Olivia Vavasour

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
High School:
Saratoga Springs

2023-24: CRCA Honorable Mention All-America … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … Raced between the Varsity 8 and Second Varsity 8 throughout the season … Helped the Varsity 8 finish fifth at the NCAA Championships … Helped the 2V to wins at both the Eastern Sprints (May 5) and Ivy League Championships (May 18) … Helped the 2V to wins at the Ivy Invite (Apr. 12-13) and the B1G Invitational (Apr. 19-20).

2022-23: Raced with the first varsity eight for the entire spring season ... Helped the 1V8 finish first at Eastern Sprints and advance to the Grand Final at the Ivy League Championship ... Defeated Michigan, Ohio State, Duke and Rutgers at the Big Ten Invite ... Won each race at the Ivy League Championship.

2021-22: CRCA Scholar-Athlete … Second Team All-Ivy … Rowed with the Varsity 8 crew for the entire season, primarily from the three-seat … Helped the V8 take sixth at the NCAA Championship, second at the Ivy League Championship, and first at the Eastern Sprints … Helped the top crew to wins over Cornell and Dartmouth (Apr. 23), Radcliffe (Apr. 3), and Ohio State (Mar. 26).

2020-21: Raced with the first varsity eight in all six races … Helped the first varsity eight place eighth at the NCAA Championships (May 28-30) and the Bears finish eighth as a team at NCAAs … Aided the first varsity eight to a 13-5 record on the year.

Before Brown: Placed first in the double and second in the U19 single at the 2019 Youth Regional Challenge … Won the U19 single at both the Tail of the Fish and Head of the Fish in 2019 … Came in ninth in the eight at the 2019 Head of the Charles … Took silver in the double at the 2019 U.S. Trials … Placed third in the eight at SRAAs in 2019 … Captured gold in the eight and quad at the 2019 New York State Championships … Won the pair at the 2018 Youth Regional Challenge … Came in sixth in the eight at the 2018 Head of the Charles … Placed eighth in the eight at Youth Nationals in 2018 … Won the eight at SRAAs in 2018, setting the course record … Claimed gold in the eight at the 2018 New York State Championships … Placed fourth in the quad at the 2017 Head of the Charles … Took first in the freshman eight at the 2017 New York State Championships and second in the freshman eight at the 2017 SRAAs … Rowed for coaches Eric Catalano and Eric Gehrke … Raced on the club level for Saratoga Rowing Association … National Honor Society student.

Personal: Olivia is the daughter of Bridget and Peter Vavasour … Has seven siblings, Taylor, Zachary, Colton, Carson, Shealyn, Braidan, and Addyson; Zachary is a member of the SUNY Oneonta baseball Class of 2021 … Plans to concentrate in Public Health.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because it gave me the best of both worlds, through the open curriculum I could explore all my academic interests and find the right career path for me, but being at Brown also allows me to compete at a high level with a group of strong dedicated women who were so welcoming and seem to be an amazing team to be a part of.”