2016-17 Women's Rowing Roster

Karli Wittenberg

  • Class Senior
  • High School Homestead HS
  • Hometown Mequon, WI

Biography

Honors & Awards:
• WCC All-Academic Team - 2016 & 2017
• CRCA Scholar Athlete - 2016 & 2017
• WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll - 2014 & 2016

2016-17: Coxed the V8+ all year... Lead the V8+ to a second place finish at the Longhorn Invite... Coxed the V8+ in the Petite Final of the SD Crew Classic... Helped the V8+ crew place second at the Dale England Cup... Raced the V8+ to a second place finish at the WCC Championships. 

2015-16:
Coxwain for the V8 and 2V8 in the spring... Helped team tie for first at WCC championships... Led the V8 to second place at the WCC championships... Helped V8 take second at the Windemere Cup... Led V8 for multiple 4th place finishes over Clemson Invitational weekend...in Led the 2V8 to first place finish in Petite Final at San Diego Crew Classic... Led 2V8 in Longhorn Invitational.

2013-14: Coxswain for the 2V8 in every race in the spring... Led 2V8 to first place finish at WCC Championships and 15th place finish at NCAA Championships... Helped 2V8 win WCC Crew of the Month (May).

High School: Rowed with the Milwaukee Rowing Club... Won the Spirit of the Milwaukee Rowing Club Award... Raced with the V4+ at the Head of the Charles and Midwest Championships her senior year... Competed with the V8+ at those regattas as a junior... Her club's V8+ finish 9th at the Head of the Charles her senior season.

Personal: Born Oct. 29, 1994 in Mequon, Wisc.... Chose USD for the chemistry program and the great year-round weather for rowing... Her father, Peter, was a gymnast at Wisconsin... Graduated top of her class as a Distinguished Honor Student... Was an AP Scholar with Distinction... Won two national art awards... Member of the National Honor Society.

Major: Biochemistry

Minor: Spanish

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Cox
  • 2015-16Junior

  • 2016-17Senior