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Fitzpatrick joined the Navy staff in August of 2019 after five years with the Iowa women's rowing program. Originally starting with the Hawkeyes in a graduate assistant position in July 2014, Fitzpatrick was promoted to full-time assistant coach in August 2016. Prior to leaving Iowa City, she worked primarily with the team's novice rowers. As a member of Iowa's staff, Fitzpatrick helped the team end a 16-year NCAA Championship appearance drought as the Hawkeyes were selected to the national regatta in each of her final three seasons, 2017, 2018 and 2019. At the 2018 NCAA Championship, Fitzpatrick and the Hawkeyes placed 11^th in the team standings with a school-record 69 points. Earlier in that same postseason, Iowa set a team scoring record at the Big Ten Championships with 111 points, good enough for fourth place. Fitzpatrick was part of an Iowa staff that earned back-to-back CRCA Region 4 Staff of the Year honors in 2017 and 2018.  
 
Iowa was Fitzpatrick's first collegiate coaching opportunity as she graduated from the University of Tulsa in December of 2013. While at Tulsa, she was a four-year letterwinner and captained the team as a senior in 2012-13. Accolades from her time in Tulsa, included the 2013 Tulsa Rowing Hurricane Spirit Award and recognition on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and Tulsa Athletic Directors Honor Roll all four years. Prior to her collegiate career, Fitzpatrick rowed for Holy Spirit High School in New Jersey where she was an SRAA National Champion (Lightweight 8+) and a two-time Stotesbury Champion (Lightweight 8+ and Freshmen 8+).
 
Fitzpatrick graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sports Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Tulsa in December of 2013 before obtaining a master's degree in Sport and Recreation Management from Iowa in May of 2016.