Macy Whisenand

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Whitefish, MT
High School:
Whitefish

2024-25: Competed in the Music City Head Race and 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… Rowed at the No. 6 seat in the Varsity 8A boat, winning the Music City Head Race with a time of 17:46.5… Rowed at the No. 4 seat, helping the Varsity 4B boat to a fourth-place finish at the Music City Head Race… At the Head of the Hooch, rowed at the No. 4 seat in the Varsity 8 boat that finished first with a time of 14:41.984 and at the No. 1 seat in the Varsity 4B boat which finished second out of eight in the Women’s 4+ Championship… At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, rowed the No. 2 seat in the Varsity 8 boat to a third place finish in its heat Saturday and Sunday… Sarasota 2K, rowed in the No. 7 seat in the Varsity 8 boat to a third place finish in its heat both days… At the SIRA Championship Regatta, rowed at seat No.7 in the Varsity 8 boat that finished first in its time trial and semifinal and took gold on the finals… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, rowed in the No. 7 seat, helping the Varsity 8 boat to a third-place finish in its heat, a fourth-place showing in the second round and finished fifth in the third round… At the ACC Championship, rowed at the No. 8 seat, helping the Varsity 8 boat to a second-place finish in the Petite Final… On Friday, the Varsity Eight crew raced to a time of 6:28.729 to finish fourth in its heat, less than a second behind No. 22 Clemson (6:28.339) and ahead of SMU and Notre Dame… In Saturday’s Petite Final, the V8 clocked in at 6:21.818, just over two seconds behind first-place No. 24 North Carolina and ahead of Miami, SMU, Notre Dame and Boston College… Named to the All-ACC Academic Rowing Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023-24: At the Rivanna Romp, on the 2V8 boat that finished with a time of 15:01.7 and the 4V4 boat that clocked in at 16:50.7… At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, helped the V8 boat placed second with a time of 6:36.331 in the evening session and wrapped up the ORCI with a first place finish and a time of (6:38.632)… At the Sunshine State Invitational, on the V8 boat that finished fourth (7:19.56) on day one and placed first in the petite final (6:41.56)… At the SIRA Championship, helped the V8 boat to a first place showing in its semifinal with a time of 6:39.977, they went on the win the ‘A’ final with a time of 6:38.351… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, on the V8 boat that placed fourth in its heat the morning session with a time of 6:56.079 and again in afternoon session (7:10.377); wrapped up the Lake Wheeler Invitational on the V8 boat that placed first in its heat with a time of 6:48.945… At the ACC Rowing Championship, helped the V8 boat to a third place showing in the petite final with a time of 6:35.638… Named to ACC All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll

2022-23: At Rivanna Romp, she rowed in the Novice Varsity 8 that turned in a time of 15:42.2 in the novice race for sixth place. On Saturday morning at ORCI, she rowed in the 3V8 boat that finished third with a 7:08.263. In the afternoon session at the ORCI, she rowed in the 3V8 boat that finished third with a time of 7:04.226. At the Sunshine State Invitational, she rowed the 2V4 to a fifth place finish, turning in a 7:46.54. In the petite final of the 2V4, she rowed the Cardinals to a second-place finish with a time of 7:51.89 at SSI. Against Michigan, she was aboard the 2V4 boat that turned in the third-place time of 8:13.41. In the prelims of the ACC Championship in Raleigh, she rowed the 3V8 boat to a third place finish in 7:11.992 to advance to the grand final. In the grand final of the ACC Championships, she rowed the 3V8 boat to a sixth-place finish with a time of 7:25.658. She was named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Team.

Prep: Macy comes to Louisville from Whitefish, Mont. as a novice. She attended Whitefish High School and American Community School of Abu Dhabi. She was a member of the golf, basketball, and softball team. She earned All-State MT 2021 for golf.

Personal: Daughter of Shawn and Bridgette Whisenand. Born on November 22. Major is dental hygiene.