Julia Darnton

Class:
Senior
Position:
Starboard
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
High School:
Pioneer

Senior (2012) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... CRCA Scholar-Athlete ... First Team All-Big Ten ... Second Team CRCA All-Region ... First varsity eight ... Big Ten Champions ... Runner-up at NCAA Championships.

Junior (2011) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... CRCA Scholar-Athlete ...First varsity eight and second varsity right ... Raced in 2V8 boat for the first two races of the season and was in the 1V for the remainder ... Runner-up at Big Ten Championships ... 1V finished in third place in its race ... 13th overall at NCAA Championships ... 1V placed 12th ... Second team All-Big Ten and Second team CRCA All-Region.

Sophomore (2010)... Academic All-Big Ten... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award... CRCA Scholar-Athlete... First varsity eight...Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 12th... Fourth place at Central/South Region sprints...Fourth place at Big Ten Championships... Big Ten Boat of the Week (April 6).

Freshman (2009)... Member of novice team ... Competed in the first varsity four at Central/South Region sprints ... Took fifth place ... Took 10th place in the first varsity four at the NCAA Championships.

Prep ... Pioneer High School (2008) ... Three-year letterwinner and three-year member of top varsity eight ... Placed third at the Schoolboy Regatta her sophomore and senior years and took second place her junior year ... Member of the varsity four her junior year ... won the Midwest Scholastic Championship in the varsity four as a senior and placed second in the varsity division at the Schoolboy Regatta ... Three-year scholar-athlete certificate.

National/International ... Fifth-place in the grand finals of the heavy weight division at the USRowing Youth Nationals.... Took second place at the US Trials in the lightweight single (2010) ... National Champion in the intermediate lightweight at Club Nationals (2010) ... Gold medal at Canadian Henly in senior lightweight quad (2010).

Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... Undeclared major ... Her brother, Bill Ivan, plays football at Indiana ... Birthday: April 13, 1990 ... Parents are David and Cheryl Darnton.