| Korey Dropkin | |
|---|---|
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| Born | (1995-06-11)June 11, 1995 (age 30) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Duluth CC, Duluth, MN[1] |
| Skip | Korey Dropkin |
| Third | Thomas Howell |
| Second | Andrew Stopera |
| Lead | Mark Fenner |
| Mixed doubles partner | Cory Thiesse |
Curling career | |
| Member Association |  United States |
| World Championship appearances | 3 (2019,2022,2025) |
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 4 (2015,2018,2023,2025) |
| Pan Continental Championship appearances | 2 (2022,2023) |
Medal record | |
Korey Dropkin (born June 11, 1995) is an Americancurler originally fromSouthborough, Massachusetts. He currentlyskips his own team out ofDuluth, Minnesota.
As a junior curler, Dropkin won threeUnited States Junior Curling Championships, playingthird for brother[2]Stephen in2012 andskipping in2013 and2016 while curling atBroomstones Curling Club in Wayland, MA. As such, he played for the United States at theWorld Junior Curling Championships, finishing 5th at the2012 World Junior Curling Championships and 7th at the2013 World Junior Curling Championships.
Dropkin was a member of the U.S. team at the2012 Winter Youth Olympics, skipping a team that includedSarah Anderson,Thomas Howell andTaylor Anderson. The team finished 5th at the event; after going undefeated in theround-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 themixed doubles event with teammateMarina Verenich of Russia.
Dropkin also represented the United States at the2013 Winter Universiade, playinglead for theChris Plys's team. That team finished in 5th place.
On theWorld Curling Tour, Dropkin has been a regular at events held in the U.S., playing in his first event at the 2010Laphroaig Scotch Open at the age of 15. Dropkin won his first Tour event by winning the 2014Twin Cities Open.
Dropking usually plays skip, but for two seasons from 2016 to 2018 playedsecond 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 theUnited States Men's Championship, earning silver when they lost toGreg Persinger's team in the final.
In 2019, Dropkin competed at his firstWorld Men's Championship, as alternate forJohn Shuster's team. The team finished fifth, losing their first playoff game to TeamYuta Matsumura from Japan.
In 2021, Dropkin won his firstUnited States Men's Curling Championship, which was postponed until after that year's Worlds due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The following season, he finished runner-up at the2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials, after losing to the defending Olympic championJohn 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 the2022 World Men's Curling Championship, where he led his team to a fourth place finish.
Dropkin formed a new team in the 2022-23 season, joining former junior teammates Stopera, Fenner, and Howell. The team had good success, winning a bronze medal at the2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships, and finishing fourth in2023. The rink won their first men's national title together at the2025 United States Men's Curling Championship, representing USA at the2025 World Men's Curling Championship. At the 2025 Worlds, the team went 4-8 after the round robin, finishing a disappointing 11th place.
Dropkin first played mixed doubles withSarah Anderson, where they won theUnited States Mixed Doubles Championship twice, in2015 and2018. At the2015 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 theWorlds in 2018, but again went winless in the playoffs, losing to Team Hungary and Team Italy to finish in 13th place. Dropkin also played withJamie Sinclair at the2017 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials, where they finished in seventh place. At the2020 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship, Dropkin and Anderson lost toJoe Polo andTabitha Peterson, the eventual champions, in the semifinals, but defeatedMonica Walker and Alex Leichter to win the bronze medal. Dropkin and Anderson played in the2021 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials, where they finished in third, losing toJamie Sinclair andRich Ruohonen in the semifinal.
Dropkin started playing mixed doubles withCory Thiesse during the 2022–23 curling season, where they found immediate success, winning the2023 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship over former partner Anderson and men's teammateAndrew Stopera. This qualified them to represent the United States at the2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they would finish 7–2 in the round robin, and then go on to win the gold medal, beating Japan'sChiaki Matsumura andYasumasa Tanida 8–2 in the final for the USA's firstworld mixed doubles gold medal. Dropkin and Thiesse would be unable to repeat their title in 2024, after losing the2024 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship final toBecca Hamilton andMatt Hamilton. Their silver medal performance however, qualified them for the2025 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials. At the US Olympic Trials, Thiesse and Dropkin went 8–1 in the round robin, and then went on to beat Anderson and Stopera in a best of three games final to qualify for the2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. At the 2025 Worlds, Thiesse and Dropkin would finish in 5th place, earning enough points to directly qualify them to represent the USA at the2026 Winter Olympics.
Dropkin attended theUniversity of Minnesota-Duluth,[3] and is employed as a realtor and investor inDuluth, Minnesota.[4]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10[5] | Stephen Dropkin | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Ryan McMakin | Cameron Ross | 2010USJCC (4th) | |
| 2010–11[6] | Stephen Dropkin | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Derek Corbett | Cameron Ross | 2011 USJCC [7] | |
| 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 [9] | |||
| 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 | Mark Lazar | 2022 PCCC 2023 USMCC | |
| 2023–24 | Korey Dropkin (Fourth) | Andrew Stopera (Skip) | Mark Fenner | Tom Howell | Mark Lazar | 2023 PCCC (4th) 2024 USMCC | |
| 2024–25 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Andrew Stopera | Mark Fenner | Chris Plys (WMCC) | Mark Lazar | 2025 USMCC 2025 WMCC (11th) |
| 2025–26 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Andrew Stopera | Mark Fenner | Mark Lazar |
| Season | Female | Male | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Marina Verenich | Korey Dropkin | 2012 WYOG[11] |
| 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 |
| 2024–25 | Cory Thiesse | Korey Dropkin | 2025 USMDOT 2025 WMDCC (5th) |
| 2025–26 | Cory Thiesse | Korey Dropkin |
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Korey Dropkin | Sarah Anderson | Thomas Howell | Taylor Anderson | Wally Henry | 2012 WYOG (5th)[12] |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | Q | Q | QF | Q |
| Tour Challenge | DNP | Q | T2 | T2 | N/A | N/A | T2 | Q | Q | Q |
| The National | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | SF | QF | DNP | DNP |
| Canadian Open | Q | DNP | DNP | QF | N/A | N/A | QF | Q | DNP | |
| Players' | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | DNP | Q | DNP | Q | |
| Champions Cup | Q | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | Q | DNP | N/A | N/A | N/A |
