Kayla Ehrlich

Class:
Junior
Position:
Coxswain
Height:
5-3
Hometown:
Arlington, Va.
High School:
Washington-Lee

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2019, '21)
• Big Ten Champion (2021) with the 3V4
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2020-21-22)
• Enrolled at the College of Engineering, majoring in Mechanical Engineering

Senior (2021-22)
• Coxed the 1V4 in a scrimmage against Indiana (March 25)
• From the 1V4's coxswain seat, helped sweep Virginia (7:57.2) in the morning and Duke (7:52.9) in the afternoon at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Coxed the 1V4 as it timed 7:14.53 against Texas (April 9)
• Coxed the 1V4 to a perfect weekend at the Big Ten Invitational (April 15-16), with a day-one morning win over Virginia, Rutgers in 7:28.381 and an afternoon victory in 7:19.151, beating Brown, Indiana; followed with 7:05.430 on the second day to beat Stanford, Ohio State, Virginia
• On Senior Day against Louisville (May 1), led the 2V4 to a win over two other Michigan fours as coxswain with a time of 7:29.1
• Helped guide the 2V4 to a silver medal at the Big Ten Championship (May 15) in a time of 7:08.866

Junior (2020-21)
• Coxed the 1V4 to wins over No. 16 SMU and Louisville (7:07.628), Notre Dame (7:24.691, 2nd) and Clemson and No. 12 Wisconsin (7:05.265) at the Cardinal Invitational (March 13-14)
• Coxed the 3V4 in Columbus (March 27) as it beat Ohio State and Iowa in the morning (7:31.6) and afternoon (7:57.66) sessions
• Led the 1V4 to sweep races as coxswain against No. 10 Duke (7:50.90), No. 3 Virginia (8:13.90) and Michigan State (twice) at the Big Ten vs. ACC Regatta (April 3)
• From the coxswain seat, helped the 1V4 boat time 7:46.73 to come second to Texas at Belleville Lake (April 10)
• At the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 17), coxed the 2V4 as it won both races, first beating No. 10 Rutgers and t-No. 18 Washington State in 7:23.229, then beating No. 20 Syracuse, No. 9 Tennessee, and No. 16 Iowa in 7:34.088
• From the coxswain position, helped the 2V4 defeat No. 4 Virginia, No. 20 Syracuse and No. 3 Ohio State in 7:14.086 on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 18)
• Won a gold medal as she coxed the 3V4 to the title in 7:24.468 at the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek (May 16)

Sophomore (2019-20)
• Spring 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19

Freshman (2018-19)
• Made her Michigan debut at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• Coxed the first novice eight as it beat Harvard-Radcliffe in 6:49.2 and finished second to Yale (+3.43) at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• Coxed the first novice eight to an ACC sweep of No. 10 Virginia in 6:51.2 and Duke in 6:51.7 at the Big Ten-ACC Double Dual (April 6)
• Served as the coxswain for the first novice eight as it beat Ohio State in 6:52.64 and Rutgers in 6:55.96 at OSU's Big Ten Double Dual (April 13)
• Coxed the first novice eight to a gold medal in 6:37.253 at the Big Ten Championships on Devil's Lake (May 19)

Prep
• Member of the National Honor Society
• Four Year Honor Roll Member
• Recipient of the Virginia High School League of Academic Excellence Award
• Coxed the First Varsity 8 boat during sophomore, junior, and senior year
• Coxed her team to the Scholastic Rowing Association of America Championship in 2015, 2016, and 2018
• Lead the Women’s Varsity 8 to its first Virginia State medal in over 10 years
• Coxed the Women’s Varsity Eight boat to silver medal at the Virginia State Championship (2018)
• Winner of the MVP award for her high school rowing team (2018)
• Coxed the Women’s Junior 8 to a bronze medal at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta (2017)
• Won a bronze medal at the Virginia Lower Boat State Championship (2014)
• Played on her high school ice hockey team for four years and was a part of the Capital Scholastic Hockey League All-Academic Team

Personal
• Born on November 14, 1999
• Daughter of Mark and Stacy Ehrlich
• Father, Mark, graduated from U-M's College of Engineering in 1991
• Has one brother, Logan
• Father, aunt, and cousins attended U-M for 16 continuous years from 1991 to 2007
• Fluent in Spanish