2021-2022 Women's Rowing Roster

Damiera Cruz

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Santa Catalina School
  • Hometown Corral De Tierra, CA
  • Major Philosophy

Biography

PRIOR TO USD (2020-2021)
  • Attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania where she was recruited to be a swimmer
  • Her team did not compete due to COVID-19 but she helped the Owls earn CSCAA Scholar All-America Team Distinction in both Fall 2020 and Spring 2021
HIGH SCHOOL 
  • Attended Santa Catalina School in Corral De Tierra, California
  • Swam and played water polo, earning First Team All-Monterey League honors in water polo and six Junior Olympic Qualifiers (2013-2016) and a Speedo Sectional Championships Qualifier (2019) as a swimmer
  • 100 Yard Freestyle League Champion Monterey Bay League (2017)
PERSONAL 
  • Born to Bix Cruz and Joanne Fontanilla
  • Earned the High Achievement in Philosophy award in 2019 and was the recipient of the Weston Scholarship in 2019, a black and white film portfolio competition held by the Weston Collective
  • Would like to be a lawyer