SDSU 2008-09
Rowed one race with the Varsity Eight boat, a runner-up finish of three at the Parker Cup Regatta from the six seat ... Also rowed six times with the Second Varsity Eight boat ... Best performance was probably at the WIRA Championships (second preliminary heat), where the 2V8 boat was first of four (six seat) ... The following day the boat took third in the Grand Final ... Also rowed six seat in an eighth-place showing of 19 at the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival and a second-place finish at UCLA ... Rowed the four seat in the same Second Varsity Eight boat at the San Diego Crew Classic, where it finished fourth of six in both the Petite Final and the third preliminary heat.
SDSU 2007-08
Saw action in all but one of her races with the Second Varsity Eight boat ... Also raced once with the Second Varsity Fours ... Best showing came when she rowed the No. 6 seat to a first-place finish of three boats at the San Diego City Championships ... Helped the Second Varsity Eight boat rack up a sixth-place showing (of 14 boats) at the WIRA Championships from the six seat.
SDSU 2006-07
Rowed predominately in the Second Novice Eight ... Rowed in four seat in the boat that won at UC Davis ... Sat stroke seat in SDSU[apos]s third-place Second Novice Eight boat at the Grand Final in the WIRA Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a member of the track and field team at Tesoro High School where she set school records in the long jump and triple jump.
PERSONAL
Melissa Carey was born Sept. 2, 1987, in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... Daughter of Kim Wooditch and Jim Carey ... Majoring in business management.