duke university rowing media guide

DUKE UNIVERSITYROWING

MEDIA GUIDE

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DUKE ROWING 2016-17 MEDIA GUIDE

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N QUICK FACTSDUKE INFORMATIONLocation Durham, N.C.Founded 1838 as Trinity CollegeEnrollment 6,504Colors Duke Blue and WhiteNickname Blue DevilsAffiliation NCAA Division IConference Atlantic Coast (ACC)President Dr. Richard BrodheadDirector of Athletics Kevin WhiteSenior Women’s Administrator Jacki Silar

ROWING STAFFHead Coach Megan Cooke Carcagno Alma Mater Cal, ‘02 Years at Duke/Overall Second/Second Email Address [email protected] OfficePhone (919)681-9454Assistant Coach/Recruiting Chuck Rodosky Years at Duke Second AlmaMater BowlingGreen,‘99 Email Address [email protected] Coach Chase Graham Years at Duke Second Alma Mater Marietta College, ‘07 Email Address [email protected]

PROGRAM INFORMATION2016 ACC Finish 2ndNCAA Championships Appearances/Last 1/2016Home Lake Lake Michie (Bahama, N.C.)

SPORTS INFORMATIONSports Information Director Art ChaseAssistant Director/Rowing Sarah Fetters Email [email protected] Phone (919)684-8708Senior Associate Director Lindy BrownSenior Associate Director Cory WaltonAssociate Director Meredith RiederAssociate Director Ashley WolfAssistant Director Brad AmersbachAssistant Director Leslie GaberSports Information Assistant Sarah LeggettCoordinator of Digial Media Ryan CraigCoordinator of Internet Operations Lee Aldridge

TABLE OF CONTENTSMedia Information 2-3Quick Facts/Table of Contents.......2Schedule........................................3Roster ............................................3 Rowing Staff 4-6Megan Cooke Carcagno................4Chase Graham ..............................5Victoria McGee ..............................6Simon Carcagno ............................6 Rowers 7-21Abby Artmann ................................7Katherine Bandeen ........................7Rhea Bergman ..............................7Lelia Boley .....................................8Madison Brown ..............................8Margot Calmar ...............................8Alexa Campbell .............................8Tara Christensen ...........................9Megan Conroy ...............................9Marissa Donadio............................9PhoebeDonovan .........................10Rani Duff ......................................10Tara Fagan ..................................10Jessica Findlay ............................ 11Sarah Fletcher ............................. 11Grace Garverick .....................11-12Barbara Groh ...............................12Emilia Grzesiak............................12Elizabeth Horne ......................12-13Cassie Ingram .............................13Anna Jenkins ...............................13Meagan Lew ................................13Jiahui Liao ...................................14

Danielle Lodge.............................14Celia Macrae ...............................14Katherine Maitland.......................15Olivia Mendonca ..........................15Bella Miller ...................................15Tani O’Neill ..................................16KarlyPearson ..............................16TajiPhillips ...................................16IsabelRuby-Hill ...........................17IsabelRuffin.................................17Sophie Simister ......................17-18Ali Sloan ......................................18Kiernan Spencer ..........................18D’Amy Steward ............................18Shannon Tierney ....................18-19Sara Varsames ............................19Julia Weber ..................................19Karley Whelan ........................19-20Grace Williams ............................20Caroline Willis .........................20-21Amelia Windemuth ......................21

Records 22-25ACC Championship History ....22-24Duke Rowing Records .................25

Duke History 26-30All-TimeHonors&Awards ......26-28All-TimeLetterwinners ............29-30


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2016-17 DUKE ROWING SCHEDULEDay Date Event/Opponents LocationSaturday October 8 UNC (Scrimmage) Durham, N.C. (Lake Michie)Sunday October30 PrincetonChase Princeton,N.J.(CarnegieLake)Sunday November 13 Rivanna Romp Charlottesville, Va. (Rivanna Reservoir)Saturday March 18 Carolina Cup (Scrimmage) Clemson, S.C. (Lake Hartwell)Saturday March 25 Longhorn Invite Austin, Texas (Lady Bird Lake)Saturday April 15 Ohio State, Michigan, Louisville Columbus, Ohio (Griggs Reservoir)Saturday-Sunday April22-23 ClemsonInvite Clemson,S.C.(LakeHartwell)Saturday April29 DaleEnglandCup Bloomington,Ind.(LakeLemon)Friday-Saturday May13-14 ACCChampionship Clemson,S.C.(LakeHartwell)Friday-Sunday May26-28 NCAAChampionships WestWindsor,N.J.(LakeMercer)

2016-17 ROWING VARSITY ROSTERName Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School)AbbyArtmann - Jr. CedarPark,Texas(RoundRock)KatherineBandeen - Fr.RheaBergman 5-9 So. LosAltos,Calif.(MountainView)LeilaBoley - Fr. Westport,Conn.(Staples)MadisonBrown - Fr. Sarasota,Fla.(PineViewSchoolfortheGifted)MargotCalmar 6-1 So. Stonington,Conn.(Stonington)AlexaCampbell - Jr. Rochester,N.Y.(Brighton)TaraChristensen 5-7 Jr. Nanaimo,BritishColumbia(BrentwoodCollege)MeganConroy 5-10 Jr. Fayetteville,N.C.(JackBritt)MarissaDonadio 5-7 So. UpperArlington,Ohio(UpperArlington)PhoebeDonovan 5-7 Sr. Sydney,Australia(PymbleLadies’College)RaniDuff - Fr. Wilmette,Ill.(NewTrier)TaraFagan - Fr. Annapolis,Md.(SevernSchool)JessicaFindlay 6-0 Jr. Teesside,UnitedKingdom(LaurenceJackson)SarahFletcher 6-0 Jr. London,UnitedKingdom(St.Edward’sSchool)GraceGarverick - Fr. Sacramento,Calif.(RioAmericano)BarbaraGroh - Fr. Miami,Fla.(TERRAEnvironmentalResearchInstitute)EmiliaGrzesiak - Fr. GlenEllyn,Ill.(BenetAcademy)ElizabethHorne 5-7 Sr. London,UnitedKingdom(LadyEleanorHollesSchool)CassieIngram - Fr. Honolulu,Hawai’i(PunahouSchool)AnnaJenkins 5-10 So. Durham,N.C.(CaryAcademy)MeaganLew 4-9 Jr. Boston,Mass.(BostonLatinSchool)Jiahui Liao So.DanielleLodge - Fr. Summerville,S.C.(Summerville)CeliaMacrae 5-7 So. Cincinnati,Ohio(CincinnatiCountryDay)KatherineMaitland 5-8 Jr. London,UnitedKingdom(UptonCourtGrammarSchool)OliviaMendonca - Fr. Christchurch,NewZealand(St.Margaret’sCollege)BellaMiller - Fr. Wilmette,Ill.(NewTrier)TaniO’Neill 5-9 Sr. McLean,Va.(McLean)KarlyPearson - Fr. NewportBeach,Calif.(NewportHarbor)TajiPhillips 5-5 So. Brooklyn,N.Y.(DwightSchool)KiamyaPhilson - Fr.IsabelRuby-Hill 5-7 So. Toronto,Ontario(BranksomeHall)IsabelRuffin - Fr. Winston-Salem,N.C.(TheMadeiraSchool[Va.])SophieSimister 6-0 So. Oxford,UnitedKingdom(HeadingtonSchool)AliSloan - Fr. Swampscott,Mass.(BuckinghamBrowneandNicholsSchool)KiernanSpencer - Fr. NorthHampton,N.H.(PhillipsExeterAcademy)D’amySteward - Fr. Coronado,Calif.(Coronado)ShannonTierney 6-0 So. Hackettstown,N.J.(BlairAcademy)SaraVarsames 5-10 So. Tampa,Fla.(BerkeleyPrepSchool)JuliaWeber 5-8 So. Tampa,Fla.(BerkeleyPrepSchool)KarleyWhelan 5-11 So. Wexford,Pa.(NorthAllegheny)GraceWilliams 5-10 Jr. Vienna,Va.(JamesMadisonHS)CarolineWillis 5-9 Sr. Tampa,Fla.(BerkeleyPrepSchool)AmeliaWindemuth - Fr. Berlin,Germany(BerlinBrandenburgInternationalSchool)

Coaching StaffHead Coach: Megan Cooke Carcagno (2nd Season, Cal ’02)Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Chase Graham (2nd Season, Marietta College ‘07)Assistant Coach: Victoria McGee (1st Season, North Carolina ‘16)Assistant Coach: SimonCarcagno(2ndSeason,Princeton‘98)

Support StaffAthletic Trainer: Meaghan McMillenSports Performance Coach: Carl Christensen Academic Support: Maddie WheelerEquipment Manager: Kelsey Oswalt Sports Information: Sarah Fetters


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Megan Cooke Carcagno turned in arguably one of the finestfirst-yearcoachingperformances inDukeAthleticshistoryduringthe2015-16campaign,receivingnearlyeverycoachingawardandleadingtheBlueDevilstotheirfirstNCAAChampionshipsappear-ance.

Cooke Carcagno was named Duke University’s second head rowingcoachonJuly28,2015,byDukeVicePresidentandDirec-tor of Athletics Dr. Kevin White. She arrived in Durham after spend-ing seven years as a member of the Wisconsin coaching staff.

Inher initialcampaignwiththeBlueDevils in2015-16,CookeCarcagno brought home a host of awards with Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National Staff of the Year, CRCA Re-gion 3 Head Coach of the Year, CRCA Region 3 Staff of the Year andACCCoachof theYear.ShehelpedDuke to its firstNCAAChampionships appearance in program history as well as a sec-ond-place finish at theACCChampionship.TheBlueDevils en-tered the NCAA event with their highest ranking in program history, at No. 12.

Duke completed Cooke Carcagno’s initial year ranked 16th by theCRCAandwas ranked forfiveweeks, tied for themost inayear by the Blue Devils. She engineered the performance by facing someofthebestprogramsinthecountry,takingonNo.9Princetoninadual,No.3VirginiainadualandNo.9StanfordatthePac-12Challenge.

Within the ACC, Cooke Carcagno lifted the Blue Devils from a seventhplacefinishin2015tosecondin2016,theirhighestsincecoming in second in 2006, and claimed the ACC Coach of the Year award.AidingDukeweretwophotofinishesthatwentinitsfavor,intheV8and2V8.TheBlueDevils’V4alsofinishedsecondattheACC event.

Cooke Carcagno helped seniors Katie Dukovich and Alex Stone-hillreceiveCRCAPocockAll-AmericaaccoladesasDukovichwasaFirstTeamselectionwhileStonehillwasaCRCAPocockSecondTeamhonoree.ThepairwereDuke’sfirstAll-AmericassinceEmilyTheys was a second team recipient in 2013. Dukovich became the thirdFirstTeamAll-Americainprogramhistory,andsheandStone-hillwerethetwowerethe11thand12thDukerowingAll-Americas.Sophomore Katherine Maitland received CRCA Region 3 Second TeamaccoladesandjuniorPhoebeDonovan,sophomoreJessicaFindlay, senior Sarah Wall and senior Mary Wilson were named CRCAScholar-AthleteAwardwinners.

Cooke Carcagno was with the Badger program for seven years, one as an associate head coach, one as a varsity assistant and fiveas the freshmancoach.Afterherfirstcampaign inMadison,she was named the CRCA Central Region Assistant Coach of the

Year for directing the UW novice crews to Big Ten titles in the N8 andsecondN8eventsin2009.TheN8alsotookfirstintheNCAACentral Regional regatta. She earned a second CRCA Central Re-gion Assistant Coach of the Year award in 2012.

In the spring of 2015, Cooke Carcagno helped the Badgers en-sure their eighth consecutive NCAA Championships selection and primarily coached the 2V8, which placed ninth at the NCAA Cham-pionships.

DuringeachofherfiveseasonscoachingtheUWfreshmen,herN8 placed in the top three at the Big Ten Championships, while the secondN8wonfourtitlesandfinishedsecondtheotherseason.In 2010, Cooke Carcagno helped the UW novice crews to their fifthandeighthBigTentitles,respectively,onthewaytoaBigTenChampionships crown for Wisconsin in open weight rowing. She alsodirectedtheN8toawininthegrandfinalandthesecondN8toawininthepetitefinalattheNCAACentral/SouthSprints.

Prior to joining Wisconsin, Cooke Carcagno coached for sixyears following her graduation from California, culminating with a stint coaching the masters rowers at the Carnegie Lake Rowing Association, USRowing’s Club of the Year.

She spent her first year out of Cal as an assistant freshmancoach for the Bears, while also coaching the Oakland Strokes, Inc. clubandatMarinRowingAssociationduringthe2002-03season.Cooke Carcagno moved on to New Jersey to train with the U.S. national team, all the while giving private instruction to numerous high school athletes in the region.

AsaroweratCal,CookeCarcagnotwiceearnedfirstteamAll-Americanhonorstogoalongwithapairoffirstteamall-regionandfirstteamAll-Pac10accolades.Co-captainasajuniorandsenior,she helped the V8 to third at the 2002 NCAA Championships and fourth at the 2000 event.

Cooke Carcagno, a Los Gatos, Calif., native, spent four years withtheU.S.nationalteam,from2004-07.Aspartofthe2006U.S.World Champion women’s 8, she helped establish a world record forTeamUSA.A2006Henley-on-Thameschampion,shealsowona gold medal at the 2006 Lucerne World Cup in the women’s pair and a silver in the women’s 4 without coxswain at the 2001 World Under-23Championships.

Cooke Carcagno earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychol-ogy from California in 2002.

COACHING STAFF

Megan Cooke CarcagnoHead Coach2nd SeasonCal, ’02

The Cooke Carcagno File• 2nd head coach in Duke Rowing history• 2016 CRCA National Staff of the Year, Region III

Coach of the Year, ACC Coach of the Year• LedDuketofirstNCAAChampionshipsappearanceinfirstyearwiththeprogram,in2016

• 2009&2012CRCACentralRegionAssistantCoachof the Year

• 8 consecutive NCAA Championship selections at Wisconsin

• 2-timeFirstTeamAll-America,FirstTeamAll-RegionandFirstTeamAll-Pac10selectionatCal

• 2006 U.S. World Champion in women’s eight


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Chase Graham begins his second year as an assistant coach with the Duke rowing program. Graham joined the Blue Devils after four years as the head junior girls coach at Saugatuck Rowing Club in Westport, Conn. He has been involved in the sport for 17 years.

DuringhisfirstseasoninDurham,in2015-16,GrahamhelpedtheBlueDevilsearnaplaceintheirfirstNCAAChampionships,aswellasfinishsecondattheACCChampionship.Forhisefforts,hewas part of the Duke coaching staff that received Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National and Region 3 Staff of the Year accolades.

Graham was the leading force of the V4, as it captured the C Final at the NCAA Championships and took second at the ACC Championship Grand Final. The boat tallied the Blue Devils’ lone win atthePac-12ChallengeasitdownedUCLAwithatimeof7:21.5.The crew turned in a standout performance at the Dale England Cup with two victories.

At the ACC Championship Grand Final, Graham’s V4 set the toneforthedaywithasecond-placefinish,edgingpastSyracuse7:20.113-7:20.740.TheBlueDevilswereseededthirdenteringthecompetition.

His V4 was then one place away from earning a spot in the A/B semifinalsattheNCAAChampionships,butcapturedtheCFinalagain, finishing just aheadofSyracuse.TheBlueDevils trailedthroughthefirst500meters,1:48.453-1:49.993,butcameonstrongin the final 1,500meters, outpacing theOrange for a 7:22.311-7:25.635 victory.

His role with the V4 allowed Duke to be ranked 16th by the CRCA inthefinalpoll.TheBlueDevilsappearedintheledgerfivetimes,tied for the most in a year in program history.

With Saugatuck, Graham helped the 2015 V8 and varsity lightweight 8 to the Youth National Championship. His V8 went undefeatedand tookfirstplaceat theHeadof theCharles,SanDiego Crew Classic, Youth National Championship and Club National Championship.

A year earlier, in 2014, his varsity lightweight 8 claimed second place at the Youth National Championship while his 4+ was the Club National Champion.

GrahambeganrowingatParkersburgSouthHighSchoolinWestVirginia, where he competed for Midwest and scholastic national championships. After high school Graham went on to row at Marietta Collegefrom2003-07.Hewastheteam’sMostImprovedOarsmanrecipient in 2004.

He rowed with the V8 for three years and helped lead the team to a Varsity 8 Dad Vail Championship in 2006. Graham earned a bachelor’s degree in management and minor in sport management in 2007.

While pursuing a master’s in education, Graham continued training in the men’s pair and won a Club National Championship as well asclaiminga thirdplacefinishat theCanadianHenleyRegatta.During his time training and completing his education he served as a women’s graduate assistant coach at Marietta College for two years. During that time, he helped lead his squad to a Mid Atlantic Division III Championship while also playing an important role in recruiting.

In2009,Grahambegancoachingthewomen’srowingprogramatFairfieldUniversity.DuringhisfirstyearatFairfield,heledhissquadtotheprogram’sfirstDadVailChampionship.

Graham was named the Saugatuck girls head coach in 2010. His crews have consistently earned medals at regattas such as Head of the Charles, Northeast Regional Championships and the Youth National Championships.

In 2013, Graham coached the women’s single at the Junior World Rowing Championships in Trakai, Lithuania.

