Amanda Deutsch

Amanda Deutsch

Year: Junior
Hometown: Bettendorf, Iowa
High School: Pleasant Valley
House Affiliation: Quincy

Sophomore • 2008
Coxswain of second varsity eight for most of the season ... Coxed varsity eight in Class of 1975 Cup regatta against Princeton and Cornell ... Guided the second varsity to a 9-2 record ... Competed in the NCAA Championships, helping Radcliffe to a ninth-place team finish ... Helped second varsity win its heat and finish fourth in the grand final at EAWRC Sprints ... Contributed to race win in the Beanpot (against Boston University, Northeastern and Boston College) and two Charles River Challenge victories, first against Dartmouth, Texas and Syracuse and later in the day against Dartmouth and Notre Dame ... Also helped Radcliffe defeat Virginia.

Before Harvard
Coxed for the Quad City Rowing team as a sophomore ... Coxed for Community Rowing Inc. in Boston before and after junior year and after senior year ... Also played varsity tennis at Pleasant Valley ... Started coxing in seventh grade ... Brother, Samuel, was a coxswain for Cal from 2003-05.