Anna Muench

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Rochester Hills, Mich.
High School:
Stoney Creek
Major:
Psychology, Entrepreneurship (minor)

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2021, '23)
• Big Ten Champion (2023, 1V4)
• Two-time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2023, '24)
• Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023-25)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2023-25)

Junior (2024)
• Rowed in bow seat of the 2V4 as it timed 7:23.8 over Virginia in the morning and 8:07.5 to beat Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in stroke seat of the 3V4 as it timed 7:33.8, defeating Michigan State (April 6) and U-M's N4
• Helped the 2V4 finish second against Texas (April 13) in 7:13.07 (+7.17) from the second seat
• Won both races (7:08.204 morning) (7:16.039 evening) from the second seat of the 1V4 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed second (7:15.099) with the 1V4 in the second seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 6:15.038 from bow seat of the 2V8 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Rowed in the fifth seat of the 2V8 as won the Petite Final with a time of 6:31.327 to place seventh overall at the NCAA Championship (May 31-June 2) to help the team finish seventh

Sophomore (2023)
• From the 2V4's bow seat, timed 8:26 against Duke (March 31), and from the second seat timed 8:16.5 against Virginia (April 1) at the ACC-Big Ten Double Dual
• From the second seat of the 2V4, placed third in 7:28.731 behind SMU and Indiana on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 7); during the second session, placed second from the bow seat in 7:29.776 ahead of UCLA and Iowa and behind Duke
• From the bow seat of the 2V4, placed third in 7:26.118 behind Brown and Ohio State on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 8)
• Rowed in the bow seat of the 1V4 as it timed 7:24.926 against Texas (April 15)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (April 30), helped the 1V4 time 7:24.7 from the second seat for a win of more than 37 seconds
• Won gold from bow seat of the 1V4 (7:18.086) to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 14)
• From bow seat, rowed with the 1V4 to finish ninth overall (third, Petite Final) with a time of 7:23.781 at the NCAA Championship (May 26-28) to help the team place 11th

Freshman/Novice (2022)
• Debuted in the sixth seat of the 1N8 in a scrimmage against Indiana (March 25)
• From the 1N8's stroke seat, timed 7:01.66 against Virginia at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Helped the 1N8 time 7:25.0 against Duke from the stroke seat at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Rowed in the second seat of the winning N4+ in the first heat of an inter squad race (April 9), finishing in 7:15.5
• Completed a weekend sweep at the Big Ten Invitational (April 15-16) in the sixth seat of the 1N8, beating Rutgers, Minnesota, Tennessee in the morning on day one in 7:04.8 and Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan State in 6:52.225 in the afternoon; followed with 6:41.487 to beat Virginia, Stanford on the second day
• On Senior Day against Louisville (May 1), rowed the 1N4 to a third-place finish among two other Michigan fours from the second seat with a time of 8:46.61
• Helped win a silver medal at the Big Ten Championships (May 15) from the sixth seat of the 1N8 in 6:41.900