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Chase GrahamAssistant Coach/Recruiting Director2nd SeasonBowling Green, ‘99


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Victoria McGee joined the Duke rowing staff as an assistant coach in August of 2016.

A 2016 graduate of the University of North Carolina, McGee was athree-yearmemberoftheTarHeels’varsityrowingsquad.Shejoined the program after making the novice squad as a freshman following a tryout for the team.

McGee was a member of the Tar Heels’ varsity eight for her three yearsonthetopteam.TheV8qualifiedfor theACCPetiteFinalduringhersenioryear,whenshefilledthethreeseat,finishingtheracein6:56.891.McGee’sV8wasalsonamedtheACCCrewoftheWeekonMarch29,2016,afterdefeatingGeorgetownandWestVirginia in separate races.

McGee graduated from North Carolina with a double major in exercise and sport science and psychology, and a minor in coaching education. While on campus, she participated in the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy as part of the Leadership Lab program and served as a CREED mentor, helping freshman student-athletesadjusttocollegelife.

Victoria McGeeAssistant Coach1st SeasonNorth Carolina, ‘16

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Simon Carcagno begins his second year as a member of the Dukerowingstaff.Duringthe2015-16campaign,Carcagnoservedastheprogram’sboathousemanager.Forthe2016-17campaignhe will be an assistant coach.

DuringCarcagno’sfirstyearwiththeBlueDevils,DukequalifiedforitsfirstNCAAChampionshipsappearance,aswellasearningasecond-placefinishattheACCChampionship.TheDukecoachingstaff received Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National and Region 3 Staff of the Year accolades.

Simon CarcagnoAssistant Coach1st SeasonNorth Carolina, ‘16

Carcagno came to Durham after seven years at the University of Wisconsin. He joined the UW coaching staff full time for the start of the2009-10seasonafterspendingoneyearasavolunteerassistantcoach.Priortohisdeparture,Carcagnowasanassociateheadcoachfor the men’s program.

He became part of the Wisconsin men’s rowing coaching staff after years of experience as a collegiate and high school rowing coach, as well as personal experience as a member of the U.S. national teamandasaPrincetonUniversitystudent-athlete.

Carcagno graduated from Princeton with anA.B. (ArtiumBaccalaureatus)inPublicPolicyfromtheWoodrowWilsonSchoolin1998followingfouryearsonthemen’srowingteam.Afterwalkingontheteamhisfreshmanyear,Carcagnoco-captainedtheundefeatednational champion varsity eight as a senior and was awarded the BayardW.ReadClassof1926Award formost improvedathleteover four years. Upon graduation, Carcagno served as a volunteer coach at his alma mater for the next year.

In2002,thePrincetonstandoutacceptedapositionascoachatthe Mercer Junior Rowing Club in West Windsor, N.J. Over the course offiveyears,Carcagnoassistedinconditioninghighschoolathletesfor national team programs as well as priming them for success in collegiate programs.

Carcagnoalsospentsevenyears(2002-08)inelitetrainingasa member of the U.S. national team. He represented the U.S. as analternateontwoOlympicteams,onePan-Amteamandsevensenior national teams. Carcagno’s accomplishments on the national team include winning the world championships in the lightweight eight in 2008, capturing the silvermedal at thePanAmericanGames lightweight four in 2007, placing third in the lightweight pair in 2003, and taking second in the lightweight pair at the Munich and Lucerne world cups in 2004. Carcagno was also part of the duothatwasthefirst-everU.S.finalistinthelightweightpairattheWorld Championships in 2002. Through his experience racing and training internationally, Carcagno gained a solid understanding of how to move boats effectively and how to race to win.

Following his involvement in international racing, Carcagno went toWisconsintoassistthemen’sprogramin2009.Astheassistantvarsitycoach,heworkedcloselywiththeEasternSprints-winningthirdvarsityeightandtheIntercollegiateRowingAssociationrunner-up open four squads.

As a result of his success, he was quickly promoted to freshman coach, where he went on to win multiple medals at the Eastern Sprints, including a silver medal in the men’s freshman eight in 2015.


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Abby ArtmannJuniorCedar Park, TexasRound Rock

Joined the Duke Rowing program in the fall of 2016

Duke Swimming and Diving2015-16: Won the 200 breaststroke against Old Dominion and William &Mary(11/7)...Tookfifthinthe200IMAfinalattheNikeCupInvita-tional...Addedafifth-placefinishinthe200breaststrokeaftergoing2:16.91inpreliminariesforthesixth-fastestmarkinprogramhistory...Alsofinishedninthinthe100breaststrokeatthesamemeet,withherfinalstimeof1:02.83rankinghereighthonDuke’sall-timeperformancelist ... A member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2014-15: Clocked season-best times in the 100 (1:04.99) and 200breaststroke (2:20.62) and 200 IM (2:06.33) at the Nike Cup Invitational …Duke’stopfinisherinthe200IMatseason-endingCarolinaCollegeInvitational.

High School: World Championships Trials and Summer and Winter JuniorNationals qualifier…Captured state title in 400 IMas fresh-man ... State highpoint winner … Finished third in 200 breaststroke at sectionalsmeetasa rookie…Placedsixth in200breaststrokeandseventh in 100 breaststroke at Junior Nationals her junior year … 100 breaststrokeand200IMsectionalsfinalistasasenior…Three-timeAcademicAll-American…NCFCASpeechandDebateRegionalfinal-ist.

Personal:BornAbbyLenoreArtmannonMarch19,1996inNashville,Tenn. … Daughter of Scott and Sandy Artmann … Has three brothers, Hunter, Josh and Sam … Brother, Hunter, currently swims at Texas A&MUniversity.

Rhea Bergman5-9 • SophomoreLos Altos, Calif.Mountain View

2015-16: Participatedinfourof theteam’ssixspringraces,primarilyas a member of the fours after moving off the 2V4 … started the spring with the 2V4 at the Carolina Cup, clocking a time of 7:34.7 to place sec-ond … rowed again with the 2V4 during the Virginia Dual as the boat placed fourth (7:58.0) … added 3V8 duties at the Virginia Dual, placing secondwith thecrew in7:54.7…helped theBlueDevils tie forfirstattheDaleEnglandCupinherfirstappearanceintheV4astheboatcaptured both of its races, in 7:51.4 and 7:37.4 … a member of the V4 for the ACC Championship as the boat placed second in helping Duke toasecond-placeoverallfinish,itsbestattheeventsince2006…V4entered the event as the No. 3 seed and outrowed the competition to come in second … helped the V4 to the NCAA C Final title during pro-gram’sfirstNCAAChampionshipsappearancewithatimeof7:22.311…boatalsoplacedfirstintheC/DSemifinals(7:24.262)…participatedinfirstraceasamemberofthe2V8duringthefall’sRivannaRompasthe boat came in 12th overall with a time of 14:07.6 … also rowed with the 3V4 at the Rivanna Romp, helping the crew place 21st in 16:16.8.

High School: Rowed for the Stanford Rowing Center and coach Mon-ica Hilcu ... named the club’s Most Valuable Novice in 2014 and Most ValuableOarswoman in2015...duringfirstyearwith theclub team,helpedthenovicequadtofirstplaceattheHeadoftheLagoon,FaultLineFaceoffandShamrockInvitational...squadfinishedsecondattheCoveredBridgeRegattaandmadethegrandfinalsattheSWCham-pionships, placing sixth ... as a senior in high school, was a member of the varsity club at the Stanford Rowing Center and won the W2x and W4x at the Head of the American ... helped W4x to second place at the Head of the Lagoon, Fault Line Faceoff and Covered Bridge Regatta ... W4x also placed third at the OKC Regatta and fourth at the SW Championships ... a member of the W2x at the Youth National Championships that took 11th overall during final yearwith the clubprogram ... Mountain View High School did not have rowing, but com-peted earned three varsity letters in basketball as a forward, starting as ajuniorandsenior...amemberoftheSantaClarasporting97Gclubsoccer team that was No. 1 in Northern California and No. 3 in the na-tionbyGotsoccer.com...teamwontheU15Nor-CalStateCupGirlsChampionship in2012-13 ...a four-timeMountainViewHighSchoolScholarAthleteAwardwinner ... receivedacertificateofoutstandingachievement in chemistry as a freshman ... interned with the Stanford UniversitySchoolofEarth,Energy&EnvironmentalSciencesin2014.

Personal: Born January 24, 1998… daughter of Srdjana andWil-liam Bergman … has one brother, Alexander ... Uncle, Keith Bergman, played football at San Francisco State and was the offensive line coach atOregonStatefrom1987-90...Uncle,JohnBergman,wasanOlym-picsuper-heavyweightweightlifterandplaced10thatthe1988SeoulOlympic Games.

Katherine BandeenFreshman


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Lelia BoleyFreshmanWestport, Conn.Staples

High School: Rowed for the Saugatuck Rowing Club for four years … one of club coaches was current Duke assistant Chase Graham … with Saugatuck, earned fourth place at the Head of the Charles event during sophomore year … followed the next year by winning the V8 title at the HeadoftheCharles…alsoearnedaV8firstplacefinishattheSanDiegoCrewClassicandUSRowingYouthNationals…finishedcareerwith another “triple crown” of V8 victories at the Head of the Charles, San Diego Crew Classic and USRowing Youth Nationals.

Personal: BornNovember6,1998…daughterofJuliaandJeffBoley… has two brothers, Nathaniel and Hamilton, and a younger sister, Camille.

Madison BrownFreshmanSarasota, Fla.Pine View School for the Gifted

High School: Rowed for the Sarasota Crew for the last four years, the finaltwoasamemberoftheV8…receivedfourlettersforheadcoachCasey Galvanek and had the top 2K erg score on the team for the past two seasons … earned four silver medals, two golds and one bronze at the Florida Scholastic Rowing Association state championship … at lastsummer’sUSRowingClubNationals,helpedherU194x toaGrandFinalappearance,earningfifthplace…claimedthegoldintheV8+ at the 2015 USRowing Southeast Youth Championship ... a Na-tionalmeritScholarshipfinalistasasenior...athree-yearmemberofthe National Honor Society ... received superior ratings from the Music PerformanceAssessmentasafreshman,sophomoreandjunior...co-founder and president of the school’s Nutrition Club ... volunteered for more than 200 hours at the local humane society.

Personal: BornDecember18,1997…daughterofJo-AnnandJef-frey Brown … has two younger brothers, Logan and Chance, and two younger sisters, Jordan and Faith.

Margot Calmar6-1 • SophomoreStonington, Conn.Stonington

Joined the Duke Rowing program in the fall of 2016

Duke Women’s Lacrosse2016: Didnotseethefield…ACCAcademicHonorRoll.

High School: Four-yearletterwinneratStoningtonHighSchool[Conn.]underthedirectionofJeffMedeiros…Firstteamall-stateselectionasa senior after notching 33 goals, seven assists, 150 ground balls, 40 interceptionsand100 takeaways…Collectedsecond teamall-staterecognition her junior year while also guiding her team to a state cham-pionship…Four-timeAll-ECCpick…Receivedall-arearecognitiononthree occasions … Rounded out her prep career with 35 goals, 18 as-sists, 320 ground balls, 78 interceptions and 252 takeaways … Also let-teredinbasketballandfieldhockeyallfouryears…All-stateselectioninbothsports…MVPofStonington’sstatechampionshipfieldhockeyteam…Toppedthe1,000-pointmarkinbasketball…MemberoftheNational Honor Society and National Chinese Honor Society.

Personal: BornMargareteMcCormickCalmarJune4,1997 inNewLondon, Conn. … Daughter of Martha and Harry Calmar … Has one brother,Emanuel…MotherplayedfieldhockeyandtennisatBowdoin… Brother plays football at the University of Rochester … Cousin, Jake Heller,playedfootballatHarvard(1996-98)…Cousin,CaitlinMurray,played lacrosse at Middlebury College … Cousin, Jake Giovanucci (’15), played football at Bowdoin … Cousin, Francesca Giovanucci, isamidfielderon thewomen’s lacrosse teamatBabsonCollege…Cousin,MattHeller(’98),swamandplayedwaterpoloatTrinityCol-lege – Hartford.

Alexa CampbellJuniorRocheester, N.Y.Brighton

High School: A three-year letterwinner in cross country and trackfor Brighton ... served as team captain of the track and cross country squadsasajuniorandsenior...incrosscountry,qualifiedfortheNewYorkStatePublicHighSchoolAthleticAssociationChampionshipmeetas a junior after placing eighth with a time of 20:33 during the Section 5 Class B Championship ... received First Team Monroe County honors duringfinaltwocampaigns...anHonorableMentionAll-GreaterRoch-ester (AGR) selection as a junior and senior ... on the track, selected First Team Monroe County in the 2,000m steeplechase and picked up Second Team Monroe County accolades in the 3,000m ... a AGR Hon-orable Mention pick as a junior and senior ... placed 11th in the 800m (2:33.98)oftheSectionVClassAA-AChampionshipsasaseniorandtook seventh in the 2k steeplechase (8:05.27).

Personal: BornNovember6,1996,toDr.AmberKeshishianandDr.James Campbell … has an older brother, Nathan.


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Megan Conroy5-9 • JuniorFayetteville, N.C.Jack Britt

2015-16: A mainstay with the 2V8 as the boat provided a number of Duke’s topfinishesduring thecampaign…began thespringwithabang with the 2V8 for the Carolina Cup as the boat earned ACC Crew of theWeek accolades afterwinning its race in 6:37.6, the second-fastestmarkinDukehistory…withthe2V8forthePac-12ChallengeastheboatfinishedsecondagainstUCLAandStanfordwithtimesof6:42.5and7:19.2…attheVirginiaDual,withthe2V8asittooksecondin7:05.9…helpedDuketotieforfirstattheDaleEnglandCupwiththe boatwinning both of its races, finishing in 6:47.3 and 6:45.5…cappedtheregularseasonwiththe2V8atthePrincetonDual,clockinga6:58.3tofinishsecondtotheNo.9Tigers…attheACCChampion-ship,helpedtheboatfromaNo.3seedtoasecond-placefinishwithaphotofinishagainstNotreDameasDukeplacedsecondoverall,itsbestperformancesince2006…boatclockedaseason-best timeof6:32.322 at the league championship … stayed with the 2V8 during the NCAA Championships and helped the boat to the NCAA C Final title withatimeof6:34.803…boatalsoplacedfirstintheC/DSemifinals(6:41.080) … during the fall, a member of the 2V8, 5V4 and 4V4 for the PrincetonChaseandRivannaRomp…withthe2V8forthePrincetonChaseandtheboatcamein29thoverall(15:59.382)…withthe5V4attheChase,placed19thwithatimeof18:35.203…endedthefallwiththe 2V8 and 4V4 at the Rivanna Romp, helping the eights place 12th in 14:07.6 and fours 24th in 16:28.8.

Tara Christensen5-7 • JuniorNanaimo, British ColumbiaBrentwood College

2015-16: Took part in two 3V8 races, missing majority of campaign duetoinjury…attheVirginiaDualtheboatfinishedsecondin7:54.7…at theACCChampionship,guidedboat tofirstplacefinish in thepetite final againstNorthCarolinawith a year-best time of 6:58.091… in the summer of 2016, was a member of the inaugural class of the Rubenstein-BingStudent-AthleteCivicEngagement(ACE)Program…traveled to Vietnam to teach academics, sports and life skills to middle schoolchildreninasummer-campsettingaspartoftheprogram.

2014-15: Did not experience action.

High School: Afour-yearparticipantunderheadcoachMarieWismer…servedascaptainasasenior…helpedvarsity8toasecond-placeshowing at the Canadian Secondary School Regatta Championships nationals in both 2013 and 2014 … winner of the John Biscoe Memorial Award for service to the Brentwood Rowing Club … elected to take part in the 2012 BC Summer Games.

Personal: BornFebruary14,1996…daughterofJenniferLeslieandBlair Christensen … has a younger sister, Amy … mother coaches high school girls’ volleyball and basketball.

Marissa Donadio5-7 • SophomoreUpper Arlington, OhioUpper Arlington

2015-16: Alternated between the 3V8 and fours, eventually settling into a role with the V4 at the end of rookie campaign … opened the spring as a member of the 2V4 for the Carolina Cup, clocking a time of 7:34.7 to place second … rowed again with the 2V4 during the Virginia Dual as the boat placed fourth (7:58.0) … added 3V8 duties at the Virginia Dual, placing second with the crew in 7:54.7 … helped the Blue Devils tieforfirstattheDaleEnglandCupinherfirstappearanceintheV4as the boat captured both of its races, in 7:51.4 and 7:37.4 … capped theregularseasonwiththeV4atthePrincetonDualastheunittookthird in 8:00.7 … a member of the V4 for the ACC Championship as the boatplacedsecondinhelpingDuketoasecond-placeoverallfinish,its best at the event since 2006 … V4 entered the event as the No. 3 seed and outrowed the competition to come in second … helped the V4 totheNCAACFinaltitleduringprogram’sfirstNCAAChampionshipsappearancewithatimeof7:22.311…boatalsoplacedfirstintheC/DSemifinals(7:24.262)…tookpartininitialcollegiateracewiththe3V8at thePrincetonChase,helping theboatclaim50th in16:37.910…participated in the Rivanna Romp as the 3V8 took 17th overall with a timeof14:36.9…alsorowedwiththe5V4attheRivannaRomp,help-ing the crew place 20th in 16:16.2.

