2016-17 Women's Crew

Alex Ritter

  • Height 5-11
  • Class First Year
  • Highschool University
  • Hometown San Francisco, Calif.

Biography

Notes: Joined the team after playing soccer in the fall.

High School: Scored a school-record 30 goals in 19 games as a junior at San Francisco University High School… Led North Coast Section in goals and points as junior… Injury limited her to four games as a senior but still scored nine goals… Earned all-league honors as both a sophomore and junior… North Coast Section All-League selection… Two-time team captain.

Personal: Tutor for Summerbridge, an organization that helps underprivileged students throughout San Francisco… Mother is a Yale graduate who won a crew national championship in the second varsity eight… Father rowed for the heavyweight crew at Princeton.

Why Yale? "I loved that Yale could offer me so many opportunities both in academics and in soccer. The second I stepped on campus, it felt like home."