Katherine Isaza Commits to SU

Katherine Isaza (front row, far right)

(story courtesy of The Hour)
(photo credit to Laura Buckman at The Daily Norwalk)
By STEVE GEOGHEGAN
Hour Staff Writer

The best things come in small packages and Syracuse University will soon find that out.

Katherine Isaza, a Norwalk High senior who is the top coxswain with the Connecticut Boat Club out of Norwalk, has made a verbal commitment to compete with the Orange women's rowing team next season.

Isaza, who stands in at 5-feet, will receive an athletic scholarship to attend the school and will sign her national letter of intent in March.

"I feel very excited," said the diminutive yet talented coxswain. "It's somewhere I want to go. I'm really excited to cheer for the Orange next season."

Isaza said Syracuse and Ohio State were her top choices, with Duke, North Carolina and USC also in the mix. It came down to Syracuse being the best fit for her academically and athletically.

"Syracuse had everything I wanted," she said. "It's a great program with a great coach (Justin Moore). It all came together and it's the best choice for me and my family."

Isaza has been one of the best high school-aged coxswains in the country. She led the women's varsity eight to gold medals at the Youth National Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio, last June and the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston last October. As a matter of fact, her boat hasn't lost a race in a year and a half.