High School: Athree-yearletterwinnerforheadcoachMichaelRice’sUpper Arlington High School squad … as a senior, helped the V8+ to a16thplacefinishattheHeadoftheCharles…finishedsecondattheMidwest Erg Sprints (varsity), 12th at scholastic nationals (varsity 8+) and 11th at youth nationals (varsity 4+) … as a junior, went with V8+ to the Head of the Charles and took 20th … junior year also placed third at the Midwest Erg Sprints (varsity), gold (V4+) and silver (V8+) at the Midwest scholastics and sixth at the scholastic nationals (V8+) … took third in the J8+ at the Midwest scholastics as a sophomore and took third at the Midwest Erg Sprints (novice) as a freshman.

Personal: Born November 14, 1996… daughter of Elizabeth Ken-nardandPatrickDonadio…hasoneolderbrother,Nicholas…mothergraduatedfromDukein1982…brotherisontracktograduatefromDuke in 2017.

2014-15: Opened the year as a part of the 3V8 and 2V4 against Clem-son and Boston University … took third in the 3V8 behind Clemson’s 3V8 and the Boston lightweight 2V8 in 7:27.77 … placed fourth with the 2V4 in 8:24.00 … part of the 3V8 for three races at the Clemson Invi-tationalagainstsevenrankedsquadsastheboatplacedfifth(7:31.3),fifth(7:10.5)andfourth(7:14.1).

High School: Spentfirst twoyearsofhighschoolcareeratFranklinCommunity High School in Franklin, Ind., before moving to Fayetteville, N.C., and attending Jack Britt High School … while at Franklin Commu-nity,letteredbothyearsasamemberofthesoccerandtrackandfieldprograms … guided by head coach Kristy Stroud in soccer and head coachRayLaneintrackandfield…whenatJackBritt,wasatwo-yearletterwinnerincrosscountryunderheadcoachKimSanborn…anall-countysecond-teamselectionandastatequalifierincrosscountryasa senior … a member of the Jack Britt National Honor Society, Junior Classical League, Science Olympiad, speech and debate team and wasastatesciencefairqualifier.

Personal: BornDecember21,1995…daughterofHeatherandMartyConroy … has a younger sister, Mackenzie.


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Rani DuffFreshmanWilmette, Ill.New Trier

High School: AUSRowingScholasticHonorRollmember…afour-year letterwinner for head coaches Rose Marchuk and Sandy Culver at New Trier High School … competed all four years at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) nationals, bringing home a sil-ver medal in the bow seat of the Freshman 8+ … as a sophomore and junior, took part in the Lightweight 8+ and earned sixth place at the SRAA Nationals and earned the silver as a senior … also picked up four letters as a varsity ice hockey center at New Trier … the New Trier Hockey Scholar-Athlete with the highest weighted and unweightedGPAsasasenior,whensheledthesquadtoaFounder’sCupLeaguebronze medal after earning silver as a freshman ... a National Merit Finalist as a senior and received the social studies department book award during junior year ... a National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society selection all four years ... during senior year, placed on the USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll.

Personal: BornOctober31,1997…daughterofSaraGopalandBillDuff … has a younger sister, Sanjay ... father graduated from Duke in 1985.

Phoebe DonovanSeniorSydney, AustraliaPymble Ladies’ College

2015-16: A primary member of the V8 before shifting to the 2V8 for the tailendoftheseason…openedthespringwiththerace-winningV8attheCarolinaCupastheboatfinishedin6:29.8fortheeighth-fastesttimeinprogramhistory…rowedwiththeV8againatthePac-12Chal-lenge,helpingtheboattoapairofsecond-placefinisheswithtimesof6:36.7 and 7:04.5 against UCLA and Stanford … at the Virginia Dual, V8tooksecondin7:19.2…helpedtheBlueDevilsfinishtiedforfirstwith No. 14 Indiana and No. 17 Notre Dame at the Dale England Cup astheV8placedthirdintworaces,clockingtimesof6:53.1and6:44.9…endedtheregularseasonwiththe2V8atPrincetonastheboattooksecond in 6:58.3 … at the ACC Championship, helped the boat from aNo.3seedtoasecond-placefinishwithaphotofinishagainstNotreDame as Duke placed second overall, its best performance since 2006 …boatclockedaseason-besttimeof6:32.322attheleaguechampi-onship … stayed with the 2V8 during the NCAA Championships and helped the boat to the NCAA C Final title with a time of 6:34.803 … boat alsoplacedfirstintheC/DSemifinals(6:41.080)…placed17thattheChasewiththeV8in15:31.203andthirdattheRompin13:21.9…inthefall,rowedwiththeV8andV4atthePrincetonChaseandRivannaRomp…withtheV4,cameinfifthattheChase(17:29.372)andRomp(15:03.6)…aCollegiateRowingCoachesAssociationScholar-AthleteAward winner.

2014-15: A reliable member of the V8 for the entire season who earned Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete accoladesat the end of the year … also a recipient of the league’s Top Six for ServiceAward…atthespring’sfirstmeet,againstClemsonandBos-tonUniversity,helpedtheV8finishsecondtotheTigers’crewinbothraces (6:47.53/6:54.44) … helped the V8 capture the Cal Cup Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic with a time of 6:51.46 … the boat finishednearlyfivesecondsaheadofsecond-placeKansasState inclinchingtheBlueDevils’firstV8winattheCrewClassicsince2012…grouphadqualifiedforCalCupGrandFinalbywinningitsheatin6:54.46 … in three races at the Clemson Invitational against seven rankedsquads,helped theV8finishfifth (6:53.1), sixth (6:45.6)andfifth(6:46.5)…helpedtheV8qualifyfortheACCChampionshipGrandFinalafterfinishingthirdinthequalifyingheatwithatimeof6:29.0…boattooksixthplace(6:45.9)intheGrandFinal.

2013-14: HelpedV8toafirst-placefinishattheseason-openingCar-dinalInvitationalwithatimeof6:39.40…tooktheV8crewtosecondplaceagainstClemson, Iowa,Buffalo,KansasandPurdue, finishingbehindonlyClemsonwithatimeof6:49.03…amemberoftheV8thatcame in second place at the Oregon State Classic (6:37.53) and UVA Invite(6:52.9and6:46.4)…attheACCChampionshipGrandFinale,memberoftheV4thattookthirdwithaseason-besttimeof7:35.7....inthefall,rowedwiththeV8thatplaced13thoutof52atthePrincetonChase.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Pymble Ladies’ College...received the Captains Cup for Outstanding Dedication as a senior...helped her squad win silver in the eight at the 2012 Australia National Championships...also claimed bronze in the U21 pair at the event...won gold in the varsity eight at the 2012 NSW Girls Head of the River, and took second at the NSW State Regatta...won gold in the 2V8+ at the NSW State Regatta and NSW Girls Head of the River as a ju-nior...finishedthirdintheU19eightattheAustraliaNationalChampion-

ships...as a sophomore, won the quad at the NSW Schoolgirl Head of theRiver...letteredthreeyearsinfieldhockeyandsoccer.

Personal: BornPhoebeRoseDonovan on July 7, 1994 in Sydney,Australia ... daughter of Garry and Sarah Donovan.

Tara FaganFreshmanAnnapolis, Md.Savern School

High School: Coxed at Annapolis Junior Rowing for five years …servedasteamcaptainduringfinalseason…earnedfourvarsitylet-ters as a swimmer at Severn ... a peer counselor and member of the Service Society.

Personal: BornDecember19,1997…daughterofJenienneFaganand step father Joe Leonard … grandfather rowed at the United States Naval Academy.


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Jessica Findlay6-0 • JuniorTeesside, United KingdomLaurence Jackson

2015-16: Held position as a member of the V8 for the entire campaign …openedthespringwiththerace-winningV8attheCarolinaCupastheboatfinishedin6:29.8fortheeighth-fastesttimeinprogramhistory…rowedwiththeV8againatthePac-12Challenge,helpingtheboattoapairofsecond-placefinisheswithtimesof6:36.7and7:04.5againstUCLAandStanford…attheVirginiaDual,V8tooksecondin7:19.2…helpedtheBlueDevilstieforfirstoverallwithNo.14IndianaandNo.17 Notre Dame at the Dale England Cup as the V8 placed third in two races,clockingtimesof6:53.1and6:44.9…endedtheregularseasonatNo.9Princetonastheboattooksecondin7:03.3…amemberoftheV8fortheACCChampionshipastheboatplacedsecondinayear-best6:20.444mark inhelpingDuke toasecond-placeoverallfinish,its best at the event since 2006 … V8 entered the event as the No. 5 seed and outrowed the competition to come in second, with a photo finishaheadofSyracuse…duringtheprogram’sfirstNCAAChampi-onshipsappearance,withtheV8thatplaced18thoverall,finishingtheCFinalin6:31.650…crewalsoplacedsecondintheC/DSemifinals(6:32.862)… in the fall, rowedwith theV8andV4at thePrincetonChase and Rivanna Romp … placed 17th at the Chase with the V8 in 15:31.203andthirdattheRompin13:21.9…withtheV4,cameinfifthattheChase(17:29.372)andRomp(15:03.6)…aCollegiateRowingCoachesAssociationScholar-AthleteAwardwinner.

2014-15: A reliable member of the team’s top boat all year with the V8… at the spring’s first meet, against Clemson and Boston Uni-versity,helpedtheV8finishsecondtotheTigers’crewinbothraces(6:47.53/6:54.44) … helped the V8 capture the Cal Cup Grand Final attheSanDiegoCrewClassicwithatimeof6:51.46…theboatfin-ished nearly five seconds ahead of second-place Kansas State inclinchingtheBlueDevils’firstV8winattheCrewClassicsince2012…grouphadqualifiedforCalCupGrandFinalbywinningitsheatin6:54.46 … in three races at the Clemson Invitational against seven rankedsquads,helped theV8finishfifth (6:53.1), sixth (6:45.6)andfifth(6:46.5)…helpedtheV8qualifyfortheACCChampionshipGrandFinalafterfinishingthirdinthequalifyingheatwithatimeof6:29.0…boattooksixthplace(6:45.9)intheGrandFinal.

High School: Afour-yearletterwinnerinswimming…helpedprogramto National Schools Championship … a member of the Tees Rowing Club … selected to participate in the Great Britain World Class Start program…finishedsecondinthewomen’s4attheNationalSchoolsRegatta..

Personal: BornSeptember15,1995…daughterofBrendaandAndyFindlay.

Sarah Fletcher5-11 • JuniorLondon, United KingdomSt. Edward’s School

2015-16: A leading member of the V4 for the entire season … began thespringhelpingtheV4toavictoryattheCarolinaCup,finishingin7:20.5asDukefinishedonepointoutof firstplaceoverall… talliedtheBlueDevils’ lonewinatthePac-12ChallengeastheV4downedUCLA with a time of 7:21.5 … also placed second to Stanford in 8:07.6 at the Challenge … boat came in second at the Virginia Dual (7:32.1) before turning in a standout performance at the Dale England Cup with two victories … V4 turned in times of 7:51.4 and 7:37.4 to capture both races,helpingDukefinishtiedforfirstoverallwithNo.14IndianaandNo.17NotreDame…ended theregularseasonatNo.9Princetonas the V4 came in third overall in 8:00.7 … a member of the V4 for the ACC Championship as the boat placed second in helping Duke to asecond-placeoverallfinish, itsbestat theeventsince2006…V4entered the event as the No. 3 seed and outrowed the competition to come in second … helped the V4 to the NCAA C Final title during pro-gram’sfirstNCAAChampionshipsappearancewithatimeof7:22.311…boatalsoplacedfirst in theC/DSemifinals (7:24.262)…didnotparticipate in any fall races.

2014-15: Became a member of the 2V8 and held her spot through-out the season … started the campaign against Clemson and Boston University and helped the crew place fourth in both races with times of 6:56.82 and 7:02.70 … helped 2V8 advance to the Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic by placing third in thepreliminaryheat in8:06.96…groupfinishedsixth in thegrandfinal…inthreeracesattheClemsonInvitationalagainstsevenrankedsquads,helpedthe2V8placesecondtoLouisville(6:54.3),fifth(6:49.8)andfourth(6:48.0)…partofoneofDuke’stwoboatstoracein the ACC Championship Grand Final as a member of the 2V8, which gottherebytakingthirdinitspreliminaryheatwithatimeof6:33.9…groupplacedsixth(6:44.9)intheGrandFinal.

High School: Athree-yearletterwinnerforheadcoachThomasBurron…helpedvarsity8 toafirst-placefinishat theHammersmithHeadRegatta… varsity 8 also qualified for the semifinal at the NationalSchoolsRegatta…involvedwiththeChantyProject,DebateSocietyand served as a peer listener.

Personal: BornNovember28,1995…daughterofElenaandPhillipFletcher…hasanolderbrother,Phillip,andanoldersister,Emily…brother was a rower at Columbia University.

Grace Garverick5-8 • FreshmanSacramento, Calif.Rio Americano

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V4 varsity … helped V4 place second at the Head of Lake during junior yearbeforecapturing theV8petite finalatSanDiegoCrewClassicin the spring of 2016 …a member of the USA Junior National Team Development Camp in 2014 as well as a USA Junior National Camp Selection Team Invite in 2015 … a USA Junior National Team Winter HighPerformanceCampselection in2016...earnedthePresident’sAwardduringentirehighschoolcareerforhavingabovea3.5grade-point average ... received the school’s undergraduate award for Honors World History as a sophomore.

Personal: Born September 6, 1998… daughter of Greta and RonGarverick … has a younger sister, Hazel.

Barbara GrohFreshmanMiami, Fla.TERRA Environmental Research Institute

High School: Athree-year letterwinner inbadmintonforheadcoachSammy Iassudo at TERRA … spent freshman and sophomore years playing mixed doubles and junior campaign in girls singles … served as F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Club secretary and president, Quill and Scroll Journalism Honor Society Secretary, Ten80 Racing Club Team Cap-tain,EnglishHonorSocietyVicePresident…amemberofNationalSociety of High School Scholars, National Honor Society and Science Honor Society … founded and instructed two Girls Who Code clubs.

Personal: BornBarbaraTeresitaGrohonSeptember7,1997,inMi-ami, Fla. ... daughter of Teresita Arizaleta and Donald Groh ... has a younger brother, Donald Jr.

Emilia GrzesiakFreshmanGlen Ellyn, Ill.Benet Academy

High School: AtrackandfieldparticipantatBenetAcademy...earnedFirst Academic Honors every semester of high school and was select-edthewinnerofDepartmentalAwardinScienceasasenior...anAPScholar with Distinction Award recipient following senior year.

Personal: BornMay 16, 1998, inGlenEllyn, Ill. ... daughter of Lu-cyna and Jaroslaw Grzesiak ... has a younger sister, Victoria ... mother wasamemberofPolishNationalRowingTeam(1987-1989)andalsocompeted and won awards in cross country running and cross country skiinginthe1980s.

Elizabeth Horne5-8 • SeniorLondon, United KingdomThe Lady Eleanor Halles School

2015-16: Playedaleadingroleforthe2V8allseason,helpingtheboatto a No. 3 seed at the ACC Championship … began the spring with a bang with the 2V8 at the Carolina Cup as the boat earned ACC Crew of theWeekaccoladesafterwinningitsracein6:37.6,thesecond-fastestmarkinDukehistory…withthe2V8forthePac-12ChallengeastheboatfinishedsecondagainstUCLAandStanfordwithtimesof6:42.5and7:19.2…at theVirginiaDual,with the2V8as it tooksecond in7:05.9…helpedtheBlueDevils tie forfirstwithNo.14 IndianaandNo. 17 Notre Dame at the Dale England Cup as the 2V8 won both of its races,finishingin6:47.3and6:45.5…cappedtheregularseasonwithasecond-placeperformanceatNo.9Princeton(6:58.3)…attheACCChampionship,helpedtheboatfromaNo.3seedtoasecond-placefinishwithaphotofinishagainstNotreDameasDukeplacedsecondoverall,itsbestperformancesince2006…boatclockedaseason-besttime of 6:32.322 at the league championship … with the 2V8 during the NCAA Championships, helped the boat to the NCAA C Final title withatimeof6:34.803…boatalsoplacedfirstintheC/DSemifinals(6:41.080)…duringthefall,amemberoftheV8and2V4forthePrinc-eton Chase and Rivanna Romp … placed 17th at the Chase with the V8in15:31.203andthirdattheRompin13:21.9…withthe2V4,camein ninth at the Chase (18:01.036) and ninth at the Romp (15:25.4) … in the summer of 2016, was a member of the inaugural class of the Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement (ACE) Program… traveled to South Africa to provide support for basic healthcare ini-tiatives,activity-basededucationandteaching, lightconstructionandsports programs, as part of her ACE experience.

2014-15: Begantheyearaspartof theV8at thespring’sfirstmeet,againstClemsonandBostonUniversity…helpedcrewfinishsecondto the Tigers in both races (6:47.53/6:54.44) … helped the V8 capture the Cal Cup Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic with a time of6:51.46…theboatfinishednearlyfivesecondsaheadofsecond-placeKansasStateinclinchingtheBlueDevils’firstV8winattheCrewClassicsince2012…grouphadqualifiedforCalCupGrandFinalbywinning its heat in 6:54.46 … in three races at the Clemson Invitational againstsevenrankedsquads,helpedtheV8finishfifth(6:53.1),sixth(6:45.6)andfifth(6:46.5)…helpedtheV8qualifyfortheACCChampi-onshipGrandFinalafterfinishingthirdinthequalifyingheatwithatimeof6:29.0…boattooksixthplace(6:45.9)intheGrandFinal.

