2018-19 Women's Rowing Roster

Saylor Martin

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Redmond, Wash.

Biography

Awards: Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018)

2018-19: Coxed the varsity eight to a second place finish behind No. 7 Princeton while defeating No. 14 Rutgers and Columbia at the Princeton Regatta (April 27) ... coxed the varsity eight at the Big Ten Double Dual against No. 13 Iowa and No. 20 Indiana (April 13) ... coxed 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) ... coxed the varsity eight to second place at Cardinal Invitational (March 17)

2017-18: Coxed second varsity eight to 13th place at NCAA championships (May 26) ... coxed second varsity eight to a fourth-place finish at Big Ten championships (May 13) ... coxed second varsity eight to first place at Princeton/Syracuse (April 28) ... coxed varsity eight to fourth place at Clemson Invitational (April 14) ... coxed second varsity eight to first-place finish at Frozen/Sunshine Regatta (March 31) ... coxed varsity eight to second place at Cardinal Invitational (March 18) ... 2018 Academic All-Big Ten Honoree

2016-17: Coxed the second varsity eight to sixth place at the 2017 NCAA Championships ... placed third at the Big Ten championships with the second varsity eight ... coxed the "Breakout Boat" of the Clemson Invite, the second varsity eight, to second place ... split with the second varsity eight at the BIg Ten Double Dual, defeating Michigan State and dropping a race to Michigan

2015-16: Won the Big Ten Championship with the second novice eight, leading the boat to a 6 minute, 47.242 second finish (5/15)... led the second novice eight to wins at Minnesota (5/1) and against Indiana at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/9)... coxed the novice eight to a pair of wins at the Big Ten/ Big 12 Invitational against Kansas, Minnesota and Oklahoma (4/23)... led the novice eight to a win over Iowa at the Big Ten Double Dual.

High School: Lettered in rowing for three years…first place at 2014 Windermere Cup in women’s 4+…first place at 2014 US Rowing Northwest Regional Championships in women’s lightweight 4+ and women’s lightweight 8+…eighth place at 2014 US Rowing Youth Nationals in women’s lightweight 8+…sixth place at 2014 US Rowing Club Nationals in women’s Junior 8+ and women’s Intermediate 8+…sixth place at 2015 US Rowing Club nations in women’s Intermediate 8+
 
Personal: Parents are Rob and Anna-Carol… has two sisters, Emily and Olivia... major is kinesiology ... permanently fractured her lower back in high school, which led to her career as a coxswain.
 
Reason for choosing UW- Madison: I chose UW- Madison because I could tell Madison would be an environment where I would grow as a student athlete and have a full and enriching experience.

What Wisconsin Rowing means to you: Wisconsin Rowing means commitment and full effort to all aspects of the sport, it also means having the opportunity to be a part of a community where teamwork and encouragement are top priorities.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2017-18Junior

    5'4"
  • 2018-19Senior

    5'4"