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2013-14 Men's Crew (Heavyweight)

Andrew Holmes

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lochwinnoch, Scotland
  • Highschool George Watson's College

Biography

Senior •2014

Team captain … Stroked the first varsity all season… Helped the V8 to the inaugural Harry Parker Cup at theEARC Sprints, as the team won its fifth-straight Rowe Cup …Helped the V8 to a fifth-place finish at the IRA NationalChampionships …Led the Crimson to its seventh-straight winin the 149th Harvard-Yale Regatta. 

Junior•2013

Rowed in the seventh seat for the first varsity all season,including a second-place showing at the IRA National ChampionshipVarsity Eight Grand Final … Was in the boat forHarvard’s EARC Sprints championship race … Contributedto the win at the H-Y Regatta completing a perfect dual season forthe varsity eight and Harvard’s sixth straight sweep ofYale… Rowed in The Visitor’s Challenge Cuptitle-winning boat at Henley Royal Regatta that squared off againstthe Harvard lightweights for the first all-Harvard Henley finalsince 2002.

Sophomore• 2012

Named second-team All-Ivy ... Rowed with the varsity eight allseason ... Helped the varsity eight take the bronze at the IRANational Championships, locking up the Crimson''s second straighttop-three national finish ... Contributed to the win at the H-YRegatta completing a perfect dual season for the varsity eight andHarvard’s fifth straight sweep of Yale ... Took second at theEARC Sprints, missing out on first by less than a half second toBrown and contributing to the Rowe Cup win ... Helped sweepNortheastern and take the Crimson’s 15thconsecutive Smith Cup ... Rowed in win over Navy and Penn at theAdams Cup ... Topped Princeton and MIT to take the Compton Cup ...Contributed to wins over Brown for the Stein Cup and Cornell ...Helped capture the Copley Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic.

Freshman • 2011

Stroked the freshman eight, contributing to an undefeated dualseason and Sprints championship … Part of the Harvard boatthat reached the semifinals of the Ladies’ Challenge Plate atthe Henley Royal Regatta … Earned a bronze medal at the IRANational Championships … Helped defeat the Yale freshmen atthe 146th Harvard-Yale Regatta May 28 … Helpedtake first place and contributed to Rowe Cup win at the EARCSprints … Contributed to victories over Northeastern, Navy,Penn, Princeton, MIT, Brown and Cornell.

Before Harvard

Captained the rowing team at George Watson’s College hisfinal two years.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11First-Year

  • 2011-12Sophomore

  • 2012-13Junior

  • 2013-14Senior