Sarah McKay

Class:
Junior
Position:
Starboard
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Johannesburg, RSA
High School:
St. Mary's School Waverly

At Michigan
• Member of three Big Ten Championship Teams (2021, '23,, '24)
• Three-time Big Ten Champion (2021, 1V4; 2022, 2V8, 2024, 1V8)
• 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
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2022-23-24)
• Enrolled at the School of Kinesiology, majoring in Applied Exercise Science

Senior (2024)
• Rowed in the third 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 third 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 third seat
• Finished second (6:23.720) and first (6:29.927) from the third 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 third seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 6:17.859 from bow seat of the 1V8 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Rowed in bow 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

Junior (2022-23)
• From the 1V8's seventh 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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke 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 the fourth seat
• Won a silver medal from the third seat of the 2V8 (6:37.571) to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 14)
• From the fifth 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

Sophomore (2021-22)
• Rowed in the sixth seat of the 2V8 in a scrimmage against Indiana (March 25)
• From the 2V8's fifth seat, helped time 7:07.2 against Virginia at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Helped the 2V8 time 7:14.7 against Duke from the fifth seat at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Rowed the 2V8''s third seat, and timed 6:38.49 against Texas (April 9)
• Rowed in the sixth seat of the 2V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitatonal (April 15), placing second in the morning to Virginia in 6:37.957 (-.456) and second to Brown in the afternoon in 6:46.249
• Placed second to Stanford with the 2V8 (6:21.081) in the sixth seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 16)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (May 1), rowed the 2V8 to a win from the sixth seat with a time of 6:44.4
• From the sixth seat, helped the 2V8 to a gold medal at the Big Ten Championship (May 15) in a time of 6:23.917
• Sixth seat of the 12th-place 2V8 (sixth, Petite Final) at the NCAA Championships (May 29), which timed 6:42.784 to help the team finish 10th

Freshman (2020-21)
• In her U-M debut in Columbus (March 27), sat sixth as the 2V8 defeat Iowa and Indiana (6:48.82) in the morning and Ohio State and Michigan State (6:59.2) in the afternoon
• Rowed in second seat of the 3V4 boat and beat No. 6 Ohio State (7:56.60) before moving to stroke seat to best the Buckeyes again (8:13.70) at the Big Ten vs. ACC Regatta (April 3)
• As the third 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 third 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 bow seat in the 2V8 against Iowa and Louisville (May 2), winning with a time of 6:45.5
• Rowed in bow seat for the 1V4 as it won a gold medal in 7:20.540 at the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek (May 16)
• From the bow seat, helped the 1V4 finish sixth in the Grand Final at the NCAA Championships (May 28-30) in 7:15.716, helping the team to a fourth-place finish

Prep
• Graduated from St. Mary's School for Girls in Johannesburg, South Africa
• Recipient of St. Mary's 2019 Athlete of the Year Award
• Awarded full colors for leadership in 2018
• Plans to enroll in U-M's School of Kinesiology
• Currently rows for St. Mary's Rowing Club
• Rowed for RSA at 2019 Junior World Rowing Championships in Tokyo as three-man in a coxed four
• Won gold in the single scull, double scull, and quad at the 2019 South African Rowing Championships
• St. Mary's is the same school as current Wolverines Tayla-May Bentley and Jessica Schoonbee

Personal
• Daughter of Matthew and Samantha McKay