Ava Cathey

Background
• Graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, N.H.) in 2025
• Rowed for the Phillips Exeter Academy crew program from 2021 to 2025
• Stroked the Women’s Youth Varsity 8+ NEIRA’s Champions in 2025
• Stroked the Women’s Youth Varsity 8+ to 7th at USRowing Youth Nationals in 2025
• Stroked the Women’s Youth Varsity 8+ to 10th at USRowing Youth Nationals in 2024
• Stroked the Women’s Youth 4+ to 3rd at Head of the Charles in 2024
• Stroked the Women’s Youth Varsity 8+ to NEIRA’s Champions in 2024
• Finished third at Head of the Charles Women’s Youth 4+ in 2023

Personal
• Daughter of Sara and Pete Cathey
• Has one brother, Ethan
• Father, Pete, rowed at Brown University
• Mother, Sara, rowed at University of New Hampshire
• Uncle, Andy Smolenack, rowed at Dartmouth College