McKendree Densel

Duke Rowing Headshots at the Blue Devil Tower on August 20, 2020 at Durham, North Carolina.

Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Boston, Mass.
High School:
Lincoln Sudbury Regional

Awards/Honors: 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... 2019-20 Duke rowing Most Improved Rower ... 2020 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22: Competed in the 2V8 lineup at six regattas during the spring season ... placed first at the Carolina Cup to open the season (3/5) ... helped 2V8 sweep three races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite (3/19-22) ... part of 2V8 that earned ACC Crew of the Week honors after outracing No. 4 Michigan and No. 9 Ohio State at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (4/2) ... placed first in two races at the Big Ten Invite (4/15-16) ... claimed bronze in the 2V8 at the ACC Championship (5/14).

2020-21: Competed in V8 lineup in six regattas during spring season ... opened season by helping lead V8 to a win at the Carolina Cup (3/6) ... sat bow in head-to-head win over UCF at the Virginia Invite (3/27) ... part of ACC Crew of the Week that defeated No. 7 Michigan at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (4/3) ... picked up another ACC Crew of the Week honor following win at Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/24) ... helped V8 take second at ACC Championship (5/15) ... earned fourth-place finish in V8 C Final at NCAA Championships (5/30).

2019-20: Competed in one race during the 2020 spring season that was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic ... sat in the 2V8 boat at the Carolina Cup (3/7), helping the crew take first place in its race by over 13 seconds ... named the team's Most Improved Rower at the end-of-season virtual banquet ... named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2018-19: Helped Duke win its third consecutive Carolina Cup, sitting stroke in the 3V8 boat that finished first with a time of 7:12.4 … placed second with the 3V8 boat at the Cooper Sprints (6:58.60) … sat bow with the 3V8 squad at the Big Ten/ACC Dual, earning second in the afternoon final (7:01.2).

Prior to Duke: Attended Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Mass. … competed for the Community Rowing, Inc. under head coach Skye Elliot ... a gold medalist as a member of the U19 Women’s 8+ at the 2017 Royal Canadian Henley ... also placed fifth at the 2017 Club National Championships with the U19 Women’s 2x ... a club soccer player for eight years with the FC Stars, consistently ranking in the top-10 clubs in the country ... with the Stars, competed in the 2014 and 2015 Elite Clubs National League National Playoffs ... a National Merit Commended Scholar who received the 2017 Science Department Book Award, the 2017 Yale University Book Award and the 2015 History Department Award.

Personal: Born on October 30, 1999 … daughter of Christiane and William Densel, who both graduated from Duke in 1989.

Last Updated 6/6/22