Avery Packard

Height:
6-1
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Brookline, Mass.
High School:
Brookline

Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2024, 2025)

2024-2025 (Sophomore): Competed in the Blue Devils’ D boat at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6), going head-to-head with the Ukraine women's national team, Oxford University and High Point … saw action in the 4V8 at the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 2V4 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … guided the 2V4 to a second-place time of 7:57.575 in the opening day of the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5) … followed with a winning time of 7:40.767, finishing ahead of the crews from Minnesota and Clemson, to close out the regatta … held on in a very tight 2V4 race against No. 12 Michigan and No. 18 Harvard in the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), claiming second after a photo finish … concluded the afternoon session with another second-place finish, beating out the crew from No. 7 Brown in the final stretch … raced as part of the 2V4 crew that helped the Blue Devils secure second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … placed fifth in the grand final 2V4 race as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).

2023-2024 (Freshman): Saw action in five regattas during her initial season with the Blue Devils … member of the Varsity Eight D boat that competed against the Ukraine women's national team in the High Point Rowing Festival, clocking a time of 16:12 … raced in the Varsity Eight E and Novice Eight boat at the annual Rivanna Romp … sat in the Varsity Four and Second Varsity Four during the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, sweeping all three races she competed in … part of the Second Varsity Four lineup that defeated No. 12 Ohio State and placed second against No. 9 Michigan in the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual … helped Duke collect 84 team points to finish second at its annual home regatta, the Lake Wheeler Invitational.