| Jessica Glennie |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Auckland, New Zealand
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| High School:
MacLeans College
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| Height:
6-0
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| Position:
Starboard
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| Experience:
2V
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- 2012 Academic All-Big 12 (First Team)
- Member of Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2012)
AS A JUNIOR (2012-13)
• Paced "Boat C" to a fifth-place finish (31:27) at the Fighting Nutria (Feb. 9, 2013)
• Helped the second varsity 8+ place seventh in the championship 8+ (16:41.1) at the Head of the Hooch (Nov. 3-4, 2012)
• Teamed with Melanie Eckert to place 23rd in the open 2- (21:37.8) at the Head of the Hooch (Nov. 3-4, 2012)
• Led the varsity 4+ to 12th place in the championship 4+ (20:10.183) at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 21, 2012)
AS A FRESHMAN (2010-11)
- split her season between all three varsity eight boats
- propelled the first varsity eight boat to third-place finish (14:12.219) and the first varsity fours boat to a twelfth-place finish (16:16.835) at the Head of the Oklahoma (Oct. 9, 2010)
- lifted Texas' first varsity eight to a first-place finish (17:07) at the Head of the Colorado (Oct. 30, 2010)
- rowed UT's first eight to a win (16:01.1) at the Head of the Hooch (Nov. 6-7, 2010)
- helped the second varsity eight boat to a third-place finish (30:13.3) at the Fighting Nutria (Feb. 12, 2011)
- stroked the third varsity eight crew to a fourth-place finish (3:20.8) at the Heart of Texas (March 5, 2011)
- helped Texas' first varsity eight boat finish the Longhorn Invitational undefeated ... the crew won races over Louisville (7:15.1), Iowa (7:06.9), Wisconsin (7:09.7) and San Diego (7:02.6)
- propelled the second varsity boat to a win (6:54.1) over Kansas at the dual meet (April 2, 2011)
- rowed UT's first varsity eight to two victories at the Virginia Invitational (April 15-16, 2011), where they won races over UCLA (7:16.7) and Clemson (6:45.6)
- lifted the first varsity eight crew to a victory (6:47.7) at the Big 12 Championship (April 30, 2011) to help clench the conference title
- rowed the first varsity eight boat to a first-place finish (6:28.8) to help claim the Conference USA title (May 5, 2011)
- was named to the CRCA All-South Region First Team
BEFORE TEXAS
Rowed, played basketball and ran track and cross country at MacLeans College in Auckland, New Zealand ... rower of the year (2009) ... sculler of the year (2008-2009) ... vice-captain of the rowing squad ... placed fifth in singles at the North Island Club Championships in 2009 ... rowed to 10th in single at the MAADI Secondary School National Championships in 2009 ... member of the U18 North Island Team in 2009 ... member of U20 Auckland Interprovincial Team in 2009 ... captain of premier basketball team (2008-2009) ... women's basketball player of the year (2008) ... senior girls track and field champion (2008-2009) ... ... also a medal winner in Austrailasian mathematics competition ... All-Rounder award winner in 2009 ... Top of the World in CIE graphic design (2009).
PERSONAL
Full name is Jessica Anne Glennie ... born on June 4, 1991 in South Africa ... daughter of Walter and Rene Glennie ... has two older brothers, Chris (27) and Johno (25) ... father was a high jumper as a collegian in South Africa ... is an architecture major ... won the Conference USA Academic Medal (2011) ... three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
