2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Shearer, Dana

Dana Shearer
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Rochelle, NY
- High School:
- The Ursuline School
Bio
At Syracuse: 2024 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... 2024 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2024 Member of the Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2024-25
Spring Season: Coxed the varsity four to a victory over #14 Ohio State in the afternoon following a second-place finish in the morning behind #9 Michigan and ahead of #11 Penn at the B1G/ACC/Ivy Dual ... Coxed the varsity four at the Cayuga Cup to a second place behind #6 Yale and ahead of Cornell ... Coxed the first varsity four that came in second against #2 Stanford (7:46.90) … Coxed the first varsity four came in second against #8 California (7:09.70) ... Coxed the varsity four that competed against #5 Tennessee, #6 Princeton and #16 Ohio State ... Coxed the varsity four that won its heat (7:05.751) and won silver in the grand final (6:59.184) at the ACC Championship ... Coxed the varsity four at the NCAA National Championship where the Orange placed 8th overall.
2023-24
Spring Season: Enrolled at Syracuse in January 2024 ... Coxed the third varsity eight that placed second in the morning race behind Penn and ahead of Radcliffe and second in the afternoon race behind Ohio State and ahead of Syracuse 4V8 in the ACC/Big Ten/Ivy Dual ... Coxswain for the third varsity eight that finished second behind #5 Yale and ahead of Cornell and Syracuse 4V8 at the Cayuga Cup in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxed the third varsity eight that placed first with a time posted of 6:36:2 in the morning race ahead of #17 Oregon State at the UVA Invitational in Lake Monticello, Va. ... Coxswain in the third varsity eight that finished second behind #16 Duke and ahead of #11 Penn on the final day of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational ... Also at the Lake Wheeler Invite, coxswain in the third varsity eight that came in second behind #5 Tennessee and ahead of #11 Penn and Georgetown in the morning session and placed second behind #5 Tennessee in the afternoon race ... Coxed the third varsity eight that placed second at the ACC Championship ... A member of the team that won the ACC Championship for the first time in program history ... Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... 2024 All-ACC Academic Team member ... Member of the Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2022-23 (at USC): Rowed at the University of Southern California ... Competed in 18 regattas for USC ... Placed first in the V4+ at the UCLA Dual ... Finished fourth in the V4+ at the Pac-12 Championships ... Crossed third in the V4+ at the NCAA Championships C-Final.
Personal: Born in January 2004 in Greenwhich, Connecticut ... Daughter of Marilyn Shearer and David Shearer … Has two brothers, Micheal and Matthew ... Majoring in television, radio, and film, in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
2024-25
Spring Season: Coxed the varsity four to a victory over #14 Ohio State in the afternoon following a second-place finish in the morning behind #9 Michigan and ahead of #11 Penn at the B1G/ACC/Ivy Dual ... Coxed the varsity four at the Cayuga Cup to a second place behind #6 Yale and ahead of Cornell ... Coxed the first varsity four that came in second against #2 Stanford (7:46.90) … Coxed the first varsity four came in second against #8 California (7:09.70) ... Coxed the varsity four that competed against #5 Tennessee, #6 Princeton and #16 Ohio State ... Coxed the varsity four that won its heat (7:05.751) and won silver in the grand final (6:59.184) at the ACC Championship ... Coxed the varsity four at the NCAA National Championship where the Orange placed 8th overall.
2023-24
Spring Season: Enrolled at Syracuse in January 2024 ... Coxed the third varsity eight that placed second in the morning race behind Penn and ahead of Radcliffe and second in the afternoon race behind Ohio State and ahead of Syracuse 4V8 in the ACC/Big Ten/Ivy Dual ... Coxswain for the third varsity eight that finished second behind #5 Yale and ahead of Cornell and Syracuse 4V8 at the Cayuga Cup in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxed the third varsity eight that placed first with a time posted of 6:36:2 in the morning race ahead of #17 Oregon State at the UVA Invitational in Lake Monticello, Va. ... Coxswain in the third varsity eight that finished second behind #16 Duke and ahead of #11 Penn on the final day of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational ... Also at the Lake Wheeler Invite, coxswain in the third varsity eight that came in second behind #5 Tennessee and ahead of #11 Penn and Georgetown in the morning session and placed second behind #5 Tennessee in the afternoon race ... Coxed the third varsity eight that placed second at the ACC Championship ... A member of the team that won the ACC Championship for the first time in program history ... Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... 2024 All-ACC Academic Team member ... Member of the Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2022-23 (at USC): Rowed at the University of Southern California ... Competed in 18 regattas for USC ... Placed first in the V4+ at the UCLA Dual ... Finished fourth in the V4+ at the Pac-12 Championships ... Crossed third in the V4+ at the NCAA Championships C-Final.
Personal: Born in January 2004 in Greenwhich, Connecticut ... Daughter of Marilyn Shearer and David Shearer … Has two brothers, Micheal and Matthew ... Majoring in television, radio, and film, in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Women’s Rowing NCAA Selection Show Reaction
Tuesday, May 20
Highlights | ACC Rowing Championships Prelims
Friday, May 17
Kamile Kralikaite: Olympic Qualifier
Wednesday, September 27
Highlights | Varsity 8 Grand Final - ACC Championship
Saturday, May 13