Kansas Jayhawks
Julia Isbell - Women's Rowing - Kansas Jayhawks

Julia Isbell

Height 5'10''
Class Grad.
Hometown San Diego, Calif.
High School Academy of Our Lady of Peace

Career Honors

  • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team [2018]
  • Two-time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete [2021, 2020]
  • Big 12 Co-Boat of the Week, First Varsity Eight (4/7)

2020-21 (SENIOR)

  • Aided the team to a 3.55 spring GPA
  • Led team to be 2021 Sunflower Showdown Champions over Kansas State
  • Helped the First Varsity Eight to a second-place finish against Oklahoma (3/27) with a time of 6:39.38
  • Improved the First Varsity Eight from a day one fourth-place mark of 7:16.37 on day one of the Sunshine State Invite (4/2-3) to a third-place time of 7:46.45
  • Competed with the First Varsity Eight at Iowa’s Regatta (4/24), taking fourth overall at 6:46.45
  • Against Kansas State at the Sunflower Showdown (5/1), raced with the First Varsity Eight to a first-place time of 7:12.6
  • At the Big 12 Championship (5/15), raced with the First Varsity Eight for a top-5 finish of 7:17.945
  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team, with 4.0 GPA while obtaining her Master’s in Sport Management
  • A part of First Varsity Eight that earned Big 12 Co-Boat of the Week (4/7)
  • Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete

2019-20 (JUNIOR)

  • No season due to the coronavirus
  • Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Raced the Third Varsity Eight to a victory over Creighton with a final time of 6:07.9
  • Helped the Third Varsity Eight to a sixth-place finish with a time of 7:16.43 at the Big 12 Championship

2017-18 (FRESHMAN)

  • Rowed in the Second Varsity Four and the Third Varsity Eight
  • Helped the Third Varsity Eight qualify for the Grand Final at the Big 12 Championship
  • Aided in the 3V8 winning its qualifying heat of the George Mason Invite with open water
  • Competed in the Third Novice Eight at the Jayhawk Jamboree

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Member of the California Scholarship Federation
  • National and Spanish National Honor Society member

PERSONAL
Daughter of Dawn and John Isbell … Has a younger sister, Marian and a younger brother, Joseph … Plans to major in dance, sport management and Spanish.

Women's Rowing 🛶 Kansas Rowing Competes at Jayhawk Jamboree

The Kansas Rowing team got the opportunity to compete in front of their home fans at Burcham Park on Saturday as they hosted the Jayhawk Jamboree, which featured opponents from Creighton, Iowa and Kansas State.