Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CRCA Scholar-Athlete	2023-24
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll	Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Villanova Career: Made an immediate impact at Villanova, racing in all nine events in her debut year … Has become a staple in the V8 lineup as the seven-seat … Named a CRCA Scholar Athlete in her first season with the Wildcats.

2024-25: Competed in all six events on the year for 15 races … Raced once with the fours before spending the rest of the season with the V8 … Had two fourth-place finishes at the Head of the Schuylkill in the Championship 4s (14:05.249) and the Championship 8s (13:02.174) … Picked up a trio of wins against Lehigh’s V8 at the Bucknell Invite to close the fall with the fastest showing in the head-to-head being a 3:01.27 … Crossed sixth in the Grand Final at the Knecht Cup in 6:48.45 … V8 saw a weekend-best time of 6:42.493 in the third round of the Lake Wheeler Invite … V8 finished fourth in the Grand Final in 6:59.222 at the CAA Championship.

2023-24: Competed in all nine events on the year for 11 races … Took to the water for two top-three finishes with the V4 while spending the rest of the season with the V8 … Was third with the V4 at the Navy Day Regatta (15:44.34) and earned silver with the V4A at the Head of the Schuylkill (14:57.645) for the program’s first medal at the regatta since 2017 … Part of a V8 boat that finished third in the A finals at the NYRA Invitational (7:19.063) … Seven-seat for the V8’s win at the Bucknell Invite (6:43.15) … Won the head-to-head with Stockton’s V8 in 7:09.63 … Posted a fourth-place finish in the V8 Grand Finals at the CAA Championship (7:04.546).

Bucknell: Part of two top-three finishes at the Patriot League Championships with the Bison in the last two seasons … Picked up a bronze medal with the 2V8+ in 2023 with the team finishing third … Was a spare for the Bison in 2022 when the team finished second … Made the Dean’s List all four semesters and was a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

Academy of Notre Dame de Namur: Part of the rowing team all four years of high school, earning three varsity letters … Had a silver medal finish with the Novice 8+ at the 2018 Philadelphia City Championships          as a freshman … Raced with the Varsity 8+ from sophomore through senior seasons … Competed with the Conshohocken Rowing Center in the summers of 2019 and 2020 and the fall of 2020 … Won gold at the 2019 Canadian Henley in the U17 4+ with CRC … Made the Distinguished Honor Roll all four years and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Native of Bryn Mawr, Pa. born April 24, 2003 … One of three children to Ted and Tara Capaldi … Has two siblings, Jaime and TJ … Chose Villanova for its “strong sense of community, as well as the balance between academics and athletics.”