PORTLAND, Ore. --- Peri Parsons, a senior at St. Mary’s High School in Medford, Ore., has signed a National Letter of Intent and will join the University of Portland rowing team as a freshman in the fall, announced head coach Bill Zack. The Pilots just concluded their first year as an NCAA Division I rowing program.
 
“Peri is a strong student and she is really excited about rowing,” Zack said. “She’s a skilled sculler and she’s strong on the ergometer. She has a lot of potential, and we’re happy she chose the University of Portland as the place to pursue her potential.”
 
Parsons, who has been a member of the Ashland Rowing Club for three seasons, received an invitation to a U.S. Junior National Team Sculling Camp. She posted first-place finishes in the Women’s Junior Double events at both the Head of the Dog Regatta and Row for the Cure in Portland. Parsons also won the Women’s Junior Novice Single race at the Northwest Regionals in Vancouver, Wash., and won her heat at the Ergomania 2K in Seattle.