Alex Dessart

Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Bronxville, N.Y.
High School:
Bronxville / Washington / UCLA

Honors:
CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2025)
Big Ten All-Academic Team (2025)

2024- 2025 - Junior (at Washington): Rowed in the Varsity Four that won the B fours championship at the San Diego Crew Classic ... sat in the Second Varsity Four that won all three of its races at the Big Ten Invitational ... competed as a member of the 2V4 A boat in The Dual versus California ... raced in the Second Varsity Four "A" crew that won its race at Windmere Cup/Opening Day Regatta ... brought home a gold medal in the 3V4 at the 2025 Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana ... helped the Huskies sweep all seven grand final races and claim the overall Big Ten title.

2023-2024 - Sophomore (at Washington): Stoked the Third Varsity Eight that finished third at the San Diego Crew Classic ... rowed in the Third Varsity Eight at the California Dual ... a member of the Second Varsity Eight Purple lineup in the Erickson Cascade Cup at the Opening Day Regatta ... earned a bronze medal in the Third Varsity Eight at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships in Gold River, California.

2022-23 - Freshman (at UCLA): Rowed in the Bruins’ varsity four (V4+) and second varsity eight crews (2V8+) during her freshman season … rowed bow seat in the V4+ boat in UCLA’s season-opening dual-meet competition against USC (March 11) … rowed three seat in the V4+ crew at the two-day Big Ten Invitational in Sarasota, Fla. (April 7-8) … helped UCLA’s varsity four boat to first-place finishes in four-boat races on both days at the Big Ten Invitational … rowed bow seat in the 2V8+ crew in a dual-meet regatta against Loyola Marymount (April 22) … UCLA swept all three races against LMU in Marina del Rey that morning … rowed bow seat in the 2V8+ crew at the Dexter Lake Invitational (April 29), helping the second varsity eight to a second-place finish in the morning session and to a third-place finish that afternoon … rowed bow seat in the 2V8+ crew at the season-culminating Pac-12 Championships (May 14).

High School: Attended Bronxville High School for four years … rowed for RowAmerica Rye … competed at the Head of the Charles and the USRowing Youth Nationals … finished in third place in the Women’s Youth 4+ at the Head of the Charles … raced to a fourth-place finish at USRowing Youth Nationals, competing in the Women’s 2V8+ crew.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Janet Dessart … has one brother (Spencer) and three sisters (Abby, Ellie and Juliana) ... her mother, Janet, swam at University of Colorado Boulder ... her sister, Abby, was a four-year member of the women's swimming and diving program at Case Western and brother, Spencer, played three years of collegiate baseball with stops at Middlebury, Washington and Cal.