WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – USA Volleyball announced its 30-player Women’s National Team roster for the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL), which includes Purdue alums Danielle Cuttino (2014-17), Annie Drews (2012-15) and Ashley Evans (2013-2017).
The trio returns to their roots as teammates, having all played together for Purdue in 2014 and 2015.
The nod marks the first time Evans has been selected for the VNL roster, while Cuttino makes her return to the team’s VNL lineup and Drews, a member of the 2021 Olympic gold medal-winning team, dawns the red, white and blue once more.
The U.S. are the reigning Olympic champions and ranked No. 4 in the world.
Volleyball Nations League is the world’s premier annual international indoor volleyball tournament. The top 16 teams in the world play four matches a week for three weeks of preliminary competition. The top eight teams at the end of the preliminaries will go to the Final Round, which will be hosted by the United States this year from July 12-16 at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. With its hosting status, the U.S. automatically qualifies.
Fourteen players from the roster of 30 will be selected to travel to each week’s preliminary round matches.
The announcement marks the second time this month Boilermakers were named to a U.S. national team roster. Earlier in May, current student-athletes Chloe Chicoine, Raven Colvin and Eva Hudson were named to the U21 NORCECA Pan American Cup roster. They are currently at the Anaheim National Training Center in California as part of an 18-member team, with 12 continuing on to Mexico for the Pan Am Cup taking place May 23-28 in Mexico.
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