Sophie Bird

Sophie Bird

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Lincolndale, N.Y.

High School:
Somers

Position:
Varsity

2008: Seven seat of the Varsity Eight ... beat a long list of competitors to finish 9-2 on the season ... won the Murphy Cup to contribute to the second consecutive team points title ... won the Knecht Cup, which qualified the entire team to compete for the first time at the prestigious Women's Eastern Sprints ... led the Bison to their third Patriot League Championship in as many years with a staggering almost 15-second victory over Navy, earning the Boat of the Year accolades for the third year in a row ... won the ECAC Metro Championship for the second year in a row and contributed to another sweep of the varsity events and the team points title ... raced an incredible stroke-for-stroke race with Dartmouth to the line at Eastern Sprints to finish just 0.1 second out of first, garnering second in the Petite Final and leading the Bison to an eighth-place finish out of 18 teams ... earned Bison Athlete of the Week Honors in April after the Patriot League victory ... selected to the All-Patriot League team for the first time in her career ... honored by the CRCA as a National Scholar-Athlete for the second year in a row ... traveled to England and raced at the Reading Amateur Regatta and the Henley Women's Regatta ... defeated Boston University in the Elite Eight final at the Reading Amateur Regatta.

2007: Six seat of the Second Varsity Eight ... recorded excellent 7-2 record, one of the losses coming to the Varsity Eight in a one-two defeat of Georgetown's Varsity Eight ... won the boat title in the Second Varsity Eight for the first time and contributed to a sweep of the Patriot League Championship beating Navy by over five seconds ... won the ECAC Metro Regatta in the Second Varsity Eight and contributed to the overall points trophy for Bucknell by defeating perennial power UMass and up-and-coming crews from Rhode Island and Buffalo ... won the Murphy Cup Regatta, contributing to the women's and overall points trophies for Bucknell ... beat Boston College and claimed Bucknell's first win in an eight over an Ivy League team with a victory over Penn ... honored at the March Women's Sports Luncheon as Athlete of the Month in the Second Varsity Eight ... part of squad finishing the year ranked second in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region.

2006: Bow of the Varsity Eight ... won the boat, team and Patriot League Boat of the Year titles at the Patriot League Championships, defeating rivals Navy and Colgate ... third in the petite level final at the San Diego Crew Classic ... third at the Murphy Cup Regatta ... defeated both West Virginia and Cincinnati at home ... seventh out of 39 at the Dad Vail Regatta, winning the petite final ... honored as one of Bucknell's Lewisburg Hotel Bison Athletes of the Week in April.

2005: As a member of the Novice Eight, placed third at Murphy Cup ... defeated Fairfield and Drexel ... placed third at Patriot League Championships in Second Varsity Eight ... defeated George Mason, Loyola, Fordham and Temple at home ... placed fifth at Dad Vail Regatta, the best Novice Eight finish in program history.

Favorite Quote: "Pain is weakness leaving the body."

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