Sophia Majors '24 Recruiting Profile

I've been coxing for about 3 or 4 years at Dayton Boat Club. I come from a pretty small club, but we have a lot of grit to push and beat out the other crews with a lot more resources than us. I am a junior team captain and I consistently cox for our middle school and u14 program. I hope to be a coach for that program next summer.

Being able to push rowers to their absolute limits, working with and memorising rowers' technical struggles, and being able to optimise racing with on the fly calls are some of the most important parts of being a good coxswain. I feel confident that I can bring what is needed to the table when coxing. I love studying and learning about coxing, especially with my coach. Learning the specific stroke my coach wants has helped me and the crew to perform at our very best when it comes to race day when he can't come out and coach us. I'd refer to my crew as a young club considering the very few amount of rowers we have and only one coach. We try our absolute best every day at practice because if we don't someone else with more resources will, and we will not compete. The amount of grit I've developed in this program is something I am very proud of, and I think is a very important quality for a coxswain to have. Being able to cox for my crew is something that has come from this, as I know quite a few coxswains who like to cox for themselves or really just to be right. Coxing is all about reading your crew and knowing how to reach them as people and as rowers. This is something that can really improve moments were, let's say a crew is making a move on you, and you can see them or hear their coxswain calling a power 10, you don't just sit there and take it, if your attentive to how your crew is rowing, you know what type of fight back call your going to make, you make it and you fight. I try to fight just as hard as my rowers to push our race to the best as it can be.