Mollie Silver

Position:
Varsity
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wanchese, N.C.
High School:
Manteo

Major: Biology

Minors: Chemistry and Spanish

At UNC: In her third year on the rowing team, her second of the varsity ... A Morehead Scholar ... Vice president of the UNC SCUBA club

At Manteo High: Played soccer, basketball and softball ... Captained the basketball team and earned MVP and Best Defensive Player honors in soccer ... Earned the team’s pitching award and Rookie of the Year honors in softball ... Class valedictorian

More on Silver: Daughter of Winston and Nancy Silver ... Born April 7, 1981, in Elizabeth City, N.C. ... Favorite pastimes include hunting, surfing, SCUBA diving, backpacking and reading ... Speaks Spanish and has lived in Costa Rica and Spain * Spent the fall 2001 semester studying in Spain ... Spent last summer island hopping by sailboat in Tonga and Fiji, studying traditional medicine and local culture ... Best moments in her athletic career have been winning SIRAs and winning the pull-up contest in fourth grade ... Started her own soft-crabbing business with her brother while in high school ... Her father played football, wrestled and was a member of the crew team at The Citadel ... Her mother played basketball and field hockey at UNC

Silver on rowing: “I could have missed the pain, but then I’d have had to miss the dance.”