Lindsay Newman

Position:
Varsity
Height:
6-0
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Winnetka, Ill.
High School:
Phillips Academy Andover

Majoring in business with a minor in anthropology ... A Kenan Institute Leadership Fellow and a Buckley Public Service Scholar ... Participates in the Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy as part of the Veteran Leaders program and serves as a CREED Mentor, helping freshman student-athletes adjust to college life ... Active in Carolina Outreach ... Member of the Consulting Club and the Finance Club ... Named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Spend the summer of 2012 working for Semler Brossy Consulting in Los Angeles

Rowing at UNC: In her fourth on the varsity squad ... Serves as a team captain ... Races in the varsity eight ... Also has been part of the second varsity eight during her career

Before UNC: At Phillips Academy Andover, lettered three years in soccer, hockey and rowing ... Captained the hockey team ... Twice helped her teams to titles at the National Ice Hockey Championships, serving as captain both times ... Won the New England Rowing Championships in 2007 ... As a freshman at New Trier High School, helped her team to a state championship and was named MVP of the game ... Started rowing as a sophomore in high school when she got to Andover

More on Newman: Born Sept. 30, 1990, in Chicago ... Daughter of John and Joan Newman ... Has one older sibling ... Her father swam at Indiana ... Favorite pastimes are playing with dogs, playing and watching sports and community service ... Favorite sport other than rowing is ice hockey ... Is a published poet and was in gospel choir ... Fun fact is that she has biked across the U.S. from Rhode Island to California (in the summer of 2010 with the Bike and Build program) ... Pet peeve is when people leave their turn signals on ... Athletes she most admires are Walter Payton and Olivia Coffey ... After graduation from UNC, hopes to work in a management, organization or HR consulting firm ... Dream job is to own a dog farm that involved non-profit work

Newman on Carolina rowing: "UNC rowing has been one of the biggest impacts on my time here at UNC. Each day my friends on this team help me learn and grow as a person. I couldn't image my life without these people."