2013-14:Akeymemberofthe2V8thatplacedthird(6:59.90)againstClemson,Iowa,Kansas,BuffaloandPurdue,finishingonlybehindtheTigers and Hawkeyes … a member of the 2V8 that downed No. 20 Or-egon State’s crew at the Oregon State Classic with a time of 6:41.8 … amemberoftheV8thatcameinsecondplaceattheUVAInvite(6:52.9and 6:46.4) … at the ACC Championship Grand Finale, member of theV8thatplacedfifthwithaseason-besttimeof6:37.5...inthefall,rowedwiththeV8thatplaced13thoutof52entriesatthePrincetonChase.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at The Lady Eleanor HollesSchool...captainedtheteamasasenior...earnedteamMVPhonorsin2012 and 2013, received the Nigel Noble Trophy of Excellence three times in 2011, 2012 and 2013...as a senior, claimed three gold medals at the La Coupe de la Jeunesse as a representative of Great Britain’s junior team in thequadandeight...honoredwith thePrize forExcel-


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Meagan Lew4-9 • JuniorBoston, Mass.Boston Latin School

2015-16: Served as the coxswain for the 2V8 for the majority of the year before ending the campaign with the V8 … began the spring with a bang with the 2V8 at the Carolina Cup as the boat earned ACC Crew of theWeek accolades afterwinning its race in 6:37.6, the second-fastestmarkinDukehistory…withthe2V8forthePac-12ChallengeastheboatfinishedsecondagainstUCLAandStanfordwithtimesof6:42.5and7:19.2…attheVirginiaDual,withthe2V8asittooksecondin7:05.9…helpedtheBlueDevilstieforfirstwithNo.14IndianaandNo. 17 Notre Dame at the Dale England Cup as the 2V8 won both of its races,finishingin6:47.3and6:45.5…switchedtotheV8forthefinalraceoftheregularseason,leadingittoasecond-placefinish(7:03.3)atNo.9Princeton…amemberoftheV8fortheACCChampionshipastheboatplacedsecondinayear-best6:20.444markinhelpingDuketoasecond-placeoverallfinish,itsbestattheeventsince2006…V8entered the event as the No. 5 seed and outrowed the competition tocome insecond,withaphotofinishaheadofSyracuse…guidedtheV8duringtheprogram’sfirstNCAAChampionshipsappearanceastheboatplaced18thoverall,finishingtheCFinalin6:31.650…crewalsoplacedsecondintheC/DSemifinals(6:32.862)…duringthefall,servedastheguideforthe4V4attheyear-openingPrincetonChaseasittook20thoverallwithatimeof18:39.145…ledthe3V8and2V4at theRivannaRompastheeightsfinished17th(14:36.9)andfoursninth (15:25.4) … in the summer of 2016, was a member of the inau-guralclassoftheRubenstein-BingStudent-AthleteCivicEngagement(ACE)Program…traveledtoIndiatoteachandcoachyouth,withafocus on educational and leadership development through sports, as part of the program.

2014-15: Competed in one race, as a part of the 3V8 against Clemson and Boston University during the season opening weekend … boat finishedbehindClemson’s3V8andtheBostonlightweight2V8withatime of 7:33.15.

High School: Afour-yearmemberofCommunityRowingInc.,forheadcoaches Ethan Curren and Mike Baker … served as a captain as a senior…asa junior,helpedvarsity lightweight8 toaseventh-placefinishatUSRowingYouthNationals…attheRoyalCanadianHenley,helpedvarsity4toathird-placeshowing…asajuniorinthelightweight8,guidedtheboattoaseventh-placefinishattheyouthnationals…amember of the National Honor Society.

Personal: BornFebruary15,1996…daughterofAliciaandDennisLew … has a younger brother, Jacob.

Anna Jenkins5-10 • SophomoreDurham, N.C.Cary Academy

2015-16: Took part in two 3V8 races … at the Virginia Dual the boat finishedsecondin7:54.7…attheACCChampionship,guidedboattofirstplacefinishinthepetitefinalagainstNorthCarolinawithayear-besttimeof6:58.091.

High School: Participated in cross country, swimming and track atCary Academy ... captained the cross country team as a senior ... as amemberofthetrackteam,finishedsecondin2013andthirdin2012in the discus in the Triangle Independent Schools Athletic Conference (TISAC) ... received the TISAC Sportsmanship Award ... completed a half ironman at age 15, becoming the youngest female participant ... a memberoftheNationalHonorSociety...aNationalMeritsemifinalist... studied abroad in Austria and Germany.

Personal: BornOctober26,1996…daughterofMartiandDavidJen-kins … has one older sister, Quinn.

lenceinSportsin2013...guidedhereighttoabronzefinishattheNa-tional Schools Regatta in the junior division...won silver in the junior women’s pair at nationals...as a junior, powered her eight to the Head of the River championship in the junior women’s division for the sec-ond straight year...also claimed silver medals in the women’s eight and women’s quad at National Schools and in the junior women’s pair at La Coupe de la Jeunesse...as a sophomore, helped her eight win the Head of the River Championship in the junior women’s division while also setting an event record for that race...also won silver medals in the junior women’s quad at the Junior World Rowing Championships and in the junior 18 eight and junior 16 four...lettered in swimming.

Personal: BornElizabethFrancescaMarionHorneonApril14,1995inLondon ... daughter of Ed and Dale Horne ... father, Ed, played varsity rugby at the University of Oxford.

Cassie IngramFreshmanHonolulu, Hawai’iPunahou School

High School: Atwo-yearletterwinnerinoutriggerpaddlingatPunahou...selectedastheMostInspirationalPlayerfollowing junioryearandwasanInterscholasticLeagueofHonoluluAll-Starduringjuniorcam-paign...helpedteamtostatetitleasajuniorandearnedathird-placefinishasasenior...duringsenioryear,tookfirstplaceintheOC-6atthe Kaiwi Channel Relay.

Personal: BornMay28, 1998, to LindaandPeter Ingram…hasayoungerbrother,Zachary…hasanoldersister,Kaitlyn...fatherisaDukegraduate(1994).


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Danielle LodgeFreshmanSummerville, S.C.Summerville

High School: Afour-sportathleteinhighschool,earningatrioofvar-sity letters in cross country and soccer and two in swimming and track andfield...helpedSummerville toapairofregionchampionships intrackandfieldandapairofsecond-placeregionfinishesincrosscoun-try ... served as the student council vice president as a sophomore beforemovinguptopresidentthefinaltwoyears...athree-yearmem-ber of the National Honor Society ... received the Board of Trustees Academic Award all four years.

Personal: BornOctober6,1998,toDianeandScottLodge…hastwobrothers, Justyn and Coty.

Jiahui LiaoSophomoreManlius, N.Y.Fayetteville-Manlius

Celia Macrae5-7 • SophomoreCincinnati, OhioCincinnati Country Day

2015-16: Spent rookie year as a member of a variety of boats, ending the campaign with the V8 after spending most of the spring with the V4 … began the spring with a bang with the 2V8 for the Carolina Cup as the boat earned ACC Crew of the Week accolades after winning its race in6:37.6,thesecond-fastestmarkinDukehistory…movedtotheV4forthePac-12ChallengeandtalliedtheBlueDevils’lonewin,downingUCLA with a time of 7:21.5 … also placed second to Stanford in 8:07.6 at the Challenge … V4 came in second at the Virginia Dual (7:32.1) … moved back to the 2V8 for the Dale England Cup and helped the Blue DevilstieforfirstwithNo.14IndianaandNo.17NotreDameasthe2V8wonbothofitsraces,finishingin6:47.3and6:45.5…endedtheregularseasonwiththeV8atNo.9Princetonastheboattooksecondin 7:03.3… a member of the V8 for the ACC Championship as the boat placedsecondinayear-best6:20.444markinhelpingDuketoasec-ond-placeoverallfinish,itsbestattheeventsince2006…V8enteredthe event as the No. 5 seed and outrowed the competition to come in second,withaphotofinishaheadofSyracuse…duringtheprogram’sfirstNCAAChampionshipsappearance,withtheV8thatplaced18thoverall,finishingtheCFinalin6:31.650…crewalsoplacedsecondintheC/DSemifinals(6:32.862)…duringthefall,amemberofthe2V8and5V4forthePrincetonChaseandRivannaRomp…placed29thattheChasewiththe2V8in15:59.382and12thattheRompin14:07.6… with the 2V8, came in 12th at the Romp (14:07.6).

High School: Afour-yearletterwinnerforcoachesPedroPalaciosandAnne Badanes ... as a senior, placed second at the Scholastic Nation-als in the women’s varsity single ... also earned four letters in swimming andwasfirstteamall-leagueinswimmingallfouryears...competedinthe Ohio High School Athletic Association swimming championships all four years ... served as vice president of class during senior year ... a teaching fellow at Breakthrough Cincinnati prior to senior year of high school ... a National Merit Commended Student.

Personal: BornSeptember27,1996…daughterofLynnandRobertMacrae … has two older brothers, Don and Tim … has one younger sister, Jenna ... mother was a swimmer at the University of Virginia (1982-86)...fatherplayedsoccerandlacrosseatWesleyan(1982-86).

Prior to Duke: A three-year letterwinner as a coxswain for headcoaches David Cusano and Jake Herrick ... during senior year, helped Lightweight 8+ to a sectional championship and silver medal at the New York State Scholastic Rowing Association (NYS) Championships ... Lightweight 8+ took part in the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) Nationals and placed ninth overall ... a member of the Senior 4+ as a junior, guiding the crew to a sectional championship andNYSChampionshipssilvermedal...boatplacedfifthattheSRAANationals ... as a sophomore, helped the Junior 4+ to a bronze medal at the NYS Championships … competed with the Syracuse Chargers Rowing club, coxing the youth fours at the 50th Head of the Charles, helpingtheboattoa43rd-placefinish...amemberoftheScienceHon-orSocietyduringjuniorandsenioryearsaswellasafour-yearmemberof the Junior Classical League/Latin Honor Society ... a Crouse Hospi-tal Junior volunteer for three years.

Personal: BornJiahuiLiaoonNovember28,1997,inSingapore,Sin-gapore ... daughter of Linying Du and Xuqiang Liao ... has two sisters, Xinhui and Yihui.


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Katherine Maitland5-8 • JuniorLondon, United KingdomUpton Court Grammar School

2015-16: ASecondTeamCollegiateRowingCoachesAssociationAll-Region selection who played a critical role with the V8 for the sec-ondstraightyear…openedthespringwiththerace-winningV8attheCarolinaCupastheboatfinishedin6:29.8fortheeighth-fastesttimeinprogramhistory…rowedwiththeV8againatthePac-12Challenge,helpingtheboattoapairofsecond-placefinisheswithtimesof6:36.7and 7:04.5 against UCLA and Stanford … at the Virginia Dual, V8 took second in7:19.2…helped theBlueDevils tie forfirstoverallat theDale England Cup with No. 14 Indiana and No. 17 Notre Dame … at the Cup, V8 placed third in two races, clocking times of 6:53.1 and 6:44.9…endedtheregularseasonatNo.9Princetonastheboattooksecond in 7:03.3 … a member of the V8 for the ACC Championship astheboatplacedsecondinayear-best6:20.444markwhilehelpingDuketoasecond-placeoverallfinish,itsbestattheeventsince2006… V8 entered the event as the No. 5 seed and outrowed the competi-tiontocomeinsecond,withaphotofinishaheadofSyracuse…dur-ingtheprogram’sfirstNCAAChampionshipsappearance,withtheV8thatplaced18thoverall,finishingtheCFinalin6:31.650…crewalsoplacedsecondintheC/DSemifinals(6:32.862)…inthefall,rowedwiththeV8andV4atthePrincetonChaseandRivannaRomp…placed17th at the Chase with the V8 in 15:31.203 and third at the Romp in 13:21.9…withtheV4,cameinfifthattheChase(17:29.372)andalsofifthattheRomp(15:03.6)...memberoftheAll-ACCAcademicTeam.

2014-15: The lone freshman who was part of the V8 and held her spot throughouttheentireseason…madedebutatthespring’sfirstmeet,againstClemsonandBostonUniversity,andhelpedtheV8finishsec-ond to the Tigers’ crew in both races (6:47.53/6:54.44) … helped the V8 capture the Cal Cup Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic withatimeof6:51.46…theboatfinishednearlyfivesecondsaheadofsecond-placeKansasStateinclinchingtheBlueDevils’firstV8winattheCrewClassicsince2012…grouphadqualifiedforCalCupGrandFinal by winning its heat in 6:54.46 … in three races at the Clemson Invitational against seven ranked squads, helped the V8 finish fifth(6:53.1), sixth (6:45.6)andfifth (6:46.5)…helped theV8qualify fortheACCChampionshipGrandFinalafterfinishingthirdinthequalify-ingheatwithatimeof6:29.0…boattooksixthplace(6:45.9)intheGrand Final.

High School: Attended the Upton Court Grammar School and rowed at Eton Excelsior Rowing Club for six years...named the Junior of the Year at Eton Excelsior in 2014...as a senior with Eton Excelsior, won the ju-nior women’s quad event at the Head of the River Fours...also received a silver in the women’s J18 single at the National Schools Regatta...won gold medals in the women’s quad and women’s eight racing for England at the Home Countries International Regatta...also took part in the Henley Royal Regatta as a senior...during junior year, invited to at-tend the Great Britain Junior Team selection camp...received a bronze medal in the women’s J17 single at the National Schools Regatta...as a sophomore, attended the Great Britain Junior Team selection camp...the runner up at the Henley Women’s Regatta in the women’s J16 quad and received a bronze in the women’s J16 quads at the National Schools Regatta...during freshman year, received a gold medal in the Women’s J15 single and quads at the British Rowing Championships.

Personal: BornKatherineJulietMaitlandonNov.16,1995...daughterof Alison and David Maitland...has one sister, Sophie.

Olivia MendoncaFreshmanChristchurch, New ZealandSt. Margaret’s College

High School: SpentthesummertrainingforaspotonNewZealand’sU23 World Championship team … represented her home country at the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Bra-zil,andfinishedsixthoverallwithpartnerRubyWillis…duringsenioryearatSt.Margaret’s,placedfirstintheeightsamongallNewZealandSecondary Schools and second in the pairs … at the regional meet duringseniorcampaign,tookfirstintheeightsandpairs…asajunior,tookthirdatthenationaleventinthefoursandeightswhileplacingfirstat the regional event in the eights and earning South Island Under 18 Rowing Team accolades … stormed through the national meet as a sophomore, winning in the fours and eights while sweeping the fours and eights at the regional event during sophomore season … also par-ticipated in netball for three years, being placed on the top team in the region all three years and making an appearance on the second best teaminNewZealandin2014...aprefectin2015andamemberoftheSportsCouncilin2014-15...receivedtheExcellenceAwardinphysi-caleducationin2015aswellasanexcellenceratinginNewZealand’sSecondarySchoolsNationalQualificationProgramin2013-14.

Personal: Born November 1, 1997… daughter ofMarc and CindyMendonca … great grandfather, Lance Johnson, was a member of the AllBlackNewZealandrugbyteaminthe1920s.

Bella MillerFreshmanWilmette, Ill.New Trier

High School: Afour-yearletterwinnerforheadcoachesRoseMarchukand Sandy Culver at New Trier High School … served as team cap-tain … competed all four years at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) Nationals, bringing home a silver medal in the third set as a freshman … as a sophomore and junior, earned second place againat theSRAANationals, this timefilling the fourthseat…alsoduringjuniorcampaign,helpedboattoaneighth-placeperformanceattheHeadoftheCharles…duringfinalseason,capturedthetitleattheSRAA Nationals from the sixth seat … consistently improved 6K and 2Ktimesduringhighschoolcareer,toppingoutat7:11.2and1:58.9,re-spectively … earned a black belt in tae kwon do … a National Spanish Exam bronze medalist in 2014 … the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Ambassador for New Trier.

Personal: BornSeptember2,1997,toMariaDiLorenzoandMaxMiller… has three younger brothers, Lorenzo, Mateo and Nico … father is a Special Olympics basketball coach while mother coaches high school track, cross country and basketball … cousin Olivia Fingold plays la-crosseandSchaumburgwhilecousinZafiroJosephparticipatesinla-crosse at Culver.


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Karly PearsonFreshmanNewport Beach, Calif.Newport Harbor

High School: A member of the Newport Aquatic Center for the last four years … rowed for head coaches Ben Hise and Steve Dani … led the V8 boat to the USRowing Nationals for the last two years … during junioryear,helpedtheV8toa14thplacefinishat thenationalmeetwhile senior year the boat took 12th place … at the regional event, boat placed third during junior year and second as a senior … achieved ev-erybeltintaekwondoandgainedthestatusofafirstdegreeblackbelt.

Personal: BornNovember18,1998,toAngelaandDarwinPearson…has an older brother, Kolby, and an older sister, Kelsey.

