Franco D'Agostino

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Caracas, Venezuela
High School:
Phillips Academy

At Princeton — 2017: rowed in the gold medal-winning 2V at Eastern Sprints; boat flipped regular-season results against Harvard and Yale to take gold … moved to the 1V at the IRA Championships and helped Princeton place fourth, including a win over California … earned IRA All-Academic honors. 2016: rowed in the 5 seat and helped the undefeated 3V to an IRA national championship and an undefeated season … won a Sprints gold medal with the 3V and helped Princeton win the Rowe Cup (team points title) … rowed in both the 2V and the 3V during the season. 2015: rowed in the 5-seat and helped the 2V to a silver medal at the IRA Championships; Tigers led the race through 1500 meters before falling in a thriller to Washington … won gold at the Eastern Sprints in the 2V and helped Princeton win the Rowe Cup (team points title) for first time since 2005; it was the first Princeton 2V gold at Sprints since 1999 … rowed in the Ladies Plate Challenge competition at the Royal Henley Regatta … competed in the 2V during the regular season and helped the boat go 8-0. 2014: helped the 2V to a silver medal at the IRA National Championships while rowing in the 3-seat; it was the best 2V finish at the IRAs since 2000 … helped the 2V win silver at the Eastern Sprints … boat went 8-2 during the year and won its last four races.

Before Princeton — won the 2012 New England Championship with the varsity eight … placed third at the 2012 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in the U-19 division … rowed for Community Rowing, Inc.

Personal — born Aug. 24, 1994 … son of Luis Alberto and Corina D’Agostino … has a younger brother Henrique … enjoys soccer, tennis and video games … plans on studying economics, but also interested in civil engineering.