Rachel Palaian

Class:
Senior
Position:
Port/Starboard
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
White Lake, Mich.
High School:
Lakeland

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2023, '24)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2024)

Senior (2024)
• Rowed in the second seat of the 2V8 as it timed 6:53.9 over Virginia in the morning and 7:01.5 against Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in bow seat of the 2V4 as it timed 7:43.2 in a comeback win over Michigan State (April 6)
• Helped the 3V8 win the mixed eight race against U-M's 1N8, 2N8 and an Open 8 (April 13) in 6:41.0 from the seventh seat
• Finished second (7:20.191) and first (7:30.164) from the third seat of the 2V4 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed second (7:27.598) with the 2V4 in the third seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a silver medal in 7:12.120 from the third seat of the 2V4 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• NCAA Championship spare

Junior (2023)
• Stroked the 1N8 in her debut, helping time 7:16.2 to beat Duke (March 31) and also competed against Virginia (April 1) at the ACC-B1G Double Dual
• On the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 7), placed second from the stroke seat of the 1N8 in 6:31.862 behind Stanford and over Indiana; won the afternoon race against Duke and Iowa in 6:53.122
• On the second day of racing at the Big Ten Invitational (April 8), helped the 1N8 finish second in 6:34.421 from the stroke seat, behind Stanford and ahead of Ohio State
• On Senior Day against Louisville (April 30), stroked the 1N8 to a time of 6:40.06 to place second ahead of Louisville and behind the U-M 2V8
• Won a silver medal from stroke seat of the 1N8 (6:48.712) to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 14)

Prep
• Attended Lakeland High School in White Lake, Michigan
• Honor Roll student
• An accomplished gymnast; qualified for the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state championships three times in the team and individual all-around
• Part of an MHSAA Regional team championship
• KLAA conference gymnastics all-around runner-up

Personal
• Daughter of George and Laura Palaian
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience (BCN)