Nora Goodwillie Season 2025-26

Career Highlights

• Two-time NCAA Champion- Team (2023, 2025)
• Three-time NCAA Champion- Second Varsity Eight (2023, 2024, 2025)
• NCAA Runner-Up- Team (2024)
• ACC Champion- Team (2025)
• ACC Champion- Second Varsity Eight (2025)
• Two-time Pac-12 Champions- Team (2023, 2024)
• Pac-12 Champion- Second Varsity Eight (2024)
• ACC Co-Crew of the Week- Second Varsity Eight (April 15, 2025)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• All-ACC Academic Rowing Team (2025)
• Two-time CRCA National Scholar Athlete (2024, 2025)

As a Junior (2024-25) • NCAA Champion (Team, Second Varsity Eight) • ACC Champion (Team, Second Varsity Eight)

• ACC Co-Crew of the Week- Second Varsity Eight (April 15, 2025)
• All-ACC Academic Rowing Team
• CRCA National Scholar Athlete
• Earned a second-place finish in the Women’s Open 8+ race at the San Diego Fall Crew Classic, rowing in the bow seat of "Elle Logan"
• Earned a fifth-place finish in the Women’s Open 4+ race at the San Diego Fall Crew Classic, rowing in the 2 seat of "Academic Weapon"
• Opened the 2025 spring season with a first-place effort in the stroke seat of the varsity four boat at No. 3 Tennessee
• Raced in the stroke seat of Stanford's second varsity eight boat in the Cardinal's top finishes against No. 10 Virginia/No. 11 Syracuse at Redwood Shores
• Bested No. 1 Texas and No. 15 UCF in the stroke seat of the second varsity eight boat at the Longhorn Invite
• Took down No. 9 California at the annual Big Row, racing in the stroke seat of the second varsity eight boat
• Aided Stanford to its fourth consecutive team title at the 2025 ACC Championships, earning the Cardinal's second consecutive conference title in the second varsity eight boat as the stroke seat
• Helped earn the Cardinal a third consecutive second varsity eight national championship from the stroke seat at the 2025 NCAA Championships, leading to Stanford’s second NCAA team title in three seasons

As a Sophomore (2023-24) • NCAA Champion (Second Varsity Eight) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team) • Pac-12 Champion (Team, Second Varsity Eight)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
• Rowed in the 4 seat of the Cardinal's Championship B boat at the prestigious Head of the Charles regatta
• Kicked off the 2024 spring season with a first-place effort in the 4 seat of the second varsity eight boat at USC
• Raced in the bow seat of Stanford's varsity four boat at the UVA Invite, earning top finishes over Virginia and Yale Saturday
• Raced in the 5 seat of Stanford's second varsity eight boat at the UVA Invite, earning a top finish over Syracuse
• Competed in the Longhorn Invite in the 5 seat of the second varsity eight boat
• Bested California at the annual Big Row, racing in the bow seat of the second varsity eight boat
• Aided Stanford to its third consecutive team title at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships, recording the Cardinal's first conference championship in the second varsity eight boat since 2014 as the stroke seat
• Brought home the second varsity eight national title as the stroke seat at the 2024 NCAA Championships, leading the Cardinal to its fourth consecutive top-two team finish

As a Freshman (2022-23) • NCAA Champion (Team, Second Varsity Eight) • Pac-12 Champion (Team) 

• Rowed to a second-place finish in the stroke seat with the second varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic
• Helped the second varsity eight to three first-place finishes at the Big-10 Invite (Fri AM, Fri PM, Sat AM)  in the stroke seat
• Led the second varsity eight to a victory over California at the Big Row in the bow seat
• Aided Stanford's second varsity eight boat to two top-finishes at the Pac-12 Challenge in the stroke seat 
• Part of the second varsity eight boat that finished second at the Pac-12 Championships
• Led team and second varsity eight boat to national championship victories, Stanford's first since 2009

International Competition

• Part of USRowing’s U19 Women’s 8+ Team
  • Part of the 2021 World Champion Women’s 8+ boat at the U19 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
    • Part of the 2022 World Champion Women’s 8+ boat at the U19 World Championships in Varese, Italy

Prior to Stanford

• Graduate of Latin School of Chicago    
• Competed for the Chicago Rowing Foundation    
  • Part of CRF’s Women’s 8+ National Champion boat at the 2022 USRowing Youth National Championships
  • Part of Chicago Rowing’s Women’s 8+ boat that placed third at the 2021 USRowing Youth National Championships
  • Chicago Rowing Foundation Team MVP (2021, 2022)
  • Earned CRF’s Senior Leadership Award 2022
  • CRF Team Captain (2022)

Personal

• Parents are Pat Goodwillie and Ligia Mendez
• Father, Pat played football at the University of Pennsylvania

Why Nora Goodwillie Chose Stanford

• “I chose Stanford because of the combination of its prestigious academics, high-level athletics, and its kind, genuine community I want to be a part of.”