Player Bio: Jesse Huey - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
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High School Sports: Basketball, cross country, track, tennis
High School Awards: Most Inspirational in basketball.
Major at Washington: Communications
Husky Rowing Experience: 1998 (Freshman): Rowed in the two seat in the freshman eight that finished second in its grand final at the IRAs ... second at Pac-10s and San Diego ... won Windermere Cup race ... 1999 (Sophomore): Rowed in the six seat on JV eight ... finished second in grand final at the IRAs ... second at Pac-10s and San Diego ... winner at Canadian Henley in intermediate pairs ... 2000 (Junior): Rowed all season in six seat in JV eight ... helped lead crew to a bronze at IRAs and a second place finish at Pac-10s ... won Cascade Cup on Opening Day and led Huskies to a win over Cal in the annual dual regatta ... crew also won gold medal, by four seconds, at San Diego.
Personal: Son of Claudia and Robert Huey ... older brother Matt attended UW ... mother graduated from Illinois and is a travel agent ... father is a land surveyor.
I chose Washington because: I wanted to go to the best university in Washington.
The best thing about Seattle is: The friends I've made here.
The best thing about UW is: Two-dollar buckets of balls at the UW driving range.
Favorite class: Communications 200 (mass communications)
My best race was: Winning at the Canadian Henley as a junior in the pair and winning in San Diego last year.
After I graduate: Travel Europe and do things that people do when they graduate.
If I could tell my incoming teammates one thing, it would be: Always work your hardest at everything you choose to be a part of.
Huey says: "After four years on this team, any challenge, no matter how difficult, is attainable."
