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2012-13 Women's Rowing Roster

Kathryn Schiro

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Grissom (Ala.)
  • Hometown Hunstville, Ala.

Biography

2011-12: Third in women’s lightweight masters single and gold in women’s collegiate single at the Head of the Oklahoma Regatta … competed in women’s varsity eight at the OU Invitational.
 
2010-11: Finished with gold in the women’s collegiate single at the Dad Vail Regatta … first in the women’s single at the Head of Oklahoma Regatta … finished first in the women’s lightweight single at the Head of the Hooch Regatta … silver in the open women’s quad at the Head of the Hooch Regatta … bronze in women’s double at the Head of the Hooch Regatta …gold in women’s colligate double at the Wichita Frostbite Regatta … gold in the women’s single at the Heart of Texas Regatta … gold in the women’s double at the Heart of Texas Regatta … finished second in the women’s eight at the Stroklahoma Regatta … third in the lightweight women’s single at the Stroklahoma Regatta … finished second in the women’s open weight double at the Tulsa Route 66 Sprints … finished second in the women’s eight at the Tulsa Route 66 Sprints.
 
2009-10: ACRA women’s All-Plains region team … bronze medal at the USRowing Collegiate National Championships in the women’s single … bronze medal at the Boot of the Oklahoma Regatta in the women’s open double … gold in the collegiate double at the Wichita Frostbite Regatta … silver in the women’s championship double at the Head of the Hooch Regatta … gold in the open double and silver in the open single and open quad at the Heart of Texas Regatta … beat Central Oklahoma in the women’s eight at the Stroklahoma Regatta with a time of 7:08 … first in the single at the Stroklahoma Regatta … third in the women’s eight in the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship petite final …eighth in the collegiate four at the Head of the Charles Regatta … invited to USRowing camp.
 
2008-09: National champion in the women’s double … place sixth in the women’s lightweight single at the Head of the Lake … member of women’s open quad team that won gold at the Head of the Hooch Regatta.
 
High school: Won first place at 2006 Head of the Hooch Jr. single ... first place 2007 SE Regionals single ... first place in 2007 Stotesbury Cup single ... fourth place 2007 Jr. Nationals single ... coached by Hertmut Buschbacher and Christine Buschbacher … lettered four years in swimming and three years in choir.
 
Personal: Majoring in kinesiology … daughter of Julia Branch and Joel Hill … mother swam at South Florida … chose OCU over Central Florida and Alabama … born July 16, 1989 in Lakeland, Fla.
 
More on Kat:

Favorite campus hangout: The pool
Childhood hero: Quailman
Favorite sports venue: Devin Boathouse
Actor who would play me in my life story: Kirsten Dunst
Favorite team: Oklahoma City Thunder 

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2010-11Junior

    5'7"
  • 2011-12Senior

    5'7"
  • 2012-13Senior

    5'7"