2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Kat Borders
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Saint Joseph
- Hometown:
- Granger, Ind.
2024 (Senior): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … In MSU’s A entry into the second varsity four, earned a third-place finish (8:08.25) at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), and followed that with a second-place finish in the Grand Final (7:25.85) ... Finished second to host Michigan (4/6) in the second varsity four (7:47.3) ... In the varsity four, finished third behind Alabama and Clemson (7:48.19), fourth behind Indiana, Notre Dame and SMU (7:56.07), and third behind Clemson and UCLA and ahead of Minnesota and Oklahoma (7:37.56) 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 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 ...
2022 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Raced with the second varsity eight crew at the Ivy/Big Ten Double Dual (3/26), coming away with two second-place showings … Defeated Harvard’s third varsity eight crew in open water with a time of 6:56.3, and Yale’s third varsity eight boat in the afternoon in 7:07.2 … Took fifth place with the second varsity eight crew at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/27), finishing the race in 6:58.78 … Won as part of the third varsity eight boat at Eastern Michigan(4/2) in the three seat, clocking a time of 7:43.82 … Sat in the four seat with the second varsity four boat at the Ohio State Regatta (4/9), earning a first-place finish over Indiana in the afternoon with a time of 7:48.1 … Raced in the bow seat of the third varsity four boat at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), clocking in a time of 7:52.579.
2021 (Freshman): Started the season in the seven 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 … Against nationally-ranked Duke, Michigan, and Virginia at the B1G/ACC Double Dual (4/3), raced in the three seat of the varsity four, clocking times of 8:27.49 and 8:50.79 … Lined up once again against some of the nation’s top crews in the seven 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 … Earned a decisive open-water win at Eastern Michigan (4/24) in the seven seat of the second varsity eight, registering a time of 7:12.54 … Finished third in the varsity eight (three seat) at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1), but closed the margin from the previous races against both IU and Minnesota, clocking a time of 6:52.30 …
Prior to MSU: Four-year tennis letterwinner for Bill Mountford at St. Joseph High School … 2018 All-District team and All-State Honorable Mention selection … Went undefeated in doubles in 2018 … Helped St. Joseph to 2017, 2018, 2019 Sectional Championships and advanced to the Indiana State championships (2017 semifinalis, 2018 quarterfinals).
Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Andrea Borders… Member of the National Honor Society … Planned pre-med major.