2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster

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Madison Girard

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Villa Maria Academy
  • Hometown Downingtown, Pa.

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CRCA Scholar Athlete 2022-23, 2023-24
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024

Villanova Career: Two-time CRCA Scholar Athlete selection … Guided Villanova’s 3V4 as a freshman before being a consistent coxswain for all boats by her senior season.
 
2023-24: Competed in 10 races over the team’s nine events on the year, splitting time with the fours and eights … Coxswain for two top-three finishes with the V4 … Third with the V4 at the Navy Day Regatta (15:44.34) and earned silver with the V4A at the Head of the Schuylkill (14:57.645) for the program’s first medal at the regatta since 2017 … Picked up a third-place A finals finish with the V8 at the NYRA Invitational (7:19.063) … Part of a V8 win at the Bucknell Invite (6:43.15) …Helped the V4 to a win against Stockton (8:41.51) … Won the 2V8 Petite Final (7:31.542) at the CAA Championship.
 
2022-23: Coxswain for 10 races in eight events, mostly with the 2V8 …  Led the V4B shell to a 29th-place finish (15:08.52) and the V8B group to a 21st place finish (13:59.61) at the Navy Day Regatta … Part of the Championship 4s shell that crossed 19th at the Head of the Schuylkill in 15:00.493 and the Club Championship 8s group that was 22nd in 14:05.134 … Led the V8 to a fifth-place finish at Doc Hosea with a time of 6:55.88 … Finished third in the Petite Finals with the V8 at the Knecht Cup in 7:09.11 … Led the 2V8 to a Petite Final win at the Mason Invite (7:35.1) … Part of two second-place finishes in head-to-head action against UConn (6:16.08) and Bucknell (6:17.99) … Led the 2V8 to a fourth-place showing at the CAA Championships with a time of 7:54.412.
 
2021-22: Guided Villanova shells as the coxswain in five races throughout the season, both with the Third Varsity Eight and Varsity Four … Led the 3V8 to a fourth-place finish of 7:23.48 at the CAA Championships … Part of the 3V8 crew that earned a spot in the Grand Final at the Mason Invitational, taking second place at 7:21.5 … Guided the V4 to a second-place, 8:21.06 time against UConn and a 8:14.76 win over Eastern Michigan … The 3V8 posted a second-place time of 8:22.8 in the dual with La Salle and Drexel.
 
2020-21: Made her collegiate debut at George Mason and was the coxswain for the third varsity four team which posted a time of 7:49.9 and finished with a winning margin of 7.7 seconds over Delaware and Jacksonville.
 
Villa Maria Academy: Member of the varsity rowing team her junior and senior years and was a team co-captain as a senior … Achieved First Honors status academically all four years … Inducted to the National Honor Society … Winner of the Quill and Scroll math honor as well as recognition in Computer Science.
 
Personal: Born 9/21/01 in Bryn Mawr, Pa. … One of five children of Robert and Lisa Girard … Siblings are Connor, Jacob, Grace and Aislinn … Played the piano and violin throughout high school and was involved in her school’s art department … Plans to major in Electrical Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior