Boston University

A two-time All-American and All-New England honoree, Fiola Foley demonstrated her athleticism by stroking the women’s rowing varsity eight boat to three NCAA team appearances even with a lightweight frame. After stroking the freshman eight boat her rookie season, she took the same seat in the varsity eight boat and helped the Terriers place second in the 1999 NCAA Petite Final for an overall eighth-place finish. BU followed up by winning the 2000 Petite Final and placing third in the same race in 2001.

Outside the team, Foley won the lightweight collegiate division at the 2001 Indoor World Rowing Championships (also known as CRASH-Bs) and finished as the fastest collegiate rower in the heavyweight singles at the 2000 Head of the Schuylkill. She also took fourth in the lightweight 1x at the 2000 U23 World Championships and sixth in the same event in 2001. A recipient of BU’s Buff Donelli Leadership Award, she won three events (1x, 2x, 8+) at the 2000 Irish National Championship and later took 16th at the 2003 World Rowing Championships in the lightweight 2x.