2020-21 Women's Rowing
Roster
Stauffer, Sophia

Sophia Stauffer
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Rockford
- Hometown:
- Rockford, Mich.
Bio
2024 (Senior): Coxswain … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … In the varsity four, rowed to a third-place finish (7:49.44) in the semifinal heat at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), then finished eighth in the Grand Final (6:55.17:28.270) ... Finished second to host Michigan (4/6) in the varsity four race (7:49.27) ... In the second varsity eight, finished fourth to Clemson, Alabama, and Wisconsin (6:58.51), fourth behind Indiana, (6:56.54), and fifth behind UCLA, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Clemson (6:58.75) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the second varsity eight (7:16.5) ... In the varsity four at Sprints (5/5), finished third in the morning prelims behind Columbia and Northeastern (8:02.99) and finished third in the petite final (8:22.56) behind UMass and Rhode Island and ahead of Drexel, Cornell, and George Washington ... In the varsity four, finished seventh at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 7:31.059 .
2023 (Junior): Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Scholar Athlete … Coxswain of the Spartan varsity four … Earned a pair of second-place finishes at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), second behind Wisconsin in both the semifinals (7:19.77) and grand final (7:18.65) … Coxed the varsity four at the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8) to third, fourth and fourth place finishes over three races … Split the two races at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), falling to Miami before rebounding with a win over Temple (6:28.87) … Finished third to Ohio State and Indiana in a time of 7:45.9 at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … Finished fourth (7:38.660) in the Petite Final at Women’s Sprints, a 10th-place finish overall (4/30) … Took seventh place at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), open water ahead of Minnesota in a time of 7:43.124.
2022 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten ... Coxed the varsity four crew at Eastern Michigan (4/2) to a win in 8:16.42 over EMU … Guided the second varsity four boat to a third place finish on day one of the Big Ten Invitational (4/15), finishing the race in 7:58.106, and took second place on day two ahead of Dartmouth in 7:29.949 … Coxed the varsity four crew at the Dale England Cup (4/30) to a second-place finish in 7:30.6 … Guided the varsity four crew to a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), clocking in at 7:22.013.
2021 (Freshman): Began the season as the coxswain of the second novice eight with a pair of races against Ohio State (3/27), clocking times of 7:43.25 and 8:05.07 against the Buckeyes … At the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), clocked times of 7:45.35 and 7:09.62 as the coxswain of the second and third races for the novice eight on the weekend …: In a race featuring two Spartan boats, coxed the novice eight to a victory at Eastern Michigan (4/24) in a time of 7:41.67, open water over the next two entries … Fell to host Indiana at the Dale England Cup (5/1), clocked in a time of 7:39.4 as the coxswain of the novice eight … At the Big Ten Championships (5/16), coxed the novice eight, earning a seventh-place finish in a time of 7:21.564.
Prior to MSU: Participated in rowing all four years at Rockford High School .. At the US Rowing National Championship, took first in the women's intermediate lightweight straight pair … In her junior season, rowed at the Head of the Charles in the youth four (49th), took second in the lightweight eight and first in the JV eight at the Midwest Championship, and at the State Championships earned a pair of medals in the JV eight (silver) and varsity eight (third) … In her sophomore season, helped the lightweight eight to a fourth-place finish and earned medals at the state championships in the lightweight eight (gold) and JV eight (bronze).
Personal: Daughter of Scott and Tamara Stauffer … Uncle, Allen Beamer, played football at Ferris State … Earned a four-year Academic Letter Award and a member of the school's Academic Hall of Fame … Accepted into MSU's Lyman Briggs College, which provides its participants a foundation in biological, physical, mathematical and computational sciences while also exploring the impact of science in society.
2023 (Junior): Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Scholar Athlete … Coxswain of the Spartan varsity four … Earned a pair of second-place finishes at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), second behind Wisconsin in both the semifinals (7:19.77) and grand final (7:18.65) … Coxed the varsity four at the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8) to third, fourth and fourth place finishes over three races … Split the two races at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), falling to Miami before rebounding with a win over Temple (6:28.87) … Finished third to Ohio State and Indiana in a time of 7:45.9 at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … Finished fourth (7:38.660) in the Petite Final at Women’s Sprints, a 10th-place finish overall (4/30) … Took seventh place at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), open water ahead of Minnesota in a time of 7:43.124.
2022 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten ... Coxed the varsity four crew at Eastern Michigan (4/2) to a win in 8:16.42 over EMU … Guided the second varsity four boat to a third place finish on day one of the Big Ten Invitational (4/15), finishing the race in 7:58.106, and took second place on day two ahead of Dartmouth in 7:29.949 … Coxed the varsity four crew at the Dale England Cup (4/30) to a second-place finish in 7:30.6 … Guided the varsity four crew to a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), clocking in at 7:22.013.
2021 (Freshman): Began the season as the coxswain of the second novice eight with a pair of races against Ohio State (3/27), clocking times of 7:43.25 and 8:05.07 against the Buckeyes … At the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), clocked times of 7:45.35 and 7:09.62 as the coxswain of the second and third races for the novice eight on the weekend …: In a race featuring two Spartan boats, coxed the novice eight to a victory at Eastern Michigan (4/24) in a time of 7:41.67, open water over the next two entries … Fell to host Indiana at the Dale England Cup (5/1), clocked in a time of 7:39.4 as the coxswain of the novice eight … At the Big Ten Championships (5/16), coxed the novice eight, earning a seventh-place finish in a time of 7:21.564.
Prior to MSU: Participated in rowing all four years at Rockford High School .. At the US Rowing National Championship, took first in the women's intermediate lightweight straight pair … In her junior season, rowed at the Head of the Charles in the youth four (49th), took second in the lightweight eight and first in the JV eight at the Midwest Championship, and at the State Championships earned a pair of medals in the JV eight (silver) and varsity eight (third) … In her sophomore season, helped the lightweight eight to a fourth-place finish and earned medals at the state championships in the lightweight eight (gold) and JV eight (bronze).
Personal: Daughter of Scott and Tamara Stauffer … Uncle, Allen Beamer, played football at Ferris State … Earned a four-year Academic Letter Award and a member of the school's Academic Hall of Fame … Accepted into MSU's Lyman Briggs College, which provides its participants a foundation in biological, physical, mathematical and computational sciences while also exploring the impact of science in society.
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