2014, 2015 & 2016 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN
2016
Made two appearances during the 2016 season, having missed several games due to an injury … Went 4-for-11 from the “X” at Ohio State, picking up three ground balls … Posted a 3-for-9 mark from the “X” against No. 5 Maryland (4/10).
2015
Top faceoff specialist for the Nittany Lions, appearing in 13-of-14 contests ... .544 winning percentage at the "X", going 129-237 ... Had his best outing of the season against Marist (3/10), winning 14-of-20 faceoffs ... Won a season-best 17 faceoffs against No. 14/11 Penn (2/28) ... Scored three goals, netting a pair against Harvard (3/7) and a third goal at UMass (3/14) ... Two assists on the year, against Vermont (2/7) and Marist (3/10) ... Picked up a team-high 52 ground balls, collecting eight in consecutive games against Villanova (2/21) and the Quakers ... Caused three turnovers: at Loyola (2/14), against Penn and versus Rutgers (4/19).
2014
One of four players to start all 13 games … Team’s faceoff specialist, recording a .611 faceoff percentage (140-229) … Scored three goals and posted two assists for five points … Posted a goal and an assist in the season opener against Michigan (2/8) … Team-high 70 ground balls, ranked 31st in the NCAA … Picked up 12 ground balls each against Loyola (2/15) and at Denver (3/10), the top-2 single game marks on the team … Collected 11 ground balls against Albany (3/22)… Caused a turnover against Dartmouth.
2013
Redshirt season.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Played for Portsmouth Abbey School in Rhode Island for two seasons earning All-American, All-Conference and league MVP ... Led the squad to three straight conference championship ... Lettered in football and was named an All-New England running back ... Captained the lacrosse and football teams at Portsmouth Abbey ... Lettered for three years at Kettle Moraine High in Wisconsin ... Earned All-State and All-Conference in 2009 and 2010 at KMHS ... Played four years for the Milwaukee Select club team.
PERSONAL
Born Drake William Kreinz on Aug. 8, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin … Parents are Kim and Steve ... Has three younger brothers, Austin, Logan, and Noah and a younger sister, Ella ... Majoring in management.