Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CAA Commissioner's Academic Award	2017-18
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll	Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021

Career: Competed for the Wildcats from the 2017-18 through 2020-21 seasons … Consistent contributor to the team who was a veteran of 23 competitions during the course of her collegiate career … As a freshman was a recipient of the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award in 2017-18, then earned a spot on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll all six semesters of her sophomore through senior seasons … Eight-time selection to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for her academic success.
 
2020-21: Competed in each of the team’s five competitions during the spring season … Rowed in the stroke seat of the varsity four boat in the season opener against Delaware and helped the team win a thrilling race … Villanova pulled ahead in the final 250 meters and finished in 8:25.6 to beat the Blue Hens by nine-tenths of a second … Was in the stroke seat of the third varsity eight boat which tallied a first place finish at the Kerr Cup, crossing the line in 7:04.2 to edge Drexel and the rest of the field by one-tenth of a second in another close race … Rowed in the 2-seat of the third varsity eight and second varsity four boats at George Mason … The 3V8 squad tallied a first place finish in 7:04.8 and notched a 4.1-second margin of victory over Delaware and Jacksonville … The 2V4 boat came in third in 7:59.7 … Was in the 3V8 boat at the Kelly Cup where the Wildcats posted a time of 7:19.2 and were awarded a first place finish when Temple was disqualified from the race … Moved to the varsity eight boat and rowed in the stroke seat at the CAA Championship where the Wildcats tallied a fifth place finish with a time of 6:50.47.
 
2019-20: Part of the Wildcats second varsity eight lineup during the season … The team came in eighth out of 38 squads in the Club Championship Eights competition at the Head of the Schuylkill and was fourth overall in the JV8+ race at the Navy Day Regatta … Villanova also finished second at both the Metro Cup Regatta and the Rumson Boat Race.
 
2018-19: Competed in the second varsity four boat (stroke) which finished second to Kansas at the George Mason Invitational, placed third in the Grand Final at the Cooper Invitational and was also third at the Kerr Cup … Also part of the 2V4 lineup (3-seat) at the Cooper Sprints where the Wildcats qualified for the Petite Final against strong competition which included Boston College, SMU and West Virginia … The squad came in second in a close finish while competing against Saint Joseph’s and Delaware … Helped lead the third varsity eight boat (3-seat) to a win over Duquesne at the Rollins Invitational … Villanova finished 10^th in the JV8+ final at the Navy Day Regatta and was third in the Second Varsity race at the season-opening Rumson Boat Race … Competed in the Collegiate Eight race at the Kings Head Regatta.
 
2017-18: Part of the team’s novice eight lineup as a freshman and competed in the stroke seat in each of the final five races of the year … Villanova raced in the Freshman/Novice Eight competition at the Dad Vail Regatta, placing second in its heat and sixth in the final … The team also finished first in the Petite Final over Old Dominion at the Mason Invite, came in first over Duquesne and Bucknell at the Cooper Invitational, placed second at the Kelly Cup and was fifth at the Knecht Cup … The novice eight team finished third in competition against La Salle and Drexel earlier in the year and defeated Duquesne in competition at the Rollins Invitational.
 
St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School: Was the valedictorian of her graduating class in 2017 … High school teammate of Villanova rowing teammate Emma Lovejoy.
 
Personal: Born 9/15/99 in Stafford, Va. … One of four children of James and Mari Kotwicki … Siblings are Chris, Cameron and Kaitlin … Brother, Chris, is a 2016 graduate of Villanova … Chose to attend Villanova for its NROTC program which ranked No. 1 nationally … Electrical Engineering major.