Kelsey McGinley Season 2020-21

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 Champions- Team (2022)
• Two-time NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Team (2021, 2022)
• NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Second Varsity Eight (2021)
• All-America first team (2021)
• All-Pac-12 (2021)
• Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year (2019)
• CRCA All-America nominee (2020)
• Three-time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021, 2022)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)

As a Senior (2021-22) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team) • Pac-12 Champion (Team)

• CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Led the Cardinal to victory in the stroke seat at the Head of the Charles
• Rowed in the bow seat with the varsity eight in two wins at the Pac-12 Invite
• Rowed in the bow seat with the varsity eight  in three top finishes at the Big-10 Invite
• Helped the second varsity eight to a second-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships as the 7 seat
• Rowed in the bow seat of the Cardinal’s fourth-place finishing varsity four boat at NCAA Championships

As a Junior (2020-21) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team, Second Varsity Eight)

• All-America first team
• CRCA National Scholar Athlete
• All-Pac-12
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Called into USRowing U23 National Team Camp
• Stroked the varsity eight in a sweep over Cal at the Big Row
• Stroked the varsity eight in wins over USC and UCLA in Los Angeles
• Helped team & varsity eight to second place at Pac-12s as the stroke
• Stroke with second-place varsity eight at NCAAs, helping Stanford take second place overall
• Gold Medalist at the 2021 Under-23 World Championships BW8+
• Won silver medal at the 2021 Under-23 World Championships BW4-

As a Sophomore (2019-20)

• USRowing under-23 team selection camp
• CRCA All-America nominee 
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete 
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 
• Placed third overall and first among collegiate teams in the championship eights at the Head of the Charles
• Most of season canceled

As a Freshman (2018-19)

• Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year, joining Abby Loughrey (2003) as the only individuals in school history to earn the honor
• Member of the varsity eight, which placed fourth at NCAA Championships and second at Pac-12 Championships

International Competition

• 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

Prior to Stanford 

• 2018 graduate of Staples High School in Westport, Conn.
• National champion in the varsity eight in 2016 and 2017
• Winner of the Head of the Charles Regatta in the junior varsity eight from 2015-2017, setting course records in 2015 and 2017

Personal

• Daughter of Gerry and Debbie 
• Has two siblings, Grace and Brendan
• Sister, Grace, is a teammate at Stanford
• Mother, Debbie, was a four-time All-American on the Stanford synchronized swimming team 
• Grandfather, Butch Brear, played basketball and baseball at Stanford
• Father rowed and played squash at Hobart
• Grandfather, Gerald McGinley, was an All-American football player at Penn 
• Runner-up in the 2016 The New York Times Editorial Cartoon Contest 

Why Kelsey McGinley Chose Stanford

• "I had been exposed to the excellent academics and sports teams at Stanford from my mom and grandfather, who are both alums. I was drawn to Stanford because of the high standard of excellence, beautiful campus, and strong familial ties.”