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2024-25 Men's Heavyweight Rowing Roster

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George Wright

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chippewa Bay, N.Y.
  • High School Lawrenceville

Biography

At Navy
2024:
 Competed in all five regular season and both postseason contests for the Mids; twice with each of the second, third and fourth varsity eight crews and once with the fifth varsity ... Member of the 4V8 at the Eastern Sprints and 2V8 at the IRA National Championship
2023: Rowed in all seven races for Navy; with the fourth varsity eight on five occasions, including the Eastern Sprints and once each with the third varsity (at the IRA National Championship) and fifth varsity.
2022: Saw action in all six regular season and both postseason competitions, four times with the fourth varsity, twice with the third crew and once with both the fifth varsity eight and first varsity four ... Suited up with the 4V8 at the Eastern Sprints and V4+ at the IRA National Championship.

Prior to Navy
Earned three varsity letters rowing at the Lawrenceville School ... Earned All-MAPL First Team honors as a senior in 2021 ... Led Lawrenceville to the Grand Finals of the 2021 SRAAs Senior Eight competition as a team captain ... Raced at the 2019 Henley Royal Regatta in the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup ... Won gold at the Mid-Atlantic Championships for Novice Eight as a freshman; was undefeated in the novice boat against scholastic freshmen crews in 2018.

Personal
Son of Benjamin and Rebecca ... Father graduated from the Naval Academy (Class of 1985) and rowed four years with the heavyweight program (Major in USMCR) ... Grandfather Richard Wright graduated USNA (Class of 1953) and was an All-American lacrosse player for Navy (Captain in USN) ...Great-Great-Grandfather George Logan graduated with the Class of 1907 (Captain in USN) ... Older siblings; Sarah (Wright) Kirkpatrick played four years of women's lacrosse at Old Dominion (2009-2012); James Wright played four years of men's lacrosse at Clarkson University (2011-14).

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior