Esther Briz Zamorano Season 2020-21

Career Highlights

• Two-time Pocock Racing Shells First Team All-American (2021, 2022)
• Pac-12 Champions- Team (2022)
• Pac-12 Champion- Varsity Eight (2022)
• Two-time NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Team (2021, 2022)
• Two-time NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Varsity Eight (2021, 2022)
• All-Pac-12 (2021, 2022)
• Two-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)

As a Senior (2021-22)  • NCAA Runner-Up (Team, Varsity Eight) • Pac-12 Champion (Team, Varsity Eight)

• 2022 Pac-12 All-Conference
• 2022 Pocock Racing Shells First Team All-American
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Led the Cardinal to victory in the 7 seat at the Head of the Charles
• Rowed in the 6 seat with the varsity eight in two top finishes at the Pac-12 Invite
• Rowed in the 6 seat with the varsity eight in three top finishes at the Big-10 Invite
• Helped team and varsity eight to a conference title at the Pac-12 Championships, the Cardinal’s first since 2014, as the 5 seat
• Aided the Cardinal team and varsity eight to a silver-medal finish at the NCAA Championships as the 5 seat

As a Junior (2020-21) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team, Varsity Eight) 

• 2021 Pocock All-America first team
• 2021 Pac-12 All-Conference
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Rowed in the 5 seat with the varsity eight in a sweep over Cal at the Big Row
• Rowed in the 5 seat with the varsity eight in wins over USC and UCLA in Los Angeles
• Helped team & varsity eight to second place at Pac-12s as the 6 seat
• 6 seat with second-place varsity eight at NCAAs, helping Stanford take second place overall

As a Sophomore (2019-20)

• Placed third overall and first among collegiate teams in the championship eights at the Head of the Charles
• Most of season canceled

As a Freshman (2018-19)

• Member of the second varsity eight, which placed fourth at NCAA Championships and second at Pac-12 Championships

International Competition 

• Finished first in the B final at the 2022 U23 World Rowing Championships with Spain in the women’s single sculls
• Finished fifth at the 2020 Under 23 European Championships with Spain in the women's 4-
• Finished fifth at the 2019 Under 23 World Championships with Spain in the women's 4-
• Placed seventh in the JW2x at the World Rowing Championship in 2016
• Placed first in the JW1x at the World Rowing Championship in 2017
• Placed sixth in the JW1x at the World Rowing Championship in 2018
• Placed first in the European Rowing Junior Championships in the JW1x in 2018
• Won Silver Skiff in Torino in 2016 (WJUNB) and 2017 (WJUNA)

Prior to Stanford 

• 2018 graduate of IES Miguel de Molinos in Zaragoza, Spain
• Named the Best Student-Athlete in Spain in 2017 (under-20)

Why Esther Briz Zamorano Chose Stanford

• "It's the combination of everything I wanted. An outstanding rowing team with a world class education added to an enviable climate and a thriving environment made the perfect place to develop myself academically, athletically and personally. When I visited the campus, the sense of improvement that is breathed throughout the campus made my thoughts even clearer. I am so proud to be part of this family."