Samantha Schalk

Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Westlake Village, Calif.
High School:
Westlake
Prev School:
Texas

2021 NCAA National Champion
Two-time NCAA National Championship participant (2021, 2023)
Three-time Big 12 Champion (2021, 2022, 2023)
San Diego Crew Classic Jessop-Whittier Cup winner (2023)
San Diego Crew Classic Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy winner (2022)
Three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
2019-20 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
Eight-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

2022-2023 - Redshirt Junior (at Texas): Rowed at three-seat in the First Varsity 8+ at the NCAA Championship, winning in heats (6:28.340), placing third in the A/B semifinals (6:14.471), and finishing fifth in the Grand Final (6:28.280) ... sat in the three-seat in the Varsity 8+ victory (6:11.137) at the Big 12 Championship ... member of the Varsity 8+ that claimed the victory over No. 10 Virginia, finishing in 6:17.10 ... rowed at three-seat in the Varsity 8+ second-place result (6:25.00) in Princeton, N.J. behind No. 4 Princeton and ahead of No. 3 Yale ... helped the Varsity 8+ defeat No. 11 Michigan on Lady Bird Lake, clocking a time of 6:10.738 ... guided the Varsity 8+ to victory at the 2023 San Diego Crew Classic, finishing first in the heat (6:31.660) and final (6:29.985) to win the Collegiate Varsity Jessop-Whittier Cup Invitational.

2021-2022 - Redshirt Sophomore (at Texas): Raced in the Varsity 4+ that claimed a first-place finish at the Big 12 Championship ... led the Varsity 4+ to a first-place time at the Longhorn Invite ... rowed at two-seat in the Varsity 4+ victory over No. 4 Princeton and No. 16 Rutgers, winning with a time of 7:16.9 at Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. ... competed in the Second Varsity 8+ that defeated No. 6 Michigan, with a winning-time of 6:27.50 at Belleville Lake, Mich. ... sat at three-seat in the Second Varsity 8+ in the 2022 San Diego Crew Classic, finishing first in heats (6:30.880) and the final (6:42.947) to win the Collegiate 2V Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy.

2020-2021 - Redshirt Freshman (at Texas): Rowed at three-seat in the Second Varsity 8+ at the NCAA Championship, helping Texas to the National Championship with a third-place result in the Grand Final with a time of 6:29.088 ... rowed at three-seat in the Second Varsity 8+, racing to a first-place win (6:52.303) at the Big 12 Championship ... sat in the three-seat in the Second Varsity 8+ in the 2021 Longhorn Invite, advancing to the A Finals and winning first overall (6:18.15) ... earned Big 12 Conference Boat of the Week honors on April 14th, after a stand-out performance against Michigan on Belleville Lake, Mich. ... raced in the three-seat in the Second Varsity 8+ in a dual race at No. 7 Michigan, winning with a time of 6:28.6 on Belleville Lake.

Prior to Texas: Rowed for Channel Islands Rowing Club in Oxnard, Calif. … played four years of varsity basketball and softball at Westlake High School in Westlake Village, Calif.

Personal: Daughter of Dan and Susan Schalk ... has two sisters, Sydney and Sophia ... her sister, Sophia, also rowed for Texas ... her sister, Sydney, serves in the Coast Guard ... her grandfather played basketball at Loyola University Chicago and her uncle played football at Northwestern. Samantha’s cousin currently swims for Washington University in St. Louis.