Rivca Chaver

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event: Rowing at High Point Rowing Festival on October 5, 2025 at All Day
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All Day
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Upcoming Event: Rowing at Head of the Charles on October 17, 2025 at All Day
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Duke Rowing Headshots at the Blue Devil Tower on August 21, 2020 at Durham, North Carolina.

Height:
5-9
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Kentfield, Calif.
High School:
Redwood

Awards/Honors: 2021 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2021 CRCA Scholar-Athlete ... 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... 2020 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021-22: Competed in seven regattas during the spring season, spending time in the 2V8, V4 and 2V4 lineups ... helped the 2V8 open the season with a win at the Carolina Cup (3/5) ... part of 2V8 crew that swept three races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite (3/19-20) ... earned ACC Crew of the Week honors with the 2V8 after outracing No. 4 Michigan and No. 9 Ohio State at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (4/2) ... helped the 2V8 place first in two out of three races at the Big Ten Invite (4/15-16) ... part of 2V4 boat that won the second ACC gold medal in program history with a Grand Final time of 7:11.587 at the ACC Championship (5/14) ... competed with the V4 at the NCAA Championships (5/27-29) for a second straight year, finishing third in the C Final with a time of 7:21.094).

2020-21: Named to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll ... named a CRCA Scholar-Athlete ... competed in six regattas during spring season, primarily with 2V4 crew ... sat stroke in 2V4 lineup that won in five-boat field at season-opening Carolina Cup (3/6) ... stroked V4 boat two head-to-head wins over UCF and Tennessee at Virginia Invite (3/27) ... earned head-to-head win over Ohio State in 2V4 race at Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (4/3) ... part of 2V4 winning crew at Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/24) ... earned silver in V4 at ACC Championship (5/15) ... finished third in V4 Petite Final at NCAA Championships (5/30).

2019-20: Competed in one race during the 2020 spring season that was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic ... helped Duke capture its fourth consecutive Carolina Cup (3/7), rowing in the 3V8 boat that took first with a time of 7:12.91.

Prior to Duke: Attended Redwood High School and competed for the Marin Rowing Association rowing club … competed in the V8+ boat her junior and senior year, and helped guide her team to a first-place finish at the San Diego Crew Classic in 2018 … Took fourth at the 2018 Youth Nationals in the V8+ in 2018 … selected as a National Merit Semifinalist for 2018-19, and was a finalist candidate … member of the CSF Honors Society for three years and was a candidate for the AP Capstone Diploma.

Personal: Born on October 17, 2000 in San Francisco, Calif. … daughter of Alon and Kara Dunlap-Chaver … has two sisters Abigail and Zeeva.

Last Updated 6/6/22