The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022-23 Rowing Roster
Roster
Kelsey McGinley
- Position:
- Starboard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Staples
- Prev School:
- Stanford
- Hometown:
- Westport, Conn.
- Major:
- Marketing - Masters
- 2023 NCAA Championships participant
- 2023 Big 12 Team Champion
- San Diego Crew Classic Jessop-Whittier Cup winner (2023)
- CRCA National Scholar Athlete (2023)
- Two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2023)
- Rowed at two-seat in the First Varsity 8+ at the NCAA Championship, winning in heats (6:28.340), placing third in the A/B semifinals (6:14.471), and finishing fifth in the Grand Final (6:28.280).
- Rowed at two-seat in the First Varsity 8+ victory (6:11.137) at the Big 12 Championship.
- Rowed at two-seat in the First Varsity 8+ victory (6:17.10) at No. 10 Virginia.
- Rowed at two-seat in the First Varsity 8+ second-place result (6:25.00) in Princeton, N.J. behind No. 4 Princeton and ahead of No. 3 Yale.
- Rowed at two-seat in the First Varsity 8+ victory (6:10.738) over No. 11 Michigan on Lady Bird Lake.
- Rowed at two-seat in the First Varsity 8+ at the 2023 San Diego Crew Classic, finishing first in the heat (6:31.660) and final (6:29.985) to win the Collegiate Varsity Jessop-Whittier Cup Invitational, defeating No. 2 Stanford, Rowing Canada, Oxford Brooks, No. 5 Washington, No. 7 California and No. 16 USC in the final.
Before Texas
Rowed at Stanford … a two-time NCAA Championship Team runner-up (2021, 2022) … 2021 NCAA Championship Second Eight Runner-Up … helped the Cardinal to the 2022 Pac-12 Team Championship … named First-Team All-American and All-Pac-12 in 2021 … a 2020 CRCA All-America nominee … the 2019 Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year … a three-time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2020-22) … a three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-22) … national champion at Staples High School in Westport, Conn. in the varsity eight in 2016 and 2017 … won of the Head of the Charles Regatta in the junior varsity eight from 2015-2017, setting course records in 2015 and 2017.
International
- Gold Medalist at the 2021 Under-23 World Championships (BW8+)
- Won silver medal at the 2021 Under-23 World Championships (BW4-)
- Competed in the Junior World Championships in 2016 and 2017
Why Texas?
“Texas allowed me to expand on my undergraduate education at Stanford with an incredible business program, while also offering an incredible team full of strong and powerful women.”
What led you to pursue rowing and what do you love most about it?
“I immediately loved rowing as soon as I got into the erg room and saw everyone working as hard as they possibly could, all for the same goal of bettering themselves for the sake of the team. After that day, I knew I needed to participate.”
Personal
- Parents are Deborah and Gerald McGinley
- Has one brother, Brendan, and one sister, Grace
- Mother, Debbie, was a four-time All-American synchronized swimmer at Stanford.
- Father, Gerry, rowed and played squash at Hobart College
- Grandfather, Butch Brear, played basketball and baseball at Stanford
- Grandfather, Gerald McGinley, was an All-American football player for Penn
- Began rowing at the age of 13
- Runner-up in the 2016 The New York Times Editorial Cartoon Contest
- Pursuing a master’s degree in marketing
- Enjoys creating art – painting, drawing, crochet. Also enjoys playing vintage Pokémon games on her 2005 DS and exploring the new games on the Nintendo Switch
