UC SANTA BARBARA
2024
ACWPC All-Academic Team, Outstanding level ... Big West Academic All-Conference honoree ... Played in 28 of the Gauchos’ 29 games … Played her 100th game as a Gaucho on March 3 at No. 21 San Jose State, marking the occasion with a hat-trick … Totaled 19 goals on the season and a career-high 22 assists … Made 23 steals and nine field blocks … Recorded her first career hat-trick with three goals against No. 13 UC San Diego (Feb. 25) … Also had two three-assist games, against Concordia on Feb. 3 and against Marist on Feb. 11.
2023
Voted Defensive Specialist of the Year by her teammates … Played all 29 games, scoring a career-high 20 goals … Ranked ninth in The Big West and led the team with nine field blocks … Made 15 steals, including a remarkable swipe in the first round of The Big West Championship against Long Beach State (April 28), chasing her opponent the length of the pool in the game’s final seconds.
2022
ACWPC All-Academic Team, Excellent level ... Big West Academic All-Conference Team selection ... Scored 17 goals and provided 15 assists in 24 games, adding 17 steals ... Scored twice in the 19-7 season-opening win over Ottowa Arizona (Jan. 21) ... Tallied a season-high four points on two goals and two assists with a .667 shooting percentage against No. 11 UC San Diego (Feb. 27), adding two assists and three steals on the day.
2021
Featured in all eight matches of the shortened season … Scored in the season-opener against No. 17 San Diego State on Feb. 17.
2020
Scored five goals and assisted four … Tallied a pair of goals against No. 1 Stanford (Feb. 22).
2019
Redshirted season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played varsity for four years at California High School in San Ramon as a utility under coaches Kimi and Brian Brearly and Todd Halvorson ...Totaled 381 goals for her school, including a single-season record of 132 as a sophomore...Also tallied 304 assists, 305 steals, and 238 drawn ejections over four seasons ... Was a First Team All-League, First Team NCS and KIA HS All-American in each of her last three years...Set school records for most goals and kick outs drawn...Also competed as a varsity swim athlete for four years and competed in rec swim at Round Hill Country Club ...Was named a Scholar Athlete three different years.
CLUB
Competed with 680 Drivers Water Polo Club for 11 years under coaches Todd Halvorson (10u-14u), Jon Leach (16u), and Ryan Cunnane, Greg Klass and John Roemer (18u) ... Was named Tournament MVP at the Cal Cup as an eighth grader ... In 2017, helped her team to a national championship in the 18u Junior Olympics ... Was a three-time Junior Olympic All-American ... Was a USA Water Polo Cadet National Team Member (2016) and NTSC Athlete (2015), and a USA Water Polo Development National Team Member (2013-14).
PERSONAL
Drew Bailey Halvorson was born on Aug. 10, 2000 in Walnut Creek to parents Todd and Hillary Halvorson ... Names San Ramon, Calif. as her hometown ... Has one younger sibling, her brother Dylan ... Majoring in History with a minor in Education at UC Santa Barbara ... Has career aspirations to be an elementary school teacher ... Voted "Most Positive Attitude" in her sophomore class in 2015-16 ... Names the Golden State Warriors as her favorite basketball team ... Lists "Top Gun" as her favorite movie ... Favorite TV show is "New Girl" ... Favorite novels are the Divergent trilogy ... Appreciates all kinds of music ... Her favorite athlete is Stephen Curry ... Favorite after practice snack is Nature Valley bars ... Favorite pre-game pump up songs are "Me You" by Russ, "Ain't Gonna Die Tonight" by Gemini and "Nice For What" by Drake ... She started playing water polo at age seven ... Volunteered as a 5th grade camp counselor her last two years in high school ... Was a swim instructor at Round Hill Country Club ... Favorite aspects of UCSB are the nice people and the amazing sports teams ... After graduating, would love to play somewhere abroad, perhaps in Italy, Greece or Australia ... Her father also played collegiate sports at Long Beach State, spending two years as a water polo goalie and two years on the swim team.
