Staples Grad Leads Ohio State to Rowing Championship

Sami Jurofsky (2nd r), a 2011 Staples High School graduate, Sunday won the NCAA Division 1 women’s rowing championship with her team, the Ohio State Buckeyes, in Indianapolis, Ind. The Buckeyes repeated their victory as the NCAA champs of 2013 and Big Ten Champs of 2013 and 2014. Jurofsky, a junior who cut her teeth on the Saugatuck River as the coxswain for boys eights at The Saugatuck Rowing Club, also coxed the third-seeded second varsity eights to a first place victory on Sunday as well. She is pictured with stepfather Marx Katzenberg, mother Hyleri Katzenberg, and her sister Carleigh Jade a 2008 Staples graduate who is on tour with her band The Carleigh Jade Band and flew in to surprise her sister.The win was especially sweet for her mom, who grew up in Cleveland and hails from a family of Buckeyes. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo