Michigan State University Athletics
2026 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Jillian Cox
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Brighton
- Hometown:
- Brighton, Mich.
2026 (Senior): Earned both Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished honors and was a CRCA Scholar All-American pick … At the Sarasota 2K (3/27-28), Finished third to UCF and Iowa in the semifinal (6:40.75), just.3 seconds off making the grand final; finished fifth in a time of 7:07.56 in the Petite Final, less than six seconds off the race winner Louisville (7:01.17) … In a dual at Eastern Michigan (April 3), helped the varsity eight post an open-water victory over the Eagles (7:10.7) … In the varsity eight boat at the Big Ten Invite (4/17-18), took third behind Washington and Oregon (6:38.544) in the first race, was second to USC by a second (6:27.451-6:28.458) and posted open water over Washington State, and then was fourth behind Ohio State, Oregon State, and Indiana in the final race of the regatta (6:44.273) … Part of the Varsity Eight that finished a half-length behind host Indiana at the Dale England Cup (6:31.3-6:33.5) …
2025 (Junior): CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Award recipient … Academic All-Big Ten … In the varsity eight, finished fourth in the A final (6:32.55) at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/28-29), a half-length off of the podium after winning the semifinal heat (6:40.31) … At Eastern Michigan (4/5), earned an open-water victory over the hosts (6:36.6) in the varsity eight … In the varsity eight at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), missed a podium finish by three-tenths of a second on Friday morning (6:24.280), earned a second-place finish to Oregon State, (6:32.687), and wrapped the weekend with a first-place finish in the final race, clocked in a time of 6:36.733 – nearly a full length ahead of second-place SMU ... Finished second to host Indiana in the varsity eight at the Dale England Cup (4/26), about four seconds back from the Hoosiers (7:26.70-7:31.28), and open water over Notre Dame (7:41.67) … At IRA Sprints (5/4), rowed to a second-place finish in the varsity eight in the morning heat to earn a spot in the Grand Final against five ranked crews, finishing sixth in a time of 7:09.54 … In a time of 6:17.781, finished fifth in the varsity eight at Big Ten Championships (5/17-18), a length ahead of Ohio State - MSU’s best B1G V8 finish since 2014.
2024 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … Advanced to the Grand final in the Varsity Eight at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30) after a fourth-place semifinal finish (7:14.14), and then took sixth in the Grand Final (6:44.17) ... In the varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (6:45.96) (4/6) ... In the varsity eight, finished fourth to Alabama, Wisconsin and Clemson (6:47.34), third behind Indiana and Notre Dame and ahead of SMU (6:47.79), and fourth ahead of Oklahoma (6:37.81) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the varsity eight (6:55.3) ... In the varsity eight, finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 6:33.221 ...
Prior to MSU: Four-year member of the varsity swim team … Four-year All-Conference honors … Four-year Scholar-Athlete Award winner … Academic Honor Roll member … Team captain her senior year.
Personal: Daughter of Ginger and Britton Cox … Has a sister, Genevieve, and a brother, Connor … Plans to major in psychology and health sciences … Aspires to be a clinical psychologist.
