2015-16 Women's Rowing Roster

Greg Anderson

Gillian Cooper

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Auckland, New Zealand

Biography

Awards: Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016)

2015-16: Raced to a third place finish at the NCAA Championships petite final (5/29) with the varsity eight, after helping the boat to third at the Big Ten Championships (5/15)... sat three seat for the varsity eight that finished in a season-best time of 6:08.10 at Minnesota (5/1), a performance that earned the boat the Big Ten Boat of the Week honor ... has helped row varsity eight boat to wins over six ranked teams, including No. 2 Cal, No. 13 Washington State, No. 14 Indiana, No. 15 Notre Dame, No. 17 Gonzaga ... three seat for varsity eight in both morning and afternoon sessions at the Lake Natoma Invite (4/16) that grabbed a pair of second-place finishes. Finished just a second behind No. 1 Brown in the morning before a second-place finish behind No. 6 Stanford in the afternoon ... five seat for varsity eight on the second day of the Lake Natoma Invite (4/17) that saw UW beat out three ranked teams to grab first place ... three seat for varsity eight in the morning session at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/9) in a win over then-No. 16 Iowa, and three seat for varsity eight in the afternoon session in a win over then-No. 13 Indiana. Those two victories for the varsity eight earned the boat its first Big Ten Boat of the Week accolade ... three seat for varsity eight that opened season with a first-place finish ahead of No. 2 Cal at the San Diego Crew Classic (4/2)

2014-15: Rowed third seat for varsity eight boat that placed 13th at NCAA Championships (5/31) ... placed fourth in varsity eight third seat at Big Ten Championships (5/17) ... won Devil's Lake Challenge (5/2) in third seat of varsity eight boat ... rowed third seat for varsity eight that won Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge (4/25) ... first seat in varsity eight for Head of the Charles (10/19) ... won Head of the Rock race (10/12) in varsity eight as first seat 

2013-14: Stroked 17th-place varsity eight at NCAA Championships (6/1) ... was stroke for varsity eight, which finished 4th at Big Ten Championships (5/18) ... served as stroke for winning varsity eight at Minnesota (5/4) ... stroked first-place varsity eight at Clemson Invite (4/20) ... second seat for varsity eight, which placed first at Big Ten Double Dual (4/12) ... stroked second-place varsity eight at Big Ten Double Dual (4/12)

2012-13 (Oregon State): Out spring season with an injury

2011-12 (Oregon State): Rowed in the varsity eight all season as a frosh

High School: Rowed and played underwater hockey while at Macleans College in Auckland, New Zealand ... won three national championships in New Zealand in 2011 with North Shore Rowing Club, including in the U19 four with coxswain, senior eight and club four with coxswain ... won silver in the club eight with coxswain ... took silver in underwater hockey at the Auckland Regionals-Schools

Personal: Transferred from Oregon State ... Parents are Kim and Steve Cooper ... majoring in geography and political science

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Redshirt Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2014-15Redshirt Junior

    5'8"
  • 2015-16Redshirt Senior

    5'8"