Boston University

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2024-25
Sat three seat in the Varsity 8+ that finished second in the D Final in 6:36.356 at the NCAA Championships (May 30-June 1) … Three seat for the Varsity 8+ that won the Grand Final in 6:42.587 at the Patriot League Championship (May 16), later receiving Patriot League Boat of the Year honors … Sat three seat for the Varsity 8+ that won the Petite Final at Eastern Sprints (May 4) … Rowed three seat in the Varsity 8+ at the Lake Wheeler Invite (April 25-26) … Three seat for the Varsity 8+ in the Council Cup and against No. 18 Columbia (April 12)…Sat Bow for the Varsity 8+ that finished second behind No. 22 Dartmouth and ahead of Northeastern and MIT (April 5)…Helped the Varsity 8+ finish ahead of Cornell and George Washington (March 29) to open the season from the three seat…Sat Bow seat in the Championship 4+ at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 20) that finished 14th.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2023-24
Five seat in the Varsity 8 that won the Grand Final in 6:42.028 at the Patriot League Championship (May 17), later receiving Patriot League Boat of the Year honors … Five seat in the Varsity 8 that finished 20th in the nation, placing second in the D Final in 6:41.980, at the NCAA Championships (May 31-June 2) … Two seat in the Women’s Club 4+ that placed seventh at the 58th Head of the Charles Regatta (Oct. 21) … Four seat in the Varsity 8 that took down Cornell in the spring opener (March 30), leading to Patriot League Boat of the Week honors … Four seat in the Varsity 8 that competed against Harvard-Radcliffe, Northeastern, and Dartmouth (April 6) … Five seat in the Varsity 8 that finished second in a Council Cup race between Northeastern and Rhode Island (April 13) … Five seat in the Varsity 8 at the Lake Wheeler Invite (April 26-27) … Five seat in the Varsity 8 that placed fifth in the Grand Final at the Eastern Sprints (May 5) … Three seat in the Women’s 8+ that participated in the Henley Royal Regatta, qualifying for the Island Challenge Cup (July 2-7).

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Rowed at Holy Spirit High School … As a senior, secured 1st in the Atlantic County Championship in the V8 … Placed 2nd at both the Garden State Championship and Stotesbury in the V8 her senior campaign. 

PERSONAL
Born on March 5, 2005 … Daughter of Melissa and Scott Bencze … Enrolled in the College of Engineering at BU.