2023-24 Lightweight Rowing Roster

Kate Hughes

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Waukesha, Wis.
  • Highschool Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy

Biography

Personal: Parents are Susan and Mark Hughes... has one sibling, Keira... a member of the UW-Madison Dean's List... major is mechanical engineering

High School Athletic Record: Played tennis for all four years... earned Most Promising Newcomer JV in 2017... earn Best Match in 2019... Scholar athlete for all four years... Most Promising Newcomer Varsity in 2018... won the Dave Rusch Senior Character Award in 2020-21 season

Reason for choosing UW-Madison: "I chose UW-Madison because of the excellent academics and athletics but also because of the amazing culture on campus. I came to a Badger football game when I was ten years old, and fell in love with the pride the students had for this school. Ever since that football game, I knew that I would be coming back to be a Badger."

What Wisconsin Rowing means to you: "Wisconsin Rowing is a place where I am supported and challenged by my teammates and coaches. One of my favorite parts of this team is the comradery and friendship everyone has with each other, how we all support and push each other to make this team the best it can be. This team challenges me to test my limits and push past them to find out what I'm capable of and it has given me the opportunity to compete alongside some of the strongest women I have ever met."