Career Highlights
- NCAA Champion- Second Varsity Eight (2026)
- NCAA Runner-Up - Team (2026)
- ACC Champion- Team (2026)
- ACC Champion- Second Varsity Eight (2026)
As a Freshman (2025-26) • NCAA Champion (Second Varsity Eight) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team)• ACC Champion (Team, Second Varsity Four)
- Finished fourth in the Women’s Open 8+ at the San Diego Fall Classic as the 5 seat of “Elle Logan”
- Made her spring debut in the stroke seat of Stanford’s second varsity four at Tennessee, placing first
- Rowed the stroke seat as Stanford’s second varsity eight won its Saturday morning race at the Big Ten Invitational
- Helped the second varsity four to victories over Texas and California from the stroke seat
- Won an ACC Championship in the stroke seat of Stanford’s second varsity four, guiding the Cardinal to its fifth consecutive team conference title
- Raced in the 4 seat of Stanford’s NCAA champion second varsity eight
Prior to Stanford
- Graduate of Sportschule Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in Potsdam, Germany
- Club participation: Ruder Club Potsdam (2021-2025)
- Seven-time top-four finisher at the German Rowing Championships
- 1st, JW2- (2022)
- 1st, JW8+ (2022)
- 1st, BW8+ (2023)
- 2nd, JW2- (2023)
- 2nd, BW4+ (2024)
- 4th, BW8+ (2024)
- 1st, BW4+ (2025)
- 3rd, BW8+ (2025)
- Seven-time top-four finisher at the German Rowing Championships
National Team
- Part of the German National Team since 2022
- 3rd, JW2-, 2022 World Rowing U19 Championships
- 2nd, JW8+, 2023 World Rowing U19 Championships
- Competed as a part of the U23 Second National Team at the 2024 Henley Royal Regatta
Personal
- Parents are Kathrin and Stefan Koetitz
- Has one sibling, Anni
- Hopes to major in mechanical engineering
- Sister, Anni, has rowed for the German National Team since 2021
- Multiple-time German Rowing Championships winner
- 3rd, JW2-, 2021 World Rowing U19 Championships
- 3rd, BW8+, 2022 World Rowing U23 Championships
- 5th, BW4+, 2023 World Rowing U23 Championships
- 4th, BW2-, 2024 World Rowing U23 Championships
- 4th, BW8+, 2025 World Rowing U23 Championships
- Father, Stefan, rowed for the German National Team, winning the 1996 Henley Royal Regatta and competing at the U23 World Rowing Championships and the World Rowing Championships
- Enjoys swimming, biking, and being creative
Why Leni Koetitz Chose Stanford
- "I chose Stanford because it has everything I was looking for: a strong and ambitious team where everyone supports each other, great opportunities in both sports and academics, and an amazing atmosphere on campus. The coaches are outstanding, and I feel like this is the best place for me to keep growing, both as an athlete and as a person. Stanford really has everything I need to push myself to the next level."