2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Danielle DeFrancisci
- Position:
- Starboard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Campolindo HS
- Hometown:
- Moraga, Calif.
2024-25
Began the season in the 2V8+ at the USC Dual Meet… Sat stroke seat in the 1V4+ at the San Diego Crew Classic, helping the crew qualify for grand finals before finishing fourth in the field… Continued her season leading the 1V4+ crew to a first-place finish at the USD Dual… Took over bow seat in the 1V4+ at the Big Ten Invitational, helping the crew to two fourth places and one third place at the conference invite… Found herself back in stroke seat of the 1V4+ at the UCSD Triton Invite… Wrapped the season sitting bow in the 4-person crew; placed third in the petite final at the Big Ten Championships in mid-May… Honors: Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree, Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll, CRCA Scholar-Athlete, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2023-24
Rowed in the Bruins’ Second Varsity Eight (2V8+) during her sophomore season… stroked the 2V8+ crew in the first regatta of the season against USC and Loyola Marymount (March 23) where her team finished first… rowed seven seat at the Lake Natoma Invitational (April 6), helping her team get a first-place win in the morning and a second-place finish in the afternoon… stroked the 2V8+ at the Big Ten Invitational (April 19-20), leading the way for her team to a first-place win on day two… rowed bow seat at the Dexter Lake Invitational (April 27)... the 2V8+ crew finished second place out of six boats, scoring better than Gonzaga, Oregon State, Oklahoma, and LMU… rowed bow seat at the Pac-12 Championships (May 19) in Sacramento, California.
2022-23
Rowed in the Bruins’ varsity four (V4+) and second varsity eight crews (2V8+) during her freshman campaign … stroked the V4+ crew in the team’s season-opening dual-meet competition against USC (March 11) … rowed bow seat in the V4+ crew at the two-day Big Ten Invitational in Sarasota, Fla. (April 7-8) … helped guide the Bruins’ V4+ crew to first-place finishes on back-to-back days in Sarasota, Fla. … rowed bow seat in UCLA’s 2V8+ crew in a dual-meet competition against Loyola Marymount (April 22), as the Bruins swept three races against LMU in Marina del Rey … rowed bow seat in the 2V8+ crew at the Dexter Lake Invitational (April 29) … the Bruins’ 2V8+ crew finished in second place, out of eight boats, in the morning session and registered a third-place finish in the afternoon session at the Dexter Lake Invitational … rowed bow seat in the Bruins’ 2V8+ crew at the Pac-12 Championships on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Ore. (May 14).
High School
Attended Campolindo High School for four years … was a three-year varsity rowing letterwinner, competing for the Oakland Strokes … spent one year on the novice team before her final three seasons with the varsity program … as a senior, rowed at the USRowing Youth National Championships (2022), finishing fourth in the Youth 4- (as the stroke) … rowed at the 2022 Southwest Junior Regional Championships, finishing in third place in the Youth 8+ (as the stroke) and third in the Youth 4- (as the stroke) … finished in first place in the Youth 8+ (stroke) at the 2022 Pacific Invite and Husky Open … also finished in first place in the Youth 4+ (stroke) at the 2022 Pacific Invite … raced at the 2021 Head of the Charles and the 2021 San Diego Fall Classic … as a junior, raced at the USRowing Summer National Championships (2021) – finished in first place in the U19 8+ (stroke), second place in the U23 8+ (stroke) and fifth in the U19 4+ (stroke) … as a sophomore, raced at the 2019 Head of the American and the 2019 Head of the Lagoon … finished in first place in the 3V8+ (six seat) at the Head of the American and was a second-place finisher in the JV8+ (seven seat) at the Head of the Lagoon.
Personal
Full name: Danielle Althea DeFrancisci … was born in Oakland, Calif. … is the oldest of Brandon and Shirley DeFrancisci’s three children … had one brother (Drew) and one sister (Caity) … undeclared major.
