Alaizah Koorji Class: Junior Hometown: Orinda, Calif. High School: Miramonte Height: 5-0 Position: Coxswain

2007-08
Coxed the varsity eight crew in all spring events as a freshman...guided the Bruins' V8+ to early season dual-meet victories against Loyola Marymount (March 8) and San Diego State (March 15)...coxed the V8+ at the Pac-10 Challenge (March 29-30) and at the San Diego Crew Classic (April 5-6)...helped lead the Bruins' V8+ to a second-place finish on day one at the San Diego Crew Classic...guided the V8+ to first-place finishes against Victoria and Central Florida on consecutive days at the Stanford Invitational (April 19-20)...coxed the V8+ against USC (May 3) and at the Pac-10 Championships (May 18).

High School
Attended Miramonte High School (Orinda, Calif.) for four years.

Club
Rowed as the coxswain for the Oakland Strokes' top eight crew...won a gold medal at the 2004 and 2005 Southwest Junior Championships (women's novice 8+ in 2004, women's lightweight 8+ in 2005)...also won gold at the 2005 and 2006 San Diego Crew Classic (junior varsity 8+)...won silver medals at the 2006 Southwest Junior Championships in the junior varsity 8+ and junior varsity 4+ crews...won a silver medal in the JV8+ in 2004 and a gold medal in the JV8+ in 2005 at the Head of the Lake.

U.S. Rowing
Competed at the U.S. Rowing Junior Women's National Team Development Camp in 2005 and 2006...attended the U.S. Rowing Junior Women's National Team selection camp in the summer of 2007...in the summer of 2007, was selected as the Junior National coxswain; helped win a bronze medal for the U.S. team at the Junior World Championships in Beijing, China...in 2005, won a silver medal in the junior A4+; gold in the junior B 8+; won three gold medals in the Junior A8+, Junior A4+ and Intermediate 4+.

Personal
Full name: Alaizah A. Koorji...born April 14, 1989 in Oakland, Calif...is the younger of Alnoor and Azmina Koorji's two daughters...has one older sister, Alysha...English major.