2020-21 Men's Rowing Roster
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Ernst, Billy
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Billy Ernst
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Glenside, Pa.
- High School:
- La Salle College
Bio
2022-23 / Fifth Year
Competed in 15 races for the Dragons, the majority coming as the coxswain in the Second Varsity 8+…won a gold medal and helped DU take the men’s points title at the Dad Vail Regatta in the 2V8+ as Drexel rowed Lois Krall II to victory…guided the Dragons to a win in the Knecht Cup Regatta in the 2V8+…claimed a win at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta.
2021-22 / Senior
IRCA Scholar Athlete...competed in 13 races for the Dragons as a coxswain splitting time between various boats...led Sandra Lee Scheller II to four consecutive first place finishes in the Spring 2022 campaign...won a gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta and Kerr Cup Regatta...finished 16th at IRA Nationals with Third Varsity 8.
2020-21 / Junior
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, spending the majority of his season as the coxswain for the Second Varsity 8…led the 2V8 to a win against Gonzaga in Sandra Lee Scheller II…helped the Third Varsity 8 to a seventh place finish at IRA Nationals.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Granted another season of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic…finished seventh out of 31 boats in the varsity eight B at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill River (Oct. 12)…placed seventh out of 36 boats in the club championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26).
2018-19 / Freshman
Helped the third varsity eight place 16th overall at the IRA National Championships (June 2)…assisted the Dragons in claiming the men’s point title and second-place overall points finish at the Dad Vail Regatta…the coxswain of the freshman eight in their gold finish in the grand finals at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…at Overpeck Park, placed second against Columbia and Delaware in the freshman eight (May 4)…won gold in the freshman eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…in the freshman eight, defeated La Salle in the third varsity eight race to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
Background
Attended La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pa….rowed all four years of high school…finished first in the Philadelphia Catholic League in three times…took top-three times at the Philadelphia City Championship in each of his final three seasons…placed third at Stotesbury as a senior…earned a third-place time at the Mid Atlantic Championships as a sophomore…first place in the La Salle December erg meter challenge as a junior.
Personal
Son of Bill and Sharon Ernst…father rowed at La Salle…has two younger sisters, Katie and Erin…majoring in construction management.
Competed in 15 races for the Dragons, the majority coming as the coxswain in the Second Varsity 8+…won a gold medal and helped DU take the men’s points title at the Dad Vail Regatta in the 2V8+ as Drexel rowed Lois Krall II to victory…guided the Dragons to a win in the Knecht Cup Regatta in the 2V8+…claimed a win at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta.
2021-22 / Senior
IRCA Scholar Athlete...competed in 13 races for the Dragons as a coxswain splitting time between various boats...led Sandra Lee Scheller II to four consecutive first place finishes in the Spring 2022 campaign...won a gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta and Kerr Cup Regatta...finished 16th at IRA Nationals with Third Varsity 8.
2020-21 / Junior
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, spending the majority of his season as the coxswain for the Second Varsity 8…led the 2V8 to a win against Gonzaga in Sandra Lee Scheller II…helped the Third Varsity 8 to a seventh place finish at IRA Nationals.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Granted another season of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic…finished seventh out of 31 boats in the varsity eight B at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill River (Oct. 12)…placed seventh out of 36 boats in the club championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26).
2018-19 / Freshman
Helped the third varsity eight place 16th overall at the IRA National Championships (June 2)…assisted the Dragons in claiming the men’s point title and second-place overall points finish at the Dad Vail Regatta…the coxswain of the freshman eight in their gold finish in the grand finals at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…at Overpeck Park, placed second against Columbia and Delaware in the freshman eight (May 4)…won gold in the freshman eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…in the freshman eight, defeated La Salle in the third varsity eight race to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
Background
Attended La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pa….rowed all four years of high school…finished first in the Philadelphia Catholic League in three times…took top-three times at the Philadelphia City Championship in each of his final three seasons…placed third at Stotesbury as a senior…earned a third-place time at the Mid Atlantic Championships as a sophomore…first place in the La Salle December erg meter challenge as a junior.
Personal
Son of Bill and Sharon Ernst…father rowed at La Salle…has two younger sisters, Katie and Erin…majoring in construction management.
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