Rachel Cantrell

Position:
Varsity
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Bixby High School
Hometown:
Bixby, Okla.

Spring 2014
Team captain ... Voted Most Inspirational by her teammates ... CRCA Scholar Athlete ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team … C-USA Honor Roll … Seven seat for the 2V8 at the NCAA Championship, helping the 2V8 to a No. 18 finish ... Seven seat for the Big 12 champion 2V8, finishing first in 7:35.24 … Seven seat for the C-USA second place 2V8, finishing in 6:43.76 ... Competed in the 2V8 at the Clemson Invitational … Competed in the 2V8 at the Lake Natoma Invitational, taking first place over Kansas and Sacramento State … Member of the 2V8 that defeated UCF and the 1V8 that defeated Texas at the Longhorn Invitational.

Spring 2013
CRCA Scholar-Athlete … Academic All-Big 12 … C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Competed in OU’s first-ever NCAA Championships in the varsity four boat, helping OU to a 17th-place finish … Took first place in the varsity four final, helping OU win its first C-USA Championship … Won the varsity four race on the way to the Sooners’ Big 12 Championship title … Earned C-USA Boat of the Week honors after winning three races in the second varsity four at the OU Invitational … Swept all four races in the varsity four boat to help OU win the Longhorn Invitational.

Spring 2012
Earned the Conference USA Academic Medal and was named to the Conference USA Academic Honor Roll ... Finished first once and second three times in four races in the second novice eight at the OU Invitational ... Placed second in all four races at the Longhorn Invitational ... Rowed in the novice eight boat that placed second at the San Diego Crew Classic ... Placed first and second in two races at Michigan ... Placed second in the second varsity four at the Big 12 Championship ... Won the novice eight race at the Conference USA Championship.

High School
Swim Captain ...Individual State Qualifier for Swimming ...2010 Swimming State Runner-Up ...National Honor Society ...Senior Class President ...Homecoming Court ...FCCLA President.

Personal
Parents are Debbie and Randy Cantrell ...one sibling, J.J. ... Majoring in health and exercise science.