2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Avery Rugg
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cedar Springs
- Hometown:
- Cedar Springs, Mich.
2024 (Senior): 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 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 and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.2022 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten ... MSU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient … Took second place in a pair of races at the Ivy/Big Ten Double Dual (3/26), racing with the varsity eight crew in the two seat … Won at Eastern Michigan (4/2) with the v8 boat in open water over EMU, clocking in a time of 7:09.66 … Again raced in the two seat with the varsity eight boat at Ohio State (4/9), earning a second-place finish in the afternoon session with a time of 6:51.00 … Took third place on both day one and two of the Big Ten Invitational (4/15) in the varsity eight races, defeating Dartmouth on 4/15 in 6:42.683 and again on 4/16 with a time of 6:38.308 … In the two seat of the varsity four boat at the Dale England Cup (4/30), finished racing in 6:57.1 … Raced with the second varsity eight crew at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), clocking in at 6:56.998.
2021 (Freshman): Started the season in the six seat of the novice eight for a pair of dual races at Ohio State (3/27), posting times of 7:16.33 and 7:53.64 against ranked crews … Earned third-place finish in the six seat of the second varsity eight at the B1G/ACC Double Dual (4/3), posting a time of 8:04.90 in the second sessions against nationally-ranked Michigan and Virginia … Lined up once again against some of the nation’s top crews at the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), rowing in the four seat of the varsity eight in times of 7:02.82, 7:13.21, and 6:59.27 over the three heats … Earned a decisive open-water win at Eastern Michigan (4/24) in the four seat of the second varsity eight, registering a time of 7:12.54 … Finished third in the second varsity eight (bow 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 five seat of the second varsity eight, finishing eighth in a time of 7:13.581.
Prior to MSU: Was a track & field athlete at Cedar Springs, earning three varsity letters … Also participated in gymnastics at R Athletics.
Personal: Daughter of Todd and Rebecca Rugg … Sister, Mackenzie, is a junior on the rowing team .,.. Honor Roll distinction and member of the National Honor Society … Undecided on a major.
