Annaka Draaisma

Class:
Senior
Position:
Port
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Ada, Mich.
High School:
Grand Rapids Christian

At Michigan
• Member of three Big Ten Championship Teams (2021, '23, '24)
• Two-time Big Ten Champion (2021, 2V4; 2024, 1V8)
• All-Big Ten (second team, 2024)
• Academic All-District honoree (2023)
• Four-time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2021, '22, '23, '24)
• Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022, '23, '24)
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten (2021-22-23-24)
• Two-time member of the Big Ten Boat of the Week (April 11, 2023; April 2, 2024) following the 1V8's performance at the Big Ten Invitational and Big Ten-ACC Duals
• Enrolled at the School of Kinesiology, majoring in Movement Science

Graduate Student (2024)
• Rowed in the fourth seat of the 1V8 as it timed 6:53.5 over Virginia in the morning and 6:40.4 to beat Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in the fourth seat of the 1V8 as it timed 6:30.8 against Michigan State (April 6)
• Helped the 1V8 finish second against Texas (April 13) in 6:08.1 (+5.2) from the fourth seat
• Finished second (6:23.720) and first (6:29.927) from the fourth seat of the 1V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed second (6:24.693) with the 1V8 in the fourth seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 6:17.859 from the sixth seat of the 1V8 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Rowed in the seventh 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

Senior (2022-23)
• From the 1V8's stroke seat, timed 7:02.7 against Duke (March 31) and 6:44.07 against Virginia (April 1) at the ACC-Big Ten Double Dual
• On the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 7), placed second from the bow seat of the 1V8 in 6:23.920 behind Stanford and over SMU, Indiana; won the afternoon race against Duke, Iowa, and UCLA in 6:21.374
• On the second day of racing at the Big Ten Invitational (April 8), helped the 1V8 finish third in 6:14.527 from the bow seat, ahead of Ohio State and behind Stanford and Brown
• Member of the Big Ten Boat of the Week (April 11) following the 1V8's performance at the Big Ten Invitational
• Rowed in the bow seat of the 1V8 as it timed 6:21.922 against Texas (April 15)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (April 30), helped the 1V8 to an 18-second win from bow seat
• Won a silver medal from the second seat of the 2V8 (6:37.571) to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 14)
• From stroke seat, rowed with the 2V8 to finish 12th overall (sixth, Petite Final) with a time of 6:45.733 at the NCAA Championship (May 26-28) to help the team place 11th

Junior (2021-22)
• From the 1V4's stroke 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)
• From the 1V4's stroke seat, finished 7:14.53 against Texas (April 9)
• Rowed in the stroke seat of the 1V4 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 15), sweeping both sessions with a morning win over Virginia, Rutgers in 7:28.381 and an afternoon victory in 7:19.151, beating Brown, Indiana
• Completed the perfect weekend for the 1V4 (7:05.430) in the stroke seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 16), beating Stanford, Ohio State, Virginia
• On Senior Day against Louisville (May 1), rowed the 1V4 to a win from the stroke seat with a time of 7:26.7
• From the bow seat, helped the 1V4 to a silver medal at the Big Ten Championship (May 15) in a time of 7:09.499
• Bow seat of the 11th-place 1V4 (fifth, Petite Final) at the NCAA Championships (May 29), which timed 7:20.523 to help the team finish 10th

Sophomore (2020-21)
• In her varsity debut, sat in the second seat and helped the 2V8 to wins over No. 16 SMU, Louisville (6:32.773) Notre Dame (6:32.283, 2nd) and sat in bow seat for a win against Clemson (6:28.554, 2nd) at the Cardinal Invitational (March 13-14)
• In Columbus (March 27), sat in bow seat as the 2V8 defeat Indiana and Iowa (6:48.82) in the morning and Ohio State and Michigan State (6:59.2) in the afternoon
• At the B1G vs. ACC Regatta (April 3) rowed from the two seat as the 2V8 placed second to No. 3 Virginia (7:16.1) with wins over No. 10 Duke (7:04.90) and Michigan State (twice) at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (April 3)
• Rowed in the 2V8 boat (second seat) that was second to Texas at Belleville Lake (April 10) in 6:44.12
• As the fourth seat of the 2V8, helped defeat No. 20 Syracuse, No. 9 Tennessee, and No. 16 Iowa in 6:48.111 and placed second to Rutgers (+1.518) on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 17)
• Sat fourth in the 2V8 as it finished second to No. 4 Virginia and beat No. 3 Ohio State in 6:39.326 on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 18)
• Rowed in stroke seat for the 2V4 as it won a gold medal in 7:26.420 at the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek (May 16)

Freshman (2019-2020)
• Competed as part of the novice program