FALL 2012: Key crew member for the varsity four entry at the Head of the Charles Regatta that finished in 12th place with a time of 20:09.96 ... field included the Rowing Canada Aviron, the Vesper Boat Club and defending national champion Virginia.
AS A JUNIOR: Maintained spot with second varsity eight boat for second straight season ... named BIG EAST Crew of the Week (March 29) ... earned second monogram ... opened with a perfect 3-0 weekend at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite ... began the event with a win over Alabama after crossing in 6:43.60 before knocking off both Minnesota and Kansas in the second race in 6:33.00 ... ended the weekend with a win over Tennessee after stopping the clock at 6:29.60 ... finished second to Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, crossing the line at 6:44.25 ... beat Indiana, Louisville, and Purdue the following day with a time of 6:34.66 ... at the Virginia Invite, posted a pair of victories in three races over the weekend ... began the event with a victory over Clemson after crossing in 6:42.50 and finished with a victory over both Penn and San Diego with a time of 6:50.20 ... also crossed just behind Virginia in the third race of the event with a mark of 6:48.80 ... competed at the Stanford Women's Invitational against both USC and Stanford ... placed second against the Trojans with a time of 6:40.10 before claim- ing a win over the Cardinal in the afternoon in 6:37.80 ... advanced to the grand finals at the BIG EAST Invite after winning the pre- liminary heat in 6:40.10 and later claimed the gold after defeating Syracuse, Iowa and Louisville with a time of 6:47.40 ... earned the top lane at the BIG EAST Championship after finishing with the fastest time in pre- lims at 6:30.830 ... went on to win gold, one of five on the day for the Irish, after defeating Syracuse, Louisville and Connecticut with a mark of 6:40.703 ... rowed for the second varsity eight boat at the NCAA Championships in Mercer N.J. ... finished fifth in the pre- liminary heat with a time of 7:00.60, fol- lowed by a 7:01.08 showing in the repechage heat to move on to the third final ... won the second varsity eight third final over Cornell, Michigan State, and Harvard with a time of 6:47.00 to finish 13th overall in the 16-boat field.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Raced the entire spring season with the second varsity eight boat ... was victorious in her first race of the spring as the second varsity eight boat went up against Buffalo and finished the race in 6:17.16 ... finished behind Indiana in Indianapolis while beating Purdue in a second varsity eight race after clocking in at 7:37.9 ... placed second at the Lake Natoma Invitational finals for second varsity eight behind only Wisconsin, stopping the clock at 6:45.2 ... qualified for the finals by placing second in both preliminary heats ... placed first at the BIG EAST Championship in second varsity eight with a time of 6:49.1 ... won the preliminary heat (7:06.62) to qualify for the BIG EAST Championship grand finals ... placed third (6:44.92) in the Oak Ridge Regional Final behind Virginia and Clemson ... qualified for the finals by winning the preliminary heat stopping the clock at (6:55.13) ... raced to a 13th-place finish in the women's varsity eight Notre Dame "C" boat at the Head of the Rock Regatta in a time of 17:17.78 ... stopped the clock at 15:11.3 in the varsity eight Notre Dame "4" boat vs. Tulsa on the St. Joe River.
AS A FRESHMAN: Rowed with novice eight for the entirety of the spring season ... captured both heat victories against Buffalo in the opening regatta, posting a time of 5:26.0 in heat one and 5:30.5 in heat two ... finished third against Michigan and Michigan State, posting a time of 7:07.8 ... defeated Indiana, Buffalo, Purdue and Eastern Michigan the following day with a 7:49.9 clip ... earned a pair of second-place results against USC and UCLA, finishing at 7:20.36 in the morning against the Trojans and 8:12.67 in the afternoon against the Bruins ... captured the prelim heat at the BIG EAST Championships in a time of 7:26.996 before grabbing the grand final victory in 7:32.732 ... helped her boat reach the grand final at the Central/South Sprints, ending in sixth place with a mark of 7:00.76 ... competed in both the collegiate eight and novice eight races at the Head of the Rock Regatta ... her boat earned a 21st-place finish in the colle- giate eight race, crossing the line at 18:09.89 ... in the novice eight race the boat crossed in seventh place, posting a time of 18:41.81 ... raced with the Notre Dame "A" novice eight boat at the Irish's home meet against Indiana, Iowa and Michigan State ... her crew was able to finish in fourth place in flight one, stopping the clock at 14:31.40 ... named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Played midfield and forward for her high school soccer team while at Notre Dame Preparatory, lettering all four seasons ... helped her team earn conference championships during her junior and senior years ... was also named an all-con- ference, all-city and all-state selection in each of those seasons ... served as the team captain and was named MVP during her senior campaign after leading the team in scoring for the year ... served as vice presi- dent of the National Honor Society ... born in Rochester Hills, Mich. ... daughter of Mark and June Aiello ... father attended Notre Dame Law School ... has two siblings - Taylor and Tommy ... majoring in science business in the College of Science, while studying science business.
