Emily Nelson

Class:
Senior
Position:
Port/Starboard
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
East Grand Rapids, Mich.
High School:
Grand Rapids Christian

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2024, '24)
• Big Ten Champion (2024, 1V4)
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2024)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2022-23-24)
• Enrolled at the School of Kinesiology, majoring in Movement Science with a minor in Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM)

Senior (2024)
• Rowed in bow seat of the 1V4 as it timed 7:44.8 over Virginia in the morning and 7:54.5 against Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in the sixth seat of the 2V8 as it timed 6:44.0 to beat Michigan State (April 6)
• Helped the 2V8 finish second against Texas (April 13) in 6:34.24 from the sixth seat
• Finished second (6:32.958) and first (6:39.970) from the sixth seat of the 2V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed third (6.39.856) with the 2V8 in the sixth seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 7:00.649 from bow seat of the 1V4 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Rowed in bow seat of the 1V4 as it won the Petite Final with a time of 7:13.916 to place seventh overall at the NCAA Championship (May 31-June 2), helping the team finish seventh

Junior (2023)
• From the 2V4's third seat, timed 8:26 against Duke (March 31) and from the stroke seat timed 8:16.5 against Virginia (April 1) at the ACC-Big Ten Double Dual
• From the stroke 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 third seat in 7:29.776 ahead of UCLA and Iowa and behind Duke
• From the third 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)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (April 30), helped the 2V4 to victory in 7:23.25 from the third seat
• At the Big Ten Championships, placed fifth with the 2V4 rowing in bow seat (7:38.682) to help the team win the Big Ten title

Sophomore/Novice (2022)
• Rowed in the seventh seat of the 1N8 in a scrimmage against Indiana (March 25)
• From the 1N8's fifth 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 fifth seat at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Rowed in bow 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 fifth 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 bow seat with a time of 8:46.61
• Helped win a silver medal at the Big Ten Championships (May 15) from the fifth seat of the 1N8 in 6:41.900

Personal
• Daughter of Ingrid and James Nelson