Anna Van Driel

Career Honors

• Academic All-Big 12 [2019]
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete [2021]
• Big 12 Boat of the Week, Second Varsity Eight (4/1)
• Class of 2020 award recipient [2021]

2020-21 (SENIOR)

• Aided the team to a 3.55 spring GPA
• Led team to be 2021 Sunflower Showdown Champions over Kansas State
• Competed with the Second Varsity Eight against Oklahoma (3/27) taking first-place with a mark of 6:54.59
• Maintained a second-place finish on both days of the Sunshine State Invite (4/2-3) with times of 7:31.07 and 8:02.37 respectively
• Finished fourth overall with the Second Varsity Eight at Iowa’s Regatta (4/24) at 7:05.91
• Paced the Second Varsity Eight to a first-place finish against Kansas State at the Sunflower Showdown (5/1) with a mark of 7:33.3
• Raced with the Second Varsity Eight at the Big 12 Championship (5/15), finishing seventh overall at 7:36.074
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete
• Tabbed with the Class of 2020 award by team
• A part of Second Varsity Eight to earn Big 12 Boat of the Week (4/1)

2019-20 (JUNIOR)

• No season due to the coronavirus

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)

• Raced the Third Varsity Eight to a fourth-place finish in the petite final at the Cooper Sprints (3/24) with a final time of 7:32.71
• Helped the Third Varsity Eight to a third-place grand final finish with a final time of 7:12.59 at the Sunshine State Invite (4/6)
• Raced the Third Varsity Eight to a silver medal in the grand finals at the George Mason Invite (4/14) with a final time of 7:00.75
• Rowed in the Third Varsity Eight that finished in a win against Creighton with a time of 6:07.9
• Helped the Third Varsity Eight to a sixth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship with a final time of 7:16.43

2017-18 (FRESHMAN)

• Rowed in the Third Varsity Eight and the Fourth Varsity Eight
• Powered the Fourth Varsity Eight to a third-place finish at the Sunflower Showdown with a time of 7:30.57
• Competed in the Second Novice Eight and the Second Novice Four at the Jayhawk Jamboree

HIGH SCHOOL

• Lettered in volleyball, basketball and track
• Helped the Rockets to three substate volleyball championships, a basketball sub-state championship and a track state appearance
• Won a volleyball state championship in 2016
• Two-time AVCTL First-team honoree in basketball
• Twice named all-state honorable mention in basketball
• Earned AVCTL First Team and all-state honorable mention in volleyball as a senior

PERSONAL
Born in Wichita, Kansas … Daughter of Doug and Susan Van Driel … Has a younger sister, Gracie … Mother played volleyball and basketball at Cowley Community College … Plans to major in occupational therapy.