Catherine Dana

Position:
Player
Height:
5-11
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
San Francisco, Calif.

2017-18: Competed in the 3V8 for the final regatta of the spring … For the first time in program history, all five boats qualified for the Grand Final at the ACC Championship where Duke finished third as a team with 72 points … In the first heat of prelims, secured second in 6:49.3, trailing only top-seeded Virginia … Qualified for the Grand Final and earned a spot on the podium with a third-place finish in 6:43.00.

Prior to Duke: Two year letter winner under head coach Sandy Armstrong at the Marin Rowing Association … earned a gold medal while representing the United States Junior National Team at the 2016 CanAmMex Regatta … helped her team to a second-place finish at the Head of the Charles in 2016 and first place at the2016 San Diego Crew Classic as a member of the JV8+ … also earned varsity letters in soccer and sailing … starting goalie on the varsity soccer squad during her freshman year … gold fleet skipper and crew member as a freshman and sophomore sailor … competed in the Women’s Double Handed and Single Handed Sailing National Championship as a freshman and sophomore … four-year member and Club Head of Operation Smile, a club that raises money for children with cleft palate … four-year member of Simple Gifts, a club that raises money for women and children’s organizations in the Bay Area … two-year member of the Math Club.

Personal: Born June 16, 1999 … daughter of Lisa and Bill Dana … has one brother, Will, and one sister, Francesca … brother sails at U.C. Santa Barbara and sister sails at Santa Clara University … mother sailed at UCSB and father was on the ski team at the University of Colorado at Boulder.