Stephanie Gretsch Class: Sophomore Hometown: Downers Grove, IL High School: Downers Grove North Height: 5-10

AS A SOPHOMORE: Rowed with the varsity four boat in the spring season for the Irish ... opened the season with a runner-up result against Michigan State, completing the race in a time of 8:29.18 ... captured a race victory the following day in a five-boat race against Indiana and Purdue with a winning time of 6:49.80 ... grabbed two third-place results at a four-team regatta at Ohio State ... in the morning session, helped boat cross the finish line at 7:24.10 ... stopped the clock at 7:25.07 in the afternoon session, crossing after Brown and Minnesota ... earned a pair of race victories at the BIG EAST Championships, winning the qualifying heat (7:53.814) before going on to capture gold for the Irish with a time of 7:36.622 ... qualified the Irish for its only grand final of the day at the Central/South Region Championships, completing its preliminary heat in second place (7:22.08) and then grabbing third place in the semifinal heat (6:59.10) ... went on to finish in sixth place in the grand final, completing the race in a time of 7:13.40 ... raced in the Head of the Rock Regatta with the varsity eight "B" boat and helped the crew register a time of 16:41.60 ... the sixth-place finish in the heat of 27 boats was the second best finish of an Irish team in the race ... rowed with the varsity eight "C" boat at the Southland Regatta where her Irish crew finished the initial race in a time of 17:46.69, which placed them in the varsity eight "E" Final ... in the "E" final, the varsity eight "C" boat finished out the regatta with a time of 7:32.50 ... named a National Scholar Athlete by the Collegiate Coaches Rowing Association (CRCA) ... selected to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team ... received first monogram with the program.

FALL 2008: Raced in the Head of the Rock Regatta with the varsity eight "B" boat and helped the crew register a time of 16:41.60...the sixth-place finish in the heat of 27 boats was the second best finish of an Irish team in the race...rowed with the varsity eight "C" boat at the Southland Regatta where her Irish crew finished the initial race in a time of 17:46.69, which placed them in the varsity eight "E" Final...in the "E" final, the varsity eight "C" boat finished out the regatta with a time of 7:32.50.

AS A FRESHMAN: Mainstay for the Notre Dame novice eight crew ... rowed with the novice eight "A" boat that earned three first-place finishes against Northeastern in the season opener ... competed at the Lubbers Cup helping bring home two first-place finishes with the varsity eight boat and the 2/3 varsity eight boat ... part of the first novice eight that raced against Michigan State and Indiana finishing first and second ... rowed with the novice eight boat at the Indiana Invite where her crew finished first with a time of 6:48.3 ... sat in the novice eight boat at the Charles River Challenge where her team gathered a first, second, and third place finish ... part of the novice eight boat that captured the gold medal at the BIG EAST Championship for the first time in program history with a time of 7:05.50 ... helped the novice eight boat reach the Grand Finals of the Central/South Region Championships ... rowed with varsity eight at Head of the Rock as a member of the 23rd-place crew ... also participated as a member of the novice eight crew that finished eighth with a time of 20:01.95 in that same regatta ... at the Cal-Sag Regatta rowed in the novice eight boat which again finished eighth.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Participated in badminton and cross country while at Downers Grove North ... lettered in badminton her junior and senior years and cross country in her senior year ... her team was West Suburban conference champs all four years in badminton ... the team also was sectional champions in her junior and senior years...in her junior year the badminton team won the state championship ... a member of the National Honor Society ... also participated in concert band and choir ... her father Rick is a Notre Dame graduate ... born in Downers Grove, IL on April 13, 1989...daughter of Patty and Rick Gretsch ... has two siblings, Sarah and Kendall ... double majoring in biological sciences and history.