Tani O’Neill5-9 • SeniorMcLean, Va.McLean

2015-16: A valuable member of the 2V4 and 3V8 during the campaign …began thespringhelping the2V4 toasecond-placefinishat theCarolina Cup with a time of 7:34.7 … at the Virginia Dual, the 2V4 took fourth place (7:58.0) with the 3V8 claiming second (7:54.7) … helped theBlueDevilstieforfirstwithNo.14IndianaandNo.17NotreDameat the Dale England Cup as the 2V4 came in third (7:55.4) and fourth (8:01.1)…attheACCChampionship,helpedthe3V8toafirstplacefinishinthepetitefinalagainstNorthCarolinawithayear-besttimeof6:58.091…duringthefall,amemberofthe3V8,3V4and5V4forthePrincetonChaseandRivannaRomp…asamemberof the3V8forthePrincetonChase,helpedtheboatcomein50thoverall(16:37.910)… with the 3V4 at the Chase, placed 23rd with a time of 18:43.288 … ended the fall with the 3V8 and 5V4 at the Rivanna Romp, helping the eightsplace17thin14:36.9andfours20thin16:16.2.

2014-15: Spent the majority of the season as a member of the V4 before switching to the 3V8 for the ACC Championship … part of the V4 at the season opening races against Clemson and Boston University … boat finishedsecondtoClemson’sV4inbothitsraces(7:54.41/8:00.37)...ledtheV4totheKarenPlumleighCortneyCupPetiteFinalbyplacingthird in the preliminary heat (8:06.96)… crew finished fourth in thepetitefinalin8:18.01…partoftheV4forthreeracesattheClemsonInvitationalagainstsevenrankedsquadsasthecrewfinishedseventh(8:09.2),sixth(8:00.3)andseventh(8:03.0)…attheACCChampion-ship was a member of the 3V8 and helped the boat place fourth in its preliminaryheat(7:22.0)andsecondinthePetiteFinal(7:10.8).

2013-14:Helped2V4toawinagainstNotreDameattheseason-open-ingCardinalInvitationalwithatimeof7:39.10…alsoamemberoftheV4 at the Cardinal Invitational, rowing against Kansas and Michigan State … competed with the V4 against Clemson, Iowa, Kansas, Buffalo andPurdue,helpingtheboattoafourth-placefinish(7:51.11)…partofthe V4 that took down No. 20 Oregon State at the Oregon State Classic with a time of 7:38.1, a second faster than the Beavers … competed with the 2V8 at theUVA Invite,where the boat finished in 7:11.4 inthe morning session and 7:07.8 in the second session … in the ACC Championship Grand Final, was a member of the Blue Devils’ 2V8 crewthatplacedsixth....inthefall,rowedwiththe3V8atthePrincetonChase, helping the boat place 31st out of 52 entries.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at McLean High School ...namedAll-MetfirstteamasaseniorafterhelpingMcLeanwintheju-nior eight and take second in the junior four at Club Nationals ... as a junior,helpedpacethefourtoasecond-placefinishatClubNationals... helped the varsity four win the VARSA State Championship as a sophomore.

Personal: BornTaniMarieO’NeillonMay2,1995 inPuertoRico...daughterofRobertO’NeillandCamilleGalanes-O’Neill...hasasister,Hana.

Taji Phillips5-5 • SophomoreBrooklyn, N.Y.Dwight School

2015-16: Took part in three spring races, with the 3V8 at the Virginia Dual and ACC Championship and 2V4 at the Dale England Cup … 3V8 finishedinsecondwithatimeof7:54.7whilethe2V4checkedinthirdin7:55.4…BlueDevilsfinishedtiedforfirstoverallattheDaleEnglandCup…attheACCChampionship,helpedtheboattofirstplacefinishinthepetitefinalagainstNorthCarolinawithayear-besttimeof6:58.091.

High School: Themostvaluableplayerofthetrackandfieldprogramin 2011 ... received all-conference recognition in cross country andtrackandfieldin2012,2013and2014forcoachesMichaelTorresandPeterDurning...amemberoftheNationalHonorSociety...theStu-dentCouncilVicePresidentandaHeadGirl...receivedtheExcellenceinIBChemistryAwardin2013andtheExcellenceinAlgebraII&Trigin 2011.

Personal: BornJanuary13,1996…daughterofPatresseandChris-topherPhillips…hasoneolderbrother,Elijah,andoneyoungersister,Tatum ... mother was a sprinter at Lehman College and father played basketball at Saint Francis.


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Sophie Simister6-0 • SophomoreOxford, United KingdomHeadington School

2015-16: Stepped into an immediate position within the top two boats during the season, rowing mainly with the V8 before shifting to the 2V8 fortheendoftheseason…openedthespringwiththerace-winningV8at theCarolinaCupas theboatfinished in6:29.8 for theeighth-fastesttimeinprogramhistory…rowedwiththeV8againatthePac-12Challenge,helpingtheboattoapairofsecond-placefinisheswithtimes of 6:36.7 and 7:04.5 against UCLA and Stanford … at the Virginia Dual,V8tooksecondin7:19.2…shiftedtothe2V8attheDaleEng-landCupandtalliedtwowinstohelptheBlueDevilsfinishtiedforfirstwith No. 14 Indiana and No. 17 Notre Dame … 2V8 clocked winning marks of 6:47.3 and 6:45.5 … ended the regular season with the 2V8 at Princetonastheboattooksecondin6:58.3…attheACCChampion-ship,helpedthe2V8fromaNo.3seedtoasecond-placefinishwithaphotofinishagainstNotreDameasDukeplacedsecondoverall,itsbestperformancesince2006…boatclockedaseason-best timeof6:32.322 at the league championship … stayed with the 2V8 during the NCAA Championships and helped the boat to the NCAA C Final title withatimeof6:34.803…boatalsoplacedfirstintheC/DSemifinals(6:41.080)…inthefall,rowedwiththeV8and2V4atthePrincetonChase and Rivanna Romp … placed 17th at the Chase with the V8 in 15:31.203andthirdattheRompin13:21.9…withthe2V4,cameinninth at the Chase (18:01.036) and ninth at the Romp (15:25.4).

Isabel Ruby-Hill5-7 • SophomoreToronto, OntarioBranksome Hall

2015-16: Made an immediate impact on the program as a member of the top boats throughout the season … opened the spring with the race-winningV8attheCarolinaCupastheboatfinishedin6:29.8fortheeighth-fastesttimeinprogramhistory…rowedwiththeV8againatthePac-12Challenge,helpingtheboattoapairofsecond-placefin-ishes with times of 6:36.7 and 7:04.5 against UCLA and Stanford … at theVirginiaDual,V8tooksecondin7:19.2…helpedtheBlueDevilstieforfirstoverallattheDaleEnglandCupwithNo.14IndianaandNo.17Notre Dame … at the Cup, V8 placed third in two races, clocking times of6:53.1and6:44.9…endedtheregularseasonatNo.9Princetonas the boat took second in 7:03.3 … a member of the V8 for the ACC Championshipastheboatplacedsecondinayear-best6:20.444markinhelpingDuketoasecond-placeoverallfinish,itsbestattheeventsince 2006 … V8 entered the event as the No. 5 seed and outrowed the competitiontocomeinsecond,withaphotofinishaheadofSyracuse…duringtheprogram’sfirstNCAAChampionshipsappearance,withtheV8 that placed18th overall, finishing theCFinal in 6:31.650…crewalsoplacedsecondintheC/DSemifinals(6:32.862)…inthefall,rowedwiththeV8andV4atthePrincetonChaseandRivannaRomp… placed 17th at the Chase with the V8 in 15:31.203 and third at the Rompin13:21.9…withtheV4,cameinfifthattheChase(17:29.372)andalsofifthattheRomp(15:03.6)…inthesummerof2016,wasamemberoftheinauguralclassoftheRubenstein-BingStudent-AthleteCivicEngagement (ACE)Program…traveled toChina tocontributeto the sustainable development of underserved communities through sports and environmental science education as part of the program.

High School: A member of the rowing program under coach Scott Fleming … named a captain as a junior and the most valuable player asasophomoreandsenior…duringfinalcampaign,earnedaCana-dian Secondary Schools Rowing Association (CSSRA) silver in senior 4+ … as a junior, helped rowing squad to a bronze at the Canadian indoor championship in the junior A lightweight and a silver at the On-tario Ergometer Championships in junior A midweight … earned gold at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta in junior 8+ and bronze at the CSSRA in the senior 8+ … during sophomore year, part of the Ontario Ergometer champions in the junior B lightweight … earned a bronze at the Canadi-an Indoor Rowing championship in junior B lightweight and gold at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta junior 4+ … picked up a CSSRA gold in junior

Kiamya PhilsonFreshman

4+ and silver in junior 8+ during sophomore campaign … advanced to thesemifinalsatHenleyWomen’sRegattainU164+asasophomore… started career with a CSSRA gold in junior lightweight 4+ and junior midweight 8+ during rookie year … was a junior school prefect.

Personal: BornSeptember13,1997…daughterofMaryRubyandWoodHill…hasfoursisters–JuliaRuby-Hill,CaitlinHill,MeganHilland Davis Barton.

Isabel RuffinFreshmanWinston-Salem, N.C.The Madeira School [Va.]

High School: Athree-year letterwinner inequestrianforheadcoachJessica Leonardi and Ian McCartney at The Madeira School in McLean, Va.…athree-timeInterscholasticEquestrianAssociationpost-seasonregionalqualifier…servedasadormresidentadvisorandsustainabil-ity club head the last two years at Madeira … a National Merit Scholar-ship commended scholar as a junior.

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High School: A four-year letterwinneratHeadingtonGirlsSchool inOxford, United Kingdom … as a senior, competed at the Armada Cup in Switzerland in the single scull … won gold in junior women’s quad …placed19thattheWomen’sHeadoftheRiverbysettingacourserecord for fastest junior women’s second eight … competed at Henley’s women’s regatta in coxed four … missed junior season due to injury … during sophomore campaign, won gold in junior women’s singles and wasinvitedtotheGreatBritainIDtrials…afinalistinjuniorwomen’s8+ at nationals and junior women’s coxed four … a member of the Junior Great Britain trials and Great Britain ID trials as a freshman … a member of the 8+ that won gold and set a national record in the junior women’s event at nationals … received gold in the junior women’s 8+ and coxed four at the school’s head of the river … competed at Henley Women’s Regatta in coxless quad as a rookie … awarded the junior rowing colors as a freshman and senior rowing colors as a junior … the head of charities and community as a senior … a student council member all four years … earned two additional letters in swimming.

Ali SloanFreshmanSwampscott, Mass.Buckingham Browne and Nichols School

High School: Afour-yearletterwinnerinsoccerandlacrosse,servingas teamcaptainduring final campaignonboth squads ... a left full-back in soccer and defender in lacrosse ... a peer counselor as a junior andsenioraswellasthepresidentofthePlayforChangeandMentalHealth Awareness clubs ... earned Citation of Honors all four years.

Personal: BornJune23,1998…daughterofDebraandPhilipSloan… mother played lacrosse at Union College and father played baseball and football at Harvard.

Kiernan SpencerFreshmanNorth Hampton, N.H.Phillips Exeter Academy

High School: Rowed during the spring season since freshman year andplayedbasketball inthewinteratPhillipsExeterAcademy…forfinal fall andwinter, decided to focus solely on rowing… rowed forhead coach Sally Morris … during sophomore year, sat stroke seat on Exeter’s third boat (JV) to place second at the New England Interscho-lastic Rowing Championships while the program won the overall points trophy … a year later, again sat stroke seat, but on the V8 and helped ittoafifth-placeshowingattheNewEnglandInterscholasticRowingChampionships… capped career by filling the two seat on the V4,which took 26th at the Head of the Charles Regatta … the boat was the only one selected from Exeter to race at the Charles and rowed under Squamscott River Club … with Exeter, sat four seat on the V8 and claimed second at the New England Interscholastic Rowing Champion-shipsastheprogramagaintooktheoverallpointstrophy…finishedoffsenior year in the four seat on the V8 that placed second at the National Scholastic Rowing Regatta … selected as a Student Listener (peer ad-

visor) as a senior and awarded high or highest academic honors every trimester of high school career.

Personal: BornApril9,1998,toSusanandGuilfordSpencer…hasanolder brother, Ford … father played basketball and lacrosse at Kenyon College(1970-74)andmotherplayedvolleyballandswamatRutgers(1974-76)…brotherwasawaterpoloplayeratPrinceton(2010-12).

D’Amy StewardFreshmanCoronado, Calif.Coronado

High School: Previouslyasailor,hasbeenamemberoftheZLACorSanDiegoRowingClubsforthelasttwoyears…withZLACin2014-15andSanDiegorowingclubsin2015-16…priortorowingexperience,sailed theLaserRadial, thewomen’sOlympicsingle-handeddinghy,nationally and internationally ... a member of the National Honor Soci-ety ... a West Coast Ambassador for Sailors for the Sea ... participated in a Semester at Sea.

Personal: BornJuly5,1998…daughterofAmyandDan’lSteward… father rowedat theUnitedStatesNavalAcademy (1972-74) andmotherattheUniversityofOregon(1980-81).

Shannon Tierney6-0 • SophomoreHackettstown, N.J.Blair Academy

2015-16: A key member of the 2V8 throughout the entire season, helping the boat to a No. 3 seed at the ACC Championships … be-gan the spring with a bang with the 2V8 for the Carolina Cup as the boat earned ACC Crew of the Week accolades after winning its race in 6:37.6,thesecond-fastestmarkinDukehistory…withthe2V8forthePac-12ChallengeastheboatfinishedsecondagainstUCLAandStan-fordwithtimesof6:42.5and7:19.2…attheVirginiaDual,withthe2V8asit tooksecondin7:05.9…helpedtheBlueDevilstieforfirstwithNo. 14 Indiana and No. 17 Notre Dame at the Dale England Cup as the 2V8wonbothofitsraces,finishingin6:47.3and6:45.5…cappedtheregular seasonwithasecond-placeperformanceatNo.9Princeton(6:58.3) … at the ACC Championship, helped the boat from a No. 3 seedtoasecond-placefinishwithaphotofinishagainstNotreDameas Duke placed second overall, its best performance since 2006 … boatclockedaseason-besttimeof6:32.322attheleaguechampion-ship … with the 2V8 during the NCAA Championships, helped the boat totheNCAACFinaltitlewithatimeof6:34.803…boatalsoplacedfirstintheC/DSemifinals(6:41.080)…duringthefall,amemberofthe2V8and4V4forthePrincetonChaseandRivannaRomp…placed29thattheChasewiththe2V8in15:59.382and12thattheRompin14:07.6…withthe4V4,camein20thattheChase(18:39.145)and24thattheRomp (16:28.8).


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Julia Weber5-8 • SophomoreTampa, Fla.Berkeley Prep School

2015-16: Continually moved up the lineup during rookie year, rising from 3V8 in the fall to V4 to 2V8 … began the spring helping the V4 to

Karley Whelan5-11 • SophomoreWexford, Pa.North Allegheny

2015-16: Made an immediate impact on the program as a member of the top boats throughout the season … opened the spring with the race-winningV8attheCarolinaCupastheboatfinishedin6:29.8fortheeighth-fastesttimeinprogramhistory…rowedwiththeV8againat thePac-12Challenge,helping theboat toapairof second-placefinisheswithtimesof6:36.7and7:04.5againstUCLAandStanford…attheVirginiaDual,V8tooksecondin7:19.2…helpedtheBlueDevilstieforfirstoverallattheDaleEnglandCupwithNo.14IndianaandNo.

avictoryattheCarolinaCup,finishingin7:20.5asDukefinishedonepointoutoffirstplaceoverall…talliedtheBlueDevils’lonewinatthePac-12ChallengeastheV4downedUCLAwithatimeof7:21.5…alsoplaced second to Stanford in 8:07.6 at the Challenge … boat came in second at the Virginia Dual (7:32.1) before turning in a standout perfor-mance at the Dale England Cup with two victories … helped the Blue DevilstieforfirstwithNo.14IndianaandNo.17NotreDameattheDaleEnglandCupasthe2V8wonbothofitsraces,finishingin6:47.3and6:45.5…cappedtheregularseasonwithasecond-placeperfor-mancewiththe2V8atNo.9Princeton(6:58.3)…remainedwiththe2V8 at the ACC Championship and helped the boat from a No. 3 seed to a second-place finishwith a photo finish against NotreDame asDuke placed second overall, its best performance since 2006 … boat clockedaseason-best timeof6:32.322at the leaguechampionship… stayed with the 2V8 during the NCAA Championships and helped the boat to the NCAA C Final title with a time of 6:34.803 … boat also placedfirstintheC/DSemifinals(6:41.080)…duringthefall,tookpartinoneraceasamemberofthe3V8atthePrincetonChase,placing50thwitha16:37.910time.

High School: Afour-yearletterwinnerandthree-timecaptainforheadcoachesAdamStollandMichaelSmithatBerkeleyPreparatorySchool...finishedcareerwinning theFloridaScholasticRowingAssociation(FSRA) Sculling State championship in the women’s varsity 2X and 1X as well as the Stallings Award for the school’s most outstanding female athlete ... during junior year, claimed the women’s junior 2X FSRA title ... named the squad’s most valuable player as a junior and senior and received the coaches award as a sophomore ... as a senior, placed second at the Sarasota Invitational and OARS Regatta in the varsity 1X ... won the Mayors Cup in the 1X and placed 22nd at the Head of the Charles in the Women’s Youth 2X ... turned in an outstanding junior campaign, highlighted by a Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) silver medal in the junior 2X ... placed third at the Sarasota In-vitational and second at the Roosevelt Regatta in the varsity 2X ... won the Head of the Hillsborough in the varsity 2X ... in the 1X as a junior, won the Roosevelt Regatta and placed second at the Sarasota Invita-tional while taking third in the Head of the South ... during sophomore year, was a member of the junior 4+, helping the boat to third at the FSRA Sweep Championships and 20th at the SRAA Nationals ... also a member of the varsity 4+ at the Head of the Hooch during sophomore season.

