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Career Accolades

  • WIRA Varsity 8+ champion (2023)
  • Two-time CRCA National Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2023)
  • Two-time IRA All-Academic squad (2022, 2023)

As a Junior (2022-23)

  • Coxed Varsity 8+ boat to the WIRA championship
  • Coxed Cardinal Varsity 8+ to second at the IRA Championships
  • CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
  • IRA All-Academic

As a Sophomore (2021-22)

  • CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
  • IRA All-Academic squad
  • Coxed Stanford’s varsity four boat that took fifth at the Head of the Charles
  • Coxed the Cardinal’s V8 boat that competed at the San Diego Crew Classic to open the season
  • Was the coxswain of Stanford’s varsity eight boat that captured the Danielle Kousoulis Memorial Trophy at The Knecht Cup
  • Coxed Stanford’s V8 boat in a dual with No. 1 Princeton
  • Coxed Stanford’s varsity eight boat in the Cardinal’s dual regatta with No. 6 Wisconsin
  • Coxswain of Stanford’s varsity eight boat that placed third at the 2022 IRA Championships

As a Freshman (2020-21)

  • Coxswain in opening regatta against San Diego, racing in both the varsity eight and varsity four
  • Coxswain at the Big Row in the lightweight team’s win over Cal’s openweight 4V8
  • Helped Stanford to a sweep of UC San Diego as the coxswain with the varsity four
  • Won the national championship in the varsity four at the IRA Championships as the coxswain

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2020 graduate of Greenwich (Conn.) High School
  • Rowed for Greenwich Crew and was team captain in 2019-20
  • Won the lightweight 8+ at Youth Nationals in 2019
  • First in lightweight 8+ at Northeast Regionals in 2019
  • Second in 4+ event at Head of the Charles in 2018
  • Won the club team points title for USRowing's Northeast Regional from 2017-19
  • Club captured US Rowing Virtual Nationals and Virtual Northeast Regionals team points titles in 2020

Personal

  • Parents are Kenneth and Melanie Garnett
  • Has an older sister, Eleanor
  • Competed in ballroom dancing from grades 3-12
  • Silver level competitor in standard and Latin
  • Member of Madrigals, an all-women's selection choir at Greenwich High
  • Worked in a consignment shop in 2018 in which all proceeds went to charity
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2020-21
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2022-23
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2023-24