Emma Yowell
Height
5'4''
Class
Senior
Hometown
McPherson, Kan.
High School
McPherson HS
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.