2017-18 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Teresa Menzel
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Lakeland
- Hometown:
- White Lake, Mich.
2019: Named to Academic All-Big Ten during the spring season … Sat in the five seat in all six regattas as a member of the second varsity eight … 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 … Split results against Harvard and Yale in the Ivy League double dual (3/24) in the novice eight, defeating Harvard by open water but falling to Yale by a half a second in the afternoon session … 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 second novice eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/12), less than a second behind third-place Michigan.
Prior to MSU: Attended Lakeland High School in White Lake, Michigan … Four-year letterwinner in softball … Earned All-League honors in softball in 2015, 2016, & 2017 … Played for Michigan Outlaws Fastpitch Softball Club … 2015 NSA National champions … 2016 PGF Mid-West National Champions … Two-year letterwinner in volleyball.
Personal: Born on April 9, 1999 in Royal Oak, Michigan … Daughter of Mike and Colleen Menzel … Sister to Jake and Daniel … Fluent in Spanish … National Honors Society officer … 2016 National Academy of Future Scientists & Technologists Award of Excellence recipient … Majoring in packaging.
