Wisconsin Badgers

2018-19 (Junior): Rowed six seat with third varsity eight that finished 11th at the IRA National Championships...rowed one seat with second varsity eight that took 14th at Eastern Sprints...rowed three seat with varsity eight against Northeastern and Holy Cross...rowed three seat with varsity eight at Stanford Invitational...rowed five seat with varsity eight against Syracuse...rowed three seat with varsity eight that took third at the Princeton Chase, and rowed two seat with second varsity four that finished ninth...rowed three seat with varsity eight that took 18th at Head of the Charles

2017-18 (Sophomore): Helped the Badgers' varsity eight to a win over Syracuse in April, sitting two seat... raced with the varsity eight at the Stanford Invitational, sitting two seat in all three races... participated in the race for the Jablonic/Cochrane and Congram cups... helped the first eight to a fifth-place finish in the petite finals at the Eastern Sprints... sat bow in the second varsity eight at the IRA National Championships, helping the boat to a fifth-place finish in the petite finals... raced in the Head of the Charles, sitting stroke in the first varsity four... also raced with the eights at the Princeton Chase and the Bald Eagle Invitational

2016-17 (Freshman): Raced with the third varsity eight that placed fifth at the Eastern Sprints in May … rowed with the novice eight that placed first at the Minnesota/MSOE Dual … also placed first against Minnesota and MSOE with a novice four … rowed the second freshman eight to 17th at the 2016 Princeton Chase in October

High School: Member of Arch City Rowing Club for one and a half years … varsity rower for three competition seasons … competed on the national level in horse academic contests … won the 2014 national horse bowl

Personal: Parents are Beth and Kevin Wenner … has three siblings, Jeremy, Katherine and Benjamin … major is mechanical engineering.

Reason for choosing UW-Madison: “UW-Madison offers the combination of attending a prestigious university and rowing for an excellent team.”

What Wisconsin rowing means to you: “Rowing is the most painful thing you can ever do. It’s also one of the most rewarding sports in existence. Being able to row means having the opportunity to improve yourself every single day.”