2017 Women's Open Rowing Roster
Amanda Rutherford
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Piedmont
- Hometown:
- Piedmont, Calif.
At Princeton — 2017: first-team All-Ivy League honoree … CRCA National Scholar-Athlete … coxed Princeton to its second straight Ivy League championship … helped V8 to 11-0 regular-season record, with wins in the Class of 1987 Trophy, Class of 1975 Cup, and Eisenberg Trophy regatta … Tigers placed ninth in the NCAA 1V Championships. 2016: All-Region and first-team All-Ivy League honoree … CRCA National Scholar-Athlete … coxed the Princeton V8 to an upset over top-ranked Brown to win the 2016 Ivy League championship … helped the V8 return to the NCAA Championships A final for the first time since 2013 … led V8 to a 9-2 record and wins in the Class of 1975 Cup, Eisenberg Cup and Class of 1984 Plaque regattas … won the Ron Needs Challenge Cup for Elite Eights at the Henley Women's Regatta and reached the semifinals of the Remenham Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. 2015: earned CRCA All-Academic national honors … coxed the 2V8 to an 8-2 record and a fourth-place finish at the Ivy League Championships … competed in 2V8 at NCAA Championships and won third level final … helped Princeton retain the Class of 1984 Plaque vs. Penn, Dartmouth. 2014: coxed the V4 and earned a bronze medal at the NCAA Championships … competed at the NCAA Championships and reached the petite final … helped the V4 to a 6-4 record.
Before Princeton — coxed the U.S.A. Junior Women’s 8+ at both the 2012 and 2013 Junior World Championships; won silver medal in 2012 and placed fifth in 2013 … rowed for Oakland Strokes club team; won 2012 national championships and named 2012 Team of the Year … rowed for four year … four-year member of the Honors Society.
Personal — born Sept. 6, 1995 … daughter of Dr. George and Dr. Mary Rutherford … has three older sisters: Alicia Bennett, Alexandra Rutherford and Anne Rutherford; Anne rowed for the Stanford lightweight program … also has two older brothers, Will and Hugh … enjoys cooking, dancing and reading … may study economics.
