Wisconsin Badgers

Awards: Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018) ... 2018 CRCA National Scholar Athlete

2018-19: Rowed in bow of the varsity eight and placed second behind No. 7 Princeton while defeating No. 14 Rutgers and Columbia at the Princeton Regatta (April 27) ... raced from seven seat in the varsity eight at the Big Ten Double Dual against No. 13 Iowa and No. 20 Indiana (April 13) ... sat seven seat for the varsity eight at the Pac-12 Invite, defeating No. 11 USC and dropping races to No. 1 Cal and No. 3 Stanford (March 30-31) ... sat seven seat for the varsity eight and placed second at the Cardinal Invitational (March 17)

2017-18: Sat bow with varsity eight and placed 15th at the NCAA championships (May 26) ... rowed bow with the varsity eight and placed fourth at Big Ten championships (May 13) ... raced bow with varsity four and placed second at Princeton/Syracuse (April 28) ... sat bow with varsity eight and placed fourth at Clemson Invitational (April 14) ... rowed bow with varsity four and placed first at Frozen/Sunshine Regatta (March 31) ... 2018 Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... 2018 CRCA National Scholar Athlete

2016-17: Sat seven seat for the second varsity eight's sixth-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Championships ... rowed with the championship eight to ninth place at Head of the Charles (10/23) … rowed to first- and second-place finishes with the second varsity eight at both the Big Ten Double Dual (4/8) and the San Diego Crew Classic (4/2) … rowed the novice eight to three first-place finishes, one at Minnesota (5/1) and two at the Big Ten/Big 12 Invitational (4/8)

2015-16: Won the Big Ten Championships with the novice eight, racing in seven seat (5/15) ... helped the novice eight to five wins during the season, including sweeps of the Big Ten Double Dual (4/9) and the Big Ten/ Big 12 Invitational (4/23) and a win at Minnesota (5/1) ... raced with the second varsity eight in two races at the NCAA Championships, helping the boat to the A/B semifinals (5/27)

High School: Competed four years of rowing … member of the 2014 New Zealand Junior Team … placed eighth in the junior women’s four at the Junior World Rowing Championships in Hamburg, Germany … placed ninth in the junior women’s pair at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China
           
Personal: Parents are Liz Macalister and Chris Olley ... has one sister, Sam Olley ... major is geological engineering and geology & geophysics
 
Reason for choosing UW- Madison: UW-Madison provided me with the ideal combination of academics, a fantastic team environment and an exciting location
 
What Wisconsin rowing means to you: The team here is like family, and the close knit relationship allows everyone to be the best they can while encouraging their team members.