Camille VanderMeer

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Senior
High School:
Notre Dame
Hometown:
Elmira, N.Y.

Awards:
CRCA All-American (2023)
NCAA 1V Bronze Medal (2022, 2023)
Ivy League 1V Gold Medal (2022, 2023)
Ivy League 2V Gold Medal (2019)
First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
Second-Team All-Ivy (2022)
Academic All-Ivy (2023)
CRCA Scholar Athlete (2020, 2022, 2023)

2023: Rowed for the varsity eight that do not lose in the regular season, the first time the boat had done that since 2019 … Won the Class of 1987 trophy over Brown and Rhode Island … Took home the Class of 1975 Cup with victories over No. 14 Harvard and Cornell … Helped the varsity eight defeat No. 1 Texas, ending the Longhorn’s 22-race winning streak … Defeated No. 8 Penn … Won gold at the Ivy League Championships, helping the program win its fourth straight Ivy crown and third consecutive Ivy League team title … Led the first varsity to a bronze medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships, earning the boat’s second consecutive medal at NCAAs … Helped the Tigers to third place in the NCAA Team Standings, marking the first time in program history that Princeton finished top three in consecutive seasons.

2022: Spent the entire season at the 1V … Helped the 1V retain the Class of 1975 Cup vs. Harvard and Cornell and the Eisenburg Cup vs. No. 3 Yale … Led the 1V to an Ivy League Championship and a bronze medal at the NCAA Championships, the 1V’s best finish since 2013 … Part of the Tigers’ squad that finished third at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best mark since 1997.

2020: Season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019: Spend the entire year at 2V8 … Boat won at the Ivy League Championships.

Before Princeton — competed in the 2x at the 2018 World Rowing Junior Championships and won the B final … earned silver in the 4x at the 2017 Youth Nationals … won gold in the 2017 U10 Canadian Henley in the 1x … placed sixth in the 2017 C.R.A.S.H.-B Sprints … also lettered in soccer and track … earned all-league and all-region honors in soccer; team reached the state final … reached state final in the 4x800 relay in track and earned all-league and all-region honors … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal — born Sept. 3, 2000 … daughter of Susan and Thomas Vandermeer; mother rowed at Cornell … has an older sibling Frances and a younger sibling William … enjoys hiking, piano and ceramics.