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    Andrea Keesecker     
     
      Andrea Keesecker
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Johnson City, Tenn.

High School:
Science Hill

Experience:
HS

2011-12 - JUNIOR:
Helped the V4+ to a strong regular-season finish at No. 7 Princeton... Rowed with the 2V8+ at Michigan... Helped the 2V8+ to a fifth-place petite-final finish at the San Diego Crew Classic... Rowed with the 2V8+ at UCF, winning gold on Lake Pickett... Part of the V8+ at the Oak Ridge Invitational, winning one gold and two silver medals... Won gold in the Collegiate 8 and silver in the C4 at the Chattanooga Head Race... Part of Lady Vol crew to finish 11th in the Collegiate 8 at the Head of the Charles Regatta... Took eighth in the Championship 8 at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...

2010-11 - SOPHOMORE:
Rowed in 2V8+ vs. Minnesota and Louisville, finishing in second in both... At Lake Natoma Invitational, won one gold medal and two silver in V8+... Finished fourth against Princeton in V8+... At C-USA, finished second... Took home bronze medal at Chattanooga Head Race, competing with Collegiate 8+ shell...Member of C8+ boat which finished 16th at Head of the Hooch...

2009-10 FRESHMAN:
Member of Novice 8+ boat for most of freshman campaign... Took home fifth-place finish in A final of SIRA Regatta... Finished fifth in petite final at 2010 South/Central Aramark Sprints...Posted second-place finishes against Dartmouth and Alabama...

HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduated from Science Hill High School... Finished in the top ten percent of her class with 4.0 GPA... Received three varsity letters in softball, serving as captain for one year...Led Science Hill to an undefeated softball season in 2008...

PERSONAL:
Enrolled in college of Arts and Sciences... Lists current teammate Erika Lauderdale and former teammate Laura Miller as her biggest sports influences... What she loves about rowing is that there is so much support and competition among the athletes... She loves Tennessee because it is one big family... She rows on starboard side... Her 2K erg time is 7:26.... Has two sisters, Amber, 22, and Allison, 18... Andrea Leigh Keesecker, daughter of Debbie and Alan Keesecker, was born Jan. 22, 1991 in Johnson City, Tenn.