Drewann Pancratz

Setter
Sophomore
5-9, Schaumburg, Ill.

2008:  Named American Volleyball Coaches Association honorable mention All-America, AVCA honorable mention All-Midwest Region, regional “freshman of the year,” second-team All-CCIW and CCIW “Women’s Volleyball Freshman of the Year” with a 6.81 assists-per-game average and a .321 attack percentage in 165 attempts…played in all 37 matches and made 36 starts…named CCIW “Defensive Player/Setter of the Week” on Oct. 28 after being named to the all-tournament team at the Wisconsin-La Crosse Tournament.

High School:  Named Chicago Tribune honorable mention all-state and Champaign-News Gazette second-team all-state her senior year…Champaign-News Gazette honorable mention all-state both her sophomore and junior years…a three-time All-Mid-Suburban League and Daily Herald all-area honoree and Mid-Suburban League West “Player of the Year” as a senior…set Schaumburg High School career records for most assists, most service points and attack efficiency…played on two regional-championship teams, and her senior-year squad won a sectional title…coached by her mother, Jeanette Pancratz…in basketball, named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association honorable mention all-state, All-Mid-Suburban League and Daily Herald all-area her senior year, and both all-conference and all-area as a junior…National Honor Society member, a three-year Mid-Suburban League all-academic pick and a four-year honor student.

Personal:  Exercise and sport science major…member of the 2008-09 Carthage women’s basketball team…named to the fall 2008 Carthage dean's list and to the fall 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…her father, Andy Pancratz, was an all-state basketball player at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, Ill., and played college ball at DePaul University under Ray Meyer from 1973 to 1976…her mother, Jeanette Pancratz, played volleyball at DePaul and is the longtime girl’s volleyball coach at Schaumburg High School…her oldest brother, Mark, played on a state-championship team at Schaumburg in 2001, played on three NCAA tournament teams at Wisconsin-Milwaukee between 2003 to 2007 and is currently an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee under former Panthers head coach Bruce Pearl…middle brother Zach, was also a member of that state-championship team at Schaumburg and played three years of basketball at Northern Illinois University before missing the 2007-08 season with shoulder surgery.  Zach played the 2008-09 season at Rollins College while attending graduate school in business administration…the youngest brother, Jake, will be a senior on the 2009-10 University of Chicago basketball team…born Dec. 18, 1989.