Grace Luczak

Junior Women’s Eight

Birthdate: 5/24/1989  

Height: 6’3”  

Weight: 160

Birthplace: Royal Oak, Mich.

Hometown: Ann Arbor, Mich.

Residence: Darien, Conn.

High School: Ann Arbor Pioneer High School

Began Rowing: 2004, Ann Arbor Pioneer High School

Club Affiliation: Maritime Rowing Club

Training Location: Norwalk, Conn.

Current Coach: Liz Trond

Years on National Team: One -- 2007, Junior

International Results: Finished third in the women’s four and eight at the 2006 Canadian Schoolboy Championships.

National Results: Won the women’s senior eight at the 2007 USRowing Club National Championships...Won the women’s intermediate eight at the 2006 USRowing National Championships...Finished third in the women’s four with coxswain at the 2006 USRowing Youth National Championships...Finished second in the women’s junior eight at the 2005 USRowing National Championships.

Facts of Interest: Grace was a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society...She was invited to play on the USA Volleyball development team...Grace says she enjoys eating ‘round the clock and napping...She lists placing third with her sister in the junior women’s four with coxswain at the 2006 USRowing Youth National Championships as her most memorable sporting achievement...She played AAU and high school basketball and was recruited to play Division I volleyball...Grace lists her personal hero as her uncle Paul, who is an international investment banker...She will attend the University of Michigan in the fall.