2020-21 Women's Rowing
Roster
Jackie Matthews
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Newtown
- Hometown:
- Newtown, Conn.
2022 (Junior): Academic All-Big Ten ... Raced primarily with the novice eight boat in her first year with the Spartans … Debuted at Eastern Michigan (4/2), winning the novice eight race by more than two minutes over EMU, clocking in a time of 7:49.90 … Raced in the bow seat of the novice eight crew at Ohio State (4/9), winning both the morning and afternoon session’s races with times of 7:15.3 and 7:15.8 … At the Big Ten Invitational (4/15), raced both days, taking third in day two’s novice eight race and finishing in 6:57.683 … Raced with the third varsity eight crew at the Dale England Cup (4/30), clocking in a time of 7:04.8 and finishing in third … Joined the novice eight crew at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), registering a race time of 7:08.049.
2021 (Sophomore): Did not compete … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten
2020: Season was canceled due to Covid-19.
Prior to MSU: Played basketball and ran track at Newtown High School … All-Academic Team honoree in all four seasons in both sports … Southwest Conference All-Colonial Team as a junior and All-Conference Selection as a senior in basketball … Graduated with her high school Heptathalon record.
Personal: Daughter of David and Gail Matthews … Brother, David Jr., played baseball at Central Connecticut State and won an NEC Championship as a junior and graduated in May … Member of the National Honor Society and was her class president all four years of high school … Earned the Superintendent’s Award (2015) and William Honan Junior of the Year Award (2018) … Speaks both Spanish and Arabic.
