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Katie Sanders Season 2009

PositionPORT
Height5-6
ClassFreshman
HometownNewport Beach, Calif.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Attended Newport Harbor High School where she played field hockey ... Named to Principal[apos]s Honor Roll three years ... Winner of Academic Excellence Award and Academic Pin ... Competed for four years with the Newport Aquatic Center rowing club ... Boat placed third in the Varsity 4+ at the 2008 youth National Championships ... Had a 12th-place finish in the Varsity 8+ boat in 2007 ... Rowed in the prestigious Head of the Charles regatta in Cambridge, Mass., two years.

PERSONAL
Katherine Grace Sanders was born Jan. 7, 1991, in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Daughter of Robin and James Sanders ... Hobbies include reading, travel, surfing and hiking ... Majoring in kinesiology with a minor in business ... Would like to own and manage a physical therapy and nutrition facility ... Greatest rowing memory was at the 2008 nationals rowing with four best friends and finishing third, just 0.5 second from second place.