Stephanie Connolly

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Victoria, BC, Canada
	High School: Claremont Secondary School

	Height: 5-11
	Position: Starboard

Cardinal Catalog

Two time member of the Under-23 Canadian National Team with Cardinal teammate Steph Morrison

6th in 2006 in the four, 6th in 2005 in the pair

Student assistant at the campus physical therapy clinic

Competed in Varsity eight that finished 2nd at the 2005 PAC-10 Championships.

PAC-10 2nd Team honors in 2005

Won the Senior Coxed Four at Women's Royal Henley Regatta in England in 2005

High School

Honor Roll

Provincial Scholarship Award

Member of the 2003 Canadian Jr. National Team

1st at the 2003 Canadian Junior Nationals in the women's quad

1st in the women's double at 2002 Canadian Junior Nationals

2002 Rowing Canada Female Jr. Crew of the Year.

1st at the 2001 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta...

Getting to Know Steph Connolly

Born	April 30, 1986 Victoria, BC Canada
Parents	Kim & Rick Connolly
Major	Human Biology, minor International Relations
Campus Activities	work as a student assistant at Vaden Physical
Therapy Hobbies and Activities	watching sports, stretching & core, running, eating good food
Contemplated Profession	Physical Therapy
The thing I love most about rowing is	the intensity and adrenaline rush of racing
The things I love most about sports are	the excitement of thecompetition
Favorite Pro Sports Team	Vancouver Canucks!
Best Advice Received	just have fun and enjoy it
Advice to Youngsters	do what you love to do
When I played sports as a kid, I pretended to be	Shannon Miller (gymnast)
My rowing role models are	Canadian World Champion rowers Jane Rumball & Darcy Marquardt
Favorite Book	Anne of Green Gables
My parents were right when they told me	take things one step at a time
Earliest Rowing Memory	jumping out of a recreational single and going swimming
Since coming to Stanford, I have learned	how to be a super time manager and enjoy being busy instead of getting stressed out
Favorite Pro Sports Athlete	Roger Federer
Did You Know	I am deathly afraid of chickens
Favorite Pre-Race Rituals	visualization and land warm-up & stretching with crazy music
The things that set Stanford Rowing apart from other collegiate rowing programs are	we are a cohesive team with an amazing amount of drive to improve and we're on the way up!
What makes Redwood Shores so special is	racing under the bridge at the 1000m mark with tons of people yelling at you
Favorite TV Show	House