FALL 2012: Key crew member for the varsity eight entry at the Head of the Charles Regatta that finished in 12th place with a time of 17:21.23 ... the championship eight race included the 2012 Olympic gold medalist United States Rowing team, the London Rowing Club and defending national champion Virginia.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Was a mainstay for the first varsity eight boat of the Irish this season ... named a CRCA First Team Pocock All-American, the first since `08, and the lone representative from the BIG EAST Conference ... named to the CRCA All Region Team, along with teammate Morgan Kelly ... named BIG EAST Crew of the Week (May 2) ... earned second monogram ... sat with the Notre Dame four boat that competed at the Head of the Charles in lone action of fall schedule ... crew raced to a fifth-place finish overall and second among college entries with a time of 18:40.01 ... claimed three straight victories at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite to start the season ... beat Alabama and Jacksonville (6:34.40), Minnesota and Kansas (6:25.90), and finished the Invite with a 6:23.00 win over Tennessee ... competed against Ohio State in Columbus (6:35.39) ... took second in Indianapolis with a time of 6:27.70, falling to Indiana by two seconds ... rowed for the Irish at the Virginia Invite, claiming victory over Clemson in the opening race (6:27.60), and beating Penn and San Diego in the final race (6:40.80) ... also took home second against Virginia with a time of 6:35.40 ... competed against Southern California (6:32.20) and Stanford (6:31.70) at the Stanford Women's Invite, placing second in both races ... swept the BIG EAST Invite, highlighted by a grand final victory over Syracuse, Iowa, and Louisville (6:41.00) after defeating Iowa in the morning session ... rowed for the varsity eight boat for the Irish at he NCAA Championships ... placed fifth in the prelims with a time of 7:04.44 before finishing seventh in the repechage (7:07.98) ... went on to place fourth in the third final race, ending her season with a time of 6:40.33 and a 16th-place finish among the NCAA field.
AS A FRESHMAN: Raced with the varsity eight boat for the entirety of the spring season ... commenced the spring season by placing first in the varsity eight race vs. Buffalo ... completed the race with a time of 6:10.9 ... member of the second place var- sity eight team in Indianapolis against Indiana and Purdue with a time of 6:29.0 ... finished in second place to Tennessee in the Lake Natoma Invitational varsity eight event (6:33.0) after qualifying for the Group "B" finals with two second place finishes in two heats against California and Oregon State (6:36.57) and Stanford and Sacramento State (6:40.67) ... finished the BIG EAST Championships in second place (6:42.83) behind only Louisville after winning their preliminary heat with a time of 6:56.50 ... qualified for the Grand Final in the Oak Ridge Regional, finishing fourth in the finals with a time of 6:35.18 behind Virginia, Clemson, and Duke ... earned spot in finals by finish- ing second to Virginia in the preliminary heat with a time of 6:43.41 ... raced to a first- place finish in the novice eight race crossing the line at 16:51.16 at Head of the Rock ... a member of the varsity eight boat that finished 11th (17:04.87) ... first-place finish vs. Tulsa in the varsity eight head race clocking in at 14:13.1 ... member of the varsity four Notre Dame "2" boat that finished fourth in a time of 11:59.6.
PREP AND PERSONAL: A three-year letter winner for coach Mike Miles at Chaminade-Julienne Catholic High School ... team captain her senior year ... MVP her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... raced at the Youth Nationals as a member of varsity 4+ sophomore (fourth place), junior (fifth place) and senior (sixth place) ... member of the CanAmMex Team in 2009 ... a member of the National Honor Society ... Student Council Senior Class Vice President ... Eagle Ambassador ... current Irish rowers Abby Meyers and Genevieve Malone attended the same high school ... eighth member of her family to attend Notre Dame, including cousin and current women's lacrosse player Adele Bruggeman ... born in Dayton, Ohio ... daughter of Mike and Beth Bruggeman ... has three siblings, Gretchen, Patrick and Matt ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters, double majoring in pre-professional studies and anthropology.
