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Has not yet declared a major but is considering biology with a minor in psychology ... Tutors at a local elementary school ... Her intramural soccer team won a championship in the fall semester Rowing at UNC: In her first year on the varsity squad ... Stroked the freshman four that finished first at the 2007 Occoquan Chase ... Also took third there racing in a single ... Stroked the second varsity eight in the fall Before UNC: At Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pa., captained the varsity rowing and soccer teams as a senior ... Raced in a single, quad and double at Canadian Henley and Scholastic Nationals two years in a row ... Finished seventh in doubles at the 2006 Head of the Charles ... Raced in a single at 2007 English Henley ... Her school's most improved rower as a junior ... Captained the novice rowing team as a sophomore... Started rowing as a sophomore after being inspired by her older sister, who also rowed in high school ... Also competed in the high jump, finishing third in the league as a freshman, and played varsity squash More on McGovern: Born Andrea Brooke McGovern on Aug. 1, 1989, in Philadelphia ... Daughter of Fern and Joe McGovern ... Has three siblings: Toby (25), Ben (20) and Sarah (17) ... Favorite pastimes are spending time with family and friends, visiting the beach and her beach house, jetskiing, playing soccer and working with children ... Five years after graduation, sees herself working in the pulmonary department at the children's hospital in Philadelphia and rowing on the Skuykill River ... Dream job is to work in a children's hospital ... Athlete she most admires is Mia Hamm ... Favorite sports besides rowing are soccer and jetskiing ... With a completely free day, would go to the beach with friends ... If she could have dinner with anyone, she'd pick her grandparents "because I wish I had gotten to know them better" ... A little-known talent is playing the drums ... Dream vacation is a Caribbean cruise with friends and family McGovern on rowing at UNC: "I haven't been part of Carolina Rowing very long and it already feels as though I have a second family. I am honored to be a part of a program with people who will push me to physical and mental exhaustion, but at the same time will support me every inch of the way. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything." |
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