2020-21 Men's Rowing Roster

Henry Dern

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Whitefish Bay, Wis.

Biography

2020-21 (Senior): Rowed seven seat with third varsity eight and took first place at Marietta College (April 3)

2019-20 (Junior): 

2018-19 (Sophomore): Rowed four seat with varsity four and took 15th at IRA National Championships...rowed five seat with fourth varsity eight and took eighth at Eastern Sprints...rowed seven seat with second varsity eight and took fourth at Bald Eagle Invitational, also rowed four seat with fourth varsity four and took sixth...rowed one seat with sixth varsity four and took 17th at Princeton Chase

2017-18 (Freshman): Raced with both the novice eight and the novice four... sat seven seat in the novice eight that placed first at the Bald Eagle Invite with a time of 14 minutes, 56 seconds... also raced seven seat against Minnesota on April 28, helping the Badgers to a victory over the Gophers... sat four seat at the Bald Eagle invite and against Minn/MSOE at Devil's Lake

High School: Rowed for four years ... played baseball for four years ... 

Personal: Parents are Alissa Dern and Chad Dern ... father is in marketing and mother is a teacher ... has three siblings, Charlie, Andy and George ... majoring in political science and history ... Academic All-Big Ten 2019 and 2020 ... named to the Dean's List ... part of the College of Letters and Sciences Honors Program ... Willard L Husan Scholarship Recipient ... Northwestern Mutual Scholars Program 2018-2021 ... member of Phi Beta Kappa ... working on senior honors thesis while interning 20 hours / week at the capital

Reason for choosing UW-Madison: Opportunity to row; Affordability; Highly ranked history and political science programs

What Wisconsin Rowing means to Henry: For me, Wisconsin Rowing is about finding yourself and what you are capable. It is demanding and requires sacrifice, but the lessons you learn about yourself are highly valuable: through belief in yourself, perseverance, and fortitude, there are no limits
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior