Minnesota posts six top-five finishes at the Head of the Iowa.
2011-12 • Sophomore Season: Defeated Buffalo and Kansas and competed against Virginia and Duke as V8 in the Oak Ridge Invitational (3/17-18) ... Defeated Indiana as 1V8 in the Big Ten Double Dual (4/7) ... Raced in the Virginia Invitational as V8 (4/14-15) ... Raced against Wisconsin as 1V8 in the HomeDualvs. Wisconsin (4/29) ... placed fifth in the Big Ten Championships 1V8 (5/13) ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree 2010-11 • Freshman Season: Competed with the Second Varsity Eight during the season ... finished in fourth place at the Big Ten Championships (5/15) ... rowed against the Badgers at the Wisconsin Dual (5/1) ... claimed two first place finishes at the Charles River Challenge (4/17) ... competed against Michigan and Michigan State at the Big Ten Double Duals (4/9) ... defeated Tennessee at the Tennessee Dual (3/20). Previous Rowing Experience: Has been rowing since the fall of 2008 ... competed in the 2008 Midwest Championship and the Youth Nationals ... at the Midwest Championships was a member of the Varsity Eight that placed third overall, while the Varsity Four was second ... at the Youth Nationals, competed with the Varsity Eight that placed 12th ... medaled in 18 of 25 races ... named the team's captain ... also lettered in volleyball and softball prior to her switch to rowing ... held a 4.0 grade point average and graduated in the top 10 percent of her class ... member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Born December 9, 1991 ... daughter of Stark and Mary Hughes ... has an older sister, Laura, and a younger brother Matt ... interested in a graphic design career ... graduated from Westerville Central High School.
