Cass Cunningham
Cassandra Cunningham began her athletic quest at Mills High School in Millbrae, CA where she competed in cross country and track for four years. Entering college, she began her next sport in women's rowing. While at Sacramento State, Coach Cunningham earned three state championship titles as well as winning the 1995 Pacific Coast Rowing Championships in the Women's Varsity Eight. In 1996 she earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. After graduation she spent three years training with the Women's U.S. Rowing National Team. She is a five-time winner at the US National Elite Championships.She earned international silver medals in the women’s lightweight quad at the 1998 World Rowing Championships and the 1999 Pan American Games. After her time on the national team, Coach Cunningham earned a Master of Education in Administration at the University of Massachusetts while simultaneously coaching the school's varsity women's lightweight rowing team. Post graduate school she moved back to California where to begin teaching Physical Education at San Francisco City College and coaching boy's rowing at Junipero Serra High School transforming it from a club program to a varsity sport. Coach Cunningham has spent nine years assisting with the US Women's U19 National Rowing Team. She continues to train and race. Rowing continues to keep her centered and balanced as a coach and teacher. Plus she loves to race with her strong, smart, sassy women team mates!