2019-20 Women's Rowing Roster
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Cleri, Natalie
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Natalie Cleri
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Carle Place, N.Y.
- High School:
- Our Lady of Mercy Academy
Bio
2022-23/ Fifth year
CRCA Scholar Athlete…All-CAA…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year for women’s rowing…competed in 12 races for the Dragons as coxswain of the Varsity 8+…called 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 / Senior
CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area...competed in nine races for the Dragons as coxswain for Varsity 8...guided Drexel to wins against La Salle, Villanova, Saint Joseph’s, and UMass...was victorious in the Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...placed second in CAA Championships in Alleva XVII.
2020-21 / Junior
Competed in nine races for the Dragons, eight of them as the coxswain in the Varsity 8… helped Drexel to a gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta…part of the V8 squad that finished second at the CAA Championships…guided the team to victories against Penn, Delaware, and Lehigh…also was the coxswain in the Varsity 4 B for a second place time at the Murphy Cup Regatta.
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…member of the varsity eight that garnered Drexel School of Education Athletes of the Week recognition twice (Oct. 21 and Nov. 4)...began the year with a win in the 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)…won the varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…earned silver with the varsity eight in the Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…placed third out of 30 boats in the women’s open 8+ A boat at the Navy Day Regatta (Oct. 12)…placed third out of 32 boats with the varsity eight at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 19)… finished 14th out of 47 boats with the varsity eight A boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Freshman
Coxswain of the second varsity eight boat all spring…part of a fourth place finish in the second varsity eight at the CAA Championships (May 19)…placed third in the second varsity eight at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished fourth in the second varsity eight at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…won gold in the second varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with three second varsity eight wins over Duquesne, GW and MIT (April 12-13)…finished second in the third final of the second varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay in California (April 7)…finished second in the second varsity eight petite final at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…placed second in the second varsity eight grand final at the weather-shortened Murphy Cup Regatta on the Cooper River (March 23)…in the second varsity eight, finished second only to the Drexel varsity eight in the varsity eight race with La Salle to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
Background
Attended Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Syosset, N.Y….National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Scholar Athlete Award…Jaclyn Smith Crew Leadership Award…as a senior, finished third at the Long Island Championships with the lightweight four…placed first at the Snowflake Regatta (MV8), Head of the Oyster Bay (MV4 & WV8) and Long Island Frostbite Regatta…as a junior, coxed the varsity four to a fourth-place time at the 2017 Long Island Championships…advanced to the finals at the NYS Scholastic Rowing Championships…took fifth at 2016 Club Nationals with the Men’s U17 four…finished top 10 at the 2016 Scholastic Rowing Championships with the junior varsity four…twice competed at the Head of the Charles…competed at the 2015 Independence Day Regatta on the Schuylkill River.
Personal
Daughter of Lorraine Baltzer…mother played field hockey at Adelphi University…has an older brother, Nathaniel, and a sister, Alexis…majoring in psychology.
CRCA Scholar Athlete…All-CAA…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year for women’s rowing…competed in 12 races for the Dragons as coxswain of the Varsity 8+…called 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 / Senior
CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area...competed in nine races for the Dragons as coxswain for Varsity 8...guided Drexel to wins against La Salle, Villanova, Saint Joseph’s, and UMass...was victorious in the Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...placed second in CAA Championships in Alleva XVII.
2020-21 / Junior
Competed in nine races for the Dragons, eight of them as the coxswain in the Varsity 8… helped Drexel to a gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta…part of the V8 squad that finished second at the CAA Championships…guided the team to victories against Penn, Delaware, and Lehigh…also was the coxswain in the Varsity 4 B for a second place time at the Murphy Cup Regatta.
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…member of the varsity eight that garnered Drexel School of Education Athletes of the Week recognition twice (Oct. 21 and Nov. 4)...began the year with a win in the 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)…won the varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…earned silver with the varsity eight in the Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…placed third out of 30 boats in the women’s open 8+ A boat at the Navy Day Regatta (Oct. 12)…placed third out of 32 boats with the varsity eight at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 19)… finished 14th out of 47 boats with the varsity eight A boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Freshman
Coxswain of the second varsity eight boat all spring…part of a fourth place finish in the second varsity eight at the CAA Championships (May 19)…placed third in the second varsity eight at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished fourth in the second varsity eight at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…won gold in the second varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with three second varsity eight wins over Duquesne, GW and MIT (April 12-13)…finished second in the third final of the second varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay in California (April 7)…finished second in the second varsity eight petite final at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…placed second in the second varsity eight grand final at the weather-shortened Murphy Cup Regatta on the Cooper River (March 23)…in the second varsity eight, finished second only to the Drexel varsity eight in the varsity eight race with La Salle to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
Background
Attended Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Syosset, N.Y….National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Scholar Athlete Award…Jaclyn Smith Crew Leadership Award…as a senior, finished third at the Long Island Championships with the lightweight four…placed first at the Snowflake Regatta (MV8), Head of the Oyster Bay (MV4 & WV8) and Long Island Frostbite Regatta…as a junior, coxed the varsity four to a fourth-place time at the 2017 Long Island Championships…advanced to the finals at the NYS Scholastic Rowing Championships…took fifth at 2016 Club Nationals with the Men’s U17 four…finished top 10 at the 2016 Scholastic Rowing Championships with the junior varsity four…twice competed at the Head of the Charles…competed at the 2015 Independence Day Regatta on the Schuylkill River.
Personal
Daughter of Lorraine Baltzer…mother played field hockey at Adelphi University…has an older brother, Nathaniel, and a sister, Alexis…majoring in psychology.
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