Personal: BornNovember20,1996...daughterofMariaScipione-We-ber and Geoff Weber ... father played soccer at James Madison from 1975-77...hasoneolderbrother,Geoffrey ...Godbrother isMichaelKaplanis, who was a member of the football program at Duke before graduating in 2007.

Sara Varsames5-10 • SophomoreTampa, Fla.Berkeley Prep School

2015-16: Did not participate in any competition.

High School: RowedatBerkeleyPrepforoneyearbeforerowingwiththe Tampa Training Center for two years … named captain of Tampa Training Center for the two years there … won the varsity 4X at the southeast regionals to qualify for the youth nationals during senior year … also took second in the varsity 2x at the Florida Scholastic Rowing Association (FSRA) Sculling State Championship as a senior … junior year, placed third at the FSRA state championship in the varsity 2x … placed third in the varsity 4x southeast regionals to qualify for youth na-tionalsasajunior…whilewithBerkeleyPrep,namedMVPandcaptain…qualifiedfortheScholasticNationalsforthejunior4+…tooksev-enth at Southern Sprints in the novice category … earned two letters in volleyball as a middle hitter/blocker … a member of the National Honor Societyasaseniorandathree-yearmemberoftheHeadmaster’sList.

Personal: BornMarch15,1997…daughterofKellyandLouVars-ames … has one younger sister, Grace ... father played football at Har-vard(1979-83),earninghonorablementionAll-Americahonors.

High School: Afour-yearletterwinnerforheadcoachStephanieGuil-met at Blair Academy … served as team captain as a senior … named theschool’sSeniorAthleticAwardandBlairAcademyKempCrewPrizerecipient … turned in a successful senior year, earning a bronze medal inthevarsity4+atthe2015MercerSprintsandasilverintheU198at the Canadian Henley … a National Schools’ Championship Regatta GrandFinalistinthevarsity4+duringfinalcampaign…asajunior,wasanAll-Mid-AtlanticPrepLeague(MAPL)Student-Athleteselectionandhelpedthevarsity4+totheMAPLchampionship…agoldmedalistattheMid-AtlanticDistrictChampionshipandaStotesburyRegattagrandfinalist…wrappedupjunioryearwithatopsixtimeinthevarsity4+attheYouthNationals…duringsophomoreyear,teamwontheMAPLtitle … earned a goal medal at the 2012 Mercer Sprints … a member of thePrincetonNationalRowingAssociation/Mercerduringthesummerof 2014 and 2015.

Personal: BornApril11,1997…daughterofDebandStevenTierney… has two younger sisters, Caeley and Emily, and an older brother, Kyle … brother is a member of the Yale heavyweight crew team … un-cleRickDreger(1994)andauntKateArnold-Dreger(1995)areDukegraduates … has studied with the American Ballet Theater, Suzanne Farrell Ballet Company and Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.


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Grace Williams5-10 • JuniorVienna, Va.James Madison HS

2015-16: Began the campaign as a member of the 2V8 before shifting to the 2V4 for the Dale England Cup and then to the 3V8 for the ACC Championship … began the spring with a bang with the 2V8 for the Carolina Cup as the boat earned ACC Crew of the Week accolades afterwinningitsracein6:37.6,thesecond-fastestmarkinDukehistory…withthe2V8forthePac-12ChallengeastheboatfinishedsecondagainstUCLAandStanfordwithtimesof6:42.5and7:19.2…attheVirginiaDual,withthe2V8asittooksecondin7:05.9…turnedinastandout performance at the Dale England Cup with two victories … V4 turned in times of 7:51.4 and 7:37.4 to capture both races, helping DukefinishtiedforfirstoverallwithNo.14IndianaandNo.17NotreDame…attheACCChampionship,helped3V8tofirstplacefinishinthepetitefinalagainstNorthCarolinawithayear-besttimeof6:58.091…duringthefall,amemberofthe2V8,3V4and4V4forthePrincetonChaseandRivannaRomp…placed29thattheChasewiththe2V8in15:59.382and12thattheRompin14:07.6…withthe3V4,camein23rd at the Chase (18:43.288), then took 24th at the Romp (16:28.8) with the 4V4 … in the summer of 2016, was a member of the inaugural classoftheRubenstein-BingStudent-AthleteCivicEngagement(ACE)Program… traveled toVietnam to teachacademics, sports and lifeskills tomiddleschool children inasummer-campsettingaspartofthe program.

2014-15: A part of the 3V8 for all three of its competitions during the year … helped unit place third in both races during opening weekend, behind Clemson’s 3V8 and the Boston lightweight 2V8 with times of 7:27.77 and 7:33.15 … part of the 3V8 for three races at the Clem-sonInvitationalagainstsevenrankedsquadsastheboatplacedfifth

Caroline Willis5-9 • SeniorTampa, Fla.Berkeley Prepatory School

2015-16: Movedthroughouttheeightsandfoursduringtheyear,finish-ing the campaign with the V4 … started the spring with the 2V4 at the Carolina Cup, clocking a time of 7:34.7 to place second … rowed again with the 2V4 during the Virginia Dual as the boat placed fourth (7:58.0) … added 3V8 duties at the Virginia Dual, placing second with the crew in7:54.7…helpedtheBlueDevilstieforfirstattheDaleEnglandCupin the 2V4 as the boat placed third (7:55.4) and fourth (8:01.1) … ended theregularseasonatNo.9PrincetonastheV4cameinthirdoverallin8:00.7…attheACCChampionship,guidedboattofirstplacefinishinthepetitefinalagainstNorthCarolinawithayear-besttimeof6:58.091… did not participate in any fall events.

2014-15: A part of the 3V8 for all three of its competitions during the year … helped unit place third in both races during opening weekend, behind Clemson’s 3V8 and the Boston lightweight 2V8 with times of 7:27.77 and 7:33.15 … part of the 3V8 for three races at the Clem-sonInvitationalagainstsevenrankedsquadsastheboatplacedfifth(7:31.3),fifth(7:10.5)andfourth(7:14.1)…attheACCChampionshipwas a member of the 3V8 and helped the boat place fourth in its pre-liminaryheat(7:22.0)andsecondinthePetiteFinal(7:10.8).

2013-14: Partof the2V8(6:58.23and7:02.95)at theseason-open-ing Cardinal Invitational … a key member of the 2V8 that placed third (6:59.90)againstClemson,Iowa,Kansas,BuffaloandPurdue,finish-ing only behind the Tigers and Hawkeyes … joined the 3V8 at the UVA Invite,helpingtheboatfinishin6:59.5,itsfirstsubseven-minutemarkof the campaign … part of the 3V8 for the ACC Championship, helping theboattoafifthplacefinishinthefinalwithatimeof7:08.3...inthefall,rowedwiththe3V8atthePrincetonChase,helpingtheboatplace31st out of 52 entries.

17 Notre Dame … at the Cup, V8 placed third in two races, clocking timesof6:53.1and6:44.9…endedtheregularseasonwiththeV8atNo.9Princetonastheboattooksecondin7:03.3…amemberoftheV8fortheACCChampionshipastheboatplacedsecondinayear-best6:20.444markinhelpingDuketoasecond-placeoverallfinish,itsbestat the event since 2006 … V8 entered the event as the No. 5 seed and outrowedthecompetitiontocomeinsecond,withaphotofinishaheadofSyracuse…during the program’s firstNCAAChampionships ap-pearance,withtheV8thatplaced18thoverall,finishingtheCFinalin6:31.650…crewalsoplacedsecondintheC/DSemifinals(6:32.862)…duringthefall,amemberofthe2V8,5V4and4V4forthePrincetonChaseandRivannaRomp…placed29thattheChasewiththe2V8in15:59.382and12thattheRompin14:07.6…withthe5V4,camein19thattheChase(18:35.203)andhelpedthe4V4to24thattheRomp(16:28.8)...memberoftheAll-ACCAcademicTeam.

High School: Afour-yearletterwinneratNorthAlleghenySeniorHighSchool for head coach Todd Ridenour … earned the program’s Oar Bender Award in 2014 and 2015 … received the school’s triple varsity letterman award for crew, cross country and track in 2015 … totaled twolettersinrowingandcrosscountryandoneintrackandfield.

Personal: BornMarch6,1997…daughterofNancyandJamesWhel-an … has two older sisters, Kelly and Kimberly … mother played tennis attheUniversityofBridgeport(1977-80)…fatherplayedsoccerattheUniversityofBridgeport(1975-79)…KimberlyplayedtennisatDavid-son(2004-08)…KellyplayedtennisatHarvard(2011-13)andwasamemberoftheCrimsonrowingsquad(2013-15).

(7:31.3),fifth(7:10.5)andfourth(7:14.1)…attheACCChampionshipwas a member of the 3V8 and helped the boat place fourth in its pre-liminaryheat(7:22.0)andsecondinthePetiteFinal(7:10.8).

High School: Afour-yearletterwinnerunderheadcoachPaulAllbright…namedtotheAll-MetfirstteamandAll-Madisonfirstteamasase-nior…servedascaptainofthesquadduringfinalcampaign…helpedvarsity 8 to a silver medal at the Virginia state meet and to a bronze medal at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) Na-tional Championship Regatta … received the Coaches’ Award as a ju-nior, when varsity 8 went undefeated … helped varsity 8 to the SRAA nationalchampionship,finishingtheracein4:50.48,nearlyasecondfasterthanthesecond-placeboat…helpedvarsity8totheprogram’sfirsttitleattheStotesburyRegatta…duringsophomoreyear,guidedvarsity8toanundefeatedregularseasonandfirst-placefinishattheVirginiaScholasticRowingAssociation(VASRA)meet…boatfinishedfourth at the SRAA Nationals … as a freshman, helped second varsity 8 toanundefeatedregularseasonandfirstplaceattheVASRAmeet…in addition to high school accomplishments, took part in the 2011 Junior Rowing National Team Development Camp … a member of the 2012 World Development Team in Berlin, Germany … a year later, in 2013, was invited to the Winter Junior National Team High PerformanceCamp … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: BornJune12,1996…daughterofLisaandLouWilliams…hastwoolderbrothers,PeterandMark,andanoldersister,Caroline.


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High School: RowedwithBerkeleyPreparatorySchoolrowingteam…captained the team as a junior and senior... won silver at the Indepen-dence Regatta and bronze at Sculling States in the single her senior year… Came in sixth place at the Sweap States in the women’s pair as a senior… Her junior year, set a course record and won gold at South-ernSprints…earnedfirstattheMiamiInternationalandthirdatScull-ing States in the women’s single as a junior… also came in sixth in the single 500m dash at the Canadian Henley… sophomore captain of her volleyballteam…earnedtitleofMVPinvolleyballhersophomoreyear.

Personal: BornCarolineAlexandraWillisonMarch19,1995,inTam-pa, Fla. … daughter of Mike and Laura Willis … has two sisters, Ginny and Meggie.

Amelia WindemuthFreshmanBerlin, GermanyBerlin Brandenburg International School

High School: Participatedincrosscountry,basketballandtrackandfieldwhileatBerlinBrandenburg...asaforward,helpedthebasketballsquadtofirstplaceattheEuropeanSchoolSportsChampionshipdur-ingsophomoreseason...injuniorcampaign,basketballteamtookfirstat the German International Schools Sports Championship ... on the track,wasagoldmedalistinthe800masasophomore...afour-yearstudent council member and served as president the last two years ... recipient of the Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh International Award as a sophomore, junior and senior ... traveled to Mumbai, India, as a freshmanaspartofa three-personstudentdelegationataPeaceCongress.

Personal: BornJuly21,1998…daughterofJuliaandPhilippWinde-muth … has two older sisters, Katharina and Anna ... both parents were collegiate rowers.


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ACC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY2016 ACC Championships — May 14, 2016 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)

Team Overall 1V4 2V4 3V8 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st(99) 1st(7:13.779) 1st(7:16.407) 1st(6:31.296) 1st(6:25.411) 1st(6:14.989)Duke 2nd (75) 2nd (7:20.113) — — 2nd (6:32.322) 2nd (6:20.444)Syracuse 2nd(75) 3rd(7:20.740) 2nd(7:24.194) 3rd(6:42.092) 4th(6:37.501) 3rd(6:20.495)Notre Dame 4th (68) 4th (7:21.182) 5th (7:28.048) 4th (6:43.143) 3rd (6:32.326) 4th (6:23.727)Louisville 5th(60) 5th(7:30.765) 3rd(7:26.668) 2nd(6:35.741) 5th(6:38.103) 5th(6:29.089)Clemson 6th(47) 6th(7:37.175) 4th(7:27.292) 5th(6:50.841) 6th(6:51.296) 6th(6:34.456)BostonCollege 7th(31) — 6th(7:43.463) 6th(6:56.890) — —Miami 8th (22) — — — — —NorthCarolina 9th(16) — — — — —

2015 ACC Championships — May 16, 2015 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 2V4 3V8 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st(99) 1st(7:12.3) 1st(7:17.0) 1st(6:37.0) 1st(6:28.8) 1st(6:21.3)NotreDame 2nd(82) 2nd(7:18.1) 3rd(7:32.0) 4th(6:51.9) 3rd(6:36.6) 2nd(6:28.6)Syracuse 3rd (73) 3rd (7:20.4) 4th (7:33.4) 3rd (6:50.0) 4th (6:37.0) 3rd (6:31.2)Louisville 4th (72) 4th (7:24.0) 2nd (7:30.6) 2nd (6:43.7) 2nd (6:33.3) 5th (6:33.4)Clemson 5th(59) 5th(7:30.9) 5th(7:39.6) 5th(7:05.3) 5th(6:42.7) 4th(6:33.1)Boston College 6th (37) 6th (7:44.1) 6th (7:47.6) 6th (7:10.4) — —Duke 7th (36) — — — 6th (6:44.9) 6th (6:45.9)North Carolina 8th (22) — — — — —Miami 9th(13) — — — — —

2014 ACC Championships — May 17, 2014 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st (80) 1st (7:21.3) 1st (6:38.2) 1st (6:34.8) 1st (6:22.7)Notre Dame 2nd (67) 2nd (7:30.0) 2nd (6:56.4) 3rd (6:44.7) 2nd (6:28.8)Syracuse 3rd(61) 4th(7:39.8) 3rd(6:56.9) 2nd(6:43.4) 3rd(6:33.0)Clemson 4th (48) 5th (7:42.8) 4th (7:02.1) 4th (6:57.0) 4th (6:36.5)Duke 5th (41) 3rd (7:35.7) 5th (7:08.3) 6th (7:09.1) 5th (6:37.5)Miami 6th (28) — — 5th (7:01.6) 6th (6:50.6)Boston College 7th (23) 6th (7:47.7) 6th (7:12.0) — —North Carolina 8th (11) — 7th (7:20.2) — —

2013 ACC Championships — May 8, 2013 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st (60) 1st (7:27.16) 1st (7:18.61) 1st (7:05.17) 1st (6:46.08)Clemson 2nd(52) 3rd(7:38.06) 3rd(7:33.01) 2nd(7:11.98) 3rd(6:57.47)Duke 3rd (41) 2nd (7:36.14) 5th (7:54.45) 4th (7:25.34) 2nd (6:54.35)Miami 4th(27) 6th(7:58.10) 6th(8:13.53) 3rd(7:21.46) 4th(7:04.19)BostonCollege 5th(23) 4th(7:51.59) 4th(7:35.13) 5th(7:32.11) 5th(7:14.18)NorthCarolina 6th(16) 5th(7:56.93) 2nd(7:30.24) 6th(7:41.18) 6th(7:29.18)

2012 ACC Championships — April 21, 2012 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st(56) 3rd(7:47.1) 1st(6:53.8) 1st(6:43.3) 1st(6:27.9)Clemson 2nd(52) 1st(7:37.9) 2nd(7:05.4) 2nd(6:51.6) 2nd(6:38.6)Duke 3rd (39) 2nd (7:46.6) 3rd (7:10.4) 4th (7:04.4) 3rd (6:44.1)BostonCollege 4th(27) 5th(7:59.6) 4th(7:10.7) 3rd(7:05.1) 5th(6:49.6)North Carolina 5th (18) 4th (7:56.8) 5th (7:25.6) 5th (7:16.0) 6th (7:04.6)Miami 6th (17) 6th (8:31.0) N/A 6th (7:25.4) 4th (7:02.8)

2011 ACC Championships — April 23, 2011 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st(60) 1st(7:17.5) 1st(6:49.5) 2nd(6:35.9) 1st(6:23.9)Clemson 2nd(49) 2nd(7:28.0) 3rd(7:03.6) 1st(6:40.8) 2nd(6:25.1)Duke 3rd (41) 3rd (7:39.6) 2nd (7:01.0) 3rd (6:59.6) 3rd (6:41.4)Miami 4th(23) 6th(8:46.2) DidNotEnter 4th(7:04.5) 4th(6:49.6)BostonCollege 5th(22) 4th(7:44.8) 5th(7:24.1) 5th(7:09.9) 5th(6:55.5)NorthCarolina 6th(14) 5th(8:00.9) 4th(7:09.2) 6th(7:18.3) 6th(6:57.5)

