Grace Loescher

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Varsity
Height:
5-9
High School:
Lakeside Lutheran HS
Hometown:
Watertown, Wis.
Major:
Nonprofit Management

PRONUNCIATION

2023-24 | GRADUATE STUDENT
CRCA Scholar Athlete Award
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed in all eight of the Gophers' regattas with the 2V8 boat in her final season on the team
• Closed the year with a fifth-place result at the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Raced three times at the Big Ten Invitational (Apr. 19-20) in Sarasota, Fla., placing fourth and fifth Friday before a second-place finish Saturday
• Won both 2V8 dual races against Kansas and Kansas State at the Big 12/Big Ten Double Dual (Apr. 12)
• Placed second in a road dual versus No. 12 Ohio State (Apr. 6) following a third-place effort at No. 16 Tennessee (Mar. 29)
• Opened the spring season in Chula Vista, Calif., with a dual victory over Gonzaga (Mar. 10)
• Finished 16th overall with the 2V8 boat and placed 21st in the 4V4 race at Virginia's Rivanna Romp (Nov. 12)
• Started the year by finishing third on the 2V4 boat and second with the 2V8 during the Head of the Mississippi Regatta (Oct. 7)

2022-23 | JUNIOR
CRCA Scholar Athlete Award
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed with the Second Varsity Eight boat for all six regattas during the year
• Part of the 2V8 boat that finished seventh at the 2023 Big Ten Championship May 14
• Turned in seventh and fifth-place results in the morning and afternoon sessions, respectively, on the 2V8 boat at the Dexter Lake Invitational Apr. 29
• Raced to second on the 2V8 boat during the Big Ten & Big 12 Double Dual versus Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma Apr. 15
• Finished third, fourth and fourth in three sessions of the Big Ten Invitational Apr. 7-8 with the 2V8 boat
• Placed second with the 2V8 boat in a Double Dual against Indiana and Tulsa Mar. 25
• Turned in a second-place finish with the 2V8 boat and a third-place result in the 2V4 boat during the season-opening Head of the Mississippi Regatta Oct. 1

2021-22 | SOPHOMORE
Academic All-Big Ten
• Raced in six events throughout the season in varsity competition
• Competed with the Second Varsity Four boat at the Big Ten Championships
• Raced in the 2V4 race at the Iowa Rowing Regatta
• Raced in a trio of races with the Third Varsity Four at the B1G Invitational
• Earned a head-to-head win with the 2V4 boat against Gonzaga on March 9
• Opened the season at the Head of the Mississippi Regatta by competing in both the Women's Collegiate 4+ and Women's Collegiate 8+ races

2020-21 | FRESHMAN
Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed in four events on the season as a member of the First Novice Eight boat
• Placed sixth in the 1N8 race at the Big Ten Championships
• Earned a race win to open the season at the Cardinal Invite
• Also competed at the B1G Invitational and the Iowa Rowing Regatta

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Bret and Janell Loescher
• Graduated from Lakeside Lutheran High School in Lake Mills, Wis.
• Ran track for the Warriors and also played prep volleyball
• Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Minnesota in Communications in the spring of 2023 with a minor in Sociology
• Completed a master's degree studying Nonprofit Management in the Humphrey School