Loyola Marymount University Athletics

2021-2022: Raced in the Varsity 8+ placing 7th and the Varsity 4+ A placing 2nd at the 2021 Head of the Spokane… Competed in the Varsity 8+ in the annual scrimmage at the Port of LA against USC and USD… Raced in the Varsity 8+ against UCLA… Help the Varsity 8+ pace 3rd in the petite final of the UCSD Health Cal Cup event at San Diego Crew Classic… Finished 4th in the Varsity 8+ at the Dexter Lake Invitational… Raced in the Varsity 8+ at the West Coast Conference Championships, placing 4^th… Selected to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
 
Before LMU: Rowed at Walt Whitman High School... Placed 2nd in the Varsity 8+ at the Stotesbury Regatta in 2019… Finished 3rd in the Varsity 8+ at the Stotesbury Regatta in 2021… Placed 12th in the nation in the Varsity 8+ at the 2019 US Rowing Youth National Championships
 
Personal: Born in Chicago, IL and raised in Bethesda, MD… Daughter to Jaennette Valdes and Douglas Houghton… Sister to Finley… Majoring in Film and TV Production… Chose LMU because “I was able to combine my love for rowing and film.”