Megan Higley

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Shelby Township, Mich.
High School:
Utica Center for Math, Science and Technology
Major:
Movement Science

At Michigan
• Member of the 2024 Big Ten Championship Team
• Big Ten Champion (2024, 1N8)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2025)
• Member of the Big Ten Boat of the Week (April 1, 2025) following rowing with the 2V4 at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge

Sophomore (2025)
• Timed 7:21.0 with the 2V4 from the stroke seat against Yale during the afternoon session at the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up (March 22)
• From the bow seat of the 2V4, timed 7:53.9 against Oklahoma and 8:02.2 against Virginia at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (March 29)
• Placed second (7:14.66) with the 2V4 in the second seat at Texas (April 12)
• Finished first (7:09.28) in the morning and second (7:20.18) in the afternoon session from the bow seat of the 1V4 on day one (April 18) of the Big Ten Invitational
• From the second seat, placed fourth (7:25.76) in the 1V4 on day two (April 19) of the Big Ten Invitational
• On the first day of the Big Ten Championship (May 17), helped the 3V4 advance to the finals in second place (7:40.62) from the stroke seat
• Finished fourth in 7:13.60 from the second seat of the 3V4 to help the team finish third overall on finals day of the Big Ten Championship (May 18)

Freshman (2024)
• Made her Michigan debut in the seventh seat of the 1N8 as it timed 7:04.5 against Virginia in the morning and 7:24.6 against Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in the seventh seat of the 1N8 as it timed 6:55.96 to beat Michigan State (April 6), finishing behind U-M's 3V8
• Helped the 1N8 place second in the mixed eight race against U-M's winning 3V8, the 2N8 and an Open 8 (April 13) in 6:51.06 from the fifth seat
• Finished second (7:08.804) and third (6:54.633) from the fifth seat of the 1N8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed third (6:50.014) with the 1N8 in the fifth seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 6:42.437 from the sixth seat of the 1N8 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)

Prep
• Attended Utica High School, Shelby Township, Michigan
• Class Valedictorian, AP Scholar with distinction
• Recipient of President's Award for Educational Excellence, Outstanding Spanish III Student of the Year, Achievement in APP English Language and Composition, and others
• Decorated background as a gymnast, competing as a Level 9 Junior Olympic gymnast at Olympia Gymnastics Academy
• A 10-time state qualifier and four-time regional qualifier
• Competed at the same gymnastics academy as U-M teammate Anna Muench

Personal
• Daughter of Scott and Lisa Higley