Charlotte Botha Season 2024-25

Career Highlights

• Pac-12 Champion- Team (2024)
• NCAA Runner-Up- Team (2024)
  

As a Freshman (2023-24) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team) • Pac-12 Champion (Team)

• Kicked off the 2024 spring season with a first-place effort in the 3 seat of the third varsity eight boat at USC
• Raced in the 4 seat of Stanford's third varsity four boat (in the second varsity four race) at the UVA Invite, finishing third against the Cardinal's 2V4 and Virginia on Saturday and earning the same result against Syracuse and Stanford's 2V4 Sunday
• Topped No. 1 Texas at the Longhorn Invite, racing in the 5 seat of the fourth varsity eight boat
• Bested California at the annual Big Row, racing in the 7 seat of the fourth varsity eight boat
• Led both the Stanford team and fourth varsity eight boat to its third consecutive conference title at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships as the 7 seat
  

Prior to Stanford

• Graduate of Queenwood School for Girls
• Competed at the School Girl Head of the River
  • Placed 1st in 2020-21
  • Placed 3rd in 2021-22
  • Placed 2nd in 2022-23
• Selected as Queenwood School for Girls representative multiple times
  • Two-time independent school girls association team representative
  • Two-time NSW Pathways team representative
• Competed at the NSW Rowing State Championships
  • Placed first in the CSG8+ in 2021-22
  • Placed third in the CWU19 4x in 2021-22
  • Placed second in the CSG8 in 2022-23
  • Finished first in the CWU19 4+ and 4x in 2022-23
• Competed at the Australian National Championships
  • Placed third in the SG4+ in 2021-22
  • Placed first in the SG4+ and SG4x in 2022-23
  • Placed fourth in the U21 W4+ in 2022-23
  • 2000m Erg Record Holder at Queenwood School
  • Bromley Trust Award recipient
  • Union of Rowers Scholarship Recipient

International Competition

• Competed for the Australian National Team
  • Competed at the 2023 Junior World Championships in Paris, France
    • Placed third in the JW4+

Personal

• Parents are Chris and Natalie Botha
• Has two siblings, Daniel and Tiffany
• Brother, Daniel, played rugby for Sydney University and was a  NSW Waratahs Super Rugby Professional athlete
• Sister, Tiffany, rowed at Sydney University
• Father, Chris, played professional rugby and played in the 1991 Rugby World Cup for Zimbabwe

Why Charlotte Botha Chose Stanford:

• "I chose Stanford because I wanted to be surrounded by people who are actively supportive, driven, and can have a good laugh!"