2010 ACC Championships — April 24, 2010 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st(60) 1st(7:08.1) 1st(6:49.4) 1st(6:59.4) 1st(6:34.2)Clemson 2nd(50) 2nd(7:19.6) 2nd(6:59.3) 2nd(7:12.2) 2nd(6:45.8)Duke 3rd (36) 3rd (7:40.9) Did Not Enter 3rd (7:23.9) 3rd (6:56.5)Boston College 4th (26) 4th (7:44.5) 4th (8:14.6) 4th (7:34.8) 5th (7:05.4)NorthCarolina 5th(18) 5th(7:47.0) 3rd(7:23.7) 5th(7:44.9) 6th(7:22.5)Miami 6th (14) 6th (8:11.5) Did Not Enter Did Not Enter 4th (7:02.6)


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2009 ACC Championships — April 20, 2009 on Melton Lake (Oak Ridge, Tenn.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Clemson 1st(55) 1st(7:43.10) 3rd(7:17.90) 2nd(6:57.13) 1st(6:30.40)Virginia 2nd(54) 2nd(7:47.82) 1st(7:04.80) 1st(6:49.30) 2nd(6:47.92)Miami 3rd (34) 5th (8:20.24) 5th (8:12.02) 3rd (7:18.42) 3rd (7:00.01)Boston College 4th (23) 6th (8:34.35) Did Not Enter 4th (7:25.45) 4th (7:03.60)Duke 5th (21) 3rd (7:57.08) 2nd (7:11.85) Did Not Enter 5th (7:09.03)NorthCarolina 6th(19) 4th(8:14.94) 4th(7:30.53) 5th(7:42.99) 6th(7:11.62)

2008 ACC Championships — April 19, 2008 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st(59) 1st(7:18.6) 2nd(6:47.9) 1st(6:31.4) 1st(6:22.0)Clemson 2nd(51) 2nd(7:25.9) 1st(6:46.3) 2nd(6:36.8) 2nd(6:32.6)Duke 3rd (33) 3rd (7:43.7) Did Not Enter 4th (6:58.9) 3rd (6:40.1)North Carolina 4th (28) 5th (7:50.8) 3rd (7:06.0) 3rd (6:55.1) 5th (6:48.1)Miami 5th (24) 4th (7:46.5) 4th (7:31.1) 6th (7:03.7) 4th (6:46.3)Boston College 6th (12) 6th (8:13.3) Did Not Enter 5th (7:03.1) 6th (6:48.6)

2007 ACC Championships — April 21, 2007 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st (60) 1st (7:31.6) 1st (6:47.4) 1st (6:36.7) 1st (6:28.1)Clemson 2nd(46) 2nd(7:48.4) 2nd(7:06.3) 2nd(6:48.9) 3rd(6:33.8)Duke 3rd (43) 3rd (7:58.6) 4th (7:22.5) 3rd (6:51.2) 2nd (6:33.5)Miami 4th(25) 4th(8:00.9) 6th(8:06.8) 5th(6:55.6) 4th(6:40.2)Boston College 5th (23) 5th (8:10.3) 5th (7:25.6) 4th (6:55.5) 5th (6:41.7)NorthCarolina 6th(13) 6th(8:10.9) 3rd(7:10.6) 6th(7:14.7) 6th(6:55.4)

2006 ACC Championships — April 22, 2006 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st (60) 1st (7:23.4) 1st (6:50.1) 1st (6:36.6) 1st (6:31.0)Duke 2nd (43) 3rd (7:46.5) Did Not Enter 2nd (6:50.8) 2nd (6:31.9)Miami 3rd(34) 4th(7:49.6) 4th(7:13.8) 4th(6:57.7) 3rd(6:39.1)Clemson 4th (30) 2nd (7:40.3) 5th (7:15.3) 5th (7:01.8) 4th (6:43.3)Boston College 5th (25) 5th (7:50.7) 2nd (7:03.5) 3rd (6:55.8) 6th (6:44.5)North Carolina 6th (17) 6th (8:16.2) 3rd (7:10.4) 6th (7:04.7) 5th (6:44.5)

2005 ACC Championships — April 23, 2005 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st(49) 1st(7:55.4) 2nd(7:25.1) 1st(6:58.8) 1st(6:37.0)Clemson 2nd (41) 2nd (8:06.3) 1st (7:20.2) 2nd (7:12.2) 2nd (6:45.5)Duke 3rd (24) 5th (8:53.8) 5th (8:25.3) 3rd (7:17.4) 3rd (6:49.5)Miami 4th(19) 3rd(8:24.5) 4th(7:46.7) 5th(7:20.9) 4th(6:50.4)North Carolina 5th (17) 4th (8:33.8) 3rd (7:34.3) 4th (7:20.3) 5th (6:56.1)

2004 ACC Championships — April 17, 2004 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st (40) 1st (7:45.1) 1st (7:11.2) 1st (6:47.1) 1st (6:34.3)Duke 2nd (25) 3rd (8:06.1) Did Not Enter 2nd (6:56.7) 2nd (6:42.6)Clemson 3rd(23) 2nd(7:50.8) 2nd(7:13.9) 3rd(6:58.6) 3rd(6:49.9)NorthCarolina 4th(110 4th(8:24.7) 3rd(7:25.9) 4th(7:17.1) 4th(6:57.0)

2003 ACC Championships — April 19, 2003 on Lake Monticello (Charlottesville, Va.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st(40) 1st(7:44.0) 1st(7:02.0) 1st(6:52.9) 1st(6:47.9)Duke 2nd (29) 2nd (7:57.5) 3rd (7:11.7) 2nd (7:08.1) 2nd (6:55.2)Clemson 3rd(21) 3rd(8:01.4) 2nd(7:10.7) 3rd(7:09.1) 3rd(6:55.8)NorthCarolina 4th(10) 4th(8:24.2) 4th(7:20.40 4th(7:22.1) 4th(7:09.1)

2002 ACC Championships — April 20, 2002 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 1V4 Novice 8+_ 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st (40) 1st (7:25.0) 1st (6:54.8) 1st (6:38.3) 1st (6:31.4)Duke 2nd (26) 2nd (7:38.6) 3rd (7:08.0) 3rd (7:03.7) 2nd (6:36.1)Clemson 3rd(24) 3rd(7:45.3) 2nd(7:02.9) 2nd(6:47.6) 3rd(6:38.2)NorthCarolina 4th(10) 4th(8:13.8) 4th(7:21.3) 4th(7:17.1) 4th(6:59.9)

2001 ACC Championships — April 28, 2001 on Lake Hartwell (Clemson, S.C.)Team Overall 2V4 1V4 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st (38) 1st (7:36.5) 2nd (7:30.2) 1st (6:40.5) 1st (6:31.3)Clemson 2nd (32) 2nd (7:57.1) 1st (7:27.7) 2nd (6:50.2) 2nd (6:36.6)Duke T-3rd (15) 3rd (8:00.6) 4th (7:37.4) 4th (7:06.3) 3rd (6:43.5)NorthCarolina T-3rd(15) 4th(8:02.7) 3rd(7:36.0) 3rd(7:00.4) 4th(6:53.4)

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Team Overall 2V4 1V4 2V8 1V8 Virginia 1st(40) 1st(7:56.9) 1st(7:45.1) 1st(6:51.1) 1st(6:55.9)Clemson 2nd (30) 2nd (8:11.8) 2nd (8:06.8) 2nd (7:11.8) 2nd (7:12.6)NorthCarolina 3rd(19) 4th(8:29.1) 3rd(7:55.6) 3rd(7:17.7) 3rd(6:58.6)Duke 4th (11) 3rd (8:18.2) 4th (8:34.5) 4th (7:21.7) 4th (7:00.2)


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V8+ Fastest TimeNo. Year Event Time 1. 2016 ACC Championship 6:20.4442. 2010 Occoquan Sprints 6:21.263. 2004 vs.Boston&Syracuse 6:21.904. 2012 OakRidgeInvitational 6:22.795. 2013 Clemson Invitational 6:25.106. 2012 KnechtCup 6:25.697. 2012 Oak Ridge Invitational 6:28.138. 2015 ACCChampionship 6:29.009. 2016 CarolinaCup 6:29.8010. 2006 vs.Miami 6:29.9011. 2006 ACC Championship 6:31.0012. 2003 Central/South Region Sprints 6:31.4013. 2016 NCAA Championships C Final 6:31.65014. 2016 NCAA Championships Repechage 6:32.14315. 2012 Knecht Cup 6:32.8516. 2016 NCAAChampionshipsC/DSemifinals 6:32.86217. 2007 vs. Michigan State 6:33.1018. 2007 ACC Championship 6:33.5019. 2003 ACC/BigTenDoubleDuals 6:33.8020. 2010 Knecht Cup 6:34.44

2V8+ Fastest TimeNo. Year Event Time 1. 2016 ACC Championship 6:32.3222. 2015 ACCChampionship 6:33.903. 2016 NCAA Championships C Final 6:34.8034. 2016 Carolina Cup 6:37.65. 2016 NCAA Championships Repechage 6:40.0456. 2016 NCAAChampionshipsC/DSemifinals 6:41.0807. 2003 ACC/Big Ten Double Duals 6:41.308. 2014 Oregon State Classic 6:41.809. 2004 vs.Louisville 6:42.50 2016 Pac-12Challenge 6:42.5011. 2013 Clemson Invitational 6:43.3012. 2015 ACCChampionship 6:44.9013. 2016 Dale England Cup 6:45.5014. 2012 KnechtCup 6:46.7915. 2016 Dale England Cup 6:47.3016. 2015 Clemson Invitational 6:48.0017. 2006 vs. Miami 6:48.1618. 2004 vs. Iowa 6:48.7019. 2009 vs.CentralFlorida 6:49.3020. 2015 ClemsonInvitational 6:49.80

3V8+ Fastest TimeNo. Year Event Time 1. 2009 South/CentralRegionals(Semis) 6:36.902. 2009 South/CentralRegionals(Grand) 6:37.703. 2003 Central/South Region Sprints 6:40.504. 2004 vs.Boston&Syracuse 6:46.605. 2003 Central/SouthRegionSprints 6:46.906. 2009 vs.CentralFlorida 6:50.897. 2012 Oak Ridge Invitational 6:54.828. 2003 ACC/Big Ten Double Duals 6:56.409. 2016 ACCChampionship 6:58.09110. 2009 vs.GeorgeWashington 7:01.0011. 2011 ACC Championships 7:01.0012. 2012 Oak Ridge Invitational 7:03.3613. 2003 ACC/Big Ten Double Duals 7:03.8014. 2012 Dad Vail Regatta 7:07.2015. 2003 vs. Louisville 7:08.5016. 2012 Dad Vail Regatta 7:08.5117. 2012 ACC Championship 7:10.4018. 2015 Clemson Invitational 7:10.5019. 2015 ACCChampionship 7:10.8020. 2003 ACC Championship 7:11.70

V4+ Fastest TimeNo. Year Event Time 1. 2009 South/CentralRegionals(Petite)7:05.402. 2009 South/CentralRegionals(C) 7:09.533. 2013 Clemson Invitational 7:20.104. 2016 ACC Championship 7:20.1135. 2016 Carolina Cup 7:20.506. 2016 Pac-12Challenge 7:21.507. 2003 ACC/BigTenDoubleDuals 7:21.908. 2016 NCAA Championships C Final 7:22.3119. 2016 NCAAChampionshipsC/DSemifinals 7:24.26210. 2012 Oak Ridge Invitational 7:26.3311. 2003 Longhorn Invitational 7:27.0012. 2008 ACC-BigTenChallenge 7:28.4013. 2003 ACC/BigTenDoubleDuals 7:29.7014. 2012 OakRidgeInvitational 7:29.8015. 2011 Oak Ridge Invitational 7:31.0216. 2003 Central/SouthRegionSprints 7:31.9017. 2016 Pac-12Challenge 7:32.1018. 2012 Dad Vail Regatta 7:34.3819. 2003 vs.Louisville 7:35.70 2014 ACC Championship 7:35.70

2V4+ Fastest TimeNo. Year Event Time 1. 2016 ACC Championship 7:20.1132. 2016 Carolina Cup 7:20.503. 2016 Pac-12Challenge 7:21.504. 2016 NCAA Championships C Final 7:22.3115. 2016 NCAAChampionshipsC/DSemifinals 7:24.2626. 2016 Carolina Cup 7:34.707. 2014 CardinalInvitational 7:39.108. 2012 Oak Ridge Invitational 7:41.269. 2013 ClemsonInvitational 7:44.4010. 2012 Oak Ridge Invitational 7:45.1511. 2012 OakRidgeInvitational 7:52.4912. 2015 vs. Columbia/Northeastern 7:52.8013. 2014 Cardinal Invitational 7:53.0814. 2013 Clemson Invitational 7:54.4015. 2016 Dale England Cup 7:55.4016. 2013 UVa Invitational 7:55.7017. 2014 vs.Clemson/Buffalo/Iowa/Kansas/Purdue 7:56.5718. 2015 vs. Clemson/Boston 7:57.7519. 2014 CardinalInvitational 7:58.00 2015 ACC Championship 7:58.00 2016 Virginia Dual 7:58.00

The Duke rowing program’s inaugural year was the 1998-99 season.


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CRCA All-AmericaKatie Dukovich, First Team 2016Alex Stonehill, Second Team 2016Emily Theys, Second Team 2013Alex Japhet, Second Team 2011AlexJaphet,SecondTeam 2009Lia Hart, Second Team 2007Lia Hart, Second Team 2006Amber Straight, Second Team 2004Joanna Hingle, Second Team 2003Joanna Hingle, First Team 2002 Katie Lakin, First Team 2002Joanna Hingle, Second Team 2001

All South-RegionKatie Dukovich, First Team 2016Alex Stonehill, First Team 2016Katherine Maitland, Second Team 2016Katie Dukovich, First Team 2014Caroline Williams, Second Team 2014Katie Dukovich, First Team 2013Emily Theys, First Team 2013Grace Cassidy, Second Team 2013Emily Theys, First Team 2012Emily Theys, Second Team 2011 Alex Japhet, First Team 2011AlexJaphet,FirstTeam 2009Lia Hart, First Team 2007 Gwen Coleman, Second Team 2007Lia Hart, First Team 2006 Emma Darling, Second Team 2006 Sarah Shapiro, Second Team 2006Amber Straight, First Team 2004 Mae Joyce Gay, Second Team 2004Joanna Hingle, First Team 2003 Amelia Booth, Second Team 2003Joanna Hingle, First Team 2002 Amelia Booth, First Team 2002 Katie Lakin, First Team 2002 Melissa Buckmiller, Second Team 2002Amelia Booth, First Team 2001 Joanna Hingle, First Team 2001 Yng-RuChen,SecondTeam 2001

All-ACCKatie Dukovich 2016 Alex Stonehill 2016 SimonePitre 2016Claire Vannelli 2015Grace Cassidy 2014Caroline Williams 2014Laura Sciarrino 2013 Emily Theys 2013Kathy Smithwick 2012 Emily Theys 2012Alex Japhet 2011 Emily Theys 2011RoryErickson-Kulas 2009 AlexJaphet 2009 LesleyKing 2009Gwen Coleman 2008 Alex Japhet 2008Emma Darling 2007 Emily Herrington 2007 Alissa Van Arnam 2007Tonia Boock 2006 Lia Hart 2006 Caroline Wray 2006Tonia Boock 2005 Emma Darling 2005Amanda Adam 2004 Mae Joyce Gay 2004Amelia Booth 2003

Joanna Hingle 2003Joanna Hingle 2002 Katie Lakin 2002Joanna Hingle 2001 Amelia Booth 2001Katie Lakin 2000

Academic All-AmericaJoanna Hingle, Third Team 2003

Academic All-District IIIJoanna Hingle, First Team 2003

CRCA National Staff of the YearDuke 2016

CRCA South Region Coach of the YearRobyn Horner 2002Megan Cooke Carcagno 2016

South Region Asst. Coach of the YearJim Lister 2012

ACC Coach of the YearRobyn Horner 2002Robyn Horner 2006Megan Cooke Carcagno 2016

CRCA Rowing Scholar-AthletePhoebeDonovan 2016Jessica Findlay 2016Sarah Wall 2016Mary Wilson 2016Sophia Blair 2015PhoebeDonovan 2015Sophia Staal 2015Claire Vannelli 2015Karolina Wadolowska 2015Sophia Staal 2014Claire Vannelli 2014Mary Wilson 2014Sarah Baker 2013Sophia Blair 2013Katie Burke 2013Sydney Johnson 2013Sophia Staal 2013Emily Theys 2013Claire Vannelli 2013Karolina Wadolowska 2013Tori Arendt 2012 Sarah Baker 2012 Katie Burke 2012 RoryErickson-Kulas 2012 Elizabeth Howell 2012 Emily Theys 2012Tori Arendt 2011 Katie Burke 2011 Joline Doedens 2011 RoryErickson-Kulas 2011 Justine Hong 2011 Emily Theys 2011ToriArendt 2009 JolineDoedens 2009 RoryErickson-Kulas 2009 AliLong 2009Janet Bartholdson 2008 Virginia Kane 2008 Lesley King 2008 AmandaPade 2008 Katrina Weschler 2008Katrina Weschler 2007Jessi Batzell 2004Joanna Hingle 2003

