Emily Crosby Class: Freshman Hometown: Middletown, NJ High School: Red Bank Catholic Height: 5-10

AS A FRESHMAN: Was a member of second varsity eight crew throughout most of the spring season ... rowed with Notre Dame's varsity eight blue boat which captured two first-place finishes and a second-place finish against Northeastern ... member of the second varsity eight at the Pac-10 Challenge that earned a victory over Stanford ... competed at the Indiana Invite in the second varsity eight boat that finished first with a time of 6:32.5 ... rowed with the second varsity eight boat that had two first-place finishes and a second-place finish at the Charles River Challenge ... part of second varsity eight that finished first in both the preliminaries (6:52.20) and the finals (6:51.80) at the BIG EAST Championships as Notre Dame made a gold-medal sweep in winning its fifth straight conference title ... helped the second varsity eight boat to an appearance in the Grand Finals at the Central/South Region Championship where they placed third with a time of 6:43.20 ... at Head of the Rock, served as a member of the sixth-place Irish varsity eight boat that finished in a time of 16:00.56 ... at the Cal-Sag Regatta helped her boat to a 14th-place finish with a time of 16:41.10 in the varsity eight competition ... in the varsity eight final helped team place third with a time of 7:03.069 ... one of two freshmen to earn a monogram

PREP AND PERSONAL: A member of Navesink River Rowing club team in Redbank, N.J. ... served as team captain her senior year ... led team to a third-place finish at the U.S. National Youth Rowing Championships ... placed fourth in women's doubles in grand final at the U.S. Junior National Championship ... finished second with the her varsity one crew at the New Jersey Scholastic Championships ... earned a second-place finish in the varsity one at the Scholastic National Championships ... rode her bicycle on a fundraising tour from June-August 2006 across the United States, completing a member of marching and concert band all four years of high school ... band president, student director of the liturgical choir, the president of Tri-M Music Society and founded the Red Banks Catholic Outdoors Club her senior year ... her dad was a member of the Rider basketball team ... born in Long Branch, N.J. on December 14, 1988 ... daughter of John and Patricia Crosby ... has an older brother Michael... enrolled in the First Year of Studies.