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Alex Appleton

  • Class 2027
  • Hometown White Bear Township, Minn.
  • High School Mounds Park Academy
  • Major Neuroscience

Biography

2024-25: Rowed in the second seat of the varsity four as the Bobcats placed sixth in the sixth-level final at the IRA National Championship (May 30-31).... Rowed in the fifth seat of the third varsity eight as the Bobcats won the petite final at the National Invitational Rowing Championship (May 11).

2023-24: Rowed in the fifth seat of the third varsity eight as the Bobcats earned a silver medal in 6:24.277 at the National Invitational Rowing Championship, the 3V's best showing at NIRCs since 2017 (May 12).... Rowed in the fifth seat of the third varsity eight as the Bobcats claimed a bronze medal in 6:22.790 at the New England Rowing Championship (May 4).... Rowed in the fifth seat of the third varsity eight as the Bobcats won their race in 6:08.8 to help Bates claim an 11th consecutive President's Cup over Colby and Bowdoin (April 28).

Personal: 2023 graduate of Mounds Park Academy (Minn.) where he competed in rowing, volleyball, and swimming ... honor roll ... member of Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists.
 
Favorite book? Beloved by Toni Morrison
Most influential person in your life? My mom
Favorite quote or motto? "You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take"- Wayne Gretzky
Go-to karaoke song? "All I Ask" by Adele
TV show you could watch over and over? Madam Secretary
If you could swap lives with any celebrity for a day, who would it be? Lorde
What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done? Flown a plane
Why Bates? The community, both in and out of the college

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

  • 2024-25Sophomore

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