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2020-21 Men's Rowing - Lightweight Roster

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Carter Hoekstra

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newtown Square, Pa.
  • Highschool La Salle College High School

Biography

As a junior (2019-20)

• Did not compete (Spring 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19).

As a sophomore (2018-19)

• Rowed on the fourth varsity eight against Princeton.

As a freshman (2017-18)

• Rowed in the fourth varsity eight during his freshman season.
• Stroked the crew to a seventh place finish at the Eastern Sprints.

Prior to Cornell

• Earned two varsity letters in rowing at La Salle College High School.
• Served as captain and led the crew to a silver medal at the 2017 City Championship
• Named first-team All-Catholic League as a junior.
• Won a PCL gold medal in the varsity eight in 2016.
• Earned his team’s Most Improved Junior award in 2016.
• Took home a bronze medal as a freshmen at the 2014 Stotesbury Regatta.
• Rowed to a fifth place finish at the 2014 SRAA National Championships.
• Was as a member of the Fairmount Rowing Club.
• Advanced FRC to the Grand Finals at the 2016 Canadian Henley.
• Won gold with FRC at the 2016 Independence Day Regatta.

Personal

• Carter William Hoekstra is the son of Roel and Cindy Hoekstra and he has one brother and one sister.
• Enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior