Drewann Pancratz

Guard
Sophomore
5-9, Schaumburg, Ill.

2009:  Played in 26-of-27 games…averaged 12.2 minutes, 3.4 points and 1.7 rebounds…scored a season-high 11 points at Wheaton (Ill.) on Jan. 31.

High School:  Named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association honorable mention all-state, All-Mid-Suburban League and Daily Herald all-area her senior year with a 12.4 scoring average, 3.9 rebounds, 107 assists and 73 steals…all-conference and all-area as a junior…scored 1,171 career points and is Schaumburg High School’s all-time assist leader with 355…played on three-straight sectional-finalist teams…coached by Bill Murmann…in volleyball, named Chicago Tribune honorable mention all-state and Champaign-News Gazette second-team all-state her senior year and Champaign-News Gazette honorable mention all-state both her sophomore and junior years…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 Carthage women’s volleyball 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.