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2021-22 Men's Heavyweight Rowing Roster

Merijn Soeters
Ray Vance (ADF)
Master Corporal Rod Doucet
Ray Vance (ADF)

Griffin Dunne

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Northfield, Ill.
  • High School New Trier

Biography

At Navy
Career Honors: 2019 King's Cup Member; 2021 IRCA Second Team All-American; 2021 USRowing Under-23 Male Co-Athlete of the Year; 2022 IRCA First Team All-American
2021: Competed with Navy's first varsity eight in all five regular season meets and at the IRA National Championship ... Won silver with the U.S. U-23 team at the 2021 Under-23 World Rowing Championship in the M8+ competition.
2020: Sophomore campaign cancelled in March due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019:  Raced with the Mids' first varsity eight crew in all six regular season contests, as well as at the Eastern Sprints before moving to the second varsity eight for the IRA National Championship ... Selected as a member of Navy's King's Cup crew that won the title at the 2019 Henley Royal Regatta, also won the Willott Taylor Trophy in 8+ competition at the 2019 Marlow Regatta.

Prior to Navy
Rowed at both New Trier High School and later at the Kent School ... Earned three varsity letters at New Trier ... Spent the 2017-18 academic year at the Kent School, a USNA Foundation School ... Went undefeated for the 2016 regular season with New Trier's 2V8; duplicated that feat in 2018 with Kent's V8 crew ... Placed second at the 2017 SRAA Championship with his V8 crew from New Trier ... Helped Kent's V8 win the 2018 New England Interscholastic Rowing Championship 

Personal
Son of Rory and Laura ... Teammate of Navy LWT rower Myles Knight ('22) at New Trier High School

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Junior

  • 2021-22Senior