Angels Ventura Rodriguez

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

2025-26: At the Music City Head Race, was in the No. 8 seat on the Varsity 8 C boat that finished fourth in a time of 16:50.1; then sat in the No. 4 seat on the Varsity 4 D boat that finished ninth in a time of 19:42.2… At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, was on the Second Varsity 4 boat in the No. 2 seat all weekend long as the crew finished second (7:49.041), third (7:55.072) and second (7:55.631)… At the Sarasota 2k, helped the Second Varsity 4 boat from the No. 4 seat as it finished second in trials with a time of 7;48.57 and followed it up with a fifth-place finish in the A Final with a time of 7:45.85… At the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship, was in the No. 4 seat as the Varsity 4 A boat placed first in prelims (7:39.669), first in the semis (8:04.907) and first in the A Final (7:28.873)… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, was in the No. 4 seat on the Varsity 4 A boat that placed second (7:24.550), fourth (7:32.680) and second (7:23.170)… At the ACC Championships, continued her role in the No. 4 seat on the Varsity 4 boat as it finished sixth in prelims (7:30.530) and fifth in the petite final (7:33.490)… CRCA Scholar Athlete… All-ACC Rowing Academic Team

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.