2024-25 Women's Rowing Roster

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Grace Quirk

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wayne, Pa.
  • High School Academy of Notre Dame de Namur
  • INFLCR grace-quirk

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
All-CAA Team 2024-25
CRCA Scholar Athlete 2022-23, 2024-25
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Villanova Career: All-CAA Team member in 2025 … Has competed mostly with the 2V8 in her career … Named a CRCA Scholar Athlete in her sophomore season.
 
2024-25: Raced in 13 races over six events, mostly with the 2V8 … Part of Championship 4s and Club Championship 8s boats that finished 19th (14:49.981) and 12th (13:40.158), respectively, at the Head of the Schuylkill … Logged a fifth-place Petite Final finish with the 2V8 at Doc Hosea in 7:08.201 … Part of a 2V8 that had a strong weekend at the Lake Wheeler Invite, improving by eight seconds throughout three races to go from a fifth-place 7:02.136 showing in the first round to a fifth-place time of 6:54.157 in the third round … Earned bronze with the 2V8 at the CAA Championship with a 6:56.073 time.
 
2023-24: Competed in eight events on the year, mostly with the 2V8 … Finished third in the 2V8 A Finals at the NYRA Invitational (7:44.649) … Won the 2V8 at the Bucknell Invite (7:03.12) … Sat at the two-seat for the V8’s fourth-place Grand Finals finish at the Mason Invite (7:05.3) … Part of the 2V8 win against Stockton (7:33.58) … Four-seat for the V8’s fourth-place Grand Final finish at the CAA Championship (7:04.546).
 
2022-23: Appeared in eight races … Helped the V8B shell to a 21st place showing at the Navy Day regatta, crossing in 13:59.61 … Raced to a 24th place finish in the Championship 4s (15:24.238) and a 22nd place finish in the Club Championship 8s (14:05.134) at the Head of the Schuylkill regatta … Helped the 3V8 to a fifth-place time of 7:42.18 at the Doc Hosea regatta … Part of the 2V4 that finished fourth in its heat at the Knecht Cup in 8:52.39 … Finished sixth in the 2V4 Grand Final of the Mason Invite in  8:51.4 … Was second in both head-to-head races with the V4 against UConn (7:10.85) and Bucknell (7:19.37).
 
2021-22: Competed in six races throughout the year, primarily with the Second Varsity Eight … Helped the group to a sixth-place time of 7:06.73 at the CAA Championships … Part of the crew that landed in the 2V8 Grand Final at the Mason Invitational, crossing third in 6:57.1 … Defeated UConn with a time of 7:10.57 and was second to Eastern Michigan with a time of 7:07.69 in head-to-head action … Competed with the Varsity Four in the dual with Drexel and La Salle, finishing second with a time of 9:07.1 … Helped Villanova’s group in the Women’s Championship Eights to a sixth-place finish of 13:02.816 at the Head of the Schuylkill.
 
Club Rowing: Competed with the Conshohocken Rowing Center in summer 2018 and fall 2020 … Won bronze and gold medals at the Independence Day Regatta in the U19 8+.
 
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur: Lettered in rowing for three years while lettering for two in swimming … Part of the ski club in all four years … Was a novice freshman with the rowing team before moving to varsity as a sophomore … Served as team captain as a junior and senior … Raced in Varsity 8+, placing fourth at City Championships in her sophomore year … Won silver at the City Championships in Novice 8+ … Competed in U19 4+ at Head of the Charles in her sophomore year … Awarded STEM Scholar of Excellence and was on Distinguished Honor Roll all four years … Member of the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born 05/27/2003 in Providence, RI … Daughter of Daniel and Catherine Quirk … Has three sisters, Maggie, Cecilia and Caroline … Sister, Cecilia, was on the lightweight rowing team at Princeton … Enjoys rowing, skiing, going to the beach and spending time with her friends and sisters … Chose Villanova for its focus on community, school spirit and academics while also getting to row at the Division I level … Nursing major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior