Kansas Jayhawks
Emma Steiner - Women's Rowing - Kansas Jayhawks
Height 5'10"
Class Senior
Hometown Fletcher, N.C.
High School Martin L. Nesbitt Jr. Discovery Academy

Career Honors

  • 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
  • Kansas Rowing Academic All-Big 12 First Team
  • 2023 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award

2022-2023 (JUNIOR)

  • Helped the 3V8+ to a first-place finish in the Big 12/Big 10 Double Dual with a time of 7:12.1, edging Iowa by two seconds and the rest of the field by over nine seconds
  • Raced with the 3V8+ at the Lake Wheeler Invitational in North Carolina, placing fourth place in the first round (7:06.3) and third place in both the second (7:48.2) and third (7:27.1) rounds
  • Assisted the 3V8+ to earn a silver medal behind Texas at the 2023 Big 12 Championship with a time of 6:55.536
  • Recipient of the 2023 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic achievement

2021-2022 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Competed at  the Lake Wheeler Invitational and placed second in the 3V8+ with a time of 7:18.76
  • Led the 2V4+ to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Big 12 Championship
  • 2021-2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)

  • 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 at Iowa’s Regatta (4/24), finishing third overall at 7:55.91
  • Raced with the Third Varsity Four at the Sunflower Showdown (5/1) against Kansas State with a first-place mark of 8:50.3
  • Helped the Second Varsity Four to a fourth-place finish of 8:18.583 at the Big 12 Championship (5/15)
  • 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, 4.0 in Human Biology

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Aided the Chargers of Martin L. Nesbitt Jr. Discovery Academy to fourth in women’s V4+ at Youth Nationals in 2019 and seventh in women’s V4+ at Youth Nationals in 2018
  • Was first in women’s 2V4+ at SouthEast Regionals in 2019…Was selected to the U18 U.S. Olympic Development Program

PERSONAL
Daughter of Jaison and Sarah Blocher-Steiner…Has two brothers, Landon and Levi…Plans to major in human biology…Relatives that played college or pro sports include father, Jaison, rugby at the University of Kentucky and brother, Landon, plays baseball at Winston-Salem State University.

Cross Country 16 Jayhawks Receive Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award

Sixteen University of Kansas student-athletes have been honored with the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic achievement, the 2023 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, it was announced Friday.