Former William and Mary field hockey standout and assistant coach Welsey Drew '10 will don the Red, White, and Blue for the first time next month as a member of the U.S. National Indoor Squad in Austria.  Drew, who was named as a senior team finalist in the spring, will compete alongside 11 teammates at the 33rd RohrMax Cup in Vienna on January 4-6, taking on national teams from Austria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic.

As a player for the Tribe from 2006-09, Drew was twice named first-team All-CAA and first-team All-State, while also earning all-region accolades as a senior.  As a junior in 2008, she dished out 10 assists, tied for the third-most ever in a single season at W&M, and added five goals that year as well as W&M reached the CAA semifinals.  In total, Drew scored 13 goals and 19 assists, the latter total tying her for third all-time in school history.  She was also a standout in the classroom, earned three CAA Commissioner's Awards before graduating in 2010 with degrees in psychology and kinesiology.

Drew was also a member of the Tribe coaching staff in 2010 and 2011.  In 2011, the Tribe won six of its first seven games including a final-minute, come-from-behind win over No. 20 Northeastern.  Outside of coaching, Drew is also passionate about helping with conservation efforts for the world's great apes.  Over the past few summers, she has spent time volunteering at an orangutan sanctuary in Indonesia, and led a fundraising effort that resulted in the Tribe field hockey team sponsoring the care of two young male orangutans.

Drew is the first field hockey player to represent W&M on the U.S. Senior National Team since Karen Thorne '84 during the 1980 season.

U.S. Indoor Team Roster
Coach - Denise Zelenak
Megan Bozek (Cortlandt Manor, NY)
Susan Ciufo (Bangor, PA)
Ashley Dalisera (Millersville, MD)
Wesley Drew (Williamsburg, VA)
Amanda Fleischut (Doylestown, PA)
Maria Kessling (Downington, PA)
Meredith Long (Ocean City, PA)
Lindsay McArdle (Upper Darby, PA)
Ali McEvoy (Gilbertsville, PA)
Rachael Bloemaker (Hatfield, PA)
Kim Tunell (Wilmington, DE)
Emily Valeo (Norristown, PA)