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2025-26 Men's Lightweight Rowing Roster

Dawson Zavala

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Arlington, Texas
  • Highschool Jesuit Dallas

Biography

2024-25
SPRING
  *NCLI: Fourth Varsity 8+ (Session 2), bow seat (2nd/3, 6:23.7)
  *Cornell (Leonard Cup): Fourth Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/2, 5:54.7)
  *Columbia/Yale (Colgan Cup): Fourth Varsity 8+, bow seat (3rd/3 vs. 3V8s, 6:57.57)
  *Princeton: Fourth Varsity 8+, bow seat (1st/3, 6:57.6)
  *at Navy (1919 Trophy): Fourth Varsity 8+, 5 seat (2nd/2, 6:51.1)
  *EARC Sprints: Fourth Varsity 8+, bow seat (3rd/4, 6:19.202 grand final)
 
High School: Rowed at Dallas Jesuit, captain as a senior … Presidential Scholarship recipient … Seven-time Principal’s Honor Roll … UT Southwestern STARS Summer Research Program.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “I chose Penn because it was my dream school and had been for years. I knew this was where I wanted to go, I love the culture at the school, the atmosphere on campus, and the opportunities at the University.”
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'9"