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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks

2019-20 Women's Rowing Roster

Demi Simms

  • Position Rower
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Mount Saint Joseph Academy
  • Hometown Ambler, PA

Biography

2018-19: Member of the Varsity 8

2017-18: Rowed for the Atlantic 10 Champion Varsity 4, picking up SJU’s first gold medal in that event since 2006… Member of boat that defeated Kansas and Delaware in the George Mason Invitational and was named the Atlantic 10 Boat of the Week on April 22 for that performance… Also helped V4 score wins over Georgetown and MIT in the GW Invitational… Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

2016-17: Member of Dad Vail champion Freshman 8, for the Hawks' first-ever gold medal in that event... Helped the Third Varsity 8 earn first place in the Atlantic 10 Championships, in the non-scoring event... Member of the Freshman 8 that won at the Kelly Cup... Rowed for the Freshman 4 that took first and the Freshman 8 that placed second at the Murphy Cup... Helped the Freshman 8 defeat Delaware and Penn... Rowed for the Third Varsity 8 that took silver at the GW Invitational... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and the SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both semesters.

High School/Personal: Team placed first at the Philly City Championship three times… Also took second at the Stotesbury Regatta and the Philly City Championship… Placed third at the SRAA Nationals twice, and also third at the Mid-Atlantic Championship and Stotesbury Regatta… Competed at the US Rowing Youth Nationals and in the Women's Henley Regatta… Received academic honors… Mother, Pam, played Division III lacrosse and field hockey at Chestnut Hill College… Sister, Natalie, is a junior on SJU's rowing team… Interdisciplinary health services major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Rower
    5'7"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Rower
    5'7"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Rower
    5'7"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Rower
    5'7"