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Nina Dobratz                  Class: Senior Hometown: Portland, Ore. High School: Westview

AT TENNESSEE:

FALL 2007:

Helped Tennessee to a fifth-place finish in the Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Charles, the squad's best showing in program-history.

2006-07:

Powered UT to a gold and silver at the Chattanooga Head Race...Picked up the win with the Championship Eight and silver in the Champ 2x...Also guided a coxless four to a fifth-place finish in the Championship Four...Helped UT's top crew clock the fastest time in the Champ 4+ at the Head of the Tennessee...Pushed top C8+ and C4+ crews to wins at the Head of the Hooch...Wrapped up the fall with a third-place showing in the C8+ at the Rivanna Romp...Assisted the Second Eights in first place finishes in the spring against Louisville, Ohio State and Michigan before moving to the First Eights...Part of the winning V8+ boat against Stanford and Washington State...Helped the First Eights to fourth place in the grand final of the Aramark Sprints...Notched a third-place finish in the First Eights petite final at NCAA Championships...Named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete for the second straight year.

2005-06:

Led her boats to three wins in the fall...Took two golds at the Chattanooga Head Race, first in the Championship 8+ before taking top honors in the Championship Pair...Part of gold-winning Champ Eight shell at the Head of the Hooch...Competed with the Champ 8+ crew that finished 12th at the Head of the Charles...Rowed in two races at the fall-ending Rivanna Romp...Spent the entire spring with the Big Orange's top Varsity Eight crew...Pushed team to the only victory in the spring, a win over South Region rival Louisville...Also part of crew that ranked second in the quad race at Princeton, George Washington and UMass...Propelled shell to a third-place finish in the grand final at the Aramark Sprints ...Bronze-medal performance gave UT its first NCAA South Region title...Helped Lady Vols win the "C" final to claim 14th-place at the NCAA Championships...Earned CRCA National Scholar-Athlete honors...Also honored on the Lady Vol Fall, Southeastern Conference Spring Academic and Lady Vol Spring Honor Rolls.

2004-05:

Claimed a seat on the Club Eight shell that finished second at the Head of the Charles in Boston, Mass...Teamed with Genevieve Collins to claim gold in the Open 2x at the Head of the Tennessee...Rowed in the second Varsity Eight shell during the spring...Helped shell to second-place showings against Virginia and Washington State and in the petite finals at the Aramark Sprints...Earned a spot on the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll and the Lady Vol Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Graduated from Westview High School in 2004 as an honor student while also participating in the National Honor Society and student government...Named an "Outstanding Student of America"...Earned varsity letters in cross country and track & field.

PERSONAL:

Enrolled in the College Scholars program...Has one sister, Heidi, 19...Christina Beth Dobratz was born on Dec. 9, 1985, in Athens, Greece...Her parents are Tim and Molly Dobratz.