Columbia University Athletics

2023: Started final six games of season at left guard … Missed first four games due to injury.

2022: Started all 10 games at left guard.
 
2021: Saw action in five games with two starts at center … Listed as the backup center on the depth chart … Made starts at center in back-to-back games vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25) and at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Helped the offense hold opponents to a school-record low 12 sacks and 65 sacks yards on the year … Key contributor on the offensive line that held opponents to zero sacks in five games (Marist, Georgetown, Penn, Brown, at Cornell).
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
2019: Did not see any game action as a first-year offensive lineman … Contributed primarily on the scout team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2019 graduate of Winston Churchill High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Ron Harris … Named to the Padilla Poll Class 6A Second Team All-State squad as a senior … Unanimous two-year First Team Class 6A All-District selection as a junior and senior … Two-time First Team All-Conference honoree … Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All-State honoree … Academic All-District selection … Selected to play in the San Antonio Sports All-Star Football game, which was played at the Alamodome in January 2019 … Played on the offensive line for the Chargers … Named team captain as a senior … Named a TNL Scholar-Athlete of the Week (August 30, 2018) … Chargers finished 5-5 during junior year … Helped lead the Chargers to the 2016 bi-district title, regional championship and state quarterfinal finish as a sophomore … Also competed in baseball as an outfielder, wrestling as a heavyweight and track and field as a thrower (shot put) … Won district championship, qualified for regionals and UIL state qualifier as a junior and senior wrestler … Named Churchill H.S. Most Improved Wrestler … National Honor Society member … AP Scholar Award winner … Summa honor graduate … Earned the Presidential Volunteer Service Award four times … Earned the NEISD Community Service Award in 2018 and 2019 … Involved in volunteer activities including with organizations such as Blanco Vista Nursing Home Rehabilitation Center, Holly Spirit Teen ACTS and Lifeteen (Church youth ministry) … Played the double bass for his school orchestra and works on a ranch with his brother and uncle.
 
PERSONAL: Born Andrew Eric Pruske on November 16, 2000 in San Antonio, Texas … Son of Edward and Angela Pruske … Has three younger siblings: Christopher, Elizabeth and Luke … Both parents attended Texas A&M … Hobbies and interests include reading, video games, fishing, hiking … Role models are both of his grandfathers because they set a great example for how a man should act and behave throughout life … Favorite part of playing football is the lasting bonds formed with teammates and brotherhood created between teammates … Favorite movie is Braveheart and person in history he’d most like to meet is William Wallace … Favorite food is buffalo wings … Favorite class and subject is calculus … Chose Columbia to receive a prestigious education and compete in the Ivy League … Selected Columbia over offers from Air Force, Incarnate Word and Brown … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Biological Sciences.