Melissa Donahue

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-7
High School:
Hingham
Hometown:
Hingham, Mass.

CAREER HONORS:
2010 Atlantic 10 Commissioner[apos]s Fall Honor Roll
2012 Atlantic 10 Commissioner[apos]s Spring Honor Roll
2012 Atlantic 10 Commissioner[apos]s Fall Honor Roll
2013 Atlantic 10 Commissioner[apos]s Spring Honor Roll
2013 Atlantic 10 Commissioner[apos]s Fall Honor Roll
2014 Atlantic 10 Commissioner[apos]s Spring Honor Roll
Jack Welch Scholar

2013-14 - Senior:
Spring 2014: Took third place in the third Varsity 8+ event at the Yankee Cup (3/29), finishing only four seconds behind first place Rhode Island ... Rowed in the 4V8 boat and finished first in the second Varsity 8+ race in 8:23 against Colgate (4/6) ... Competed in the 3V8 event in a five team meet on the Connecticut River (4/6) ... Rowed as part of the third Varsity 8+ boat at the Knecht Cup (4/12-4/13) and advanced to the Finals ... Against UConn (4/18) and MIT, Bates and Radcliffe (4/19), raced in the 3V8 boat.

Fall 2013: Rowed in the Collegiate 1x at the Head of the Fish (10/26) and tallied an 11th place finish in 18:52.07.

2012-13 - Junior:
Spring 2013: Tallied a sixth place finish with a time of 9:40.27 in the Single at the Knecht Cup (4/13-4/14).

Fall 2012: Raced in the collegiate 4+ at the Head of the Housatonic (10/6) and finished in 12th with a time of 19:09.04 ... Finished in 11th in the open 2X and in 9th in the open 1X at the Seven Sisters Sculling Race (10/13) ... Took first place in the lightweight 4+ with a time of 14:40.90 and first in the lightweight 8+ with a time of 13:36.92 at the Head of the Fish (10/27).

2011-12 - Sophomore:
Spring 2012: Raced in the Lightweight Eight at the Murphy Cup (3/21) which finished in third with a time of 8:53.05 ... Competed with the Second Varsity Four at the Yankee Cup which finished in second with a time of 8:38.18 ... Competed in the Lightweight Eight against UConn and Holy Cross (4/6-4/7), finishing in first with a time of 7:25.5 and second with a time of 7:37.31, respectively ... Raced in both the Lightweight Four and the Lightweight Eight at the Knecht Cup (4/15), finishing in sixth (8:26.39) in the four but did not advance to the finals in the eight ... Competed in the Lightweight Eight at MIT (4/21) which finished in second with a time of 7:53.3 ... Competed in the Lightweight Eight at Eastern Sprints (5/13) and finished in seventh with a time of 7:47.150.

Fall 2011: Did not compete.

2010-11 - Freshman:
Spring 2011: Raced in the Novice 8+ at the Yankee Cup (3/26) and finished second with a time of 9:17.78.

Before UMass: Played golf and volleyball for coaches Sarah Dewey and Doug Cotter at Hingham High School ... Was named a golf all-star following her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Was the Valedictorian of Hingham High School in 2010.

Personal: Melissa Mary Donahue ... Born March 3, 1992 to Thomas and Ann Donahue ... Has two siblings, Courtney and Bridget.