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2016-17 Women's Rowing

Anna Sparrow

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Haddonfield
  • Hometown Haddonfield, N.J.

Biography

2016-17
Team Captain
SPRING
*SJU/Delaware: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/3, 6:38.3)
*Murphy Cup: Varsity 4+ B, stroke (1st, 7:19.71 in final)
*Doc Hosea: Second Varsity 8+, stroke (4th, 6:56.2 in final)
*at Yale/Dartmouth: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/3, 6:10.4)
*Clemson Invitational: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (9-9 record)
*at Princeton/Iowa/Syracuse: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (4th/4, 6:35.5)
*Ivy League Championship: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (4th/8, 6:28.515 in final)

2015-16
SPRING
*Ivy League Championships: Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (5th/8)
*Class of 1984 Award (Bucknell): Second Varsity 8+, bow (2nd/4, 7:07.2)
*Clemson Invitational (Class of ‘89): Second Varsity 8+, bow (5-12 record)
*Doc Hosea (OCC): Second Varsity 8+, 3 seat (7-1 record)
*Connell Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 3 seat (2nd/3, 6:29.4)
*BC/Saint Joseph’s: Second Varsity 8+, 3 seat (1st/3, 6:37.09)
FALL
*Rivanna Romp: Varsity 8+ B (14th/21)
*Princeton Chase: Women’s 8+ B (34th/65)
*Head of the Schuylkill: Women’s Championship 8+ B (8th/19); Women’s Club 8+ B (1st/47)
*Head of the Charles: Women’s Club 8+ (8th/38)
*Navy Day Regatta: Open/Collegiate 8+ B (10th/20); College JV 8+ A (1st/15)

2014-15
SPRING
*Ivy League Championships: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (6th/8)
*Class of 1984 Award Plaque: Second Varsity 8+, stroke (2nd/3, 6:45.0)
*Clemson Invitational: Second Varsity 8+, stroke
*Nordic 9 (Cornell): Second Varsity 8+, 4 seat
*Connell Cup: Varsity 8+, 3 seat (3rd/3, 6:34.9)
*GW/SJU: Second Varsity 8+, stroke (1st/3, 6:38.9)

2013-14
SPRING
*Ivy League Championships: Second Varsity 8+, stroke (5th/8)
*Class of 1984 Award Plaque: Second Varsity 8+, stroke (2nd/3, 7:22.2)
*Clemson Invitational: Second Varsity 8+, stroke
*Orange Challenge Cup: Second Varsity 8+, stroke (2nd/3, 7:35.4)
*Connell Cup: Second Varsity 8+, stroke (2nd/3, 6:31.4)
*GW/SJU: Second Varsity 8+, stroke (1st/3, 7:05.76)

High School: Earned three letters in rowing ... Two-time captain ... Two-time Beacon Award recipient (2012, 2013) ... Coach's Award recipient in 2013 ... National Honor Society member ... Ronald McDonald House Teen Advisory Committee member ... Performing Arts Award recipient.

Personal: Daughter of Michelle and Ryan Sparrow ... Enrolled in the School of Nursing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

  • 2014-15Sophomore

  • 2015-16Junior

    5'10"
  • 2016-17Senior

    5'10"