2012-13 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Ashley Rooney
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cold Spring Harbor
- Hometown:
- Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.
2011: Coxed Second Lightweight Eight to a fourth-place finish at Eastern Sprints ... gold at Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
High School:Rowed and coxed for Cold Spring Harbor High School and Long Island Rowing Club ... Head of the Charles 2008 & 2009 ... Royal Canadian Henley Regatta 2009 ... medals at Head of the Harlem and Snowflake Regatta ... fourth at C.R.A.S.H-B World Indoor Rowing Championships 2009 ... multiple track and field school records as sprinter and pole vaulter ... All-County pole vaulter ... AP Scholar with Honor ... High Honor Roll each quarter of high school ... member of National Honor Society and American Classical League ... recipient of Bailey Ginsberg Memorial Scholarship, Social Studies Award and Latin Award ... captain of Debate Team ... multiple medals in NY State Speech and Debate Championships ... competed at Speech and Debate National Championships in Omaha, Neb., in 2010.
Personal:Full name is Ashley Cristina Rooney ... daughter of Frank J. Rooney and Vincenza Rooney ... born on Oct. 12, 1992 ... has two younger brothers, Sean and Kyle ... enjoys playing classical piano ... majoring in History with a minor in Religion... intends to pursue a PhD in American Cold War History ... Bucknell University President's Award for Academic Excellence (2011) ... member of Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society.
Why I chose Bucknell:"I chose Bucknell because it encourages its Division I athletes to focus on academics and to also enjoy other co-curricular aspects of the university - including Quidditch."
