2024-25 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Houston, Sophie
Sophie Houston
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Major:
- Masters of Public Administration
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
- High School:
- Queenwood
Bio
2025 (Graduate Student):
College Rowing Experience
Club Rowing Experience
Personal
- Named to the All-Big Ten Second Team
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Rowed in the UW crew that won the championship eights at Head of the Lake
- Also competed in the championship eights at Head of the Charles
- Rowed in the Varsity 8+ that finished second in the Jessop/Whitter Cup at San Diego Crew Classic
- Rowed in the Varsity 8+ that won two of three races at the Big Ten Invitational
- Rowed in the Varsity 8+ that beat California to earn the Simpson Cup at The Dual
- Rowed in the Varsity 8+ that beat New Zealand and Indiana to win the Windermere Cup
- Rowed in the Varsity 8+ that won the gold medal at Big Ten Championships
- Five seat in the Varsity 8+ that finished fifth at NCAA Championships
- Won the gold medal in the women’s coxed four at 2023 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
- Also competed in the double at the 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships
College Rowing Experience
- Attended Yale for four years (2019-20 and then 2021-22 through 2023-24)
- Named second-team All-Ivy and CRCA Scholar-Athlete as a senior at Yale
- Rowed in the varsity eight that finished third in the Ivy, and also rowed in the top boat at NCAAs
- Also a CRCA Scholar-Athlete in 2023, when she rowed in the second varsity eight that won the Ivy League and finished fourth at NCAAs
- Won bronze in the four at Ivy League Championships in 2022
- Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Global Affairs, with a certificate in Energy Studies
Club Rowing Experience
- Rowed for Sydney University Boat Club
- Won national championships in the quad and single in 2021
Personal
- Parents are Rachel and Greg Houston
- Has two siblings, Ellen and Callum
- Won the IB Environmental Systems and Societies Prize andIB Standard Level German Prize while in school
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