Wisconsin Badgers

2024-25: Sat stroke for the first place Wisconsin A boat in the women’s collegiate pairs at the Head of the Oklahoma … seventh seat for the second place women’s collegiate eights and the third place women’s open/collegiate eights 500m grand final boat at the Head of the Oklahoma … also won third place as third seat for the women’s open fours C boat at the Head of the Oklahoma … bow for the first place women’s collegiate fours A boat at the Head of the Rock … bow for the seventh place women’s championship fours boat at the Head of the Charles

2023-24: Sat bow for UW B in the women’s collegiate pairs event at the Head of the Oklahoma … sat third seat for the first place UW B boat in the collegiate head race at the Head of the Oklahoma … third seat for third place UW B in the women’s open fours at Head of the Oklahoma … bow for the second place UW B in the women’s open pairs at the Head of the Oklahoma …sat bow for the varsity eight that came in second place in race one and first place in race two on day one of the Cardinal Invite … third seat for the second varsity eight on day two of the Cardinal Invite … fifth seat for the varsity eight in both races on day one and on day two of the B1G Invite … seventh seat for the varsity eight at the Windermere Cup … stroke for the varsity eight at the Big Ten Championships … named Academic All-Big Ten

2022-2023: Sat fifth in the varsity eight for the seventh-placed Badgers at Big Ten Championships ... sat sixth in varsity eight sixth-placed boat at Big Ten-Pac 12 Invitational ... sat sixth in varsity eight boat that beat Minnesota and UCLA at B1G Invitational... varsity four boat finished first at Sunshine State Regatta ... six seat for second-place varsity eight at Cardinal Invite ... Academic All-Big Ten

2021-22: Sat six in the novice eight at the Big Ten Championships... raced in the second novice eight as Wisconsin finished ahead of Iowa at the Iowa Invitational (April 29)

High school: Rowed for all four years... placed seventh at the 2019 Junior Nationals in Women's Open Weight 4+

Personal: Parents are Melissa Pailthorp and John Zilavy... father is a lawyer and mother is the executive director of a nonprofit... has two siblings, Olivia and Sorchia... major is undecided

Reason for choosing UW-Madison: Wisconsin has the community and spirit of a big state school with the academics and support of a smaller school.

What Wisconsin rowing means to you: Wisconsin rowing is a community of hardworking athletes and students with the same goal of getting better and faster.