2015-16 Merrimack College Women's Rowing Roster

Mara Payne

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sandwich, Mass.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Sandwich
  • Major Business

Biography

2015-16: One of a pair of two-year captains on the 2015-16 edition of the Warriors … Rowed on the bow of the Varsity 8s boat … Part of two second-place finishes at the UMass Invitational (4/16) and the Dad Vail Regatta (5/10) in eights competition

2014-15: One of the two captains this past year for the Warriors ... Part of Merrimack's third place finisher at the New Hampshire Championships in October ... Raced at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta ... Served as Spare on the Varisty 4s spot that ranked nationally and tops in the region in the spring

2013-14: Member of the shorthanded Varsity 8 squad that resiliently won the NE-10 Championship for the second straight year with a time of 7:32 seconds … Controlled the bow for the 6th-place Merrimack “B” team that finished with a time of 8:31.31 at the Knecht Cup Regatta (4/13).

Before Merrimack: Two-year member of the Sandwich High School field hockey team ... Four-year recepient of academic honors at Sandwich

Personal: Born August 3, 1994 ... Daughter of John and Cindy Payne ... Has one sibling, Kelsey ... Business Administration (Management) Major at Merrimack 

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

  • 2013-14Sophomore

  • 2014-15Junior

  • 2015-16Senior