Samantha Banaszek Class: Freshman Hometown: West Palm Beach, Fla. High School: Palm Beach Central HS Height: 5-6 Position: Coxswain Squad: Novice

2009-2010
• Served as coxswain for the novice team
• Placed third in varsity 8 event at the Metro Cup
• Raced against Iowa, Kansas State, Texas and Oklahoma at the Longhorn Invitational
• Defeated Alabama at home regatta

Prior to UCF
• Participated in weight lifting under Coach Massolatti
• Member of NHS, Beta, Culinary, NHTS and SNHS

Personal
• Born in West Palm Beach, Fla.
• Daughter of William John and Linda Banaszek
• Majoring in pre-clinical