David McFall

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
High School:
Central Catholic

At Princeton — 2017: coxed the 1V to a bronze medal at Eastern Sprints … helped the 1V return to the IRA grand final, where it topped California and finished fourth … earned IRA All-Academic honors … helped the 1V retain the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup, the Childs Cup, and the Content Cup. 2016: coxed the varsity eight to a bronze medal at the IRA Championships; Princeton defeated seven-time IRA champion Washington for the medal … coxed Princeton to a silver at Eastern Sprints and led the Tigers to a repeat of the Rowe Cup (team points) title … helped Princeton retain the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup, Childs Cup, Compton Cup, and Compton Cup; victory over Harvard was only Princeton's second road win in the Compton Cup since 1957 … member of the IRA All-Academic team. 2015: coxed the 3V to a gold medal at the Eastern Sprints; Tigers rallied past Brown in the final 500 meters to win … reached the grand final at the IRA Championships for a second straight year … won twice in the Temple Cup Challenge at the Royal Henley Regatta before falling to University de Lyon in the quarterfinal … helped the 3V earn a 7-1 record during the regular season … earned Academic All-IRA honors. 2014: coxed the 3V to a fourth-place finish at the Eastern Sprints … reached the grand final at the IRA Championships as well; it was the first 3V grand final at IRAs since 2011.

Before Princeton — won two gold medals at the Midwest Scholastic Championships … 2013 SRAA champion … team captain and four-year team record-keeper … salutatorian … member of the National Honor Society … president of the Latin Club.

Personal — born June 13, 1994 … son of John and Theresa McFall … has a younger sister Julie … enjoys skiing and reading … may study molecular biology.