2017-18 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster

Gigi Kinney
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Jackson
- Hometown:
- Canton, Ohio
2018: Opened the season with strong performances in the novice eight at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, (3/17-18), finishing second to Virginia twice and winning its second racing session with open water over Minnesota, Clemson, and Tennessee … In the novice eight, split races against Ivy League foes in Columbus, (3/31), racing to an open-water win over Harvard/Radcliffe before falling by five-tenths of a second to Yale in the afternoon … Swept the day at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/6), downing both Iowa and Indiana by open water in the novice eight … Raced at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in the novice eight (4/21), downing both Duke and Notre Dame in open-water victories … Just missed a medal in the novice eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/12), seven thousandths of a second behind third-place Michigan in a photo finish.
Prior to MSU: Attended Jackson High School in Massillon, Ohio … Four-year varsity letterwinner in swimming and cross country … Four-year all-league and all-county for swimming … Academic All-American in 2017 for swimming …State qualifier in 2015 for both swimming and cross country …YMCA short course national swim meet qualifier … Jackson Cross Country National Guard Spirit Award 2016 recipient ... Three-year letterwinner in track and field.
Personal: Born on November 19, 1998 in Canton, Ohio … Daughter of Tom and Amy Kinney … Sister to Chase, Sam and Ted … Member of the National Honor Society … Graduated Summa Cum Laude … Majoring in chemistry and aspires to be a pediatrician.