Angels Ventura Rodriguez

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Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
La Papita, Catalonia, Spain
High School:
Itecnificacio

2024-25: Competed in the Music City Head Race and the Head of the Hooch in the fall as well as the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, Sarasota 2K, SIRA Championship Regatta, Lake Wheeler Invitational and the ACC Championship in the spring… At the Music City Head Race, rowed at the No. 2 seat in the Varsity 8C boat that finished fourth and at the No. 1 seat to help Varsity 4E boat to a sixth place finish (out of 20 boats)… At the Head of the Hooch, rowed at the No. 5 seat in the Varsity 8C boat that finished third in the Women’s Championship 8+ and at the No. 1 seat in the Varsity 4E boat that finished fifth in the Women’s Championship 4+ race… At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, rowed at the No. 4 seat in the Varsity 4 boat to place third in its heat on Saturday and second on Sunday… At the Sarasota 2K, rowed at the No. 4 seat in the Varsity 4 boat to a third place finish in its heat on Friday and a fourth-place showing on Saturday… At the 2025 SIRA Championship Regatta, rowed at the No.4 seat for the Varsity 4 boat that placed second in its time trial and finished first in its semifinal… Helped the Varsity 4 boat take second in the 4A final at SIRA… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, rowed at the No. 4 seat, helping the Varsity 4 boat to a fourth-place finish in its heat, another fourth-place showing in the second round and a fifth-place finish in the third round… At the ACC Championship, rowed at the No. 4 seat in the Second Varsity 4 boat which finished sixth in its heat on Friday (7:39.340) and third Saturday’s Petite Final (7:29.904), ahead of Notre Dame, Boston College and SMU… Named to the All-ACC Academic Rowing Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prep: Before coming to Louisville, Ventura Rodriguez competed for Club Nàutic La Ràpita…With the club, she earned a third place finish in Catalonia in the single boat as well as a first place in Catalonia and a third place in Spain in the double scull…She also rowed in the 4x and 8+ boats with the Federation of Catalunya and earned a second place finish in the Spanish Regional Competitions.

Personal: Born January 18 …Parents are Joaquim Ventura and Rosa Tere Rodriguez…Has one brother, Pau… Major is criminal justice.