Education
Dries played water polo for Laguna Beach High School in Laguna Beach, California, before graduating in 2009. She was the team"s captain in her junior and senior years. She also started playing for the United States. junior national team in 2006 and was named a Junior Olympics All-American in 2007 and 2008.
Dries enrolled in and played on the water polo team in 2010 and 2011.
As a freshman, she was tied for third on the team with 35 goals.
The following season, she led the team with 65 goals and scored five times in the national championship game against California, which Stanford won. She was named Most Valuable Player of the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships.
She also won the Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation"s top female collegiate player.
Dries took a leave of absence from school in 2012 so she could train with the United States. national water polo team