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Sara Hilburger
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Grand Haven
- Hometown:
- Grand Haven, Mich.
Bio
 2024 (Senior): Academic All-Big Ten … In the second varsity four, finished third to Alabama and Wisconsin (7:45.91), third behind Indiana and Notre Dame (7:50.27), and won Sunday’s final race over Minnesota, Oklahoma, Clemson, and UCLA (7:44.23) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the varsity four (8:05.8) ... In the second varsity four at Sprints (5/5), finished fourth in both the morning preliminary (8:17.81) ahead of Temple, and the petite final (8:41.01), ahead of Cornell and Boston College ... In the second varsity four, finished eighth at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 7:41.010 ...
2023 (Junior): Academic All-Big Ten … Split the two races in the stroke seat of the second varsity four at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), defeating Miami (7:40.12) by a second and a half before falling to Temple (8:10.82) in her first races of the season … Finished third to Ohio State and Indiana in a time of 7:45.9 in the three seat of the varsity four at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … Finished fourth (7:38.660) in the bow seat of the varsity four in the Petite Final at Women’s Sprints, a 10th-place finish overall (4/30) … Finished in eighth place in the stroke seat of the second varsity four at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), clocked in a time of 7:58.575. Â2022 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten ... Debuted in the four seat of the varsity four boat at the Ivy/Big Ten Double Dual (3/26), posting an event-best race time of 7:52.0 for the Spartans … Raced again with the four at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/27), taking fourth place ahead of Dartmouth and Mass with an 8:06.14 finish … Beat out Eastern Michigan’s crew in the varsity four race at EMU (4/2), clocking in a time of 8:35.57 in the bow seat … Took home a pair of third-place finishes with the varsity four crew at the Big Ten Invitational (4/15), boasting race times of 7:58.106 and 7:32.412 … Took third with the second varsity four crew at the Dale England Cup (4/30), finishing their race in 7:50.8 … Helped the second varsity four crew to a seventh-place finish at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), clocking in at 7:35.868
2021 (Freshman): In a pair of dual races at Ohio State, (3/27) finished eight seconds behind second-place Oregon State in the second varsity eight, and was clocked in a time of 7:35.47 in the afternoon session … Earned a pair of third-place finishes in the bow seat of the second varsity eight at the B1G/ACC Double Dual (4/3), posting times of 7:42.02 and 8:04.90 in the two sessions against nationally-ranked Duke, Michigan, and Virginia … Lined up once again against some of the nation’s top crews in the bow seat of the second varsity eight at the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), earning an open-water win over Louisville in the first session (6:59.28) and clocking times of 7:14.41 and 7:02.124 the next two races … Posted a six-seat win over Eastern Michigan in the bow seat of the varsity eight, clocked in a time of 7:03.20 … Finished third in the second varsity eight (three seat) at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1), posting a time of 7:17.12 … At the Big Ten Championships (5/16), manned the bow seat of the second varsity four, earning a sixth- place finish in a time of 8:03.894.
Prior to MSU:  Played varsity tennis in addition to rowing in high school … Rowed in the varsity four and eight her final rowing season in 2019, her junior campaign.
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Personal:  Daughter of Ronald and Deanna Hilburger … Distinguished Academic Leader (3.99 GPA and above) and a member of the National Honor Society … Plans on majoring in genomics and molecular genetics.
Pink Ribbon Crew | Spartans All-Access
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Thursday, April 10
Spartans All-Access: Rowing Unveils Newly-Renovated Facility
Monday, April 22
Spartans All-Access: Rowing Winter Training
Monday, January 22
