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Rocky Morabito

Class:
Senior
Position:
Coxswain
Height:
5-1
Hometown:
Grosse Ile, Mich.
High School:
Grosse Ile

At Michigan
• Member of three Big Ten Championship Teams (2021, '23, '24)
• Two-time Big Ten Champion (2022, 3V4; 2024, 2V8)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2022-23-24)
• Enrolled at the School of Kinesiology, majoring in Movement Science

Senior (2024)
• Coxed 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)
• Coxed the 2V8 as it timed 6:44.0 to beat Michigan State (April 6)
• Helped the 2V8 finish second against Texas (April 13), coxing the boat to a time of 6:34.24
• Finished second (6:32.958) and first (6:39.970) coxing the 2V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed third (6.39.856) coxing the 2V8 on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 6:15.038 coxing the 2V8 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Coxed the 1V8 as it placed third in the Petite Final (6:20.834) at the NCAA Championship (May 31-June 2), ninth overall, to help the team finish seventh

Junior (2022-23)
• Coxed the 1V4 to a time of 8:03.9 to beat Duke (March 31) and 7:43.93 against Virginia (April 1) at the ACC-Big Ten Double Dual
• Coxed the 2V4 to a time of 7:28.731, finishing third behind SMU and Indiana on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 7); during the second session, helped the 2V4 time 7:29.776 to place second behind Duke and ahead of UCLA and Iowa
• Coxed the 2V4 to a time of 7:26.118 behind Brown and Ohio State on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 8)
• Coxed the 2V4 as it timed 7:47.253 against Texas (April 15)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (April 30), coxed the 2V4 to victory in 7:23.25
• At the Big Ten Championships, placed fifth coxing the 2V4 (7:38.682) to help the team win the Big Ten title

Sophomore (2021-22)
• From the coxswain seat, helped the 3V4 boat time 7:58.1 against Virginia at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Coxed the 3V4 that beat Duke in 8:24.9 at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Coxed the 2V4 as it timed 7:07.95 to beat Texas (April 9)
• Coxed the 3V4 to a perfect weekend at the Big Ten Invitational (April 15-16), with a day-one morning win over Iowa, Wisconsin, Tennessee in 7:42.7 and an afternoon victory in 7:27.306, beating Rutgers, Minnesota, MSU; followed with 7:23.489 on the second day to beat Rutgers, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Tennessee
• On Senior Day against Louisville (May 1), led the 3V4 to a win over two other Michigan fours as coxswain with a time of 7:37.6
• Helped guide the 3V4 to a silver medal at the Big Ten Championship (May 15) in a time of 7:17.532

Prep
• Graduated from Grosse Ile High School in Grosse Ile, Michigan
• Treasurer of HOSA - Future Health Professionals (2019-20), State medalist in sports medicine, National Honor Society
• Rows at Grosse Ile and at the Wyandotte Boat Club
• Won gold twice at the Royal Canadian Henley in 52kg women's coxed 4+ (2017, '18)
• 2018 WOSS medalist in men's senior 4+
• Championship medalist at Rowontario championships in women's U19 4+

Personal
• Daughter of Rich and Jackie Morabito