Kansas Jayhawks
Danielle Brunig - Women's Rowing - Kansas Jayhawks

Danielle Brunig

Height 5'2"
Class Senior
Hometown Ballwin, Mo.
High School Parkway West HS

Career Honors 

  • 2022 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team, 4.0 GPA*

2021-22 (JUNIOR)

  • Receive Dr. Gerald Lage’s Academic Achievement Award
  • Kansas Rowing Academic All-Big 12 First Team 
  • Competed with the 3 Varsity 8 + to a first-place finish at the Lake Wheeler Invite with a time of 7:12.31.
  • Finished second with the 3 Varsity 8 boat at the Sunflower Showdown with a time of 7:33.052.
  • Led the Varsity Four + to a second-place finish at the Jayhawk Jamboree with a time of 20:13.
  • Assisted the 3 Varsity 8+ to a third-place finish at Big 12 Championships with a time of 7:17:77.

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Aided the team to a 3.55 spring GPA
  • Led team to be 2021 Sunflower Showdown Champions over Kansas State
  • Competed with the Second Varsity Four (3/27) against Oklahoma earning first-place at 8:06.54
  • At Iowa’s Regatta (4/24) paced the Second Varsity Four to a third-place finish with a mark of 7:55.91
  • Helped the Third Varsity Four tab a time of 8:50.3 for first-place against Kansas State at the Sunflower Showdown (5/1)
  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team, 4.0 GPA for studies in geology

2019-20 (FRESHMAN)

  • No season due to the coronavirus

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Recognized on the Honor Roll all four years of high school
  • Member of Beta Chi Pi and Mu Alpha Theta

PERSONAL

Daughter of Brian and Amy Brunig … Has a brother, Connor … Plans to major in geology.

Baseball 17 Jayhawks Receive Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award

Seventeen University of Kansas student-athletes have been honored with the 2022 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award – the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor.