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2020-21 Women's Rowing Roster

Samantha Bauer

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Chautauqua Lake Central
  • Hometown Chautauqua, N.Y.
  • Custom1 Varsity

Biography

2020-21 (Senior)
• Named Atlantic 10 Second Team 
• Part of V8+ named the Ohio's College Advantage Student-Athletes of the Week for contests during the week of April 5-11
• Coxswain of Dayton's V8+ that earned bronze medals in the Atlantic 10 Championship Grand Final, edging out Massachusetts at the finish line. The Flyers finished the 2k in 6:57.588 to earn bronze over the Minutewomen who finished in 6:59.328. Rhode Island won the race in 6:48.910 and George Washington was runner-up in 6:53.192. The Flyer V8+ made the Grand Final by placing second in its preliminary heat in 7:09.653.
• Dayton's V8+ split into two V4+s to take on Duquesne. The Flyers went 1-2 in that race with the Dayton B team finishing first in 6:26.8 and the Dayton A team in 6:32.1. Bauer was coxswain for Dayton B  
• Coxswain of Dayton's V8+ that advanced to the Mason Invitational grand final with a second place finish in the A-10 race in a time of 6:48.8. The Flyers took third place in the grand final in a time of 6:49.1, edging out Saint Joseph's.
• Coxswain of Dayton's V8+ that had two first-place finishes vs. Eastern Michigan in the V8 500-meter races. In the first 500m piece, Dayton was first in a time of 1:48.47 and EMU was second in 1:53.1. UD also won the second 500m race in 1:48.15 and the Eagles were second in 1:52.99
• Named to the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll 

2019-20 (Junior)
• Named to the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll 
• Coxswain for the Dayton V4+ that took second place in a time of 16:25.1 at the Bald Eagle Collegiate Invitational during the fall season. Also coxswain for the UD's Varsity 8+ that finished in third place in a time of 15:39.4 at the same invitational 
• No spring season due to COVID-19

2018-19 (Sophomore)
•  Member of the Varsity 4+ who finished in 3rd place out of 9 with a time of 17:52.8 at the Bald Eagle Collegiate Invitational.
•  Competed on the Varsity 8+ A  team who finished in 3rd place out of 7 teams at the Bald Eagle Collegiate Invitational.
•  Member of the Dayton A line-up who finished first in the 2k event, first in the 1k event and second in the 900m race at Marietta.
•  Part of the V8+ who finished first in the petite final with a time of 7:06.3 at the the Cooper Invite.
•  Competed on the Varsity 8+  team who won it's semifinal with a time of 7:12.089 and also took third place in the Grand Final at SIRA.
•  Member of the V8+ who won all of their events against Duquesne in Dayton, Ohio.
•  Raced in the A-10 Championships as a member of the V8+ lineup who finished with time of 6:50.68, missing medals by less than one second.

2017-18 (Freshman)
• Named to 2017-18 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Part of the Novice 8+  team that placed third in the 6K (26:05.09) and then competed against Ohio State in the 500m sprints at the Muskie Chase hosted by Marietta.
• Part of the second V8+ boat that placed second in the second Varsity 8 race in the morning session (7:37.08) and later placed second in the Second Varsity 8+ B Final (7:39.02) at the Crimson Tide Invitational in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• On day one of the George Washington Invitational, raced in the JV8+ that finished third, crossing in a time of 7:09.90. On day two, competed in the JV8+ that finished third with a time of 6:56.80
• At the Cooper Invitational, competed in the 2V8+ race, finishing in a time of 8:16.69, and also raced in the 2V8+ Petite Final, placing second with a time of 7:51.64.
• On day one at the SIRA Regatta, raced in the JV8+ Time Trial, finishing fifth overall with a time of 6:32.81. This qualified the JV8+ for the semifinals, which they finished in third place in a time of 7:41.08. In the JV8+ Grand Final, finished in a time of 7:29.63, good for fifth overall.
• At A-10 Championships, raced in the 2V8+ which won the Petite Final, with a time of 7:17.27

High School
  • Four-year member of the varsity basketball team
  • Team captain (2015, 2016)
  • State champions (2014)
  • Sectional champions (2015, 2017)
  • Was also a member of the tennis, track, and swim teams 

Personal
  • Daughter of Susan and Todd Bauer
  • Has one sister, Emily
  • Majoring in early childhood education

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'4"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'4"