MaryEvelyn Pearce '24 Recruiting Profile
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As a senior in high school, I am the top varsity coxswain for the second year in a row and team captain on the men’s team at Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I have more experience coxing men, but I am open to coxing on a women’s team as I have experience in that realm as well. I happen to live about 20 minutes from the Head of the Hooch location, so I am very familiar with its course as well as the course in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. I have also competed in Camden, New Jersey for the 2022 SRAA National Championship regatta, where my teammates and I (as a sophomore) placed 5th in the men’s JV 4+ category.
If I had to describe myself and my dynamic on a team, I would say that I am coachable, driven, dependable, and resilient. My goal when I sit in the coxswain seat is to make my boat faster.
Here is a link to an announcement about my Congressional Gold Medal Award that provides some insight into my initiative as a coxswain: https://www.baylorschool.org/news-detail-homepage/~board/school-news/post/mary-evelyn-pearce-24-earns-congressional-gold-medal-award.
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 2 years
- 2023 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Captain, Men’s Team
- 2022 Varsity Team
- 2021 Junior Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Varsity Letter
Team Awards
- State Chanmps, 5th place at Scholastic Nationals in the Men's JV 4, Regional 2nd Place
- 2020 Freshman Team
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 1 season
- 2021 Chattanooga Area Rowing (juniors)
- Attended Club Nationals but my men's four was cancelled. Stayed to help the team anyways.
Coach References
- High School Head Coach
- Garrison Smith
Training
- Chattanooga Area Rowing Learn to Row Camp
- 1 year
- I attended a two week camp during the summer before 8th grade where I learned the basics of the stroke and learned to row in 4s and 8s with other girls.
- Chattanooga Area Rowing Rowing Camp
- 1 year
- During COVID, my brother (who now coxes in college) and I rowed a double together and learned to scull. I learned a lot about the stroke which helped me later in working alongside rowers. And, I met the Baylor men's head coach, who recruited me to join the boy's team at my school as a coxswain.
- Sparks Coxswains Only Challenge in the Bahamas
- 1 year
- December of 2021. Trained with an Olympic gold medal coxswain and I delved deep into the physics of the boat as well as safety, steering and race plans..
- Sparks Coxswains Only Challenge in the Oklahoma City
- 1 year
- Summer of 2022. Focused on safety, steering, commands/calls, leadership, and training with the same intensity as when competing.
Statistics
Academics
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Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes.Are you in AP/IB classes?
Yes. Sophomore Year: AP English Language (4), AP World History (5) Junior Year: AP US History (5), AP English Literature (5), AP Spanish Language (5), AP 2-D Art (3) Senior Year: AP Biology, AP Spanish Literature, AP European History, AP StatisticsRegistered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
NoAwards and Activities
- AwardsAP Scholar with Distinction, Harris Stanford Honors Society, National Honors Society, Round Table (application only literature group, elected secretary), Liz Aplin Trip Participant (application only art trip to italy and amsterdam)
- ActivitiesCo-Leader of Raider Readers Book Club, recipient of Congressional Gold Medal in the Congressional Award Program (this entails 400 hours of volunteer service, 200 hours each of personal development and physical fitness), member of six school clubs, recipient of Tennessee Youth in Government outstanding statesperson award four years in a row, gardening.
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