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2008: Bow of the Second Varsity Eight and seven seat of the Varsity Lightweight Eight ... beat North Carolina, George Mason, Delaware, Buffalo, Georgetown, Dayton, George Washington and West Virginia ... raced Ohio State, Michigan and Tennessee, leading Michigan, for two-thirds of the race ... won the Murphy Cup to help the team to its second consecutive team points trophy ... placed second at the Patriot League Championship to contribute to the third consecutive Patriot League title for the Bison ... came from behind to win the ECAC Metro Championship and contribute to a sweep of the varsity events and second consecutive points trophy ... finished third in the Petite Final of the Eastern Sprints behind league foes Princeton and Penn and ahead of Patriot League rival Navy ... beat Buffalo in the Varsity Lightweight Eight and helped Bucknell to a fourth-place finish at the IRA National Championship Regatta ... honored by the CRCA as a National Scholar-Athlete ... traveled to England and raced at the Reading Amateur Regatta and the Henley Women's Regatta ... defeated University College of Dublin in the Senior 2 Eight final at the Reading Amateur Regatta. 2007: Bow of the Second Varsity Eight ... recorded excellent 7-2 record, one of the losses coming only to the Varsity Eight in a one-two defeat of Georgetown's Varsity Eight ... rowed three-seat in the 2007 national championship varsity lightweight eight at IRA Regatta ... 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 crew from Rhode Island and Buffalo ... won the Murphy Cup Regatta contributing to the Women's and Overall Points Trophy 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. High School: Member of South Jersey Rowing Club ... placed third in the Novice Four at New Jersey State Scholastic Rowing Championships in 2004 ... placed first in the Jr. Women's Eight and second in the 500-meter dash at the Philadelphia Youth Regatta ... placed first in the varsity quad at the 2005 Navy Day Regatta ... honor roll student all four years ... Principal's list for seven semesters ... member of the National Honor Society ... received awards from the National Foreign Language Honors Society, as well as at the Shawnee Art Show. Personal: Full name is Devon Joy Mitchell ... daughter of Paul and Joyce Mitchell ...sister Miranda ... born on July 21, 1988 ... planning to major in environmental studies. | |||||||||||||||||||