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Captain

2011-2012: Earnedsecond team All-Patriot League honors...member of the varsity eightfor all nine spring regattas...the varsity eight won races againstSimmons and Smith (March 31) and Connecticut (April 22)...theCrusaders also placed 13th out of 31 boats at the Knecht Cup (April14-15)...varsity eight finished fourth at the Patriot LeagueChampionship (April 29) and third at the New England Championship(May 5)...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2010-2011: Rowed for the Holy Cross“A” boat in the pair race and was a member of the openheavy championship eight boat at the 40th Schuylkill Regatta (Oct.30) as the team tied for first out of 39 teams for the pointstrophy…did not compete during the spring season due to aninjury…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2009-2010: Rowed for the varsity eight in all 14varsity races…helped varsity eight to wins against CoastGuard, Mount Holyoke and Wesleyan (March 27), and against Simmonsand Smith (March 28)…rowed in varsity eight which placedfifth at the Patriot League Championship (April 25) and the NewEngland Championship (May 1), and won the petite finals at the ECACNational Invitational (May 9).

Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of thevarsity rowing team at Saratoga Springs H.S. for coach EricCatalano...won the Founders Award...earned five NationalChampionship medals including one U.S. first place and two Canadianfirst place medals...member of crews that won the 2008 and 2009 NewYork State championship senior eight...member of the senior eightthat placed first at the New York State Section II Championship(2008 and 2009), the Canadian Schoolboys Regatta nationals (2008)and the Saratoga Invitational (2009)...part of the women’smid-weight eight which placed first at the 2009 Canadian SchoolboysRegatta nationals women’s mid-weight eight...senior eightplaced third at the 2008 Scholastic Nationals and fifth at the 2008Head of the Charles Regatta...part of the junior eight thatfinished first at the 2007 Scholastic Nationals, the 2007 New YorkState Championship, the New York State Section II Championship andthe New Jersey State Championship, while placing second at theStotesbury Regatta...rowed in the freshman eight which placed firstat the 2006 New York State Championship and the New York StateSection II Championship...won the College Board National HispanicRecognition Scholar Award...member of National Honor Society and aStudent Council Representative.

Personal: Daughter of David and MicheleTorres...has two brothers (Nicholas and Michael) and one sister(Haleigh)...brother, Nicholas, played rugby at Harvard...aPsychology major.