Grace Rodebaugh

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Mahomet, Ill.
High School:
Mahomet-Seymour

2025-26: Served the program as a team captain for the year… At the Music City Head Race, sat in the No. 8 seat on the Varsity 8 B boat that placed third in a time of 16:25.8; also competed with the Varsity 4 B boat in the No. 4 seat as the crew placed second with a time of 17:57.9… At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, sat in the No. 8 seat on the Varsity 8 boat that finished second (6:45.416), first (6:42.796) and third (6:53.051)…At the Sarasota 2k, competed in the No. 6 seat with the Varsity 8 boat that finished third in trials with a time of 6:42.60 and first in the B Final with a time of 7:01.17… At the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship, sat in the No. 5 seat on the Varsity 8 boat that placed first in prelims (6:41.783), semifinals (6:53.392) and finals (6:35.265)… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, competed from the No. 5 seat for the Varsity 8 boat as it finished first (6:38.340), fourth (6:37.900) and second (6:34.770)… At the ACC Championships, moved to the Second Varsity 8 boat and sat in the No. 8 seat as it finished sixth in prelims with a time of 6:39.020 and third in the petite final with a time of 6:48.930

2024-25: Competed in the Music City Head Race and the Head of the Hooch in the fall as well as the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, Sarasota 2K, SIRA Championship Regatta, Lake Wheeler Invitational and the ACC Championship in the spring… At the Music City Head Race, rowed at the No. 4 seat in the Varsity 8C boat that finished fourth and at the No. 3 seat to help Varsity 4E that placed sixth (out of 20 boats)… At the Head of the Hooch, rowed at the No. 4 seat in the Varsity 8C boat that finished third in the Women’s Championship 8+ and at the No. 1 seat in the Varsity 4F boat that finished sixth in the Women’s Championship 4+ race… At the ORCI, rowed at the No. 3 seat, helping the Varsity 8 boat to a third place finish in its heat on Saturday and Sunday…At the Sarasota 2K, rowed in the No. 4 seat in the Varsity 8 boat place third in its heat both days… At the SIRA Championship Regatta, rowed at seat No.4 to help the Varsity 8 place first in its time trial, semifinal and take gold in the final… in the Varsity 8 boat, finishing in 1^st place with a time of 6:09.657 against competitors such as High Point, Vanderbilt, and Stetson…At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, rowed in the No. 4 seat, helping the Varsity 8 boat to a third-place finish in its heat and a fourth-place showing in Friday’s second round… Helped the V8 to a time of 6:26.227 to finish fifth in Saturday at Lake Wheeler… At the ACC Championship, rowed at the No. 8 seat, helping the 2V8 boat place third in the Petite Final with a time of 6:31.850, good for a third-place finish after being edged by Clemson (6:31.234) and finishing 1.413 seconds behind Notre Dame which won with a time of 6:30.437… Named to the All-ACC Academic Rowing Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023-24: At the Alabama Head of the Black Warrior River helped the Novice 8 boat finish second in their debut race with a time of 19:58.1… At the Rivanna Romp on the Novice 8 that placed fifth with a time of 15:33.7… At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational- On the 2V4 boat that finished fourth with a time of 7:58.942 in the morning session and fourth with a time of 7:57.848 in the evening session; the 2V4s wrapped up the ORCI with a third place showing (8:06.886)… At the Sunshine State Invitational on the V4 boat that finished sixth with a time of 8:15.37 and posted a seventh place showing in the petite final while clocking in at 7:42.07… At the SIRA Championship helped the 2V8B boat that finish third in its semifinal with a time of 7:21.468 and went on to a fifth place finish in the ‘A’ final (7:08.939)… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational rowed with the V4 boat to a time of 8:40.519 and a sixth-place finish in the morning session heat and then a time of 8:24.223 in the afternoon session; V4 boat placed sixth in its heat (8:02.166) to close out Lake Wheeler… At the ACC Rowing Championship, helped the 3V8 boat to a third place showing in the Petite Final with a time of 7:07.838.

Prep: Grace went to Mahomet-Seymour High School in Mahomet, Ill. where she was a member of Primetime VBC.

Personal: Parents are Katy and Jeremy and has two stepparents, Bryan and Abigail. Additionally, she has a brother named Alex and two sisters, Payton and Leia. Major is math.