2015-16 Women's Crew

Colleen Maher

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Thomas Jefferson
  • Hometown Oakton, Va.

Biography

2015-16: Team captain... CRCA second team All-America selection... Sat in the No. 5 seat of the varsity eight that won a bronze medal at the Ivy League Championship... Sat in the bow seat of the varsity eight at the NCAA Championship... Named Academic All-Ivy... CRCA Scholar Athlete... Recipient of the team''s Anne Warner Award.

2014-15: Named CRCA second team All-America... First team CRCA All-Region selection... Earned second team All-Ivy recognition sitting in the No. 5 seat of the varsity eight that placed second at the Ivy League Championship... Sat in the No. 5 seat of the varsity eight at the NCAA Championship... CRCA Scholar Athlete.

2013-14: Sat in the varsity eight that posted a 9-2 overall record... Rowed in Yale''s entry in the elite eight at the Henley Women''s Regatta and the Remenham Challenge Cup at the Royal Henley Regatta.

2012-13: Earned second team All-Ivy recognition sitting in the varsity eight that placed second at the Ivy League Championship... Sat in the varsity eight at the NCAA Championship.

Before Yale:  Rowed in the Thomas Jefferson Varsity 8+ for four years... Team captain as a senior... In 2011 her varsity 8+ placed 3rd at the Virginia State Championship... Invited to the 2011 US Rowing Junior Selection Camp... Rowed and raced in Germany with the US High Performance Team.

Why Yale? “I chose Yale primarily because it offers one of the best combinations of excellent academics and fast rowing. I loved the feel of New Haven, and the students are incredibly diverse in their interests and activities.”

Quote: "If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results." - Jack Dixon.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2014-15Junior

    5'10"
  • C

    2015-16Senior

    5'10"
    C