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Samantha Bianco
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- High School:
- Genazzano FCJ College
- Major:
- Undeclared
Sophomore (2026):
Freshman (2025):
- Captured silver with the Fourth Varsity 8 at the 2026 Big Ten Championships, one of seven total and six silver at the championships (5/17)
- Won the opening heat with the Fourth Varsity 8 at the 2026 Big Ten Championships to advance to the grand final (5/15)
- Champion in the grand final with the Third Varsity 4B ahead of #21 Harvard-Radcliffe and #23 Dartmouth at the Women's Eastern Sprints (5/2)
- Won the Ivy League Invitational with the Third Varsity 4A ahead of Cornell in the afternoon session (4/11)
- Won the Ivy League Invitational with the Third Varsity 4A ahead of #7 Virginia in the morning session (4/11)
- Runner-up with the Third Varsity 4 B ahead of #12 Syracuse in the afternoon session at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/29)
- Runner-up with the Third Varsity 4 B ahead of #3 Yale and #12 Syracuse in the morning session at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/29)
Freshman (2025):
- Runner-up with the 3rd Varsity 8 at the 2025 Big Ten Championships, helping Rutgers to medal in all seven races and its highest finish at the championship with a second-place result
- Finished third in the grand final with 3rd Varsity 8 at the 2025 Eastern Sprints, helping Rutgers to a second-straight team title and seven total medals
- Runner-up with 3rd Varsity 8 at Big Ten Invitational behind No. 6 Tennessee
- Doc Hosea champion with 3rd Varsity 8, helping Rutgers to the team title behind five grand final top finishes ahead of No. 12 Penn
- Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up champion with 3rd Varsity 8 ahead of No. 11 Penn, helping Rutgers to six race victories
- Competed in soccer, swimming, and rowing in high school
- Awarded Junior Rower of the Year in 2020
- Awarded Senior Rower of the Year in 2023
- Awarded Soccer Premiership in 2023
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