Korey Dropkin | |
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Born | June 11, 1995 |
Team | |
Curling club | Duluth CC, Duluth, MN [1] |
Skip | Korey Dropkin |
Third | Andrew Stopera |
Second | Mark Fenner |
Lead | Thomas Howell |
Mixed doubles partner | Cory Thiesse |
Curling career ![]() | |
Member Association | ![]() |
World Championship appearances | 2 (2019, 2022) |
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 3 (2015, 2018, 2023) |
Pan Continental Championship appearances | 2 (2022, 2023) |
Medal record |
Korey Dropkin (born June 11, 1995) is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. He currently skips his own team out of Duluth, Minnesota.
As a junior curler, Dropkin won three United States Junior Curling Championships, playing third for brother [2] Stephen in 2012 and skipping in 2013 and 2016 while curling at Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, MA. As such, he played for the United States at the World Junior Curling Championships, finishing 5th at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships and 7th at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships.
Dropkin was a member of the U.S. team at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, skipping a team that included Sarah Anderson, Thomas Howell and Taylor Anderson. The team finished 5th at the event; after going undefeated in the round-robin, they were eliminated in the quarter-final against Italy. Dropkin did not go away from the event empty handed, as he picked up a bronze medal at the mixed doubles event with teammate Marina Verenich of Russia.
Dropkin also represented the United States at the 2013 Winter Universiade, playing lead for the Chris Plys's team. That team finished in 5th place.
On the World Curling Tour, Dropkin has been a regular at events held in the U.S., playing in his first event at the 2010 Laphroaig Scotch Open at the age of 15. Dropkin won his first Tour event by winning the 2014 Twin Cities Open.
Dropking usually plays skip, but for two seasons from 2016 to 2018 played second for Heath McCormick. The team also included Chris Plys at third and Tom Howell at lead. During Dropkin's second season with Team McCormick, he won his first medal at the United States Men's Championship, earning silver when they lost to Greg Persinger's team in the final.
In 2019, Dropkin competed at his first World Men's Championship, as alternate for John Shuster's team. The team finished fifth, losing their first playoff game to Team Yuta Matsumura from Japan.
In 2021, Dropkin won his first United States Men's Curling Championship, which was postponed until after that year's Worlds due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following season, he finished runner-up at the 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials, after losing to the defending Olympic champion John Shuster rink in the final. As the 2022 US nationals were cancelled due to the pandemic, Dropkin's rink was invited to represent the US at the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship, where he led his team to a fourth place finish.
Dropkin and long-time teammate Sarah Anderson have won the United States Mixed Doubles Championship twice, in 2015 and 2018. At the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Championship, they finished the round-robin second in their group but lost to Team Canada in the quarterfinals of the playoffs. They again made the playoffs when they returned to the Worlds in 2018, but again went winless in the playoffs, losing to Team Hungary and Team Italy to finish in 13th place. Dropkin also played with Jamie Sinclair at the 2017 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials, where they finished in seventh place.
At the 2020 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship, Dropkin and Anderson lost to Joe Polo and Tabitha Peterson, the eventual champions, in the semifinals, but defeated Monica Walker and Alex Leichter to win the bronze medal.
Dropkin and Anderson played in the 2021 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials, where they finished in third, losing to Jamie Sinclair and Rich Ruohonen in the semifinal.
Dropkin is a graduate[ citation needed ] of the University of Minnesota-Duluth. [3] He is employed as a realtor[ citation needed ] and lives in Duluth, Minnesota. [4]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2009–10 [5] | Stephen Dropkin | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Ryan McMakin | Cameron Ross | 2010 USJCC (4th) | |
2010–11 [6] | Stephen Dropkin | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Derek Corbett | Cameron Ross | 2011 USJCC ![]() | |
2011–12 | Stephen Dropkin | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Derek Corbett | Cameron Ross | Sandra McMakin | 2012 USJCC ![]() 2012 WJCC (5th) |
2012–13 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | Connor Hoge | Keith Dropkin | 2013 USJCC ![]() 2013 WJCC (7th) |
2013–14 | Chris Plys | Stephen Dropkin | Sean Beighton | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Phill Drobnick | 2013 WUG (5th) [8] |
Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | 2014 USJCC ![]() | |||
2014–15 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Andrew Stopera | Luc Violette | 2015 USJCC ![]() 2015 USMCC (6th) | |
Ethan Meyers | Quinn Evenson | Steven Szemple | William Pryor | Korey Dropkin | Linda Christensen | 2015 WJCC (5th) | |
2015–16 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | Quinn Evenson | Wally Henry (WJCC) | 2016 USMCC (4th) 2016 USJCC ![]() 2016 WJCC ![]() |
2016–17 | Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | 2017 USMCC (6th) | ||
2017–18 | Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | 2018 USMCC ![]() | ||
2018–19 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | 2019 USMCC (4th) | ||
John Shuster | Chris Plys | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Korey Dropkin | Derek Brown Don Bartlett | 2019 WMCC (5th) [10] | |
2019–20 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | Joe Polo | 2020 USMCC (5th) | |
2020–21 | Korey Dropkin | Joe Polo | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | Alex Fenson | 2021 USMCC ![]() | |
2021–22 | Korey Dropkin | Joe Polo | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | Alex Fenson | 2021 USOCT ![]() 2022 WMCC (4th) | |
2022–23 | Korey Dropkin | Andrew Stopera | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | 2022 PCCC ![]() 2023 USMCC ![]() | ||
2023–24 | Korey Dropkin (Fourth) | Andrew Stopera (Skip) | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | 2023 PCCC (4th) 2024 USMCC ![]() | ||
2024–25 | Korey Dropkin | Andrew Stopera | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell |
Season | Female | Male | Events |
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2011–12 | Marina Verenich | Korey Dropkin | 2012 WYOG ![]() |
2014–15 | Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin | 2015 USMDCC ![]() 2015 WMDCC (5th) |
2017–18 | Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin | 2018 USMDCC ![]() 2018 WMDCC (13th) |
2018–19 | Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin | 2019 USMDCC (QF) |
2019–20 | Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin | 2020 USMDCC ![]() |
2020–21 | Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin | |
2021–22 | Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin | 2021 USMDOT ![]() 2022 USMDCC (5th) |
2022–23 | Cory Thiesse | Korey Dropkin | 2023 USMDCC ![]() 2023 WMDCC ![]() |
2023–24 | Cory Thiesse | Korey Dropkin | 2024 USMDCC ![]() |
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Coach | Events |
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2011–12 | Korey Dropkin | Sarah Anderson | Thomas Howell | Taylor Anderson | Wally Henry | 2012 WYOG (5th) [12] |
Key | |
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C | Champion |
F | Lost in Final |
SF | Lost in Semifinal |
QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
DNP | Did not participate in event |
N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
Event | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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Tour Challenge | DNP | Q | T2 | T2 | N/A | N/A | T2 | Q |
The National | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | SF | QF |
Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | Q | Q |
Canadian Open | Q | DNP | DNP | QF | N/A | N/A | QF | Q |
Players' | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | DNP | Q | DNP |
Champions Cup | Q | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | Q | DNP | N/A |
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