Danica Pecana
Height
5'2''
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Olathe, Kan.
High School
Olathe North HS
Career Honors
- Big 12 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient [2021]
- Two-time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete [2021, 2020]
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2020-21 (JUNIOR)
- Aided the team to a 3.55 spring GPA
- Led team to be 2021 Sunflower Showdown Champions over Kansas State
- Aided the First Varsity Four to a first-place finish of 7:57.28 over Oklahoma (3/27)
- Maintained a second-place finish on both days of the Sunshine State Invite (4/2-3) with times of 7:31.07 and 8:02.37 respectively with the Second Varsity Eight
- Paced the Second Varsity Eight to a fourth-place time of 7:05.91 at Iowa’s Regatta (4/24)
- Competed with the First and Second Varsity Eight combo against Drake (5/1) taking first-place at 8:28.0
- Helped the Second Varsity Eight to a first-place mark of 7:33.3 over Kansas State in the Sunflower Showdown (5/1)
- Raced with the Second Varsity Eight at the Big 12 Championship (5/15), finished seventh overall at 7:36.074
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient
- 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)
- Commanded 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
- Coxswained the Second Varsity Four to a seventh-place grand final finish at the Sunshine State Invite (4/6) with a time of 7:47.45
- Helped the Second Varsity Four to a first-place finish in the grand finals at the George Mason Invite (4/14) with a final time of 7:44.50
- Helped the Third Varsity Four to a victory over Creighton with a time of 7:03.5
- Coxed the Second Varsity Four to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 7:53.81
HIGH SCHOOL
- Academic letter winner in orchestra for four years
- Graduated as a Kansas Honors Scholar and in the top one percent of her class
PERSONAL
Daughter of Armi and Riz Pecana … Has two brothers, Josh and Jake … Plans to major in biomechanical engineering with a pre-medicine concentration.