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.
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2024-25: Raced in 13 races over six events, mostly with the 2V8 … Part of Championship 4s and Club Championship 8s boats that finished 19
th (14:49.981) and 12
th (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.
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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).
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2022-23: Appeared in eight races … Helped the V8B shell to a 21
st place showing at the Navy Day regatta, crossing in 13:59.61 … Raced to a 24
th place finish in the Championship 4s (15:24.238) and a 22
nd 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).
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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.
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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+.
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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.
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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.