Washington State University Athletics

WSU CAREER: Opened the fall of her SENIOR (2018-19) year at the Burnaby Lake Small Boat Invitational where she teamed up with Kamila Ondrackova to finish fifth in the pairs race to advance to the time trial where she placed third…rowed with the varsity four in the other two regattas of the fall…was the only senior to row all of the spring regattas in the varsity eight boat…helped lead WSU to its third-straight Fawley Cup with a win over Gonzaga…named Google Cloud Women’s At-Large Academic All-America First Team by CoSIDA, becoming the first Cougar woman to do so since Whitney Evans of the track and field team in 2003…also named CoSIDA All-District, Pac-12 All-Academic First Team and a CRCA Scholar-Athlete for the third-straight year…was a Washington State Academic Services Student-Athlete of the Month in February…received several awards, including the Cougar Pride Academic salute and the Big Ten Senior Award for athletics…as a JUNIOR (2017-18), opened the season with the varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic finishing fifth in their race…rowed with the varsity eight against Oregon State taking first place in their race helping the Cougars win their ninth-straight Winchell Cup…rowed with the varsity eight at the Clemson Invitational…finished two seconds behind No. 9 Virginia, securing second place for their race and sixth overall…the varsity eight won its second consecutive regatta against Gonzaga for the Fawley Cup…rowed with the varsity eight at the Pac-12 Championships taking fifth in their race after being seeded No. 15…the varsity eight competed in the second C/D semifinal at the NCAA Championships and took second in their race…named Google Cloud Academic Second Team All-America by CoSIDA…Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honoree… recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award for highest GPA of an active participant at the NCAA Rowing Championships for the second-straight year…was named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete…as a SOPHOMORE (2016-17), opened the season with the varsity eight in a win over No. 18 Gonzaga…defeated Oregon State with the varsity eight to claim the Crawford Perpetual Plate for the third-straight year, and the Winchell Cup for the eighth-straight…rowed with the varsity eight to a third place finish at the Clemson Invite, beating No.10 Virginia and No.11 Wisconsin…transitioned to the bow seat with the varsity eight at the Pac-12 Championships, helping guide WSU to a fourth place finish for the third-straight year…rowed bow with the varsity eight at the NCAA Championships, seeing her crew win the ‘C’ Final and take 13th overall, with WSU placing 14th as a team…named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team…recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award for highest GPA of an active participant at the NCAA Rowing Championships…was named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete…named to the Pac-12 Rowing All-Academic First Team…as a FRESHMAN (2015-16), opened the season with a victory in the third varsity eight at No. 19 Gonzaga…raced tightly against No. 9 Texas with the novice eight at the first day of the San Diego Crew Classic…defeated five other crews in the grand final, and placed second to No. 9 Texas with the novice eight to cap the Classic…moved to the varsity four for dual action at No. 8 Washington…continued with the varsity four and finished second to No. 3 Virginia in first race at the Clemson Invite…in the second session, raced closely with No. 10 Michigan and Oklahoma, and finished third…finished the weekend by placing fifth in a highly-competitive race that included No. 4 Ohio State and No. 20 Louisville…helped the varsity four to a 12-second win over Oregon State, as WSU won its seventh-consecutive Winchell Cup…placed fifth at the Pac-12 Championships with the varsity four, and team finished in the top four for a second-straight year…raced at the NCAA Championships with the varsity four, and finished 15th…team placed 12th.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-sport athlete at Cathedral High School at St. Cloud, Minn…lettered six times in cross country and track and field…two times in basketball…once in swimming…was a basketball team captain as a senior and junior…competed at the state meet with her cross country team, as a senior and a junior…also captained the cross country team as a junior…part of an all-state 4x800 meter relay team as a junior and a sophomore…named cross country all-state as a freshman, team won the A State Championship…member of the Minnesota Junior Elite Triathlon team for coach Kris Swarthout…won 2014 Junior of the Year at the Minnesota Multisport Awards.

PERSONAL: Born Paige Danielson, September of 1996 at St. Cloud, Minn…father Steven is a family physician and mother Rhonda is a radiologic technologist…sisters Greta and Elena…Elena competes in cross country and track at Bradley/University…enjoys baking and running…was co-valedictorian of her high school…a National Merit Scholar…Executive Vice President of her student senate, as a senior…member of the Math and Speech teams…received degree in electrical engineering while maintaining a perfect 4.0 throughout her collegiate career.