Caroline Willis

Position:
Player
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.

2016-17: Member of the 2V4 before transitioning to the V4 … Claimed the Carolina Cup season-opening race with a time of 7:37.4, almost six seconds faster than second-place Clemson as the Blue Devils brought home the Carolina Cup with 99 overall points and a sweep of all five races … Won the A Final at the Longhorn Invite with a time of 7:19.749, defeating Texas (7:21.428), Notre Dame (7:23.312) and Iowa (7:34.261) … Earned a trip to the A Final with a second-place morning race (7:15.973) … Tabbed ACC Crew of the Week following Longhorn Invite performance … member of the V4 for the remainder of the season … Rowed to a third-place performance against No. 3 Michigan (7:08.0), No. 4 Ohio State (7:10.7) and Notre Dame (7:34.7) with a time of 7:24.1 … Rowed to a sixth-place showing in the Clemson Invitational A Final with a time of 7:32.920 … Qualified for the A Final with a second-place finish (7:16.027) first heat and third-place showing (7:26.044) in its second race … Took home the title at the Dale England Cup with a time of 7:45.7 to defeat Notre Dame (7:51.36), Indiana (7:55.52) and San Diego (8:05.7) … Raced to a third-place ACC Championship Grand Final finish, being edged by half a second by Louisville … Virginia won the race in 7:04.398 while the Cardinals crossed in 7:08.027 to Duke's 7:08.585 … Placed second in heat two during the morning session, clocking out in 7:34.147 to Louisville's 7:28.241 with the top three advancing to the Grand Final.

2015-16: Moved throughout the eights and fours during the year, finishing the campaign with the V4 … started the spring with the 2V4 at the Carolina Cup, clocking a time of 7:34.7 to place second … rowed again with the 2V4 during the Virginia Dual as the boat placed fourth (7:58.0) … added 3V8 duties at the Virginia Dual, placing second with the crew in 7:54.7 … helped the Blue Devils tie for first at the Dale England Cup in the 2V4 as the boat placed third (7:55.4) and fourth (8:01.1) … ended the regular season at No. 9 Princeton as the V4 came in third overall in 8:00.7 … at the ACC Championship, guided boat to first place finish in the petite final against North Carolina with a year-best time of 6:58.091 … did not participate in any fall events.

2015: A part of the 3V8 for all three of its competitions during the year … helped unit place third in both races during opening weekend, behind Clemson’s 3V8 and the Boston lightweight 2V8 with times of 7:27.77 and 7:33.15 … part of the 3V8 for three races at the Clemson Invitational against seven ranked squads as the boat placed fifth (7:31.3), fifth (7:10.5) and fourth (7:14.1) … at the ACC Championship was a member of the 3V8 and helped the boat place fourth in its preliminary heat (7:22.0) and second in the Petite Final (7:10.8).

2013-14: Part of the 2V8 (6:58.23 and 7:02.95) at the season-opening Cardinal Invitational … a key member of the 2V8 that placed third (6:59.90) against Clemson, Iowa, Kansas, Buffalo and Purdue, finishing only behind the Tigers and Hawkeyes … joined the 3V8 at the UVA Invite, helping the boat finish in 6:59.5, its first sub seven-minute mark of the campaign … part of the 3V8 for the ACC Championship, helping the boat to a fifth place finish in the final with a time of 7:08.3.

Fall 2013: Rowed with the 3V8 at the Princeton Chase, helping the boat place 31st out of 52 entries.

High School: Rowed with Berkeley Preparatory School rowing team… captained the team as a junior and senior... won silver at the Independence Regatta and bronze at Sculling States in the single her senior year… Came in sixth place at the Sweap States in the women’s pair as a senior… Her junior year, set a course record and won gold at Southern Sprints… earned first at the Miami International and third at Sculling States in the women’s single as a junior… also came in sixth in the single 500m dash at the Canadian Henley… sophomore captain of her volleyball team… earned title of MVP in volleyball her sophomore year.

Personal: Born Caroline Alexandra Willis on March 19, 1995, in Tampa, Fla. … daughter of Mike and Laura Willis … has two sisters, Ginny and Meggie.