Upcoming Event: Women's Rowing versus Kansas State, Creighton, Tulsa on October 26, 2025
Women's Rowing
vs Kansas State, Creighton, Tulsa
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Abigail Benedict
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- St. Dominic HS
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
Career Honors
- 2022 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 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 (JUNIOR)
- 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) at 6:39.38
- Concluded day one of the Sunshine State Invite (4/2-3) with the First Varsity Eight to a fourth-place finish with a mark of 7:16.37, improved on day two to a third-place finish at 7:46.45
- Competed at the Iowa Regatta (4/24) with the First Varsity Eight at 6:46.45 and a fourth-place finish
- In the First Varsity Eight at the Sunflower Showdown (5/1), paced the team to a first-place finish with a time of 7:12.6
- With the First Varsity Eight at the Big 12 Championship (5/15), posted a fifth-place mark of 7:17.945
- A part of First Varsity Eight to earn Big 12 Co-Boat of the Week (4/7)
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
- No season due to the coronavirus
- Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete
2018-19 (FRESHMAN)
- Stroked the Second Varsity Four to a fourth-place finish in the grand final of the Cooper Sprints (3/24) with a final time of 8:17.83
- Raced for the Second Varsity Four, finishing seventh in the grand finals at the Sunshine State Invite (4/6) with a time of 7:47.45
- Helped the Second Varsity Eight to a first-place finish in the grand finals of the George Mason Invite (4/14) with a final time of 6:45.10
- Stroked the Second Varsity Four to a fourth-place finish with a time of 7:53.81 at The 2019 Big 12 Championships in Oakridge, Tennessee
HIGH SCHOOL
- Lettered in softball, basketball, soccer and track & field
- Two-time district champions and one-time sectional champions in softball
- First-team all-conference and district for softball
- Second-team all-conference, One-time district champions and two-time conference champions in basketball
- Holds St. Dominic High School’s record in the javelin
PERSONAL
Daughter of Michael and Mary Beth Benedict … One brother, Adam … Plans to pursue a degree in secondary education with an emphasis on history and government.
Coach Andrew Derrick Introduction Press Conference
Tuesday, July 15
Jayhawks set for Dillons Sunflower Showdown// Kansas Rowing// 4.28.18
Saturday, April 28
Kansas opens 2018 with Big 12 Double Dual // Kansas Rowing // 4.7.18
Sunday, April 08
Kansas opens fall slate with Jayhawk Jamboree // Kansas Rowing // 10.22.17
Sunday, October 22
