2025-26 Rowing Roster
Zulema Zunzunegui
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-1
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Newport Harbor
- Major:
- LSA Undeclared
Freshman (2026)
• Finished first over Oklahoma and Notre Dame (6:15.0) in the morning and first over Alabama in the afternoon (6:21.1) as coxswain of the 3V8 in her collegiate debut at the Buckeye Spring Regatta (March 28)
• As coxswain of the 3V8, timed 7:08.8 against Texas (April 11)
• Coxed the 3V8 as it placed third (6:40.8) in the morning session and second (6:48.5) in the afternoon session on day one of the Big Ten Invitational (April 18)
• On day two of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19), placed fourth as coxswain of the 3V8 with a time of 6:52.6
• Placed second against Princeton in the morning (6:44.2) and second to Syracuse in the afternoon (6:46.9) as coxswain of the 3V8 at the Wolverine Double Dual (April 25)
• In the 3V8 Grand Final of the Big Ten Championships (May 17), placed third as coxswain (7:29.569) to help Michigan in its fourth-place finish
Prep
• Attended Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California
• International Baccalaureate Candidate and four-year academic honoree at Newport Harbor
• Competed at the Newport Aquatic Center
• Coxed the third-ranking U17 4+ in the nation in 2024
• Regional Champion and 12th place finisher at Nationals in the 3V8 in 2022
• Regional runner-up and 15th place finisher at Nationals in the 3V8 in 2024
Personal
• Daughter of Amy and Julio Zunzunegui
• Finished first over Oklahoma and Notre Dame (6:15.0) in the morning and first over Alabama in the afternoon (6:21.1) as coxswain of the 3V8 in her collegiate debut at the Buckeye Spring Regatta (March 28)
• As coxswain of the 3V8, timed 7:08.8 against Texas (April 11)
• Coxed the 3V8 as it placed third (6:40.8) in the morning session and second (6:48.5) in the afternoon session on day one of the Big Ten Invitational (April 18)
• On day two of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19), placed fourth as coxswain of the 3V8 with a time of 6:52.6
• Placed second against Princeton in the morning (6:44.2) and second to Syracuse in the afternoon (6:46.9) as coxswain of the 3V8 at the Wolverine Double Dual (April 25)
• In the 3V8 Grand Final of the Big Ten Championships (May 17), placed third as coxswain (7:29.569) to help Michigan in its fourth-place finish
Prep
• Attended Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California
• International Baccalaureate Candidate and four-year academic honoree at Newport Harbor
• Competed at the Newport Aquatic Center
• Coxed the third-ranking U17 4+ in the nation in 2024
• Regional Champion and 12th place finisher at Nationals in the 3V8 in 2022
• Regional runner-up and 15th place finisher at Nationals in the 3V8 in 2024
Personal
• Daughter of Amy and Julio Zunzunegui
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