Ava Winkels
Career Honors
- 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)
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)
- 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) with a first-place mark of 6:54.59
- Maintained a second-place mark on both days of the Sunshine State Invite (4/2-3) with finishes of 7:31.07 and 8:02.37
- Raced with the Second Varsity Eight at Iowa’s Regatta (4/24) finishing in fourth-place at 7:05.91
- Helped the First and Second Varsity Eight combo finish first overall with a time of 8:28.0 over Drake (5/1)
- Took first over Kansas State in the Sunflower Showdown (5/1) with the Second Varsity Eight at 7:33.3
- At the Big 12 Championship, raced with the Second Varsity Eight to finish seventh with a mark of 7:36.074
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- A part of Second Varsity Eight to earn Big 12 Boat of the Week (4/1)
- Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete
2019-20 (FRESHMAN)
- No season due to the coronavirus
HIGH SCHOOL
- Rowed for Long Lake Rowing Crew
- Member of National Honor Society
PERSONAL
Daughter of Thomas and Rose Winkels … Has two brothers, Gavan and Ronan, and two sisters, Lydia and Cabrini … Plans to major in psychology.