Rachel Dooley Class: Junior Hometown: Marysville, Wash. High School: Marysville Pilchuck

AT TENNESSEE:

FALL 2009 (JUNIOR): Earned a gold medal in the Championship 8+ at the Chattanooga Head Race and a bronze at the Rivanna Romp, while also competing with the C4+ crew at the same races...Finished 12th in the C8+ at the Head of the Charles Regatta.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE): Competed with the 2V8+ shell and helped her shell to a win over Alabama and three runner-up finishes in dual-meets...Garnered first-place honors with the 2V8+ boat in the B Finals at the Lake Natoma Invitaional...Raced to a silver medal in the championship 8+ at the Chattanooga Head Race...Took second again in the champ 8+ at the Head of the Tennessee...Took silver in the pair at the Head of the Tennessee, teaming with Melissa Toms...Recorded a fourth-place showing in the pair, teaming with RuthAnne Waldrop in Chattanooga...Named to the Academic All-SEC team.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN): Earned a bronze medal as part of the third-place crew in the Championship 8+ race at the Chattanooga Head Race...Helped Tennessee earn its fifth gold in the last six years in the Club 8+ event at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass. on Oct. 20, 2007...Earned a spot as the stroke of the V4 shell in the spring...Helped UT finish second in the V4+ at the tri-meet with Princeton and Yale...Part of the V4+ that took third in the petite final at Aramark Sprints on May 18...Moved up to the 2V8+ for NCAA Championships...Manned the No. 2 seat in the shell that recorded UT's best finish ever at the NCAA event, taking fifth in the grand final...Member of the first Tennessee boat to make a grand final at NCAA Championships...Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash....Spent five years with the Everett Rowing Association during high school...Was a team captain for one year...Led Everett to victory at the 2004 and 2006 Regional Championships...Club team also took home the team title of the prestigious Brentwood Regatta in both 2006 and 2007...Was part of the Everett 8+ team that finished fifth at the 2007 US Rowing Youth National Championship... Voted Most Inspirational Rower in 2006...Spent her junior and senior years as an executive producer at Marysville-Pilchuck's television station.

PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in communications studies...Participated in the Southeast Junior Development Camp in 2006...Admires her neigbor, Washington rowing legend Irma Erickson, who encouraged her to get into rowing...Rachel Aryn Dooley was born on May 9, 1989, in Huntington Beach, Calif....Parents are Sharon Dooley and Dennis Christianson.