Chris Nofziger

Position:
Rower
Height:
6-2
Weight:
175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lebanon, Ore.
High School:
Lebanon HS

OREGON STATE
2012-13
Rowed in the 7-seat of the Junior Varsity 8 in wins at University of Victoria and at Gonzaga … rowed in the 3-seat of the JV8 at the San Diego Crew Classic, including a win in heat racing and finished third in the Grand Final … raced in the 3-seat of the JV8 at the Stanford Invite including wins over Santa Clara and Stanford … rowed in the 2-seat of the JV8 against California at Lake Vancouver … rowed in the bow seat of the Varsity 8 at Pac-12 Championships … raced in the bow seat of the IRA Championships finishing fifth in the Third Level Final.

2011-12
Rowed in the bow seat of the Varsity 8 in wins over University of Victoria and Gonzaga … raced in the bow seat of the V8 at the Stanford Invite including a win over UC Davis … rowed in the bow seat of the V8 in Boston finishing second ahead of Holy Cross … rowed in the 2-seat of the V8 at the Windermere Cup … rowed in the bow seat of the V8 at Pac-12 Championships.

2010-11
Chris rowed in the Junior Varsity 8 throughout the 2011 season … raced in the 2-seat of the JV8 in a win at the Elk Lake Spring Regatta … rowed in the 2-seat of the JV8 in fourth place finishes at the San Diego Crew Classic and at the Pac-10 Championships … raced to a victory in the JV8 at Gonzaga … earned Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team honors.

2009-10
Rowed mostly in the Freshman 8+ … helped F8+ crew win against Victoria in the 6-seat … rowed in the 2-seat of the F8+ in a win against Gonzaga … rowed in the 4-seat of the Junior Varsity 8+ at Pac-10 Championships finishing fourth … helped crew of the Open 4+ to a sixth place overall finish at the IRA Championships.

LEBANON HS
Participated in cross country and track.

PERSONAL
Son of Debbie and Tim Nofziger … has one brother, Dustin … greatest athletic thrill to date is “making the Grand Finals at the IRA’s” … enjoys snowboarding and cross country … chose Oregon State for its engineering program … majoring in civil engineering.