Annika Hoffmann

Class:
Senior
Position:
Starboard
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Geelong, Australia
High School:
Kardinia International

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2019, '21)
• NCAA Medalist (bronze, 2019 1V8)
• Two-time Big Ten Champion (2019, '21) with the 1V8
• Pocock/CRCA All-American first team (2021)
• Big Ten Athlete of the Year (2021)
• First team All-Big Ten (2021)
• Program's first-ever Academic All-American
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American (first team, 2021; second team, 2020)
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 first team honoree (2020, '21)
• Elite 90 Award Winner at the 2019 NCAA Championships (4.0 GPA)
• Three-time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2019-20-21)
• Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019-20)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019-20-21)
• Graduated from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, with degrees in comparative literature and political science

Senior (2020-21)
• Big Ten Athlete of the Year and first team All-Big Ten
• Occupied bow seat and the second seat in the 1V8 boat which earned victories over No. 16 SMU, Louisville (6:22.281), Clemson (6:27.402, 2nd), and Notre Dame (6:18.550, 2nd) at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational (March 13-14)
• In Columbus (March 27), sat fifth as the 1V8 defeat Indiana and Iowa (6:41.1) in the morning and beat MSU, finishing second to Ohio State in the afternoon (7:07.49)
• Competed in the 1V8 at the Big Ten vs. ACC Regatta (April 3), rowing in bow seat to place second to No. 10 Duke in 6:49.48 and in the second seat while finishing second to No. 3 Virginia in 7:05.47, beating Michigan State twice
• Part of the 1V8 boat (stroke seat) that timed 6:34.52 and came in second to Texas at Belleville Lake (April 10)
• Stroked the 1V8 that beat No. 20 Syracuse, No. 9 Tennessee, and No. 16 Iowa in 6:34.311 and placed second to Rutgers (+1.589) on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 17)
• On the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 18), continued stroking the 1V8 as it second to No. 4 Virginia and beat No. 3 Ohio State in 6:26.502
• Rowed in the stroke seat for the 1V8 as it won a gold medal in 6:25.744 at the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek (May 16)
• Stroked the 1V8 to finish fourth overall (6:23.437) at the NCAA Championships (May 28-30), helping the team to a fourth-place finish

Junior (2019-20)
• Spring 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19
• Became the program's first-ever CoSIDA Academic All-American (second team, 2020)
• Rowed in the bow seat in Michigan’s 1V8 boat which placed ninth overall and seventh among collegiate programs in 15:48.22 at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 20)

Sophomore (2018-19)
• Elite 90 Award Winner at the NCAA Championships
• Part of the Big Ten Boat of the Week (April 2) after wins over Harvard-Radcliffe and Yale
• Helped row U-M to an 11th-place finish at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 21)
• Rowed in the five 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)
• Helped 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)
• Was in the five seat to help 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)
• Helped the first varsity eight place third against No. 1 Washington and No. 6 Ohio State at Lake Las Vegas (April 20)
• From the third seat, helped the first varsity eight as it defeated Louisville and Michigan State in 6:22.8 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (May 5)
• Rowed in bow 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)
• As bow seat, helped 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

Freshman (2017-18)
• At the Head of the Charles (Oct. 22), helped the 1V8 boat to an 11th-place finish in 15:31.401
• Made her varsity debut at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational (March 17-18)
• 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
• Earned a second-place finish as part of the 1V8 boat at Princeton's Class of 1987 Cup Regatta, crossing at 7:00.9 ahead of Brown (+2.4) and behind Princeton (-5.4)
• Helped the 2V8 boat beat Clemson (6:39.69; +16.49) at Ohio State (March 31)
• Competed as part of the second varsity eight boat at the Big Ten Double Dual (April 7), picking up wins over No. 16 Indiana (+16.51) and No. 11 Iowa (+0.03)
• Earned a second-place finish as a part of the 2V8 boat in Las Vegas, crossing at 6:15.77 ahead of No. 3-ranked Texas (+1.62) and behind No. 1-ranked Washington (-4.37)
• Rowed as part of the 2V8 that beat Louisville on Senior Day (April 29) with a time of 6:31.00 (+10.44)
• Won a silver medal as a member of the 2V8 boat at the Big Ten Championships (May 13)
• At the NCAA Championships (May 25-27), rowed to a fourth-place finish in 6:28.576 with the second varsity eight boat

Prep
• Academic honors each year
• Member of the Barwon Rowing Club and two-time Club Champion (2016, 2017)
• Competed in Australian National Championships and won gold (2017)
• Came in fourth in the Junior World Championships (2016)
• Four-year competitor at Victorian State Championships (2014-17) with seven gold medals in U17 Quad Scull (2014), 4x (coxswain, 2015), single scull, U19 single scull, U19 double scull (2016), U21 Pair, Open Coxless Four (2017)
• Three-year competitor at Australian Rowing Championships
• Finished fourth at the Junior World Rowing Championships 8+ in Rio in 2014, earning the same place in the double scull the following year in Rotterdam

Personal
• Daughter of Geoff Boucher and Frauke Hoffmann
• Also has one brother, Janosch
• Born November 3, 1998
• Has dual citizenship between Germany and Australia
• Both parents are active rowers, having competed at Masters National/World Championships