2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Hunt, Giavanna

Giavanna Hunt
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Lansdale, Pa.
- High School:
- Mount Saint Joseph Academy
Bio
2023-24 / Graduate Student
Named CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…competed at the Navy Day Regatta and the Head of the Charles with the Varsity 8+.
2022-23 / Senior
CRCA Scholar Athlete…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area…competed in 11 races for the Dragons in the second and six seats for Varsity 8…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…CAA runner-up in Jim & Toni Downey.
2021-22 / Junior
CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area...competed in nine races for the Dragons with Varsity 8 in the second seat...helped Drexel to wins against La Salle, Villanova, Saint Joseph’s and UMass...won the Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...placed second in CAA Championships in Alleva XVII.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, all from the second seat in the Varsity 8…helped Drexel win gold at the Dad Vail Regatta and a first place finish at the Kerr Cup Regatta…part of the boat that took second at the CAA Championships…rowed in wins against Delaware, Penn, and Lehigh.
2019-20 / Freshman
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…took first in the freshman eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…finished second with the freshman eight at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…featured in the women’s open 8+ B boat at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill (Oct. 12)… raced in the varsity eight C boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
Background
Attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Flourtown, Pa…served as her team’s rowing captain in 2019…earned the Stotesbury scholarship from the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute…won the Stotesbury Championship in 2019 in the varsity eight…an SRAA national champion in 2019 in the varsity eight…a three-time Philadelphia City Champion…earned First Honors academically.
Personal
Daughter of David and Debora…Has two siblings, Julianna and Alaina…Her sister, Julianna, is also on the women’s rowing team at Drexel…Her father graduated from Drexel in 1988 and played baseball at the school…majoring in chemical engineering.
Named CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…competed at the Navy Day Regatta and the Head of the Charles with the Varsity 8+.
2022-23 / Senior
CRCA Scholar Athlete…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area…competed in 11 races for the Dragons in the second and six seats for Varsity 8…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…CAA runner-up in Jim & Toni Downey.
2021-22 / Junior
CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area...competed in nine races for the Dragons with Varsity 8 in the second seat...helped Drexel to wins against La Salle, Villanova, Saint Joseph’s and UMass...won the Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...placed second in CAA Championships in Alleva XVII.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, all from the second seat in the Varsity 8…helped Drexel win gold at the Dad Vail Regatta and a first place finish at the Kerr Cup Regatta…part of the boat that took second at the CAA Championships…rowed in wins against Delaware, Penn, and Lehigh.
2019-20 / Freshman
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…took first in the freshman eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…finished second with the freshman eight at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…featured in the women’s open 8+ B boat at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill (Oct. 12)… raced in the varsity eight C boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
Background
Attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Flourtown, Pa…served as her team’s rowing captain in 2019…earned the Stotesbury scholarship from the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute…won the Stotesbury Championship in 2019 in the varsity eight…an SRAA national champion in 2019 in the varsity eight…a three-time Philadelphia City Champion…earned First Honors academically.
Personal
Daughter of David and Debora…Has two siblings, Julianna and Alaina…Her sister, Julianna, is also on the women’s rowing team at Drexel…Her father graduated from Drexel in 1988 and played baseball at the school…majoring in chemical engineering.
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