Joanna Hingle 2002 MarenBetts-Sonstegard 2002 Kim Meyer 2002Joanna Hingle 2001 MarenBetts-Sonstegard 2001MarenBetts-Sonstegard 2000KatherinPeterson 1999 AspenBranchMoore 1999

All-ACC AcademicKatherine Maitland 2016SimonePitre 2016Alex Stonehill 2016Karley Whelan 2016SimonePitre 2015Sophia Staal 2015Claire Vannelli 2015Caroline Williams 2015Grace Cassidy 2014Caroline Kiritsy 2014Sophia Staal 2014Alex Stonehill 2014Claire Vannelli 2014Caroline Williams 2014Sarah Baker 2013 Katie Burke 2013 Grace Cassidy 2013 Caroline Kiritsy 2013 Laura Sciarrino 2013 Emily Theys 2013 Claire Vannelli 2013Tori Arendt 2012 Sarah Baker 2012 Katie Burke 2012 RoryErickson-Kulas 2012 Elizabeth Howell 2012 Emily Theys 2012 Kathy Smithwick 2012Tori Arendt 2011 Sarah Baker 2011 Katie Burke 2011 Joline Doedens 2011 RoryErickson-Kulas 2011 Justine Hong 2011 Alex Japhet 2011 Emily Theys 2011Tori Arendt 2010 Joline Doedens 2010 RoryErickson-Kulas 2010 Alex Japhet 2010 Ali Long 2010ToriArendt 2009 JolineDoedens 2009 RoryErickson-Kulas 2009 AlexJaphet 2009 AliLong 2009 JanetBartholdson 2009 SaraCouch 2009 SteffiDecker 2009 LesleyKing 2009 KatrinaWeschler 2009Sara Couch 2008 Alex Japhet 2008 Michelle Lancto 2008 EmilyRothfield 2008Krista Harryman 2007 Katrina Weschler 2007Krista Harryman 2006 Mary Lilley 2006 SamanthaProuty 2006 Sarah Shapiro 2006 Katie Tobin 2006

ALL-TIME HONORS AND AWARDS

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ALL-TIME HONORS AND AWARDSACC Academic Honor RollAmandaAdam 2003-04Lauren Alef 2014Sara Allen 2000NicoleAntoine 2012-15ToriArendt 2009-12Kimberly Atkins 2007KimBailey 2003-05SarahBaker 2010-13JanetBartholdson 2007-09ShayeBastien 2010-13Brielle Batesko 2012JessicaBatzell 2001-04Lauren Baumgartber 2011Dani Beckerman 2007AllisonBeattie 2012-14Ashleigh Bell 2008Alexandra Bellis 2006Karla Beltran 2015Tara Bergen 2000Rhea Bergman 2016MarenBetts-Sonstegard 1999-2002Courtney Bibbs 2013Lauren Bishop 2004SophiaBlair 2012-15HilaryBoe 2001-03ToniaBoock 2005-06AmeliaBooth 2002-03Megan Bowen 2015SamanthaBowman 2014-15AspenBranch-Moore 1999JuliaBretz 2014-15Breanna Briede 2012PadraiginBrowne 2002MelissaBuckmiller 2002-05KatieBurke 2010-13Jackie Burmeister 2006JohannaBurstein 2014-16ErinBurton 1999-2000Teresa Carter 2001LaurenCase 2003-05GraceCassidy 2012-14CaitieCataldo 1999-2000KaraCerwensky 2000-03Yng-RuChen 2000-01KatherineChernova 2013-15Jane Chong 2006PaigeCorbett 2001SaraCouch 2007-09EmilyCrandall 1999-2000Tara Dalton 2012, 2014SteffiDecker 2007-09CarolineDiemar 2001-02PeytonDilweg 2015JolineDoedens 2009-11Leilani Doktor 2011Marissa Donadio 2016PhoebeDonovan 2014-16LauraDopson 2007-09KatieDukovich 2015-16WhitneyDunlap 1999-2001Mary Caroline Dyke 2007Krista Edmundson 2000KateElliot 1999-2000LeishaElmore 2005-06Julijana Englander 2012KarinEnglish 2007-09Alex Enzor 2012RoryErickson-Kulas 2009-12Gabrielle Falco 2015Nicole Favre 2013JessicaFindlay 2015-16Sarah Fletcher 2016

LeahFrank-Finney 2003-06Caroline Fox 2010MaeJoyceGay 2001,‘03-04JuliaGelfand 2002-05LissaGlynn 2011-12RakheeGoel 1999-2000KimGordon 2004-06Rachel Gottesman 2000BonnieGregory 2005-06YangyangGuo 2009-10Laura Guth 2011AlisonHaddock 1999EmilyHadley 2012-14Asraiel Harewood 2012Samantha Harrington 2005KristaHarryman 2004-07AbbyHawkins 2002-03Rachel Heath 2002Kshipra Hemal 2013Katherine Henrichs 2007Sarah Herder 2002Emily Herrington 2008HannahHewitt 2014-16Ashley Heywood 2013JoannaHingle 2000-03Anna Hinshaw 2006Ashley Holmstrom 2007JustineHong 2010-11ElizabethHorne 2014-16ElizabethHowell 2011-14Katherine Hutcheson 2005EmilyHyland 2011-13Amber Ingram 2003Lauren Jadovich 2012AlexJaphet 2008,‘10-11Brett Jeffries 2007Anna Jenkins 2016MifflinJenkins 1999MeredithJewitt 2009-11SydneyJohnson 2010-13ValerieJohnson 1999DorothyJones 2014-16AnnaJuraschek 1999-2001VirginiaKane 2006-09Christine Kariya 2006KateKearney 2007-08Shannon Kelley 2005Rebecca Kim 2012LesleyKing 2007-09MeganKing 2000-02CarolineKiritsy 2011,2013-14Meridith Kisting 2016HopeKnochenhauer 2014-15Lauren Kobylarz 2005Courtney Kraus 2002LauraKuhlman 2010-11KatieLakin 2000-03MichelleLancto 2008-09LaurenLashmet 2011-12ChristineLauro 2002-05Anna LeBleu 2014DanaLerro 2013-14JessicaLevi 1999-2001MeaganLew 2015-16Yuan Liang 2005Mary Lilley 2006TammyLin 2008-09TonyaLippard 1999Nicole Litle 2000PriscillaLiu 2012JeanetteLlorens 2015-16AliLong 2009-10KathrynLowry 2010-11


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ACC Academic Honor Roll (Continued from p. 23)

Genevieve Luehrs 2001Jeni Luehrs 2002Maggie Lund 2014KateLyons 2013-15AlexMacLeish 2008-09DevonMacWilliam 2001-02KatherineMaitland 2015-16EmiMarchetti 2010-13LizMartin 2007-08Sarah Mayo 2013, ‘15Jane McConnellMelanie McGraw 2005Mary McHugh 2000AshleighAnneMcKinney 2010-13NancyMcKinstry 2009-12Meredith Metcalf 2006KimberlyMeyer 2000-03ElizabethMichel 1999IrainaMiles 2006-07Lauren Miller 2002Sara Miller 2001, ‘04LaurenMiranda 2014-16AnneMoriarity 2008-09Caroline Morrow 2005Caroline Murphy 2015AndreaMurray 2001-03KareenMurray 2002-05LaurenMusso 2013-14Abirami Natarajan 2005MaryBethNebel 1999,‘02MeganO’Connell 2005-06Sarah O’Connor 2002Caitlin O’Neill 2011Tani O’Neill 2014, ‘16Fiona O’Sullivan 2005MeghanO’Toole 2005-06MalenObert 2009Amber Oliver 2014AmandaPade 2007-08KayPalopoli 2014LenaPatel 2015MeeraPatel 2005MeredithPavia 1999-2000MarionPenning 2002-05KailaPerez 2013-14KatherinePeterson 1999TajiPhillips 2016SimonePitre 2014-16CarinaPodgorski 2001-04FrancescaPolvere 2005-06LaurenPowell 2006-09LaurenPrice 2002SamanthaProuty 2005-06Jennifer Rainey 2001SarahRapaport 2015-16LisaRauenzahn 1999-2000Brittany Reid 2001Karen Rembold 2003EliseRichards 2000-03ChristinaRichardson 2002-03MariahRichardson-Osgood 2002-04Tarana Riddick 2006MeganRising 1999Kara Risser 2012Carolyn Robinson 2001Lindsay Rodman 2000Nancy Rodriguez 2001JulieRohde 2012,2014-15LauraRosas 2014-15StephanieRosser 2009EmilyRothfield 2007-09

Anna Ruddle 2008Chelsea Sawicki 2011Carly Schaer 2008LauraSciarrino 2012-13MarianneSchroer 2009HeatherSeeley 2013-14DeborahSeibold 2000-01SarahShapiro 2004-06Anna Sheehy 2010CarrieShepard 2001-02SoniaShjegstad 1999Stephanie Silk 2007LaurelSisler 2008-10KathySmithwick 2010-12SophiaStaal 2012-15Lindsay Stanga 2003AlexStonehill 2013-16AmberStraight 2004-07JulieStuart 2003-05Courtney Stull 2005MelissaSullivan 1999,‘02KathieSun 2009-10Masha Taskindoust 2013AltelishaTaylor 2012-13Alison Theis 2005EmilyTheys 2010-13Caitlin Thomas 2007Teddi Thornhill 2007Shannon Tierney 2016KatieTobin 2004-07MegTobin 2007-08LeahTrabich 1999Meaghan Treanor 2004CatherineTredick 1999Elizabeth Trenkle 2002NoelTriffletti 2004Victoria Tsamis 2013Alissa Van Arnam 2007ClaireVannelli 2012-15Sara Varsames 2016Surya Veerabagu 2014Noura von Briesen 2013KarolinaWadolowska 2012-14CrystalWakulich 2000,‘02-03Andrea Walczak 2001LindleyWall 1999-2000SarahWall 2013-16Krystina Wallis 2008EmmaWallace 2004-05Katie Walter 2013Qinyun Wang 2007Clara Ward 2005NicoleWeathers 2007-08ElizabethWeaver 2001-02Julia Weber 2016Stephanie Weh 2000Gabrielle Weiss 2014KatrinaWeschler 2006-09Karley Whelan 2016CarrieWilkerson 2003-04CarolineWilliams 2013-15GraceWilliams 2015-16Charla Wilson 2003MaryWilson 2013-16LaurenWinslow 2004-05RachelWolsfelt 2013-14Margaret Worthington 2002NatalieZervas 2003-05LilyZheng 2013JudyZhu 2014JessicaZinck 2005

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERSAmandaAdam 2001-04Annie Adams 2000NicoleAntoine 2012-15ToriArendt 2010-2012KimBailey 2003-06SarahBaker 2010-13JanetBartholdson 2007-09Shaye Bastien 2011Brielle Batesko 2012JessiBatzell 2002-04Lauren Baumgartner 2011AllisonBeattie 2011-14KarlaBeltran 2014-15Tara Bergen 2000Rhea Bergman 2016MarenBetts-Sonstegard 1999-02Courtney Bibbs 2013SophiaBlair 2012-15HilaryBoe 2000-03ToniaBoock 2003-06AmeliaBooth 2000-03Megan Bowen 2015SamanthaBowman 2014-15Arielle Brackett 2013AspenBranch-Moore 1999Julia Bretz 2014BreannaBriede 2009-12MelissaBuckmiller 2002-05KatieBurke 2010-13Jacquelyn Burmeister 2006Johanna Burstein 2015ErinBurton 1999-2000LaurenCase 2003-05GraceCassidy 2011-14CaitieCataldo 1999KaraCerwensky 2000-03Yng-RuChen 2000-01Jane Chong 2006GwenColeman 2005-08Megan Conroy 2016SaraCouch 2006-09EmilyCrandall 1999TaraDalton 2012-15EmmaDarling 2004-07SteffiDecker 2008-09Maddie Dewar 2003CarolineDiemar 2000-03JolineDoedens 2010-11Leilani Doktor 2011Marissa Donadio 2016Phoebe Donovan 2014-16Laura Dopson 2006KatieDukovich 2013-16Ivonna DumanyanCorbinDunlap 2003-04WhitneyDunlap 1999-01Mary Caroline Dyke 2008KateElliot 1999Julijana Englander 2011, 2013KarinEnglish 2007-08,‘10Alex Enzor 2012RoryErickson-Kulas 2009-12Nicole Favre 2013Jessica Findlay 2015-16LeahFrank-Finney 2003-06Laura Fisher 2007Sarah Fletcher 2015-16CarolineFox 2009-10MaeJoyceGay 2001-04JuliaGelfand 2002-05LissaGlynn 2009,‘12RakheeGoel 1999-2000Kim Gordon 2005Katy Gregor 2011

Bonnie Gregory 2005LauraGuth 2009-12Emily Hadley 2012, ‘14KristaHarryman 2004-07LiaHart 2005-07AbbyHawkins 2000-03EilyHayes 1999-00EmilyHerrington 2005-08HannahHewitt 2013-16JoannaHingle 2000-03Anna Hinshaw 2006JustineHong 2010-11Elizabeth Horne 2014-16ElizabethHowell 2012-14EmilyHyland 2012-14Amber Ingram 2003Elizabeth Jadovich 2011AlexJaphet 2008-10SydneyJohnson 2010-13DorothyJones 2014-16AnnaJurascek 1999-01VirginiaKane 2006-09Christine Kariya 2006KateKearney 2005-08Michala Kepple 2007LesleyKing 2008-10MeganKing 1999-02Rebecca Kim 2012CarolineKiritsy 2011-14Meridith Kisting 2016HopeKnochenhauer 2014-15Patricia“PJ”Kolman 2012-15Taylor Konrath 2014LauraKuhlman 2010-11KatieLakin 2000-03MichelleLancto 2006-07,‘09LaurenLashmet 2011-12ChristineLauro 2002-05DanaLerro 2013-14JessLevi 2000-01Julia Levine 2000Meagan Lew 2015-16TammyLin 2008-09JeanetteLlorens 2013-16AliLong 2009-10KathrynLowry 2009-11Jeni Luehrs 2001KateLyons 2012-15AlexMacLeish 2008-09DevonMacWilliam 2001-03Celia Macrae 2016Katherine Maitland 2015-16EmiMarchetti 2010-13LizMartin 2005-08SarahMayo 2013-15Jane McConnell 2013Mary McKee 2002AshleighAnneMcKinney 2010-13NancyMcKinstry 2009-12KaitlynMcPartland 2008Cristina Mestre 2000Meredith Metcalf 2006KimMeyer 2000-03ElizabethMichel 1999IrainaMiles 2005-08SaraMiller 2001-04LaurenMiranda 2013-16AnneMoriarity 2008-09Caroline Morrow 2005Caroline Murphy 2015AndyMurray 2001-03KareenMurray 2002-05LaurenMusso 2013-14MaryBethNebel 1999-02


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All-Time Letterwinners (Continued from p. 25)

Megan O’Connell 2005Sarah O’Conner 2003Tani O’Neill 2014-15MeghanO’Toole 2005-06AlexandriaOwen 2003-04AmandaPade 2008MeredithPavia 1999-00MarionPenning 2002-05KailaPerez 2013-14KatherinPeterson 1999SimonePitre 2013-16CarinaPodgorski 2003-04FranPolvere 2005LaurenPowell 2006-09SamanthaProuty 2005-06Sarah Rapaport 2015 LisaRauenzahn 1999Sunny Reid 2001EliseRichards 2000-03ChrissyRichardson 2000-03MariahRichardson-Osgood 2002Tarana Riddick 2006MeganRising 1999Lindsay Rodman 2000JulieRohde 2014-15LauraRohde 2012-13LauraRosas 2014-15StephanieRosser 2009-11EmilyRothfield 2007-08,‘10Isabel Ruby-Hill 2016Anna Ruddle 2008AlisonSagar 2006-09Chelsea Sawicki 2011Carly Schaer 2008LauraSciarrino 2010-13Heather Seeley 2013Tami Segal 2011DebbieSeibold 2000-2001SarahShapiro 2003-06Carrie Shepard 2001SoniaShjegstad 1999Sophie Simister 2016Shannon Sims 2011LaurelSisler 2008-10KathySmithwick 2009-12SophiaStaal 2012-15Lindsay Stangam 2002AlexStonehill 2013-16Amber Straight 2004JulieStuart 2002-05Courtney Stull 2005MelissaSullivan 1999-02KathieSun 2009Masha Taskindoust 2013Altelisha Taylor 2013EmilyTheys 2010-13Shannon Tierney 2016KatieTobin 2005-07MegTobin 2007-08CourtneyTriffletti 2001-04VictoriaTsamis 2010-13AlissaVanArnam 2004-07CarolineVannelli 2012-15KarolinaWadolowska 2012-15CrystalWakulich 2000-2003LindleyWall 1999SarahWall 2014-16Emma Wallace 2005Krystina Wallis 2008Margot Ward 2008NicoleWeathers 2006-08Elizabeth Weaver 2001Julia Weber 2016

Gabi Weiss 2014KatrinaWeschler 2006-09Karley Whelan 2016CarrieWilkerson 2003-04CarolineWilliams 2012-15Grace Williams 2015LauraWilliams 2009CarliWillis 2014-15Charla Wilson 2003MaryWilson 2013-16LaurenWinslow 2003-04RachelWolsfelt 2013-15CarolineWray 2003-06Stephanie Yeh 2000NatalieZervas 2002-05LilyZheng 2013JessicaZinck 2005

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