Ellen Pesek

Position:
Rower
Height:
5-8
Class:
Redshirt
High School:
Henry Sibley HS
Hometown:
St. Paul, Minn.

OREGON STATE
2013-14
Ellen rowed in the stroke seat of the Varsity 8 at the Princeton Chase, setting the pace for the Beavers to finish 16th, the best finish for a West Coast crew … rowed in the 7-seat of the Second Varsity 8 in a win over Gonzaga and University of Victoria … raced in the 7-seat of the V8 in a win over University of San Diego at the Pac-12 Challenge and a pair of wins over Duke at the Oregon State Classic … rowed in the 7-seat of the Beavers’ V8 winning two out of three races at the Clemson Invitational, beating Gonzaga, Clemson, Columbia, Oklahoma (twice), Tennessee (twice), Texas, Syracuse, Penn, Miami (twice), Harvard, Duke and Iowa … raced in the 7-seat of the V8 in a tie at Washington State … rowed in the 7-seat of the V8 at Pac-12 Championships … named to the Pac-12 All-Conference First Team … earned Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.

2012-13
Rowed in the 5-seat of the Varsity 8 in a second place finish at the Portland Fall Classic … raced in the 3-seat of the Varsity 4+ in a win at Gonzaga … rowed in the 3-seat of the V4+ on the first day at the Pac-12 Invitational in a win over Northeastern … … rowed in the 4-seat of the 2V8 at the Clemson Invitational registering victories over Tennessee, Michigan State, Miami, Duke (twice), Penn, Texas and Central Florida … rowed in the 4-seat of the 2V8 at the Oregon State Classic notching wins over San Diego twice … rowed in the 4-seat of the 2V8 at the Pac-12 Championships … earned 2013 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.

2011-12
Rowed in the Second Varsity 8 throughout the season … raced in the 7-seat of the 2V8 in wins over the University of Victoria and Gonzaga … rowed in the 5-seat of the 2V8 at the San Diego Crew Classic finishing sixth in the Petite Final … rowed in the 5-seat of the 2V8 at the Michigan Invitational and at Washington State … rowed in the stroke seat of the 2V8 at Pac-12 Championships … earned 2012 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.

2010-11
Did not row in 2010-11 … redshirt.

2009-10
Rowed in the 6-seat of the Varsity 8 at the Pac-10 Championships … raced in the 4-seat of the Varsity 8 in a win over Victoria … earned Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention.

HENRY SIBLEY HS
Earned three varsity letters in cross country skiing … lettered in swimming her sophomore year … participated in volleyball and track … vice president of Key Club … member of the Minnesota Boat Club for three years, captain for one.

PERSONAL
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota … daughter of Laura and Greg Pesek … has two siblings, Jeff and Emily … chose Oregon State because of “the coaching staff and the science program” … outside of rowing she enjoys hiking and cross country skiing … double-majoring in natural resources and geographic information science with a minor in horticulture.