Career Accolades
- Three-time CRCA All-American (2018, 2019, 2021)
- CRCA All-America nominee (2020)
- Two-time All-Pac-12 Team (2018, 2021)
- Three-Time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team (2019)
- Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
As a Fifth Year (2020-21)
- All-America first team
- CRCA National Scholar Athlete
- All-Pac-12
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Rowed in the 2 seat with the varsity eight in a sweep over Cal at the Big Row
- Rowed in the 2 seat with the varsity eight in wins over USC and UCLA in Los Angeles
- Helped team & varsity eight to second place at Pac-12s as the bow
- Bow with second-place varsity eight at NCAAs, helping Stanford take second place overall
As a Senior (2019-20)
- CRCA All-America nominee
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Third overall and third among collegiate teams in the championship eights at the Head of the Charles
- 2020 Great Stanford Bake Off Champion
- Most of season canceled
As a Junior (2018-19)
- CRCA All-America Second Team
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
- Member of the varsity eight, which placed fourth at NCAA Championships and second at Pac-12 Championships
As a Sophomore (2017-18)
- CRCA All-America First Team
- All-Pac-12 Team
- Member of the varsity eight, which placed fourth at NCAA Championships and second at Pac-12 Championships
As a Freshman (2016-17)
- Member of the varsity eight (bow), which placed second at NCAA Championships
- Member of the second varsity eight, which placed third at Pac-12 Championships
International Competition
- Represented Great Britain at the under-23 Worlds in the eight, placing fourth
- Represented Great Britain in the four at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Bolivia, placing sixth in the A Final
Prior to Stanford
- 2016 graduate of St. James Senior Girls School
- Won gold in the South of England indoor rowing championships
- Two-time qualifier for the Henley Royal Regatta
- Reached the semifinals of the 2015 Henley Royal Regatta in the eight and double
- Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2014 Henley Royal Regatta in the quad
- Captured gold in the single in the 2014 British Championships
- Won gold in the single at the 2014 Junior Interregional Regatta
Personal
- Born in London, England
- Daughter of Oliver and Yolanda Saunders
- Has a brother, Peter
Why Meg Chose Stanford
- "The decision to come to Stanford was more or less a no-brainer. When I was considering schools, I was looking for the opportunity to pursue a high level of academics and athletics, a place where I’d be surrounded by diverse, hardworking, and genuinely inspiring people, and a campus that was more than a two hour journey away from home. There is no school in the world that fills this criteria to a higher degree than Stanford.”