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2017-18 Women's Rowing Roster

Francesca Browne

  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Washington-Lee
  • Hometown Arlington, Va.

Biography

At Navy (Member of the Women's Rowing Program, 2017 & 2018 seasons)
2018: Injured and did not compete in regular season action
2017: Competed in four races as a freshman in four-person crews, including the first varsity four at the NCAA Championship.

Prior to Navy
Four-sport athlete at Washington-Lee High School: crew (3 letters), swimming (3), cross country (1) and volleyball ... Competed in crew at the club level with  TBC Racing out of Washington D.C. and raced at the 2015 USRowing Club Nationals ... Served as team captain for high school crew in 2016.

Personal
Daughter of Putnam and Rebecca ... Father is a captain in the U.S. Navy and Class of 1990 graduate of USNA ... Father rowed at USNA, while mother ran cross country at Gettysburg College ... Great-great-great grandfather Frances Ramsey graduated from the Naval Academy in 1856 and was the first superintendent of USNA to be a grad ... Born in Lemoore, Calif.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore