Kansas Jayhawks
Danica Pecana - Women's Rowing - Kansas Jayhawks

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.

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.

Women's Rowing Danica Pecana: The Day My World Changed

I'm different. Period. No need to beat around the bush. But as cliché as it sounds, I believe we should be using our differences in society to bring us closer together rather than drive each other further apart. Unfortunately, this is obviously not always the case.