2018-19 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster

McKayla Ross
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HS
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Missouri
AWARDS & HONORS
Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2018]
Big 12 Boat of the Week [2018]
Big 12 Boat of the Week [2017]
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team [2017]
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2018-19 (Senior)
Raced for the Second Varsity Eight, finishing fifth in the grand finals of the Sunshine State Invite (4/6) with a final time of 6:43.70.Â
2017-18 (JUNIOR)
Earned a seat powering Kansas’ First Varsity Eight … Helped the 1V8 to a first-place victory at the George Mason Invite with a time of 6:25.7, which is one of the fastest times in program history unaided by current or flow … Rowed in KU’s 1V8 victory over Kansas State in the Dillon’s Sunflower Showdown with a mark of 6:21.7 … Placed second in the Petite Final of the Knecht Cup … Helped the 1V8 qualify for the Grand Final at the Big 12 Championship … Competed in the First Varsity Eight and the Second Varsity Four at the Jayhawk Jamboree.
2016-17 (SOPHOMORE)
Rowed for the First Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Eight as a sophomore … Raced KU’s First Varsity Eight to a sixth-place finish in the Grand Final with a time of 6:45.203 at the 2017 Big 12 Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee … Raced KU’s First Varsity Eight during the annual Sunflower Showdown, adding nine points to the 12-10 victory.
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2015-16 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Rowed for the Second Varsity Eight as a redshirt freshman … Raced KU’s Second Varsity Eight to a second-place finish at the 2016 Knecht Cup with a time of 6:49.0 … Raced KU’s Second Varsity Eight in the 2016 Sunflower Showdown, adding six points to sweep K-State 22-0.
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2014-15 (FRESHMAN)
Utilized her redshirt season.
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HIGH SCHOOL
Six-time letterwinner in basketball and soccer.
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PERSONAL
Daughter of Angie Peterson … Has two brothers, Austin and Jared … Plans to pursue a degree in biochemistry.
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