2018-19 Rowing Roster
Caroline Hendershot
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Port/Starboard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Simsbury, Conn.
- High School:
- Simsbury
At MichiganÂ
• Member of 2019 Big Ten Championship Team
• CRCA All-American (first team, 2019)
• Two-time NCAA Medalist (bronze, 2017, '19 2V8)
• Big Ten Athlete of the Year (2019)
• All-Big Ten honoree (first team, 2019)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2017, '18, '19)
• Graduated from the College of Literature, Science and the Arts with a degree in CommunicationsÂ
Senior (2018-19)
• Big Ten Athlete of the Year, first team All-Big Ten
• Part of the Big Ten Boat of the Week (April 2) after wins over Harvard-Radcliffe and Yale
• Sat bow as the first varsity eight picked up wins over Harvard-Radcliffe in 6:30.3 and Yale in 6:35.32 at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• Was in the bow as the first varsity eight picked up wins over No. 10 Virginia in 6:30.5, No. 17 Syracuse and Duke in 6:26.5 at the Big Ten-ACC Double Dual (April 6)
• Served as the bow as the first varsity eight beat Rutgers in 6:35.11 and suffered its first loss of the year against Ohio State by 0.94 seconds at OSU's Big Ten Double Dual (April 13)
• Rowed in the two seat to help the first varsity eight placed third against No. 1 Washington and No. 6 Ohio State at Lake Las Vegas (April 20)
• Rowed in the seventh seat as the first varsity eight as it defeated Louisville and Michigan State in 6:22.8 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (May 5)
• Sat in the seventh seat for the first varsity eight as it won a gold medal in 6:22.012 at the Big Ten Championships on Devil's Lake (May 19)
• From the seventh seat, helped the first varsity eight to a bronze medal in 6:08.659 at the NCAA Championships (May 31-June 2), leading to a third-place team finish
Junior (2017-18)Â
• Member of the 2V8 boat which won all three of its races at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational (March 17-18), posting times of 6:16.602 over Wisconsin and Minnesota, 6:17.022 over Yale and 6:06.166 (+9.41) over Virginia, among others
• Competed as part of the 2V8 boat which finished third at Princeton's Class of 1987 Cup Regatta, finishing behind Brown and Princeton in 7:16.8
• Rowed as part of the 1V8 boat at Ohio State (March 31), beating Clemson in 6:31.44  (+16.94) and No. 9 Virginia (6:30.14; +.2.24)
• Rowed in the first varsity eight boat at the Big Ten Double Dual (April 7), defeating No. 16 Indiana in 6:26.99 (+1.82) before falling to No. 11 Iowa
• Competed as part of the 1V8 boat in Las Vegas, coming in third place with a 6:10.11 finish against No. 1-ranked Washington (-7.51) and No. 3-ranked Texas (-2.01)
• As part of the first varsity eight lineup, beat Louisville in 6:21.00 (+4.74) on Senior Day (April 29)
• Occupied bow seat in the 1V8 at the Big Ten Championships, earning a silver medal in 6:23.022
• Rowed with the 1V8 at the NCAA Championships (May 25-27), helping to secure a 10th-place national finish in 6:30.981
• Competed in the 2V8 boat that finished third in the nation in 6:55.135 at the NCAA Championships on Sunday (May 28) at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J., helping U-M to a third-place team finishÂ
• A member of the 2V8 boat that won a conference championship in 6:14.503 at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday (May 14) at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, helping U-M to a second-place team finishÂ
• Rowed in the 2V8 boat that helped sweep Louisville with an +11-second win in 6:38.15 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (April 30)
• Member of the 2V8 boat that beat Ohio State, Duke, and Notre Dame coming in at 6:28.9 at Ohio State's Regatta (April15) on the Scioto River
• Member of the 2V8 boat that beat Stanford (6:28.55, 6:40.88) and No. 1 California (6:22.81, 6:26.62) but lost to Washington in the Pac-12 Challenge (April 1-2)
• Rowed in the 2V8 boat against Harvard and Yale (March 25)
• Member of the 2V8 boat that placed first and clocked in at 6:34.3, 6:35.3, and 6:28.8 in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on March 11 and March 12
Freshman (2015-16)
• Rowed in No. 5 seat on 2V8 crew that finished 12th at NCAA Rowing Championships
• Rowed in No. 6 seat on 2V8 that finished 4th at Big Ten Rowing Championships
• Switched to 2V8 before Clemson Invitational on April 17.
• Began spring season on Michigan's first varsity eight boat, an immediate contributor as a freshman.
Prep
• High School: Simsbury High School (2015)
• Member of First Girls Boat which won the 8+ race at the Connecticut Public Schools Rowing Association regatta
• Multi-sport athlete: rowing, volleyball, and track and field (hurdles, long jump)
• Two-time all-state volleyball selection
Club/International
• USRowing 2014 Junior National High Performance Team competitor
• Named to USRowing Sweep Development Camp roster
Personal
• Full Name: Caroline Grace Hendershot
• Birthday: Sept. 11, 1997
• Each member of her immediate family plays/played a Division 1 sport: Carl (Dad) - Navy Football; Marian (Mom) - Fairfield Field Hockey; Sara (Sister) Princeton Rowing; Andrew (Brother) - Holy Cross Lacrosse; Erica (Sister) - Dartmouth Track and Field.
