2008-09 Vandals - University of Idaho Athletics
2008-09 Vandals - University of Idaho Athletics
2008-09 Vandals - University of Idaho Athletics
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meet the vandals<br />
Drew Eisinger #21<br />
QUOTING COACH VERLIN: “Drew is a very good outside shooter and has a great feel for<br />
the game. He is a high energy player who comes to work everyday. With improved strength,<br />
conditioning, and experience Drew should be a very good player in our program.”<br />
At Western Nebraska Community College: Averaged 10.7 points, 4.4 rebounds,<br />
2.7 assists and 1.4 steals in 30 games… scored in double figures in 17 games, including a<br />
season-high 21 points on two occasions… committed only 52 turnovers to 80 assists (1.54<br />
ratio).<br />
Sophomore • Guard<br />
6-3 • 165 • JC<br />
Mill Creek, Wash.<br />
Western Nebraska CC<br />
Why did you choose the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Idaho</strong>?<br />
“I like the campus<br />
environment and the coaches<br />
here at the <strong>University</strong>”<br />
What do you like about<br />
coach Verlin and his staff?<br />
“Coach Verlin and his staff<br />
are dedicated to helping<br />
make the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Idaho</strong><br />
a winning program again.”<br />
AT HENRY M. JACKSON High School: A 2006 graduate <strong>of</strong> Henry M. Jackson High<br />
School… earned All-State honors as a senior… led Jackson to a fifth-place finish at the State<br />
4A Tournament in 2005-06… averaged 19.7 points per game, including a 24.5 average<br />
and 13 three-point baskets in four tournament games… earned first team all-tournament<br />
accolades…. selected second team All-State by The Seattle Times (all classifications)…<br />
All-WesCo Conference first team selection as a senior… played in the 2006 Washington<br />
Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (WIBCA) All-State boys basketball game<br />
following his senior season… selected as the Everett Herald All-Area Player <strong>of</strong> the Year<br />
Prep School: Averaged<br />
21.5 points, 5.6 assists and<br />
2.9 steals in the 2006-07<br />
season at Western Reserve<br />
Academy at Ohio… shot 56-<br />
percent from the field and 52-<br />
percent from the three-point<br />
line… selected the team’s<br />
Most Valuable Player… alltournament<br />
team selection at<br />
the Hill School Tournament<br />
in Pottstown, Pa., in 2006…<br />
team finished 13-8.<br />
Personal: Full name is<br />
Drew Taylor Eisinger… born<br />
Aug. 1, 1987 at Everett,<br />
Wash. … son <strong>of</strong> Todd and<br />
Kim Eisinger… has one sister,<br />
Emilee, and one brother,<br />
Jamie… played basketball<br />
with brother, Jamie, at<br />
Jackson High School and<br />
WNCC… signed with Eastern<br />
Washington before playing at<br />
Western Nebraska.<br />
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<strong>2008</strong>-<strong>09</strong> <strong>Idaho</strong> Vandal Basketball