Sam Casto joined the Gonzaga women's rowing staff in the fall of 2018 as an assistant coach.
She coached the Harvard Lightweight Women in 2016-17, leading the third varsity eight to the gold at the Eastern Sprints in 2017.
Casto, a senior captain in 2015-16, recorded an outstanding rowing career at Virginia, being named a two-time CRCA All-American and two-time CRCA All-Region selection. She was All-ACC and won two ACC Championships with the varsity eight and one with the second varsity eight, and finished third and fifth with the varsity eight, and third with the second varsity eight, in three NCAA Championships appearances.
Originally from Dallas, Pa., Casto graduated with a degree in aerospace engineering and went on to complete a graduate certificate from the Institute for Rowing Leadership in 2017. In 2014, she raced in the U-23 World Championships in Varese, Italy in the single, and then competed at U-23s again in 2015, racing quad in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
