2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
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Woodard, Ava
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Ava Woodard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Chelsea
- Hometown:
- Chelsea, Mich.
Bio
2025 (Junior): CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Award recipient … Academic All-Big Ten … In the 2V8, finished second in its semifinal heat (7:02.44) to advance to the A Final, where it finished sixth (6:48.24) at the at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/28-29) … At Eastern Michigan (4/5), earned an open-water victory over the hosts (6:36.6) in the second varsity eight … Was in the second varsity eight at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), finishing fourth by four-tenths of a second in the first race, ( 6:39.374) – ahead of Ohio State and SMU; MSU tied for fifth in a dead heat in its second race with Clemson ( 6:43.569) and rebounded with a third-place heat finish on Saturday morning in a time of 6:46.077 behind Oklahoma and SMU … Clocked in a time of 7:47.47, raced in the second varsity eight and finished third to Indiana and a length back on Notre Dame at the Dale England Cup (4/26) … In the second varsity eight at IRA sprints (5/4), took the victory in the petite final (7:16.653, open water over second-place Drexel) after narrowly missing the grand final in the morning heats … In the 2V8, won the Petite Final at the Big Ten Championships (5/17-18), finishing seventh overall in a time of 6:33.436, a full second ahead of UCLA (6:34.420).
2024 (Sophomore): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … In the 2V8, finished second to Miami in the semifinal heats of the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), and then finished fourth in the Grand Final (6:46.57) ... In the second varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (7:07.8) (4/6) ... 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 third to host Indiana’s two entries in the second varsity four ... 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 (Freshman): Rowed in the four seat of the novice eight in all MSU races … In the 3V8+ races at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), won a gold medal and won both races: by a half-length margin over Kansas (6:50.23) in the first race and a four-tenths of a second (6:49.39) over the Jayhawks in the second … Competed in the 3V8 races at the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8), winning two races and finishing second to B1G foe Ohio State in the third … Earned a pair of open-water victories at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), against MSU’s 3V8 and Eastern Michigan’s novice eight in the morning (7:00.3) and MSU’s 3V8 and over Miami’s 3V8 in the afternoon session (7:10.30) … Finished third to Ohio State and Indiana in a time of 7:10.2 at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … Finished sixth in the third varsity eight Grand Final at Women’s Sprints in a time of 6:52.270 … Earned MSU’s top finish at the Big Ten Championships (5/14) in the novice eight boat, finishing in fifth place in a time of 7:06.151 – ahead of Rutgers, Iowa, and Minnesota.
Prior to MSU: Four-year member of the field hockey team … Participated in track and field her freshman and junior years and was All-Region as a junior … First Team All-Conference and All-State in field hockey her senior year.
Personal: Daughter of Robin and Miles Woodard … Has a brother, Samuel and a sister, Emma … Grandmother, grandfather, aunt and uncle are all Spartan alumni … Would like to potentially teach, be a physical therapist, or work in the environmental sustainability sector.
2024 (Sophomore): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … In the 2V8, finished second to Miami in the semifinal heats of the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), and then finished fourth in the Grand Final (6:46.57) ... In the second varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (7:07.8) (4/6) ... 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 third to host Indiana’s two entries in the second varsity four ... 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 (Freshman): Rowed in the four seat of the novice eight in all MSU races … In the 3V8+ races at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), won a gold medal and won both races: by a half-length margin over Kansas (6:50.23) in the first race and a four-tenths of a second (6:49.39) over the Jayhawks in the second … Competed in the 3V8 races at the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8), winning two races and finishing second to B1G foe Ohio State in the third … Earned a pair of open-water victories at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), against MSU’s 3V8 and Eastern Michigan’s novice eight in the morning (7:00.3) and MSU’s 3V8 and over Miami’s 3V8 in the afternoon session (7:10.30) … Finished third to Ohio State and Indiana in a time of 7:10.2 at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … Finished sixth in the third varsity eight Grand Final at Women’s Sprints in a time of 6:52.270 … Earned MSU’s top finish at the Big Ten Championships (5/14) in the novice eight boat, finishing in fifth place in a time of 7:06.151 – ahead of Rutgers, Iowa, and Minnesota.
Prior to MSU: Four-year member of the field hockey team … Participated in track and field her freshman and junior years and was All-Region as a junior … First Team All-Conference and All-State in field hockey her senior year.
Personal: Daughter of Robin and Miles Woodard … Has a brother, Samuel and a sister, Emma … Grandmother, grandfather, aunt and uncle are all Spartan alumni … Would like to potentially teach, be a physical therapist, or work in the environmental sustainability sector.
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Sunday, May 18
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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
