2017-18 Men's Rowing Roster

James Bernard

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Height 0-0

Biography

2017-18 (Senior): Sat three seat in the varsity eight for much of the 2017-18 season... Rowed to a second place finish against Boston and Northeastern for the Jablonic and Congram Cups... helped the Badgers' varsity eight to their 13th-straight Cochrane Cup victory over MIT... Placed 12th at the 2018 Eastern Sprints rowing three seat with the varsity eight... sat five seat with the second varsity eight at the 2018 IRA National Championships, placing 5th in the petite final and helping the Badgers to an 11th place finish overall... member of the 2018 Big Ten All-Academic Team

2016-17 (Junior): Raced with the varsity eight, sitting primarily in the five seat … placed first at the Stanford Invite in April with a time of 5:51.7 … raced to a second place finish against Boston and MIT for the Cochrane/Jablonic Cup … rowed with varsity eight that placed 11th at the 2017 IRA National Championships ... placed third at the Eastern Sprints with the varsity eight … rowed in the varsity four that placed 11th at Head of the Charles (Oct. 23) … placed ninth at the Princeton Chase with a four while racing with an eight to eighth place … selected for the men's eight at the 2017 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where he helped the U.S. to a fourth-place finish.

2015-16 (Sophomore): Regularly sat in the second varsity eight, helping the boat to fifth place at the IRA National Championships and a sixth place finish at the Eastern Sprints... placed first against Northeastern and Syracuse, as well as placing second against Boston and MIT at the Devil's Lake Dual... sat in seven seat with the third varsity eight that took first at the Stanford Invite.

2014-15 (Freshman):  Sat six seat of the novice eight boat that raced at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships, EARC Sprints, Devil’s Lake Challenge and various events at the Stanford Invitational…raced twice for the second novice eight boat that raced at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships and finished second at the Head of Huron, which included Illinois, Michigan and Michigan State.

Personal: Parents are Paul and Ellen Bernard … has one brother, Matthew … major is International Studies

High School: Graduated from Ann Arbor Huron … four year letter winner in rowing … two year letter winner in basketball


Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior