Kathryn Grotto

Class:
Senior
Position:
Port/Starboard
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Weston, Conn.
High School:
Weston

At Michigan
• Member of 2019 Big Ten Championship Team
• CRCA All-American (second team, 2019)
• Two-time NCAA Medalist (bronze, 2017, '19 2V8)
• All-Big Ten honoree (first team, 2019)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2017, '18, '19)
• Graduated from the College of Literature, Science and The Arts with a degree in Psychology

Senior (2018-19)
• All-Big Ten first team
• Part of the Big Ten Boat of the Week (April 2) after wins over Harvard-Radcliffe and Yale
• Rowed in the two seat to help the first varsity eight to wins over Harvard-Radcliffe in 6:30.3 and Yale in 6:35.32 at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• Sat in the two seat to bring the first varsity eight to an ACC sweep of No. 10 Virginia in 6:30.5, and No. 17 Syracuse and Duke in 6:26.5 at the Big Ten-ACC Double Dual (April 6)
• Helped the first varsity eight beat Rutgers in 6:35.11 and suffer its first loss of the year against Ohio State by 0.94 seconds at OSU's Big Ten Double Dual (April 13) while in the two seat
• Sat bow as the first varsity eight placed third against No. 1 Washington and No. 6 Ohio State at Lake Las Vegas (April 20)
• From the sixth seat, helped the first varsity eight defeat Louisville and Michigan State in 6:22.8 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (May 5)
• Rowed in the second seat for the first varsity eight as it won a gold medal in 6:22.012 at the Big Ten Championships on Devil's Lake (May 19)
• Rowed in the second seat as the first varsity eight to a bronze medal in 6:08.659 at the NCAA Championships (May 31-June 2), leading to a third-place team finish

Junior (2017-18)
• Competed in a four-piece set scrimmage against Eastern Michigan (Sept. 17), recording 11:03.2 time in the first piece
• At the Head of the Charles (Oct. 22), helped the 1V8 boat to an 11th-place finish in 15:31.401
• Rowed in the 1V8 boat at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational (March 17-18), helping to beat Wisconsin, Minnesota, Yale and Virginia with times of: 6:10.294, 6:15.009 and 5:57.600
• Rowed in Michigan's 1V8 boat that finished second at Princeton's Class of 1987 Cup Regatta, crossing at 7:00.9 ahead of Brown (+2.4) and behind Princeton (-5.4)
•Rowed as part of the 1V8 boat at Ohio State (March 31), beating Clemson in 6:31.44 (+16.94) and No. 9 Virginia (6:30.14; +.2.24)
• Rowed in the first varsity eight boat at the Big Ten Double Dual (April 7), defeating No. 16 Indiana in 6:26.99 (+1.82) before falling to No. 11 Iowa
• Competed as part of the 1V8 boat in Las Vegas, coming in third place with a 6:10.11 finish against No. 1-ranked Washington (-7.51) and No. 3-ranked Texas (-2.01)
• Rowed in the 2V8 against Louisville (April 29) on Senior Day, winning in 6:31.00
• As a member of the 2V8, won a silver medal at the Big Ten Championships (May 13) in 6:27.604
• At the NCAA Championships (May 25-27), helped the 2V8 finish fourth nationally with a time of 6:28.576

Sophomore (2016-17)
• Competed in the 2V8 boat that finished third in the nation in 6:55.135 at the NCAA Championships on Sunday (May 28) at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J., helping U-M to a third-place team finish
• A member of the 2V8 boat that won a conference championship in 6:14.503 at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday (May 14) at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, helping U-M to a second-place team finish
• Rowed in the 2V8 boat that helped sweep Louisville with an +11-second win in 6:38.15 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (April 30)
• Sat in the bow of the 2V8 boat that beat Ohio State, Duke, and Notre Dame coming in at 6:28.9 at Ohio State's Regatta (April15) on the Scioto River
• Sat in the bow of the 2V8 boat that beat Minnesota (6:33.98, 6:56.78) and Wisconsin (6:23.57, 6:24.85) in the Big Ten Double-Dual (April 8)
• Sat at the bow in the 2V8 boat that beat Stanford (6:28.55, 6:40.88) and No. 1 California (6:22.81, 6:26.62) but lost to Washington in the Pac-12 Challenge (April 1-2)
• Rowed in the 2V8 boat against Harvard and Yale (March 25) at the bow seat
• Sat at the bow of the 2V8 boat that placed first and clocked in at 6:34.3, 6:35.3, and 6:28.8 in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on March 11 and March 12

Freshman (2015-16)
• Member of 2V4 crew that earned gold at Big Ten Rowing Championships with time of 7:06.826.
• Spent most of spring season as immediate contributor as member of second varsity four crew

Prep
• Graduated from Weston High School (2015)
• Rowed for Saugatuck Rowing Club