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2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster

Griffin Pitt

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool St. Andrew's School
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.

Biography

2023-24
SPRING
  *Big Ivy Dustup: Third Varsity 4+, 3 seat (3rd/3, 8:43.2)
  *at Princeton: Third Varsity 4+, 3 seat (2nd/2, 7:44.0)
  *Ivy League Championship: Third Varsity 4+, 3 seat (2nd/6, 8:10.161)

2022-23
SPRING
  *Doc Hosea: Third Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/5, 7:02.92)
  *Murphy Cup (heat): Second Varsity 4+, 3 seat (1st/5, 7:22.35)
  *Murphy Cup (final): Second Varsity 4+, 3 seat (3rd/6 in 1V4 final, 7:25.47)
  *Ivy Invitational (Session 1): Second Varsity 4+, 3 seat (1st/2, 7:28.5)
  *Ivy Invitational (Session 2): Second Varsity 4+, 3 seat (3rd/3, 7:23.306)
  *Ivy Invitational (Session 3): Second Varsity 4+, 3 seat (1st/3, 7:25.929)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 1): Varsity 4+, 2 seat (1st/6, 7:13.261)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 2): Varsity 4+, 2 seat (1st/6, 7:44.020)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 3): Varsity 4+, 2 seat (3rd/6, 7:51.091)
  *at Princeton: Second Varsity 4+, 3 seat (2nd/2, 7:49.4)
  *Ivy League Championship: Second Varsity 4+, 3 seat (5th/8, 7:11.855 heat / 7:14.963 final)
  *Henley Women’s Regatta: Second Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1-1, lost to Penn ‘A’ in Ron Needs Challenge Cup round of 16)
  *Henley Royal Regatta: Second Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1-1, lost to Oxford Brookes ‘B’ in Island Challenge Cup round of 16)
 
High School: Four-year member of the women’s rowing team under coaches Lou and Chris Berl … Her boat won novice race at 2018 Maryland and Delaware High School Rowing Championship … Recipient of the program’s “Hammer Award” in 2019 … Also a four-year starter in basketball, co-captain her junior and senior years … Honorable mention all-conference and team MVP in 2020 … Graduated Magna Cum Laude … Two-year President of St. Andrew’s National Ethics Bowl Club … President of SAS Model UN as a senior … Awarded “Best Witness” twice at the statewide Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition … Two-year editor-in-chief of the Saints’ News Network (SNN) … Co-head of the St. Andrew’s Student Vestry as a senior … St. Andrew’s Orchestra member.
 
Personal: Daughter of Amy and Joe Pitt … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “Penn is an exceptional school with a standout rowing program, where excellence is a habit and personal development is the expectation. I love how the students at Penn are incredibly ambitious while simultaneously humble and kind. Hard work and collaboration are fundamental in both the classroom and the boat. I know that at Penn I can excel, and honestly there’s no place else I’d rather be.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'10"