2020-21 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Wood, Whitney

Whitney Wood
- Position:
- Starboard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Glendora HS
- Hometown:
- Glendora, Calif.
Bio
2020-21
Rowed in the third varsity eight (3V8+) crew during her senior season … rowed three seat in the 3V8+ crew in a dual-meet victory against USC (March 27) … rowed seven seat in the 3V8+ crew in a dual-meet victory against the University of San Diego (April 24) … rowed three seat in the 3V8+ crew in races against Stanford and USC (May 1) … rowed seven seat in the 3V8+ crew at Pac-12 Championships on Lake Natoma (May 16).
2019-20
Rowed bow seat in the varsity four in the Bruins’ dual-meet win against San Diego State (March 7) … UCLA’s spring rowing season was cut short due to a global pandemic (COVID-19).
2018-19
Rowed bow seat in the third varsity eight (3V8+) as a sophomore … was named an honorable mention on the Pac-12 All-Academic Team … rowed bow seat in the 3V8+ at the two consecutive home competitions against San Diego State (March 9) and Loyola Marymount (March 16) … rowed bow seat in the 3V8+ at the Windermere Cup in Seattle (May 4), leading the Bruins to a second-place finish in a four-boat race … also rowed bow seat in the 3V8+ against USC (May 11) and at Pac-12 Championships at Lake Natoma (May 19).
2017-18
Primarily rowed in the novice eight (N8+) crew during her freshman campaign … rowed bow seat in the third varsity eight (3V8+) in a home dual meet versus Oregon State (March 17) … rowed three seat in the N8+ at the two-day San Diego Crew Classic (March 24-25), helping the boat to a third-place finish on day one and to a fourth-place Grand Final finish on day two … rowed two seat in the N8+ at the annual crosstown competition against USC (April 28) … rowed bow seat in the N8+ at Pac-12 Championships (May 13) at Lake Natoma.
High School
Was a four-year varsity tennis letterwinner and a two-year varsity soccer letterwinner at Glendora High School … was a tennis player, secured first-team all-league honors and finished as the league’s third place doubles team … served as the tennis team captain during her senior year … also was the soccer team captain and earned MVP honors on the soccer team as a sophomore … earned all-league academic honors on both the tennis and soccer teams.
Personal
Full name: Whitney Marie Wood … born in Glendora, Calif. … is the younger of Brian and Abby Wood’s two children … has one older brother, Wyatt, who was a right-handed pitcher at Azusa Pacific University … economics major and intends to minor in statistics.
Rowed in the third varsity eight (3V8+) crew during her senior season … rowed three seat in the 3V8+ crew in a dual-meet victory against USC (March 27) … rowed seven seat in the 3V8+ crew in a dual-meet victory against the University of San Diego (April 24) … rowed three seat in the 3V8+ crew in races against Stanford and USC (May 1) … rowed seven seat in the 3V8+ crew at Pac-12 Championships on Lake Natoma (May 16).
2019-20
Rowed bow seat in the varsity four in the Bruins’ dual-meet win against San Diego State (March 7) … UCLA’s spring rowing season was cut short due to a global pandemic (COVID-19).
2018-19
Rowed bow seat in the third varsity eight (3V8+) as a sophomore … was named an honorable mention on the Pac-12 All-Academic Team … rowed bow seat in the 3V8+ at the two consecutive home competitions against San Diego State (March 9) and Loyola Marymount (March 16) … rowed bow seat in the 3V8+ at the Windermere Cup in Seattle (May 4), leading the Bruins to a second-place finish in a four-boat race … also rowed bow seat in the 3V8+ against USC (May 11) and at Pac-12 Championships at Lake Natoma (May 19).
2017-18
Primarily rowed in the novice eight (N8+) crew during her freshman campaign … rowed bow seat in the third varsity eight (3V8+) in a home dual meet versus Oregon State (March 17) … rowed three seat in the N8+ at the two-day San Diego Crew Classic (March 24-25), helping the boat to a third-place finish on day one and to a fourth-place Grand Final finish on day two … rowed two seat in the N8+ at the annual crosstown competition against USC (April 28) … rowed bow seat in the N8+ at Pac-12 Championships (May 13) at Lake Natoma.
High School
Was a four-year varsity tennis letterwinner and a two-year varsity soccer letterwinner at Glendora High School … was a tennis player, secured first-team all-league honors and finished as the league’s third place doubles team … served as the tennis team captain during her senior year … also was the soccer team captain and earned MVP honors on the soccer team as a sophomore … earned all-league academic honors on both the tennis and soccer teams.
Personal
Full name: Whitney Marie Wood … born in Glendora, Calif. … is the younger of Brian and Abby Wood’s two children … has one older brother, Wyatt, who was a right-handed pitcher at Azusa Pacific University … economics major and intends to minor in statistics.
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Wednesday, April 08
Rowing 2020 Season Look Back
Wednesday, April 08
Lanea Tuiasosopo Student-Athlete Graduation Celebration Speech
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