Catherine Porter

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hopewell, N.J.
High School:
Kent School (Conn.)

2019-20: Placed seventh out of 32 entries with the championship eight at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 20) … Came in second with the A varsity eight at the Princeton Chase (Oct. 27) … Spring season canceled due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

2018-19: Raced with the A varsity four for the majority of the season; moved to the second varsity eight for the NCAA Championships … Placed second with the A varsity four at the Ivy League Championship … Came in ninth with the second varsity eight at the NCAA Championships … Helped Brown finish second as a team at the Ivy Championship and ninth as a team at the NCAA Championships.

2017-18: Rowed with the B varsity four for the majority of the season; also spent time with the A varsity four and third varsity eight … Served as an alternate at the NCAA Championships … Earned a silver medal with the third varsity eight at the Ivy League Championship … Helped Brown place third as a team at the Ivy Championship and 10^th as a team at the NCAA Championships.

2016-17: Spent the majority of the season with the third varsity eight; rowed with the C varsity four at the Ivy League Championship … Won an Ivy title with the C varsity four … Helped Brown finish first as a team at the Ivy League Championship.

Before Brown: Earned four varsity letters … Served as a senior captain at Kent … Stroked the AV4 for Kent at the Head of the Charles in 2013 and 2014 … Finished first in the 1V8 at Reading Amateur Regatta in Reading, UK and second at Henley Women’s Regatta in 2015 for Kent … Stroked Kent’s 1V8 to a first-place finish at the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) Championship in 2016 … Rowed summers with PNRA/Mercer; finished first in the U17 1V8 at Club Nationals in 2013 and in the U17 1V8 and AV4 at Canadian Henley in 2014 … Raced for coaches Garrison Smith at Kent and Sean McCourt and Ted Sobolewski at PNRA/Mercer … Four-year honors student and Senior Council/Chapel Sacristan at Kent.

Personal: Cate is the daughter of Richard Porter and Cynthia O’Connor … Has an older brother Carrick … Born on April 21, 1998 … Environmental Science concentrator.