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2025-26 Men's Heavy Rowing Roster

George Rodgers

  • Height 6-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mystic, Conn.
  • Highschool Stonington

Biography

2024-25
SPRING
  *Northeastern: Second Varsity 8+, 3 seat (1st/2, 5:40.0)
  *at Columbia w/Princeton: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (1st/3, 6:23.1)
  *Columbia/Yale: Varsity 8+ (Blackwell Cup), 5 seat (1st/3, 6:07.7)
  *at Harvard w/Navy: Varsity 8+ (Adams Cup), 5 seat (2nd/3, 5:53.3)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (6th/15, 5:53.813 heat/5:50.426 grand final)
 
2023-24
SPRING
  *Northeastern: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/2, 6:24.31)
  *Princeton/Columbia: Third Varsity 8+, 4 seat (2nd/2, 5:54.742)
  *at Columbia w/Yale: Second Varsity 8+ (Colgan Cup), 4 seat (2nd/3, 5:50.07)
  *at Navy w/Harvard: Second Varsity 8+, 4 seat (2nd/3, 6:32.9)
  *vs. Holy Cross: Third Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1st/2, 5:57.0)
  *at Cornell: Third Varsity 8+, 4 seat (2nd/2, 5:52.5)
  *vs. Oregon State: Third Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1st/2, 5:53.1)
  *EARC Sprints: Fourth Varsity 8+, 6 seat (4th/14, 5:50.976 heat / 5:56.260 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Third Varsity 8+, 6 seat (12th/19, 5:58.992 petite final)

2022-23
SPRING
  *Burk Cup: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/2, 6:03.42)
  *Childs Cup: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/3, 5:37.64)
  *Blackwell Cup: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/3, 5:49.2)
  *Adams Cup; Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/3, 5:46.7)
  *vs. Oregon State: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 5:47.6)
  *Madeira Cup: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 5:29.8)
  *vs. Holy Cross: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 5:38.1)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (10th, 5:42.844 heat / 5:47.256 final)
  *IRA Nationals: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (11th/22, 5:52.500 petite final)

High School: Lettered in crew, two-year captain under head coach Sally Machin … Helped his boat win the Boys’ Novice Eight state championship in 2019 … Team MVP Award recipient junior and senior seasons … Founders Award recipient as a senior … Two-time Fastest Erg Score Award recipient … Team Best Pair Award recipient as a sophomore … Outstanding Novice Award recipient as a freshman.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “I chose Penn because of the exceptional academics, the elite coaching, and the beautiful campus.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    6'8"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'8"
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'8"
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'8"