At Navy -- Is a four-year member of the crew team ... enters the year having earned three letters ... her boats won Patriot League titles in both 2005 and '06, as well as races at the Head of the Occoquan and Navy Day regattas this past fall ... was a member of the varsity crew that placed 11th at the '06 Head of the Charles, the highest placing boat at the event in school history ... also placed sixth in the grand final at the '06 Eastern Sprints ... named as a National Scholar-Athlete by the CRCA last year ... was selected as both a Trident and Bowman Scholar at Navy ... garnered a Rotary Scholarship, which allows her to study abroad next year ... High School -- Graduated from Moline Senior High School ... earned a trio of silver medals at the high school national championship ... also competed on the tennis, track and soccer teams at the school ... Personal -- Catherine Mary Ortman ... born Feb. 3, 1986.