2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Powell, Taylor

Taylor Powell
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Brigantine, N.J.
- High School:
- Holy Spirit
Bio
2024-25 / Senior
Named to the All-CAA team…team captain…For Stars Network Spring Watchlist…CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll…member of varsity 8+ named CAA Boat of the Week twice (4/22 & 5/13)...competed in 12 races for the Dragons, ten with the varsity 8+...third place finish at the Knecht Cup…collected Drexel’s seventh consecutive win at the Kerr Cup…won gold at the Dad Vail Regatta, earned the overall points title…third place finish at the CAA Championships.
2023-24 / Freshman
Named CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…competed in 10 races with the Dragons…member of Varsity 8+ team that received a CAA Boat of the Week honor (5/14)...won gold with the Varsity 8+ at the Dad Vail, won overall championship...member of team that qualified for the Island Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, the first team to qualify in Drexel history.
2022-23 / Sophomore
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in 11 races for the Dragons with Varsity 8 at stroke and second seat…helped Drexel to a gold medal at the Head of the Charles Regatta and a first-place finish at the Head of Schuylkill Regatta…victorious at the Knecht Cup Regatta and Kerr Cup Regatta…runner-up at CAA Championships in Jim & Toni Downey.
2021-22 / Freshman
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in eight races for the Dragons...victorious against Villanova and La Salle in Cara Fry...led Varsity 4 to a pair of wins in the Kerr Cup Regatta and Eastern Sprints...CAA Championship runner-up with Varsity 4.
Background
A two-sport athlete at Holy Spirit High School … won first-place at the freshman championships at Greenhead Sprints … finishes second at the Atlantic County Championships (freshman 8) … selected to compete in the Varsity 8 boat as a sophomore in the sixth seat … was invited to the Olympic Developmental Program as a sophomore … took first at the Navy Day Regatta and the JV Championships, while recording her best overall time as a junior … collected a number of top finishes as a senior including first in the All-Lenape sprints, first at the Atlantic County Championships, second at City Championships, and third at SRAA Nationals … held Distinguished Honors all four years and was a member of the National Honors Society.
Personal
Daughter of Breeanna Monachelli and Joshua Powell … is an only child … hobbies include drawing and going to the beach … aspires to find a career she’s passionate about that leads her to travel … Business major.
Named to the All-CAA team…team captain…For Stars Network Spring Watchlist…CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll…member of varsity 8+ named CAA Boat of the Week twice (4/22 & 5/13)...competed in 12 races for the Dragons, ten with the varsity 8+...third place finish at the Knecht Cup…collected Drexel’s seventh consecutive win at the Kerr Cup…won gold at the Dad Vail Regatta, earned the overall points title…third place finish at the CAA Championships.
2023-24 / Freshman
Named CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…competed in 10 races with the Dragons…member of Varsity 8+ team that received a CAA Boat of the Week honor (5/14)...won gold with the Varsity 8+ at the Dad Vail, won overall championship...member of team that qualified for the Island Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, the first team to qualify in Drexel history.
2022-23 / Sophomore
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in 11 races for the Dragons with Varsity 8 at stroke and second seat…helped Drexel to a gold medal at the Head of the Charles Regatta and a first-place finish at the Head of Schuylkill Regatta…victorious at the Knecht Cup Regatta and Kerr Cup Regatta…runner-up at CAA Championships in Jim & Toni Downey.
2021-22 / Freshman
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in eight races for the Dragons...victorious against Villanova and La Salle in Cara Fry...led Varsity 4 to a pair of wins in the Kerr Cup Regatta and Eastern Sprints...CAA Championship runner-up with Varsity 4.
Background
A two-sport athlete at Holy Spirit High School … won first-place at the freshman championships at Greenhead Sprints … finishes second at the Atlantic County Championships (freshman 8) … selected to compete in the Varsity 8 boat as a sophomore in the sixth seat … was invited to the Olympic Developmental Program as a sophomore … took first at the Navy Day Regatta and the JV Championships, while recording her best overall time as a junior … collected a number of top finishes as a senior including first in the All-Lenape sprints, first at the Atlantic County Championships, second at City Championships, and third at SRAA Nationals … held Distinguished Honors all four years and was a member of the National Honors Society.
Personal
Daughter of Breeanna Monachelli and Joshua Powell … is an only child … hobbies include drawing and going to the beach … aspires to find a career she’s passionate about that leads her to travel … Business major.
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