitting .406 with 3 blocks and 2 digs ... in the 3-2 upset of No. 5 Illinois (9/6) had 10 kills, an ace, and 4 digs ... hit .346 with 12 kills on 26 swings in the 3-1 win over No. 21 San Diego (8/31) adding 5 digs and 3 blocks ... 5 kills in the season-opening sweep of St. Johnβs (8/30) with 6 digs and 4 blocks.
2019 Summer
Between sophomore and junior seasons, played on the U.S. Womenβs Collegiate National Team-Anaheim, training and competing from June 23-29 at the American Sports Centers.
2018 (As A Sophomore)
Made a major contribution in her first season as a Dawg, playing as a starter on both the left side and on the opposite, playing every matchΒ and ranking second on the team in kills with 381 and kills per set with 3.17 ... led the team in kills in 11 matches ... hit .219 for the year but improved that to .233 in Pac-12 play ... fired 9 kills on 21 swings with 2 blocks in season-ending loss to No. 7 Penn State in the Round of 16 on 12/7 ... a major factor in NCAA round two upset of No. 9 Creighton, leading the team with 14 kills on a .312 Att% with a big 6 blocks in just three sets ... hit .348 with 11 kills in the 3-1 win over Saint Maryβs to open the NCAA tourney on 11/30 ... tied career-high with 6 blocks, including two solos, plus 15 kills in 2-3 loss at Washington State (11/24) ... put away 12 kills, hitting .242, in 2-3 loss to No. 17 Oregon on 11/21, adding 3 blocks ... had 5 kills but 5 errors in loss to No. 2 Stanford on 11/18 ... helped Huskies to fifth-straigth win with 13 kills hitting .258 in 3-1 win over Cal (11/16) ... named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on 11/12 after leading UW to wins at USC and UCLA with 30 total kills on a .455 attack percentage ... led the team with 11 kills in 3-0 sweep of No. 21 UCLA (11/10) hitting .318 with 5 blocks ... a dominant outing in 3-1 win at No. 13 USC (11/8) with 19 kills and just 1 error on 33 swings for a .545 Att% with 5 blocks ... set a new career-high for blocks with 6 in 3-1 win over No. 21 Arizona (11/4) with 11 kills ... hit .310 with 13 kills in the 3-1 win over Arizona State on 11/2 ... 10 kills at Colorado in four-set loss (10/28) ... posted 7 kills on a .235 Att% with 3 blocks in loss at Utah (10/26) ... moved to the right side in the 10/19 match against UCLA and had 13 kills, hitting .229 with 3 blocks in her first match on that side ... posted 17 kills in 1-3 setback to No. 14 USC (10/17) ... notched 11 kills with 2 aces and a solo block in a loss at No. 2 Stanford (10/13) ... on 10/12, hit .368 with 11 kills in a sweep of California ... led UW with 14 kills, hitting .333, in the sweep of No. 21 Arizona on 10/5 ... tallied 9 kills, an ace, and 5 digs in the 1-3 loss to No. 25 Utah (9/30) ... led the way with 18 kills, 3 aces and 2 blocks in 3-1 win over No. 23 Colorado (9/28) ... knocked down 18 kills on 43 swings (.279 Att%) in comeback win at Oregon State (9/23) adding 8 digs ... upped career-high to 21 kills in 3-2 win over No. 22 WSU (9/20) hitting .327 and adding 8 digs and 3 blocks ... posted 11 kills to lead the team in 3-0 win over CSUN (9/14) with 2 blocks ... led the way with 9 kills, hitting .316, with 2 aces and 4 blocks in 3-0 win at Boise State (9/13) ... a team-high 13 kills, hitting .286, in the 3-1 win over Kennesaw State (9/8) ... eight kills and 4 digs in the three set loss at No. 13 Pitt (9/8) ... reached the 20-kills mark for the first time in her career in the 3-2 win over Dayton (9/7) getting 20 on 48 swings, hitting .250, and serving a career-high 4 aces for 26.0 points, also a career-high ... tallied 9 kills in the 3-1 setback to No. 11 Illinois (9/1) ... great attacking in 3-1 win over Iowa (8/31) with 13 kills on a .385 percentage (13-3-26) with an ace ... served 3 aces for the first time in her career and had 5 kills and 4 blocks in 3-0 win over No. 14 San Diego (8/25) ... starter her first match as a Husky in the season-opening 3-1 win over No. 14 Maryland, adding 6 kills, 3 digs and 2 blocks.
2017 (As A Freshman At Maryland)
Saw playing time in 31 matches (109 sets) at opposite with 16 starts ... averaged 1.94 kills per set on a .161 attack percentage and added 0.52 blocks and 0.56 digs per set ... posted 11 kills, two aces, four digs and three blocks vs. Iowa (11/17) ... tallied 13 kills on a .429 clip and three blocks vs. Purdue (10/29) ... notched 12 kills, five assists and three blocks at Northwestern (10/13) ... posted nine kills on a .333 attack percentage at Nebraska (11/8) ... knocked down 13 kills on a .556 clip with two blocks vs. Furman (9/2) ... notched a season-high 15 kills on a .300 clip and two blocks vs. Temple (8/26) ... made collegiate debut and tallied a season-highΒ five blocks vs. UMBC (8/25).
High School and Personal:Β Parents are Thomas and Marni Drechsel ... has one older brother, Trey ... mother played volleyball at Pacific Lutheran ... brother playedΒ basketball at Western Washington from 2014-18, earning First Team All-GNACΒ in the 2017-18 seasonΒ ... a heralded prep recruit, was namedΒ 2016 Under Armour First Team All-American ... ranked No. 23 in her class by PrepVolleyball.com in its Senior AcesΒ ... 2016 MaxPreps First Team All-American ... VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American ... named to Seattle Times' Star Times team in 2015 ... first team all-state and all-area in 2015 ... holds high school records in six categories, including kill in a match (38) ... holds school record for kills in a season with 504 ... selected to PrepVolleyball's Top 50 Juniors list in 2015 ... member of PrepVolleyball's Sophomore 79 list in 2014 ... played club for Washington Volleyball Academy ... placed third in the Club 18 Open ... led team to sixth place finish at AAU Nationals.
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