Erika Yasuda

Class:
Senior
Position:
Coxswain
Height:
4-11
Hometown:
Sunnyvale, Calif.
High School:
Homestead

At Michigan
• Member of 2019 Big Ten Championship Team
• NCAA Medalist (bronze, 2019 2V8)
• Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient (2020)
• Three-time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2018-19-20)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2018-19-20)
• Graduated from the School of Kinesiology with a degree in movement science

Senior (2019-20)
• Spring 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19
• Coxed Michigan’s 2V8 boat which placed 16th overall and eighth among collegiate programs in 16:14.617 at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 20)

Junior (2018-19)
• Coxed the second varsity eight to wins over Harvard-Radcliffe in 6:39.7 and Yale in 6:57.22 at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• Coxed the second varsity eight to a sweep of No. 10 Virginia in 6:36.0, and No. 17 Syracuse and Duke in 6:35.3 in a pair of tight races at the Big Ten-ACC Double Dual (April 6)
• Was the coxswain in second varsity eight's sweep of Ohio State (+1.6) and Rutgers (+1.44) at OSU's Big Ten Double Dual (April 13)
• Coxed the second varsity eight as it finished +1.57 behind No. 1 Washington for second place ahead of Ohio State at Lake Las Vegas (April 20)
• Guided the second varsity eight as coxswain as it bested Louisville and Michigan State on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (May 5)
• Served as coxswain for the second varsity eight won a gold medal in 6:30.479 at the Big Ten Championships on Devil's Lake (May 19)
• Coxed the second varsity eight to a bronze medal in 6:15.063 at the NCAA Championships (May 31-June 2) leading to a third-place team finish

Sophomore (2017-18)
• Competed in a four-piece set scrimmage against Eastern Michigan (Sept. 17), recording 11:47.1 time in the first piece
• Served as the coxswain in the 1V4 boat that defeated Wisconsin (6:56.2) and placed second behind Yale and Virginia at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational (March 17-18)
• Served as coxswain for the first place 1V4 boat at Princeton's Class of 1987 Cup Regatta (March 24), finishing in 7:49.5 ahead of Brown (+1.3) and Princeton (+6.3)
• Competed as part of the 1V4 boat that won its races against Clemson (7:14.7; +18.62) and No. 9 Virginia (7:28.0; +8.57) at Ohio State (March 31)
• Served as coxswain in the first varsity four at the Big Ten Double Dual (April 7), picking up wins on No. 16 Indiana (+2.01) and No. 11 Iowa (+13.03)
• Coxed the 1V4 boat in Las Vegas (April 14), coming in third place with a 7:00.27 finish against No. 1-ranked Washington and No. 3-ranked Texas
• As coxswain of the 1V4, led the boat to defeat Louisville in 7:08.80 on Senior Day (April 29)
• Coxed the 1V4 to a bronze medal finish at the Big Ten Championships (May 13) in 7:24.362
• Helped the 1V4 finish fifth in the country with a 7:18.476 finish at the NCAA Championships (May 25-27)

Freshman (2016-17)
• Served as coxswain for the 1V4 boat that finished in fifth place in 7:21.099 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
• Served as the coxswain in the 1V4 boat that helped sweep Louisville with a +13-second win in 7:18.98 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (April 30)
• Coxed the 1V4 boat that won a conference title in 6:58.226 at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday (May 14) at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, helping U-M to a second-place team finish
• Served as the coxswain of the 1V4 boat that beat Ohio State, Duke, and Notre Dame coming in at 7:08.0 at the Ohio State Regatta (April 15) on the Scioto River
• Served as the coxswain in the 1V4 boat that beat Minnesota (7:19.79, 7:30.12) and Wisconsin (7:06.99, 7:08.32) in the Big Ten Double Dual (April 9)
• Served as the coxswain in the 1V4 boat that lost to Stanford, Washington, and No. 1 California in the Pac-12 Challenge (April 1-2)
• Served as the coxswain in the 1V4 boat that raced against Harvard and Yale at Bellville lake clocking in at 7:36.87 and 7:23.46, respectively (March 25)
• Served as coxswain of the 1V4 boat that placed first and clocked in at 7:17.4 and 7:18.5 in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on March 11 and March 12

Prep
• Graduated from Homestead High School (Class of 2016) as Valedictorian
• Also a member of Student Government and the National Honor Society
• Four-time Scholar Athlete

Other Sports: Earned three varsity letters in basketball, serving as a team captain and earning all-league honors twice

Personal
• Erika Yasuda was born on August 2, 1998 and is the daughter of Paul and Masako Yasuda