2016-17 Women's Rowing Roster

Walt Middleton
Paul Capobianco
Greg Anderson
Paul Capobianco

Maddie Wanamaker

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Neenah, Wis.

Biography

Awards: Second-Team CRCA All-Region (2017) ... Second-Team All-Big Ten (2017) ... Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016, 2017) ... 2017 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

2016-17: Raced with varsity eight to 11th-place finish at 2017 NCAA Rowing Championships ... placed fifth at the Big Ten Championships (5/15) and the Clemson Invite (4/22) with the varsity eight … raced twice at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/8) and at the San Diego Crew Classic (4/2) with the varsity eight … raced with the championship eight at Head of the Charles, placing ninth (10/23) … selected for the women's eight at the 2017 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where she helped Team USA win a silver medal with a time of 6 minutes, 16.44 seconds.

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 four 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 ... Four 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 ... six 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 four 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 ... four 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) ... placed 11th at the 2016 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in the women's quadruple sculls in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

2014-15: Seven seat for second varsity eight that placed ninth at NCAA Championships (5/31) ... rowed seven seat for second varsity eight that finished third at Big Ten Championships (5/17) ... won Devil's Lake Challenge with second varsity eight in seven seat ... won Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge (4/25) in seven seat with second varsity eight ... placed 13th with varsity eight at Head of the Charles (10/19) in eight seat ... took second place at Head of the Rock (10/12) with varsity eight in six seat ... also rowed four seat with varsity four at Head of the Rock (10/12) that placed first ... won Milwaukee River Challenge (9/13) in three seat with varsity eight  

2013-14: Seven seat for novice eight that placed third at Big Ten Championships (5/18) ... took down Minnesota as seven seat for novice eight (5/4) ... stroked novice eight to third place at Clemson Invite (4/20) ... placed second at Clemson Invite rowing stroke for novice eight (4/19) ... defeated Michigan State for second-place finish at Big Ten Double Dual as stroke for novice eight(4/12) ... victorious at Big Ten Double Dual, defeating Michigan as stroke for novice eight (4/12) ... placed third as three seat for varsity eight Wisconsin "B" at Milwaukee River Challenge (9/13)

High School: Ran cross country for three-time state championship runner-up Neenah High School ... team also finished third in 2009 ... was four-year state meet alternate ... team MVP in one season of track ... was a sectional qualifier ... two-time state qualifier in soccer (2010, 2012)

Personal: Parents are Janet and Thomas Wanamaker ... intends on majoring in life sciences communications ... both parents rowed for Wisconsin

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2015-16Junior

    6'0"
  • 2016-17Senior

    6'0"