WASHINGTON – The Georgetown women's rowing team has announced the hiring of Serra Sevenler as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. 

Sevenler joins the Hoyas following two seasons as the director of rowing at the University of Rochester. During their time at Rochester, they led the Yellowjackets to a second place finish in the Liberty League Championship. Under their leadership, the team named six all-league rowers and won eight gold medals at the Head of the Genesee Regatta.

Prior to their time at Rochester, Sevenler worked as an assistant coach at Columbia University in the 2020-21 season.

Sevenler also worked as the women's varsity coach at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. 

Sevenler competed as an athlete at Rochester as well, captaining their rowing team during their senior and junior years as a Yellowjacket. During their senior year, their efforts had her named to the All-Liberty League Team. Following graduation, Sevenler worked as the head men's coach at Rochester from 2017-2018.

At University at Buffalo Sevenler served as a graduate assistant coach while earning a master's degree in Higher Education Administration.

ON THE RECORD

"I am excited to announce the hiring of Serra Sevenler to the women's rowing staff. Serra comes to Georgetown with experience at many different levels of rowing including NCAA DI, NCAA DIII, junior, and masters programs. Her excitement for the role and institution are going to be a welcomed addition. I look forward to working with Serra to continue to shape the upward trajectory of Georgetown women's rowing." – Head Coach Kendall Mulligan
 
"I'm thrilled to be joining the coaching staff at Georgetown! I'm especially looking forward to working alongside such talented athletes and coaches. I want to extend a thank you to Coach Kendall Mulligan for this opportunity to contribute to the Hoyas' rowing legacy." – Assistant Coach Serra Sevenler