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Emma Yowell - Women's Rowing - Kansas Jayhawks

Emma Yowell

Height 5'4"
Class Juinor
Hometown McPherson, Kan.
High School McPherson HS
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Career Honors

  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team, 4.0 GPA*
  • Coxswain of the Year [2021]

2020-21 (SENIOR)

  • Aided the team to a 3.55 spring GPA
  • Led team to be 2021 Sunflower Showdown Champions over Kansas State
  • Maintained a fourth-place mark on both days of the Sunshine State Invite (4/2-3) with times of 9:15.84 and 9:19.82 respectively
  • Raced with the Second Varsity Four against Kansas State at the Sunflower Showdown (5/1) finishing third at 9:01.0
  • Competed with the Second Varsity Four at the Big 12 Championship with a fourth-place finish of 8:18.583
  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team, with 4.0 GPA in Exercise Science
  • Named Coxswain of the Year by team

2019-20 (JUNIOR)

  • No season due to the coronavirus

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Commanded the Third Varsity Eight to a fourth-place finish in the petite final at the Cooper Sprints (3/24) with a final time of 7:32.71
  • Coxswained the Third Varsity Eight to a third-place grand final finish with a time of 7:12.59 at the Sunshine State Invite (4/6)
  • Helped the Third Varsity Eight to a silver medal in the grand finals at the George Mason Invite (4/14) with a final time of 7:00.75
  • Commanded the Third Varsity Eight to a victory over Creighton with a time of 6:07.9
  • Helped the Third Varsity Eight to a sixth-place finish with a time of 7:16.43 at the Big 12 Championship

2017-18 (FRESHMAN)

  • Transitioned from rower to coxswain halfway through the season
  • Coxed the Fourth Varsity Eight to a third-place finish at the Sunflower Showdown with a time of 7:30.57
  • Competed in the Third Novice Eight at the Jayhawk Jamboree

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Lettered in basketball at McPherson High School
  • Class 4A runner-up at state basketball in 2017
  • Team captain of the McPherson High School girls basketball team
  • Two-time Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League Second Team
  • National Honor Society member

PERSONAL
Daughter of Tricia and Michael Yowell … Has five sisters: Amelia, Audrey, Grace, Ellen and Claire, and one brother, Graham … Older sister, Audrey, was a member of the Kansas golf team … Plans to major in exercise science.