2024-25 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Kaija Frassrand
- Position:
- Starboard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Albert Einstein HS
- Hometown:
- Kensington, Md.
2024-25
Began her season in five seat of the 1V8+ against USC, placing second against the Trojans… Took over three seat in the 1V8+ at the San Diego Crew Classic… Helped the crew earn a spot in the grand finals, finishing seventh on the second day… Sat five seat in the first-place finishing 1V8+ at the USD Dual on April 6… Finished sixth with the 1V8+ in back-to-back races at the Big Ten Invitational; moved into five seat of the 2V8+ for the third and final race, finishing in third place with that crew… Made her way back into the 1V8+ for the UCSD Triton Invite, sitting five seat in the first-place crew… Closed out the season with a fifth-place finish in the petite final of the Big Ten Championships… Honors: All-Big Ten Second Team, Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll, CRCA Scholar Athlete
2023-24
Rowed in UCLA’s Varsity Eight (V8+) crew during her sophomore campaign… rowed seven seat in in the first regatta of the season against USC and Loyola Marymount (March 23)… rowed seven seat at the Lake Natoma Invitational (April 6), helping her team to a third-place finish… rowed five seat at the Big Ten Invitational in Sarasota, FL, aiding her team to a second-place finish on day two… rowed five seat at Dexter Lake, leading her team to finish second above Oregon State, USC, Oklahoma, and LMU… rowed five seat at the season-ending Pac-12 Championships in Sacramento, California.
2022-23
Rowed in the Bruins’ second varsity eight (2V8+) and novice eight crews (N8+) during her freshman season … rowed five seat in the 2V8+ crew in UCLA’s season-opening dual-meet competition against USC (March 11) … rowed seven seat in the N8+ crew in the Bruins’ dual-meet competition against Loyola Marymount in Marina del Rey (April 22) … rowed seven seat in the N8+ crew in the season-culminating Pac-12 Championships on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Ore. (May 14).
High School
Was a four-year varsity volleyball and basketball letterwinner at Albert Einstein High School … also was a four-year varsity coed volleyball letterwinner, serving as the pin hitter … on the girls’ volleyball team, competed as a setter (right side) … as a basketball player, competed at the center position … was named the high school team’s MVP on the girls’ volleyball team in 2021 and 2022 … also secured team MVP honors (coed volleyball) in 2020 and 2022 … was honored as the basketball team’s most improved player in 2020.
Personal
Full name: Kaija Renee Frassrand … born in Silver Spring, Md. … is the younger of Pete and Karina Frassrand’s two children … has one older brother, Lucas … has a career interest in becoming a physician … undeclared major.
