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Veronica Tamsitt
Veronica Tamsitt

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Bungendore, Australia

High School:
Canberra Girls Grammar

Height:
6-1

Experience:
3V

05/25/2012

Schedule & Boatings: NCAA Championships

The Huskies start their championship journey Friday morning at Lake Mercer in New Jersey

05/22/2012

Huskies Head East For NCAA Championships

The National Championship is on the line for the Washington women's crew program at Lake Mercer, N.J.

02/27/2012

Straight From The Cut: Veronica Tamsitt

The latest in a series of profiles on the 2012 Husky oarswomen takes a look at senior Veronica Tamsitt

10/29/2011

Huskies Encouraged By Head Of The American Showing

Varsity eight finishes second among elite competition on the 3.1-mile course at Lake Natoma

High School Sports: Rowing.
Honors and Awards: Competed at the 2007 Jr. World Championships in Beijing, China, placing 8th in the Jr. Women's Pair ... Pac-10 All-Academic Award (2011).
Major at Washington:Oceanography

Husky Rowing Experience:

2011 (Junior) - Competed in the Husky 2V8+ that won their petite final at the NCAA Championships in Gold River, Calif. ... Rowed bow for the women's varsity eight that won the Women's Windermere Cup, defeating Cambridge and Oklahoma ... ROwed four seatfor the women's boat that won the 2012 Erickson Cascade Cup.

2010 (Sophomore): Stroked the varsity eight throughout the season, including a win at Windermere Cup. Stroked the Huskies at the Head of the Charles during the fall.

2009 (Freshman):Stroked the varsity eight in four of six races this season, including the Pac-10 Championships and NCAA Women's Rowing Championships...rowed in the JV in Washington State Dual and Stanford Invitational...helped the varsity eight retain the Windermere Cup...named to Pac-10 All-Academic Team.

Personal: Daughter of Margaret Coaldrake and Gary Tamsitt ... Mother is a management consultant and CEO ... Father is a Lawyer and a Professor at the Australian National University ... Has one older brother, Frank ... Twin brother Mark is a Private in the Royal Australian Infantry Regiment ... Has one younger sister, Kristina.

Go Huskies!