2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster
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Parker, Sophia
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Sophia Parker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Forest Hills Eastern
- Hometown:
- Ada, Mich.
Bio
2025 (Junior): Academic All-Big Ten … In the varsity four, finished second in the B final (7:32.60) at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/28-29) after taking fourth place in the initial semifinal heat (7:42.21) … Lined up for the varsity four race along with MSU and Eastern Michigan at Ford Lake (4/5), and helped the second varsity four to a second-place time of 7:57.4, good for open water over the hosts … At the Big Ten Invitational in Sarasota (4/18-19), earned fifth, sixth, and fourth place finishes, respectively, in the varsity four., as the Spartans were in contact with both second place Oklahoma (7:36.715) and third-place Clemson (7:37.989) as they crossed the line in 7:38.816, open water ahead of Iowa in the regatta finale …. In the varsity four, finished third behind Indiana and Notre Dame at the Dale England Cup (4/26), clocked in a time of 8:30.4 … In the second varsity eight at IRA sprints (5/4), took the victory in the petite final (7:16.653, open water over second-place Drexel) after narrowly missing the grand final in the morning heats … Finished fourth in the varsity four in the petite final at the Big Ten Championships (5/17-18), open water over Wisconsin in a time of 7:28.107.
2024 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten … In the 2V8, finished second to Miami in the semifinal heats of the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), and then finished fourth in the Grand Final (6:46.57) ... In the second varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (7:07.8) (4/6) ... In the second varsity eight, finished fourth to Clemson, Alabama, and Wisconsin (6:58.51), fourth behind Indiana, (6:56.54), and fifth behind UCLA, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Clemson (6:58.75) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the second varsity eight (7:16.5) ... In the second varsity four at Sprints (5/5), finished fourth in both the morning preliminary (8:17.81) ahead of Temple, and the petite final (8:41.01), ahead of Cornell and Boston College ... In the second varsity four, finished eighth at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 7:41.010.
2023 (Freshman): Rowed in the five seat of the novice eight in the 3V8+ races at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), winning a gold medal and winning both races: by a half-length margin over Kansas (6:50.23) in the first race and a four-tenths of a second (6:49.39) over the Jayhawks in the second … In the novice eight five seat, competed in the 3V8 races at the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8), winning two races and finishing second to B1G foe Ohio State in the third … Earned a pair of open-water victories in the five seat of the novice eight at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), against MSU’s 3V8 and Eastern Michigan’s novice eight in the morning (7:00.3) and MSU’s 3V8 and over Miami’s 3V8 in the afternoon session (7:10.30) … Finished third to Ohio State and Indiana in a time of 7:10.2 in the five seat of the novice eight at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … In a finals-only event at Women’s Sprints (4/30), rowed in the four seat of the second novice eight in the fourth varsity eight race and earned bronze (7:17.290), behind Northeastern and Columbia … Earned MSU’s top finish at the Big Ten Championships (5/14) in the novice eight boat finishing in fifth place in a time of 7:06.151 – ahead of Rutgers, Iowa, and Minnesota.
Prior to MSU: Attended Forest Hills Eastern High School … Four-year letterwinner in track and field and two-year letterwinner on the volleyball team in her junior and senior years … Conference champions and state qualifier in track and field, Academic All-State for volleyball.
Personal: Daughter of Chris and Yuliya Parker … Plans to major in kinesiology … Father, Chris, and grandpa, Stephan, both attended Michigan State … speaks Russian.
2024 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten … In the 2V8, finished second to Miami in the semifinal heats of the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), and then finished fourth in the Grand Final (6:46.57) ... In the second varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (7:07.8) (4/6) ... In the second varsity eight, finished fourth to Clemson, Alabama, and Wisconsin (6:58.51), fourth behind Indiana, (6:56.54), and fifth behind UCLA, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Clemson (6:58.75) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the second varsity eight (7:16.5) ... In the second varsity four at Sprints (5/5), finished fourth in both the morning preliminary (8:17.81) ahead of Temple, and the petite final (8:41.01), ahead of Cornell and Boston College ... In the second varsity four, finished eighth at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 7:41.010.
2023 (Freshman): Rowed in the five seat of the novice eight in the 3V8+ races at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), winning a gold medal and winning both races: by a half-length margin over Kansas (6:50.23) in the first race and a four-tenths of a second (6:49.39) over the Jayhawks in the second … In the novice eight five seat, competed in the 3V8 races at the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8), winning two races and finishing second to B1G foe Ohio State in the third … Earned a pair of open-water victories in the five seat of the novice eight at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), against MSU’s 3V8 and Eastern Michigan’s novice eight in the morning (7:00.3) and MSU’s 3V8 and over Miami’s 3V8 in the afternoon session (7:10.30) … Finished third to Ohio State and Indiana in a time of 7:10.2 in the five seat of the novice eight at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … In a finals-only event at Women’s Sprints (4/30), rowed in the four seat of the second novice eight in the fourth varsity eight race and earned bronze (7:17.290), behind Northeastern and Columbia … Earned MSU’s top finish at the Big Ten Championships (5/14) in the novice eight boat finishing in fifth place in a time of 7:06.151 – ahead of Rutgers, Iowa, and Minnesota.
Prior to MSU: Attended Forest Hills Eastern High School … Four-year letterwinner in track and field and two-year letterwinner on the volleyball team in her junior and senior years … Conference champions and state qualifier in track and field, Academic All-State for volleyball.
Personal: Daughter of Chris and Yuliya Parker … Plans to major in kinesiology … Father, Chris, and grandpa, Stephan, both attended Michigan State … speaks Russian.
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