Tina Vernazza

Position:
Rower
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Notre Dame HS
Hometown:
Redwood City, Calif.

OREGON STATE
2013-14
Tina rowed in the bow seat of the Second Varsity 4+ … raced in the bow seat of the Second Varsity 8 in a win over Gonzaga and University of Victoria … raced in the bow seat of the Varsity 8 at the Pac-12 Challenge earning a win over University of San Diego … rowed in the bow seat of the V8 at the Oregon State Classic earning a pair of wins over Duke … raced in the bow seat of the V8 at the Clemson Invitational finishing first in two of three races knocking off Gonzaga, Clemson, Columbia, Oklahoma (twice), Tennessee (twice), Texas, Syracuse, Penn, Miami (twice), Harvard, Duke and Iowa … raced in the bow seat of the V8 in a tie at Washington State … rowed in the V8 at Pac-12 Championships.

2012-13
Rowed in the bow seat of the Second Varsity 8 at the Portland Fall Classic … rowed in the bow seat of the 2V8 at the University of Victoria … raced in the 7-seat of the 2V8 in a win at Gonzaga … rowed in the 7-seat of the 2V8 at the Pac-12 Invitational including a dual victory over Northeastern … rowed in the 7-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 7-seat of the 2V8 at the Oregon State Classic notching wins over San Diego twice … rowed in the 7-seat of the 2V8 at the Pac-12 Championships … earned 2013 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.

2011-12
Split time between the Varsity 8 and the Second Varsity 8 … rowed in the bow seat of the 2V8 in wins over University of Victoria and Gonzaga … raced in the bow seat of the V8 at the San Diego Crew Classic including a first place finish in heat racing and second overall in the Grand Final of the SeaWorld Cal Cup … rowed in the bow seat of the V8 at the Michigan Invitation, at Washington State and at Pac-12 Championships … earned 2012 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team … named a 2012 CRCA National Scholar-Athlete … invited to U.S. U23 Lightweight National Team Selection Camp at the Vesper Boat Club during the summer of 2012.

2010-11
Tina rowed in the Novice 8 throughout the 2011 season … raced in the 7-seat of the N8 in a silver medal finish at the Pac-10 Championships … set the pace in the stroke seat of the N8 in a win at Gonzaga … rowed in the bow seat of the N8 in a second place finish at the Elk Lake Spring Regatta … raced in the 7-seat of the N8 helping the Beavers to a first place finish in the Grand Final of the Lake Natoma Invitational … was invited to the USRowing U-23 Sculling Camp held at the GMS Rowing Center in Milford, Conn.

NOTRE DAME HS
Member of the Stanford Rowing Center from 2006-2010 … received most valuable novice in 2007 … was also awarded Coaches Award (2009) and Most Valuable Oarswoman (2010).

PERSONAL
Daughter of Liza and Bob Vernazza … has one sibling, Bobby … favorite athlete is Adam Kreek … chose Oregon State because “I liked the environment of Corvallis and there is a good engineering department … outside of hiking, painting, riding ATVs and cooking … double-majoring in education and nutrition with an emphasis in nutrition and health sciences.