2016-17 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster

Meghan Karoly
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- St. Pius X HS
- Hometown:
- DeSoto, Missouri
AWARDS & HONORS
Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar Athlete [2018]
Academic All-Big 12 honors [2018]
Recipient of the Dr. Lage Academic Achievement Award [2018]
Big 12 Boat of the Week [2018]
Big 12 Boat of the Week [2017]
Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2017]
Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2016]
Team Academic Award [2016]
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.
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2016-17 (SOPHOMORE)
Rowed for the First Varsity Eight and Third Varsity Four 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 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 Second Varsity Eight as a redshirt freshman… Raced KU’s Second Varsity Eight to a fourth-place finish with a time of 7:04.3 in the Grand Final of the 2016 Big 12 Championship.
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2014-15Â (FRESHMAN)
Utilized her redshirt season.
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HIGH SCHOOL
Nine-time letterwinner in cross country, basketball and soccer … Won the soccer state championship in 2012 … Named St. Louis Post-Dispatch Academic Athlete of the Year in 2014 … Team captain for soccer and cross country in 2014.
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PERSONAL
Daughter of Frank and Dianne Karoly … Has two siblings … Plans to pursue a career in physical therapy.
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