Senior Spotlight: Cassidy Lorenz, Crew
5/2/2020
A four-year member of the Owls, Cassidy Lorenz hails from Rosemont, Pa. She started with Temple as a freshman, coxing a variety of different boats, including winning a silver with the second varsity eight at the Braxton Memorial Regatta. As a sophomore, she guided the Owls to gold at the San Diego Crew Classic in the lightweight eight, while also winning bronze medals with the third varsity eight at the Bergen and Kerr Cup Regattas. As a junior, Lorenz earned silver with the Temple second varsity at the Murphy Cup and helped the team capture overall points trophy at the 2019 Dad Vail Regatta. Lorenz will graduate from the Klein College of Communications with a degree in Communication Studies.
Owlsports.com caught up with Lorenz, as she finishes her degree at Temple.
In the book of your life, what’s the title of the Temple chapter? Perfecting My Juggling Act.
What’s the best part about being a member of the crew team at Temple/what will you miss the most? The best part about being on the crew team is definitely the lifelong friends I have made. With a team of 65 people, it is rare to share a team dynamic like the one we have. Although we are separated as freshmen, lightweights, and heavyweights, we all work towards a common goal and we come together at each practice and each race to achieve them.
I will absolutely miss the feeling of race day with my team. The 5 minutes or so you wait at the starting line are unlike any other feeling. You are overcome with nerves, excitement, and hunger to win. As a coxswain, I learned to absolutely love this feeling. Sending fist pumps down the boat, collectively taking a deep breath in as the officials say, “We have alignment…” and feeling the burst of energy as 6 crews fight as hard as they can to get their boat across the finish line first.
What is your favorite memory of being a student-athlete at Temple? One of my favorite memories of being a student-athlete at Temple was opening our new boathouse during my freshman year. As the last senior class to row out of the tents on Kelly Drive, we knew that opening the new boathouse was going to bring us a new beginning with a lot of success. I will never forget the excitement of launching out of our worn-out tents and bringing the boats to their new home.
If you could give advice to your freshman year self, what would it be? This is going to be an unpredictable four years. There will be great things, hard things, and things you wish never happened. You will win and you will lose. When you win, enjoy the victory. When you lose, grow and learn from it.
Where do you see yourself in five years? Although I am not sure exactly what industry I will end up in, I see myself working in the communications field. I plan to stay in Philadelphia and hopefully joining a rowing club where I can fulfill my dreams of not flipping a single off the dock.
Most importantly I would like to thank my mom. She has always been the best role model in my life. She has absolutely shown me that hard work is supposed to be hard, but it will pay off. She taught me perseverance and how to be resilient and I could never thank her enough for shaping me into who I am today. I would also like to thank my older siblings Brittany and Brandon who introduced me to this sport at a very young age. I don’t think they knew how much I would fall in love with rowing at the time, but I’m proud to have made it this far.Cassidy Lorenz, Temple Crew Class of 2020
I would also like to thank my coaches and teammates who were always there for me through the ups and downs of my college and athletic careers. As Coach Perkins has ingrained in my head, Team First, Need to Win, and Excellence in all Things are all mottos that I will embody as I take on my journey of life. Lastly, I want to thank all of the people I have met at Temple outside of my athletics experience. To my roommates, friends, and my cousins here at Temple thank you, thank you, thank you, for all of the love, support, and guidance. A new chapter is just beginning.
