2016-17
Rowed four seat in the Bruins’ novice eight (N8+) crew at the UC Challenge in Newport Beach, Calif. (March 4), helping lead that novice boat to a first-place finish against UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State and UC Irvine … rowed two seat in the Bruins’ open four ‘A’ boat in races against Stanford and San Diego State in Marina del Rey, Calif. (March 11) … rowed four seat in the novice eight at the two-day San Diego Crew Classic (April 1-2), guiding UCLA to a third-place finish on day one and to a third-place finish in the Grand Final race on day two … rowed four seat in the fourth varsity eight crew in the annual crosstown showdown against USC (April 30) … rowed four seat in the N8+ at the season-culminating Pac-12 Championships (May 15).
High School
Attended San Ramon Valley High School (Danville, Calif.) for four years (2012-16) … competed on the swimming team for four years, securing two varsity letters … earned USA Academic All-America honors.
Personal
Full name: Michaela Jean Protenic (pronounced mah-kay-LUH) … born in San Ramon, Calif. … is the older of Marc and Dena Protenic’s two children … has one younger brother, Joey.
Rowed four seat in the Bruins’ novice eight (N8+) crew at the UC Challenge in Newport Beach, Calif. (March 4), helping lead that novice boat to a first-place finish against UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State and UC Irvine … rowed two seat in the Bruins’ open four ‘A’ boat in races against Stanford and San Diego State in Marina del Rey, Calif. (March 11) … rowed four seat in the novice eight at the two-day San Diego Crew Classic (April 1-2), guiding UCLA to a third-place finish on day one and to a third-place finish in the Grand Final race on day two … rowed four seat in the fourth varsity eight crew in the annual crosstown showdown against USC (April 30) … rowed four seat in the N8+ at the season-culminating Pac-12 Championships (May 15).
High School
Attended San Ramon Valley High School (Danville, Calif.) for four years (2012-16) … competed on the swimming team for four years, securing two varsity letters … earned USA Academic All-America honors.
Personal
Full name: Michaela Jean Protenic (pronounced mah-kay-LUH) … born in San Ramon, Calif. … is the older of Marc and Dena Protenic’s two children … has one younger brother, Joey.