Michael Perretta Class: Junior Hometown: San Jose, Calif. High School: Leland HS Height / Weight: 6-5 / 205

2011 (Sophomore): Rowed on Cal's varsity 4+ to a second place-finish at the Pac-10 Championships ... also raced on the Bears' junior varsity 8+ that beat Stanford at The Big Row and placed sixth at IRAs ... second-team Pac-10 All-Academic.

Personal: Rowed at the Los Gatos Rowing Club ... placed seventh at the 2009 Youth National Championships ... also played football and tennis at Leland High School ... was an AP Scholar with Distinction ... last summer, taught interpretive dance classes ... lists playing guitar, unicycling and competitive eating as hobbies ... parents are Frank and Jill Perretta ... uncle attended Cal ... has a brother and a sister ... political science major, and hopes to become a lawyer ... lists his postgraduate goal as achieving world peace.