University of North Carolina Athletics
2020-21 Women's Rowing Roster
Katie Characklis
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Chapel Hill, N.C.
- High School:
- East Chapel Hill
Rowing at UNC: Joined the team in 2018.
Before UNC: Graduate of East Chapel Hill High School ... Lettered all four years in basketball and softball ... Three-time all-conference selection in softball.
Personal: Daughter of Greg and Raquel Characklis ... Has a brother and a sister ... Her father played basketball at Johns Hopkins ... Favorite sport other than rowing is basketball ... Fun fact is that she lived in Switzerland ... Athlete she admires most is Bo Jackson ... After graduation, plans to go on to medical school and become an orthopedic surgeon ... Majoring in biochemistry.
Before UNC: Graduate of East Chapel Hill High School ... Lettered all four years in basketball and softball ... Three-time all-conference selection in softball.
Personal: Daughter of Greg and Raquel Characklis ... Has a brother and a sister ... Her father played basketball at Johns Hopkins ... Favorite sport other than rowing is basketball ... Fun fact is that she lived in Switzerland ... Athlete she admires most is Bo Jackson ... After graduation, plans to go on to medical school and become an orthopedic surgeon ... Majoring in biochemistry.
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