2013-14 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Rebecca Soja
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Simsbury
- Hometown:
- Simsbury, Conn.
2013-2014: CRCA South First Team All-Region ... CRCA Scholar Athlete ... All-ACC Second Team ... All-ACC Academic Team Selection... Seat five for the varsity eight that placed third in the grand final at the ACC Championship (5/17) ... Rowed in the bow seat for the varsity eight boat that beat Duke at the Monticello Invitational (4/26) ... Rowed in the bow seat for the varsity eight boat at the Clemson Invitational (4/20) ... Sat in the bow seat for the varsity eight boat that came in eighth overall at the Clemson Invitational (4/19) ... Rowed in the bow seat of the varsity eight boat that won the Kittell Cup (4/6) ... Bow for the varsity eight that won the Orange Challenge Cup (4/5) ... Fifth seat for the second varsity eight that was third in the spring opener at Clemson (3/15) ... Rowed in the second seat for the varsity four "A" that won at the Foot of the Charles (11/16) ... Rowed the winning single at the Small Boat Sprint Championship (11/4) ... Seat four for the 21st-place second varsity eight and rowed in a single at the Princeton Chase (10/27) ... Rowed in the fifth-place double at the Head of the Charles (10/19-20) ... Won in both the varsity eight and the double at the Head of the Genesee (10/5).
2012-13: CRCA Scholar Athlete ... Was the fourth seat of the varsity eight boat that finished second at the BIG EAST Championship (5/19) ... Sat in the seventh seat of the second varsity eight boat that placed third at the Oregon State Classic (4/27) ... Raced in the seventh seat of the second varsity eight boat that came in second at the O'Leary Cup (4/20) ... Helped row the second varsity eight boat to a first-place finish at the Orange Challenge Cup (4/6) ... Was the seventh seat of the second varsity eight boat that won the Kittell Cup (3/30) ... Helped row the second varsity eight boat to a second-place finish at the Clemson race (3/16) ... Coxswain for the varsity four E boat at the Syracuse Invitational (11/3) ... Was the third seat of the second varsity eight and also raced as the bow for the varsity four B boat at the Princeton Chase (10/28).
2011-12: CRCA Scholar Athlete ... Raced in the varsity eight for the entire spring season ... Rowed in the second seat for the varsity eight boat that finished second in the time trial and grand final at the BIG EAST Championship (5/13) ... Sat in the four seat for the Varsity Eight Boat that finished second at the BIG EAST Double Dual (4/28-29) ... Sat in the fourth seat for the Varsity Eight Boat which took third at the Charles River Challenge (4/14) ... sat in seat two for the varsity eight against Cornell, Boston University, and Rutgers (3/31) ... rowed the bow for the second varsity eight against Clemson, Indiana, and Alabama (3/17) ... rowed in the third seat of the varsity four at the Foot of the Charles (11/12) ... rowed in the third seat of the varsity four, which took first place at the Syracuse Invitational (11/5) ... sat in both seat six of the varsity eight and seat three of the varsity four at the Princeton Chase (10/30) ... Sat in seat seven of the varsity eight, which placed second at the Head of the Genesee (10/15)
2010-11: Sat at the bow of the varsity eight taking fourth at the Head of the Genesee... rowed in the bow of the varsity eight and the third varsity four at the Princeton Chase...rowed bow in the seventh varsity four at the Syracuse Invitational...Again was in the bow of the varsity four at the Foot of the Charles taking a sixth place finish... Moved to the 3-seat of the varsity eight for the Kittell Cup rowing to a second place finish...Stayed in the 3-seat of the varsity eight taking third against Yale and Cornell...Moved to the 5-seat of the varsity eight for her next four races taking two thirds and fourth and fifth place...Finished out the season at the bow of the varsity eight in the Eastern Sprints taking fourth place... Named to the Athletic Directors Honor Roll both semesters... Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team
High School: Attended the 2007 U.S. Rowing National Team Junior B Development Camp, the 2008 U.S. Rowing Junior National Team High Performance Camp and the 2009 U.S. Rowing Junior National Team Select Camp … Raced with the 2009 CanAmMex team … Led the varsity eight to three straight second-place finishes at the Connecticut Public School Championship … Also competed in swimming.
Personal: Rebecca Ann Soja … Born August 1992 in Hartford, Conn. … Daughter of Gregory and Valerie Soja … Two brothers, two sisters … Twin sister, Jessica, is a member of the Quinnipiac cross country team … Majoring in architecture.
