The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2016-17 Rowing Roster
Roster
Gia Doonan
- Position:
- Port
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Tabor Academy
- Hometown:
- Marion, Mass.
- 2017 CRCA All-American (First Team)
- 2016 CRCA All-American (First Team)
- 2015 CRCA All-American (First Team)
- Won gold with the USA's women's 8+ and 4- at the 2016 World Rowing Under-23 Championships
- 2015 & 2017 Big 12 Rower of the Year
- 2015, 2016 & 2017 NCAA Championships participant
- 2015, 2016 & 2017 Big 12 champion (varsity 8+)
- 2014 U.S. Rowing Pre-Elite National Team Camp participant
- 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 All-Big 12 First Team
- 2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2016 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- Member of Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2014)
AS A SENIOR (2016-17)
• Completed her collegiate career by helping the Longhorns Varsity 8+ tie their school record with a fourth-place finish in the grand final at the NCAA Championships
• Helped the First Varsity 8+ to victory in the grand final (6:14.497) at the Big 12 Championships
• Contributed to a Texas victory in the Varsity 8+ over Virginia (6:25.13) at the Virginia Dual
• Helped Texas to victory in the Varsity Eight "A" Final (6:15.100) at the Clemson invitational
• Helped Texas record wins in the Varsity 8+ over K-State (7:05.221) and Kansas (7:11.551) at the Big 12 Double Dual
• Contributed to a Texas in the Varsity 8+ Jessop-Whittier Cup Grand Final over USC, Wisconsin, Washington State, British Columbia, and UCLA at the San Diego Crew Classic (6:16.729)
• Helped Texas to victory in the First Varsity 8+ “A” Final over Iowa, UCF, and Duke at the Longhorn Invite (6:08.555)
AS A JUNIOR (2015-16)
- Helped the varsity 8+ to victory in the petite final (6:24.496) and a seventh place overall finish at the NCAA Championships
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
• Helped the varsity 8+ place a school-best fourth in the grand final (6:27.165) at the NCAA Championships
• Paced the varsity 8+ to victory in the grand final (6:31.16) at the Big 12 Championships
• Helped the varsity 8+ to a dual win over San Diego (6:30.4)
• Helped the varsity 8+ to second place in its four-boat race (6:59.2) at the Dale England Cup
• Helped the varsity 8+ to second place in its seven-boat heat (6:28.6) on day two of the Clemson Invitational
• Helped the varsity 8+ to second place in its seven-boat race (6:22.8) on day one of the Clemson Invitational
• Joined the varsity 8+ in placing second in the seven-boat Women’s Collegiate Grand Final (6:39.74) at the San Diego Crew Classic
AS A FRESHMAN (2013-14)
• All-Big 12 First Team
• Placed fifth with the varsity 8+ in the grand final (6:41.41) at the Conference USA Championship
• Placed fourth with the varsity 8+ (7:33.13) at the Big 12 Championship
• Placed seventh with the varsity 8+ (7:18.8) on day two of the Clemson Invite
• Placed seventh with the varsity 8+ (7:40.2) on day one of the Clemson Invite
• Helped the varsity 8+ place fourth in the women’s collegiate invitational petite final (7:08.45) at the San Diego Crew Classic
• Helped the varsity 8+ place third in the 28-boat women’s championship 8+ (16:22.8) at the Head of the Hooch
• Placed 27th with the varsity 8+ (16:06.369) at the Princeton Chase
• Helped UT place 15th in the women’s championship 4+ (19:46.099) at the Head of the Charles
BEFORE TEXAS
· Standout three-sport athlete at Tabor Academy
· Helped Tabor Academy’s first boat to fifth-place finishes at the All-New England Championships as a sophomore and junior
· Helped Tabor Academy’s basketball team win the Class A New England Prep Schools title as a freshman and sophomore and to third place as a junior
· Named to the New Bedford Standard-Times Super Team in track and field (triple jump, long jump, 400 meters)
PERSONAL
Major is physical culture & sports.
