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Alex Slabbert

5'11''
Height
Freshman
Class
Cos Cob, Conn.
Hometown
Greenwich
High School
Alex Slabbert - Women's Rowing - Virginia Cavaliers

2018-19
• Part of the Varsity Four that finished 13th at the NCAA Championships
• Member of the Second Varsity Eight that won the ACC championship
• Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Lettered

2017-18
• Member of the Second Varsity Eight that won a bronze medal at the NCAA Championships
• Part of the Second Varsity Eight that won the ACC championship
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Lettered

2016-17
• Member of the Second Varsity Eight that placed 12th at the NCAA Championships
• Stroke of the Second Varsity Eight that finished second at the ACC Championship
• Lettered

Background
• Rowed for RowAmerica Rye (Rye, N.Y.) under head coach Marko Serafimovski in 2014-15
• Rowed for Greenwich Crew under Serafimovski from 2011-14
• Placed second in the women’s double with Great Britain’s 2014 World Junior Championship squad
• Placed fourth in 2- with Great Britain’s Junior National Team at Coupe de la Jeunesse
• Second in the women’s junior 2- at 2014 USRowing Youth Nationals
• Fourth in the women’s youth single at 2014 Head of the Charles
• Participated in the Neighbor to Neighbor food donation drive in Greenwich, Conn.

Personal
• Daughter of Johan and Martelle Slabbert
• Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
• Has a younger sister, Megan Slabbert
• Has lived in South Africa, England, Japan, Miami and Connecticut