Alex Natale

Natale joins the Hawkeyes from Gwynedd Mercy Academy, where her crew claimed the Varsity 4+ title at SRAA Nationals and competed in the Groton School Challenge for Junior 4+ at Henley Women’s Regatta. She has previous coaching experience at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (2023-2024), also serving as an assistant coach.

As an athlete, Natale won the Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta in the varsity eight in 2022, was invited to the US Rowing National Team U23 Selection camp and won the Dad Vail Regatta in 2021 and in 2019 won the first varsity eight gold medal at the CAA Championships for the Dragons.

The Philadelphia native earned her bachelor’s degree from Drexel University in Civil Engineering in 2022 and her master’s from Oxford Brooks University in applied sport and exercise nutrition in 2024.