A two-year search came to an end Wednesday when Danika Rogers signed a scholarship offer with the University of Rhode Island.
The Grade 12 student at Blessed Trinity had been looking at places to row on scholarship since late in her Grade 10 year.
“In Grade 11, I was talking to coaches, and they were giving me motivation on how to get there and what my (ergometer) times should be.”
The search became more serous leading into her Grade 12 year.
“When I was looking at schools, I didn’t know what I wanted right away and I was reaching out to a whole bunch of different schools and seeing what would happen,” the 18-year-old Smithville resident said. “I believe Rhode Island reached out to me first and then I started getting to know the coaches over time through calls and stuff.”
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