University of Miami Athletics

Rachel Sander?

position

Rowing Coordinator

Class

Redshirt

Rachel Sander enters her second year as the Hurricane Rowing Coordinator. Sander, joined the program fresh from her undergraduate studies at the University of Miami, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in both History and Marine Affairs.

Sander, who was a freshman walk-on to the Hurricane Rowing program, earned four varsity letters and was the team co-captain her senior year.

Among her career highlights were helping the team achieve a second place finish at the Big East Championships in 2004, the best result in school history. Also, in 2004 she helped the Junior Varsity 8 achieve several medals, including gold at Head of the Chattahoochee, gold at the Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association (FIRA) Regatta and bronze at the Big East Championships. She was also part of the Junior Varsity 4 that won gold at the FIRA 2002 Regatta.

Rachel plans to continue her studies at the University of Miami as a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in Education and Sports Administration.