Kinsey Vear

Class:
Senior
Position:
Port
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Marquette, Mich.
High School:
Marquette

At Michigan
• Elite 90 Award Winner (2016)
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Majoring in evolutionary anthropology
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2017)

Senior (2017)
• Rowed in 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
• Competed in 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
• Rowed 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)
• Member 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
• Rowed 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)
• Rowed in the 1V4 boat that lost to Stanford, Washington, and No. 1 California in the Pac-12 Challenge (April 1-2)
• Rowed 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)
• Member 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

2015-16
• Earned Elite 90 Award with top GPA of any student-athlete competing at 2016 NCAA Rowing Championships
• A key member of Michigan's 1V4 for the balance of the spring season
• Helped 1V4 qualify for Grand Final at NCAA Rowing Championships, finishing sixth in that race in 7:16.876
• Michigan's 1V4 finished third at the B1G Rowing Championships with a 7:15.927 finish

2014-15
• Made spring debut on 2V8 crew that finished third (7:29.60) at Princeton on Lake Carnegie (Mar. 28)
• Rowed on 2V8 crew that earned win over Clemson (6:34.40), but was narrowly edged by No. 4 Virginia (6:29.4) in the afternoon in ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Apr. 4
• On 2V8 crew that was narrowly edged by Indiana, finishing in 6:44.36 before clocking in at 6:33.7 for a win over Iowa in the afternoon in a Big Ten Double Dual at Belleville Lake on Apr. 11
• Recorded third place finish with 2V8 (6:45.50) at Ohio State on Apr. 25
• Helped 2V8 earn come-from-behind win in final 500 meters against Louisville on May 2 at Belleville Lake, clocking in at 6:30.10
• Helped Michigan 2V8 to first Big Ten boat title since 2012 at Big Ten Rowing Championships, as U-M finished first in 6:59.608 on May 17 at Eagle Creek Park
• Helped 2V8 to 10th place finish overall (4th in petite final) with a time of 6:36.280 on 5/31 at the NCAA Rowing Championships on Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif.
• The 2V8 qualified for an A/B semifinal by finishing in 6:38.768 in a repechage heat on 5/29, then finished in its semifinal with a time of 6:42.182 on 5/30