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2020-21 Women's Rowing Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Samantha Stehley

  • Position
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School Notre Dame Academy
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.
  • School CC
  • Major Enrolled at Columbia College

Biography

2018-19: Competed in the Second Varsity 8 for the majority of the year before moving up to the Varsity 8 toward the end of the season ... Helped her crew to a second-place finish in the petite final at the Doc Hosea Invitational ... Rowed the 2V8 past Cornell at the Ivy League Invitational ... Took a four-second victory over Northeastern in the 2V8 ... Won the Second Varsity 8 event at the Cherry Hill Invitational ... Moved into the Varsity 8 for EAWRC Sprints and helped the crew to the bronze in the Grand Final ... Remained in the V8 for the Ivy League Championship.

2017-18: Had a win rowing from the Bow of the 3V4+ at the Governor’s Cup ... Also took the Bow in the Varsity 4 against Rutgers ... Took the 4 seat and 8 seat, respectively, for the Third Varsity 8 against Notre Dame and Princeton, and at the Ivy League Invitational ... Earned a silver medal in the Varsity 4C at the Ivy League Championship.

Prior to Columbia: Earned two varsity letters in three years rowing at the UCLA Marina Aquatic Center ... Captain of the JV volleyball team during her freshman year and helped her team finish 2nd in their D1-AA section ... Earned 1st and 2nd in pools at the Faultline Faceoff V8 (2017) and first in the Head of the Lagoon V8 (2017) ... Helped her team earn first place in the Long Beach Invitational JV8 (2016) and 2nd place in the US Rowing Southwest Youth Championships WN8A ... President of her high school's athletic association for three years and member of the First and Second Academic Honors all four years.

Personal: Born October 11, 1998 in Santa Monica, California ... Daughter of Isabelle and Stephen Stehley ... Her cousin, Jon Scheidler, played football for Cornell (2012) ... Her cousin, Neil Schuster, played football for Columbia (2012) ... Before choosing Columbia, she had offers from Cornell, USC, Georgetown and Boston College ... Enrolled in Columbia College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    5'11"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'11"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'11"