2025-26 Women's Rowing
Roster
Sophia Foad Women's Rowing Roster
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Bettendorf, IA
High School
Pleasant Valley
Height
5-7
PREP AND PERSONAL
- Rowed for the Y Quad Cities during her prep career while also earning varsity letters in track and field at Pleasant Valley High School.
- Helped the Y Quad Cities 2x finish sixth at the 2025 Head of the Charles and also earned gold in the 2x and 4x at the ’25 Midwest Regional Regatta.
- Participated in the A-Final at the 2025 U.S. Rowing Youth Nationals in the 4x while. At the 2025 U.S. Rowing Summer Nationals she earned gold in the 1x and 4+.
- During the 2024 season she helped the 4x earn gold at the Midwest Regional Regatta and earned two bronze medals (1x, 2x) at the ’24 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta.
- Qualified for the 2022 Drake Relays in the 4×800-meter relay.
- Daughter of Elizabeth and Abdul Foad.
- Has two brothers, Kamran and Cyrus, and a sister, Sarah.
- Sarah is a USA Track and Field five-time national champion and two-time national champion in cross country.
- Grandfather, Michael Brisch, graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1956.