2017-18 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Rachel Hayes
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Cousino
- Hometown:
- Sterling Heights, Mich.
2021 (Senior): Did not compete … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten
2020: Academic All-Big Ten Selection … Season was canceled due to Covid-19.
2019: Named to Academic All-Big Ten during the spring season … In the six seat for the second varsity eight in five of the six regattas … Was in the stroke seat of the second varsity eight boat during the Big Ten Championships … Had a season-best time of 6:28.56 in the finals of the Lake Wheeler Invite … Defeated Indiana twice at the Ivy League-Big Ten Double Dual with times of 6:40.8 and 7:04.55 … Defeated Rutgers at the Big Ten Double Dual with a time of 6:37.12 … Took second at the Dale England Cup with a time of 7:46.5 … Finished behind Michigan and Louisville on May 5 with a time of 6:48.91 … Took fifth at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 6:42.497.
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: Four-year varsity letter winner in basketball, volleyball and softball at Cousino High School … Member of the All-Academic Team for all four years in all three sports … Third team All-County in basketball and softball … Member of the Class A State Championship basketball team in 2016 … Also a member of the 2016 and 2017 District Champion softball teams.
Personal: Born on February 23, 1999 in Sterling Heights, Michigan … Daughter of Paul and Theresa Hayes … Sister to Nicholas … Majoring in business and advertising.
