The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2011-12 Women's Varsity Rowing Roster
Roster
Jessica Glennie
- Position:
- Starboard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- MacLeans College
- Hometown:
- Auckland, New Zealand
- 2014 Rhodes Scholarship recipient
- Recipient of the Big 12's 2014 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
- 2014 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2013 CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
- 2013 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2012 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Member of Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014)
AS A SENIOR (2013-14)
• Did not compete
AS A JUNIOR (2012-13)
· Helped Texas’ second varsity 4+ to fourth place in the grand final (7:42.78) at the Conference USA Championship
· Helped UT’s second varsity 8+ placed third (6:46.15) at the Big 12 Championship
· Paced “Boat C” to a fifth-place finish (31:27) at the Fighting Nutria (Feb. 9, 2013)
· Helped the second varsity 8+ place seventh in the championship 8+ (16:41.1) at the Head of the Hooch (Nov. 3-4, 2012)
· Teamed with Melanie Eckert to place 23rd in the open 2- (21:37.8) at the Head of the Hooch (Nov. 3-4, 2012)
· Led the varsity 4+ to 12th place in the championship 4+ (20:10.183) at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 21, 2012)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2011-12)
• Helped the second varsity 8+ to victory (6:58.63) at the Big 12 Championships
AS A FRESHMAN (2010-11)
- split her season between all three varsity eight boats
- propelled the first varsity eight boat to third-place finish (14:12.219) and the first varsity fours boat to a twelfth-place finish (16:16.835) at the Head of the Oklahoma (Oct. 9, 2010)
- lifted Texas' first varsity eight to a first-place finish (17:07) at the Head of the Colorado (Oct. 30, 2010)
- rowed UT's first eight to a win (16:01.1) at the Head of the Hooch (Nov. 6-7, 2010)
- helped the second varsity eight boat to a third-place finish (30:13.3) at the Fighting Nutria (Feb. 12, 2011)
- stroked the third varsity eight crew to a fourth-place finish (3:20.8) at the Heart of Texas (March 5, 2011)
- helped Texas' first varsity eight boat finish the Longhorn Invitational undefeated ... the crew won races over Louisville (7:15.1), Iowa (7:06.9), Wisconsin (7:09.7) and San Diego (7:02.6)
- propelled the second varsity boat to a win (6:54.1) over Kansas at the dual meet (April 2, 2011)
- rowed UT's first varsity eight to two victories at the Virginia Invitational (April 15-16, 2011), where they won races over UCLA (7:16.7) and Clemson (6:45.6)
- lifted the first varsity eight crew to a victory (6:47.7) at the Big 12 Championship (April 30, 2011) to help clinch the conference title
- rowed the first varsity eight boat to a first-place finish (6:28.8) to help claim the Conference USA title (May 5, 2011)
- named to the CRCA All-South Region First Team
BEFORE TEXAS
Rowed, played basketball and ran track and cross country at MacLeans College in Auckland, New Zealand ... rower of the year (2009) ... sculler of the year (2008-2009) ... vice-captain of the rowing squad ... placed fifth in singles at the North Island Club Championships in 2009 ... rowed to 10th in single at the MAADI Secondary School National Championships in 2009 ... member of the U18 North Island Team in 2009 ... member of U20 Auckland Interprovincial Team in 2009 ... captain of premier basketball team (2008-2009) ... women's basketball player of the year (2008) ... senior girls track and field champion (2008-2009) ... ... also a medal winner in Austrailasian mathematics competition ... All-Rounder award winner in 2009 ... Top of the World in CIE graphic design (2009).
PERSONAL
Full name is Jessica Anne Glennie ... born on June 4, 1991 in South Africa ... daughter of Walter and Rene Glennie ... has two older brothers, Chris and Johno ... father was a high jumper as a collegian in South Africa ... is an architecture major ... won the Conference USA Academic Medal (2011).
