Morgan Kottas

Height 5'8"

Class Senior

Hometown Great Bend, Kansas

High School Great Bend HS

bio

AWARDS & HONORS
Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Award [2019]
Kansas Oarswoman of the Year [2019]
Academic All-Big 12 [2019]
Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete [2018]
Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2018]
Big 12 Boat of the Week [2018]
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team [2017]

2018-19 (JUNIOR)
Raced in the First Varsity Eight at the Cooper Sprints (3/24), finishing third in the petite final with a time of 6:45.02 … Helped the First Varsity Eight to a fifth-place grand final finish with a time of 6:38.88 at the Sunshine State Invite (4/6) … Raced in the First Varsity Eight at the George Mason Invite (4/14), finishing first in the grand final with a time of 6:33.30 … Helped the First Varsity Eight to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 6:45.15.

2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)
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 Third Varsity Eight and the First Varsity Four at the Jayhawk Jamboree.

2016-17 (FRESHMAN)
Rowed for the First Varsity Four and Second Varsity Eight as a freshman … Raced KU’s Second Varsity Eight to a fifth-place finish in the Grand Final with a time of 6:52.598 at the 2017 Big 12 Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee … Raced KU’s Second Varsity Eight during KU’s 12-10 victory over Kansas State in the annual Sunflower Showdown.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in volleyball, basketball and track … Conference and district champion in softball … District champion in volleyball … All-conference honorable mention in softball … All-conference honorable mention in volleyball … All-tournament team in the Tonganoxie Tournament … All-tournament team in the Great Bend Invite … Kansas Volleyball Association All-Academic Team.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Pat and Kathy Kottas … Two older brothers, Jordan and Mitchel … Jordan played college football and Mitchel played college baseball … Majoring in architecture and construction management.