2019 Open Rowing Roster
Hannah Paynter
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lyme-Old Lyme
- Hometown:
- Lyme, Conn.
At Princeton — 2019: Second-Team All-Ivy … Spent the entire season at 2V8 … Boat won at the Ivy League Championships. 2018: won gold in the Princeton 2V at the Ivy League Championships, the first time the Tigers won a 2V Ivy title since 2012 … rowed at the NCAA Championships and helped the 2V place third in the petite final to improve on their original seed … helped 2V to a 9-5 regular-season record. 2017: earned silver in the 2V final at the Ivy League Championships … helped boat to 10-1 record during the regular season … placed 10th in the 2V event at the NCAA Championships. 2016: rowed in the 3 seat of the V4B and won a silver medal at the Ivy League Championships … rowed in the V4A through much of her freshman season and helped the boat to six victories.
Before Princeton — led Lyme-Old Lyme to the 2014 and 2015 Connecticut Public Schools Rowing Championship Regatta titles … won gold at the 2015 National Schools’ Championship Regatta; won silver at the 2014 event … earned bronze at the 2015 Founders Day Regatta … has coached at local Learn To Row program since 2012 … lettered in soccer and basketball … led soccer team to two conference titles … Scholar Athlete … Lyme-Old Lyme High School's Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference 2015 Scholar Athlete of the Year … member of the National Honor Society … class historian … Secretary of Model United Nations Club … recipient of the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence.
Personal — born June 13, 1997 … daughter of Cameron and Michael Paynter … has two younger sisters, Emma and Margot, and a younger brother Dylan … grandfather was a member of the Princeton Class of 1953 … enjoys watching movies, running, coaching, and cooking … student in the Psychology department pursuing certificates from the African American Studies department and the Teacher Preparation Program.
