The Yuro File
• Majoring in human biology with a concentration in genetics
• Spent last summer working at the Rutgers University genetics lab, looking at proteins in the brain that might cause depression
• Worked at the genetics lab in the Penn State College of Medicine in the Summer of 2013, looking for genes that might be involved in autism
• Member of a sorority and is member development chairman after being social chair last year, while organizing brunches for St. Jude
• Enjoys yoga
• Father, Richard, played soccer and baseball at East Stroudsburg University
• Mother, Michelle, played volleyball, lacrosse and tennis at Glassboro State
2014-15 (Senior)
• IRA Team National Champion
• IRA Varsity Eight National Champion
• Pocock Lightweight All America
• IRA All-Academic Team
• Member of the varsity eight
• Went undefeated in 11 races with the varsity eight during the spring
• Sat four seat for the national title victory, notching a time of 6:32.236 in the IRA Grand Final
• Took first in the PCRC open eight event
• Set a lightweight course record in a Big Row win over the Cal 3V8
• Posted two wins on Lake Natoma to take the title at the WIRA Championships
• Claimed the title at the Lightweight Invite with wins over No. 2 Harvard, No. 4 Boston University, No. 5 Wisconsin and No. 9 MIT
• Defeated No. 4 Boston University in a dual on the Charles River
• Won the San Diego Crew Classic lightweight race with the varsity eight
• Competed at the 50th Head of the Charles, placing eighth overall and fifth among colleges
2013-14 (Junior)
• IRA All-Academic team
• Raced with the varsity eight
• Placed second in the Grand Final of the varsity eight after winning the heat at the IRA National Championships
• Won gold in the 1V8 open event at the WIRA Championships
• Captured the Women’s Collegiate Lightweight Trophy after a victory in the San Diego Crew Classic
• Finished first in the Women’s Open 8+ and second with the Stanford B four at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships
• Tallied a win over No. 2 Cal’s 3V8 in the Big Row
• Took second at the Lightweight Invitational with five of the top seven teams in Boston and won against No. 4 Boston University and No. 5 Wisconsin in a three-team race
• Defeated Saint Mary’s in a dual race at the Pac-12 Challenge
• Missed the fall season while studying abroad in Australia
2012-13 (Sophomore)
• Selected to the IRA All-Academic team
• Named Most Improved by the team
• Rowed as a member of the IRA National Champion Varsity Eight
• Claimed second place with the Varsity Eight at the WIRA Championships
• Posted a first place finish in the Women’s Open Eight at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships
• Part of the Varsity Eight that won the San Diego Crew Classic
• Tallied a second place time in the Varsity Eight at Boston
2011-12 (Freshman)
• Won the novice lightweight four at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships
• Defeated Wisconsin in a head-to-head race with the Varsity II Eight
• Finished fourth at the San Diego Crew Classic with the Varsity II Eight
• Also raced head-to-head against Tulsa and faced Harvard and MIT in Boston
High School
• A 2011 graduate of Peddie School
• Lettered four times in soccer, three times in crew, and once in track
• Captained the soccer team her senior year and received the 2010 Mercer 33 award and was a 2010 all-prep second team
• Her rowing team placed sixth in the 2010 Rowing Youth Nationals
• Honored with the 2010 Outstanding Rower Award of Peddie School
Personal
• Born in Allentown, N.J.
• Daughter of Richard Yuro and Michelle Solack-Yuro
• Has one younger brother, Kyle
Yuro on Stanford
"When I was doing my college search I was talking to a lot of people and they told me that when I found the right college I would just know. I wasn’t really feeling that and then I came to Stanford and I knew. I had the gut feeling that this is where I was supposed to be. It ended up being my dream school. It is surreal sometimes how happy I am here. I am around so many people who are like me and I am always learning from people around me."