Laura Roberts

Laura Roberts

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Hometown:
Canonsburg, Pa.

High School:
Peters Township

Graduated:
2007

2007: Seven seat 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 7 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 ... placed fourth in the Varsity Lightweight event at Bucknell's Erg Armageddon ... 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 ... selected as a CRCA National Scholar Athlete.

2006: Five seat of the Second Varsity Eight ... competed as the Lightweight Eight at the IRA Regatta ... made program history by winning the Murphy Cup Regatta ... raced competitively with perennial power Princeton Lightweights ... defeated crews from Colgate, West Virginia, and Cincinnati at home ... second at the Patriot League Championships to contribute heavily to the team title ... silver medal in the JV Eight at the Dad Vail Regatta ... qualified for the Grand Final at the IRA Championships and finished sixth, the best performance by a Lightweight Eight in program history ... fourth in the Women's Varsity Lightweight division at Bucknell's Erg Armageddon ... honored as one of Bucknell's Lewisburg Hotel Bison Athletes of the Week in April as well as one an Athlete of the Month at the April Women's Sports Luncheon.

2005: As a member of the Varsity Eight, placed sixth at Murphy Cup ... defeated Army at home ... defeated Fairfield ... placed fourth at Patriot League Championships ... defeated George Mason, Loyola, Fordham and Temple at home ... placed second in Petite finals at Dad Vail, the best Varsity Eight finish in program history.

2004: As a member of the Novice Eight, won silver at the Patriot League Challenge, gold at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Championships, and reached semifinals of the Dad Vail Regatta ... also defeated Colgate and St. Lawrence University at Colgate, and won home races against Temple, Army, and George Mason ... acted as a spare for the Varsity Lightweight Eight at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship ... competed in the Elite Pair event at the Reading Amateur Regatta in Reading, England and in the Lightweight Pair event at the Henley Women's Regatta in England.

Personal: Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics ... Dean's List fall 2003 and spring 2004.

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