2019-20 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Van Dexter, Morgan

Morgan Van Dexter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Haddon Township, N.J.
- High School:
- Haddon Township
Bio
2022-23 / Fifth Year
CRCA Scholar Athlete…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…competed in 11 races for the Dragons…served as Bow in eight races with Varsity 8 including a trio of victories at the Knecht Cup Regatta, Kerr Cup Regatta, and Kelly Cup Regatta…won silver in Jim & Toni Downey at the Eastern Sprints Regatta…sat in the third seat in gold medal appearance with Second Varsity 8 at Head of Schuylkill Regatta…runner-up at CAA Championships with V8+.
2021-22 / Senior
CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in nine races for the Dragons with 2V8+...won gold medals at Knecht Cup Regatta, Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...CAA Champion in Cara Fry.
2020-21 / Junior
Competed in five races for the Dragons…third seat for the Varsity 4 in a second place finish at the CAA Championships…helped the Second Varsity 8 to a win against Penn.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…named a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete…received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…began the year with a win in the second varsity eight over Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in Rumson, N.J. (Sept. 21)…placed third in the second varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…rowed to a fourth-place finish with the second varsity eight in the Club Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…competed in the women’s varsity four at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 19), finishing in the top half of a field of 56 boats…featured in the women’s open 8+ B boat at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill (Oct. 12)…raced in the varsity eight B boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Freshman
Sat in the bow stroke seat of the varsity four for all but once race this spring…in the bow seat, helped the varsity four win a gold medal at the CAA Championships for the second-straight year (May 19)…placed sixth in the varsity four at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished third in the varsity four at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…earned silver in the varsity four at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with two varsity four wins over Duquesne and GW (April 12-13)…finished first of two in the third final in the varsity four at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…in the third varsity eight, defeated La Salle in the second varsity eight race to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
Background
Attended Haddon Township High School in Westmont, N.J….rowed one season…sat bow for the varsity double…silver medalist at Garden Stats…qualified for SRAA Nationals…played varsity soccer…was First Team All-Conference as a sophomore and junior…Disney College Showcase Top X1…also swam for two years...was valedictorian of her class.
Personal
Daughter of June and John Van Dexter…has one older brother, Joshua…majoring in nursing.
CRCA Scholar Athlete…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…competed in 11 races for the Dragons…served as Bow in eight races with Varsity 8 including a trio of victories at the Knecht Cup Regatta, Kerr Cup Regatta, and Kelly Cup Regatta…won silver in Jim & Toni Downey at the Eastern Sprints Regatta…sat in the third seat in gold medal appearance with Second Varsity 8 at Head of Schuylkill Regatta…runner-up at CAA Championships with V8+.
2021-22 / Senior
CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in nine races for the Dragons with 2V8+...won gold medals at Knecht Cup Regatta, Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...CAA Champion in Cara Fry.
2020-21 / Junior
Competed in five races for the Dragons…third seat for the Varsity 4 in a second place finish at the CAA Championships…helped the Second Varsity 8 to a win against Penn.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…named a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete…received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…began the year with a win in the second varsity eight over Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in Rumson, N.J. (Sept. 21)…placed third in the second varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…rowed to a fourth-place finish with the second varsity eight in the Club Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…competed in the women’s varsity four at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 19), finishing in the top half of a field of 56 boats…featured in the women’s open 8+ B boat at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill (Oct. 12)…raced in the varsity eight B boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Freshman
Sat in the bow stroke seat of the varsity four for all but once race this spring…in the bow seat, helped the varsity four win a gold medal at the CAA Championships for the second-straight year (May 19)…placed sixth in the varsity four at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished third in the varsity four at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…earned silver in the varsity four at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with two varsity four wins over Duquesne and GW (April 12-13)…finished first of two in the third final in the varsity four at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…in the third varsity eight, defeated La Salle in the second varsity eight race to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
Background
Attended Haddon Township High School in Westmont, N.J….rowed one season…sat bow for the varsity double…silver medalist at Garden Stats…qualified for SRAA Nationals…played varsity soccer…was First Team All-Conference as a sophomore and junior…Disney College Showcase Top X1…also swam for two years...was valedictorian of her class.
Personal
Daughter of June and John Van Dexter…has one older brother, Joshua…majoring in nursing.
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