Andrew Donlin

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Drew Donlin
	Andrew Donlin in Air Force uniform
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Lawrence Donlin
Born	October 9, 1992 (age 29); Plymouth, Minnesota, United States
Height	202 cm (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Line Player
Club information
Current club	Abanca Ademar León
Number	12
Youth career
Years	Team
2011–2015	USAFA Team Handball
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2016
2017
2017
2018	Los Angeles THC
2018–2019
2019	Los Angeles THC
2019–2021	Abanca Ademar León
2021-	San Francisco CalHeat
National team
Years	Team
2012	Handball (Junior)
2016–	United States
2016–	Beach handball
Title
2018	USA Open Division
2021	NACHC Super Globe Qualifier
Allegiance
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	2015 – present
Rank	Captain
Unit	World Class Athlete Program

Andrew Lawrence Donlin (born 9 October 1992) is an American professional handball player and a United States Air Force Captain. He's nicke name is Captain America.^[1]

High school[]

He played American football, basketball and baseball for the Wayzata High School.

College[]

He attend the United States Air Force Academy in 2011.

He attended at walk-on tryout for the football team they encouraged him that he should play handball. Later he joined the USAFA Team Handball.

In 2012 he played the in Mexico City with the . They lost the small final 38–40 against .

In 2014 he became top scorer with 27 goals at the . They won the bronze medal.

At the 2015 Summer Universiade the USAFA Team Handball club represented the national team. He was captain of the team. They had additionally one student from the Colorado State University.^[2]^[3] They were 13th out of 13 teams.

He finished the academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management.

Adult[]

In July 2015 after graduation he was assigned as Acquisition Program Manager at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles.

In 2016 he made his United States men's national handball team debut at the 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship. The team reached the eight place out of 12. His United States national beach handball team was at the same year at the 2016 Beach Handball World Championships this was the first World Championships appearance for the US and Donlin was the top scorer of the team.

At the he was the top scorer of the tournament and the team got the bronze medal.

He was in sixth in scoring at the 2018 Men's Beach Handball World Championships.

He played for the Los Angeles THC at the (Winner).

In November 2018 he became member of the United States Air Force World Class Athlete Program.

In December 2018 he played his first game for (DE).^[4]

He played at the 2019 Pan American Games.

They won the which qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games The team were 5th placed at the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship.

He played for the Los Angeles THC at the 2019 North American and the Caribbean Senior Club Championship (3rd) and 2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division (4th).

In August 2019 he joined CB Ademar León a professional Liga ASOBAL club. He became the first American handball player how played at a European international league the 2019–20 EHF Cup. They were eliminated in the group stage.

In 2020 he was awarded with the 2019 United States Air Force Athlete of the Year title.

In August 2021, upon his return to the United States, he joined San Francisco CalHeat, the USA Team Handball reigning champion, and won the 2021 North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship, a qualifying tournament for the IHF Men's Super Globe.

Family[]

He is the oldest of four children and his sister, , is an NCAA Division I swimmer at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. In 2020 he extended his contract. The club doesn't pay him anything because he is paid via the World Class Athlete Program.^[5]