2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Ella Van Fleet
- Position:
- Coxswain
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly HS
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
2023-24
Coxed both of UCLA’s varsity crews (V4+, V8+) and the second varsity eight (2V8+) crew during her junior season… coxed UCLA’s V8+ crew in the season-opening tri-meet against USC and LMU where UCLA placed second (March 23)… coxed the Bruins’ V4+ and V8+ crew at the Lake Natoma Invitational, earning a respective first and third-place finish (April 6)… coxed the 2V8+ crew during the Big Ten Invitational, clinching a third-place finish on day one and a first-place finish on day two (April 19-20)… also coxed the 2V8+ crew at the Dexter Lake Invitational where UCLA finished second out of six boats (April 27).
2022-23
Coxed the Bruins’ second varsity eight (2V8+) and varsity four crews (V4+) during her sophomore campaign … coxed UCLA’s 2V8+ crew in the season-opening dual-meet competition against USC at the Port of Los Angeles (March 11) … coxed the Bruins’ 2V8+ crew at the two-day Big Ten Invitational in Sarasota, Fla. (April 7-8) … helped guide the 2V8+ boat to a first-place finish in the morning session on day one at the Big Ten Invitational … coxed the V4+ crew in a dual-meet competition against Loyola Marymount in Marina del Rey (April 22) … helped UCLA’s V4+ crew to a win over LMU … coxed the V4+ at the Dexter Lake Invitational in Lowell, Ore. (April 29) … helped the V4+ boat to a fourth-place finish in the morning session and to a third-place finish out of eight crews in the afternoon session … coxed the V4+ crew at the season-culminating Pac-12 Championships on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Ore. (May 14).
2021-22
Coxed various boats in four spring racing events during her freshman season … coxed the novice eight (N8+) crew at the two-day San Diego Crew Classic (March 26-27) … helped the N8+ boat to a second-place finish on back-to-back days at the SDCC on Mission Bay … coxed the second varsity four (2V4+) at the two-day Pac-12 Invitational on Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nev. (April 9-10) … coxed the varsity four (V4+) boat at the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas (April 30) … coxed the third varsity eight (3V8+) at the Pac-12 Championships on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Ore. (May 15).
High School
Attended Long Beach Poly High School for four years … competed for the Long Beach Junior Crew … qualified in the 4x at the 2019 Head of the Charles … placed second at U.S. Southwest Regionals in the 4x in 2018 … was invited to the U19 USA Rowing national team selection camp in 2019.
Personal
Full name: Ella Grace Van Fleet … born in Bellflower, Calif. … daughter of Jason and Anna Van Fleet … has one older sister, Phoebe, and one older brother, Levi … has one grandmother who attended UCLA … admires former professional women’s tennis player Billie Jean King (who also graduated from Long Beach Poly HS) … is interested in a career in the field of law … intends to major in political science.
