Wisconsin Badgers

2021-22 (GR): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & Academic All-Big Ten. Coxed the first varsity eight in every race this season, leading the Badgers to an 11th place finish at IRA National Championships, the Badgers best finish since 2015.

2020-21 (Senior): Coxed the first varsity eight and took first place at Marietta College (April 3) 

2019-20 (Junior): Coxed the first varsity eight to a fourth-place finish in round 1 and a third-place finish in round 2 at the Princeton Chase (Oct. 27) ...Coxed the first varsity eight at the Head of the Charles to a 23rd-place finish (Oct. 20) 

2018-19 (Sophomore): Coxed the second varsity eight and took 13th at the IRA National Championships...coxed third varsity eight to 10th place finish at Eastern Sprints...coxed third varsity eight against Northeastern and Holy Cross...coxed varsity eight at Stanford Invitational...coxed varsity eight against Syracuse...coxed varsity eight and varsity four A at Bald Eagle Invitational...coxed second varsity eight and fourth varsity four at Princeton Chase...

2017-18 (Freshman): Raced with the freshman/novice eight and the third varsity eight... coxed the third varsity eight at the 2018 Eastern Sprints, helping the Badgers to a fifth place finish in the petite final... guided the freshman eight to a second place finish against BU and Northeastern, respectively... raced with the freshman eight at both the North Star Regatta and the Bald Eagle Invitational... coxed the novice four to a first place finish at the North Star Regatta with a time of 18 minutes, 33 seconds... coxed the freshman four to an eighth place finish at the Bald Eagle Collegiate Invitational

High School: Rowed for four years ... placed second at 2017 Northeast Championship in Men's youth 8+ ... placed 12th at 2017 Youth National Championship 8+

Personal: Parents are Alice Catalano and Richard Catalano ... father is a Kindergarten teacher and mother works in private equity ... has two siblings, Tyler and Matthew ... major is political science ... intends on going to grad school for real estate ... 2019 and 2020 Big Ten All Academic ... Community Service Chair on SAAC ... 2019 and 2020 under 23 National team camp invitee

Reason for choosing UW-Madison: I choose UW-Madison because it was somewhere where I knew I would be extremely happy and comfortable on and off the water. The unmatched academics and the ability to be apart of such a historic program was a huge appeal to me.

What Wisconsin Rowing means to James: Wisconsin Rowing means being apart of something that is so much bigger than just myself. It means coming to practice every single day with the only expectation from me is that I bring my 100 percent devoted self to every moment while I am there. Finally, it mean getting to represent Wisconsin athletics every single day for the rest of my life, no matter where I end up.