Isabella Bejaran

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Varsity
Height:
5-4
High School:
Egg Harbor Township High School
Hometown:
Egg Harbor Township, N.J.

PRONUNCIATION

2023-24 | GRADUATE STUDENT
All-Big Ten First Team
Big Ten Boat of the Week (First Varsity Eight - March 19 and April 23)
CRCA Scholar Athlete Award
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
Academic All-Big Ten
• Served as one of three team captains for the Gophers in her fifth season
• Was the coxswain of the 1V8 boat at all eight regattas during the year, winning six races, including three straight from April 12-19
• Placed fifth on the 1V8 at the Big Ten Championship (May 19) to close the campaign
• Won two of three races at the Big Ten Invitational (Apr. 19-20) and finished third in the other behind two nationally-ranked opponents from Sarasota, Fla.
• Defeated both Kansas and Kansas State in duals at the Big 12/Big Ten Double Dual (Apr. 12-13)
• Finished in second place on the road during duals at No. 12 Ohio State (Apr. 6) and No. 16 Tennessee (Mar. 29)
• Opened the spring with a dual race win against Gonzaga (Mar. 10) in Chula Vista, Calif.
• Turned in a fourth-place result with the 1V8 and was seventh with the 1V4 at Virginia's Rivanna Romp (Nov. 12)
• Claimed a win with the 1V8 during the season-opening Head of the Mississippi Regatta (Oct. 7)

2022-23 | SENIOR
All-Big Ten Second Team
CRCA Scholar Athlete Award
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award
Academic All-Big Ten
• Served as the coxswain of the First Varsity Eight boat at all six regattas during the year and served as a team captain
• Guided the 1V8 boat to sixth place during the Big Ten Championship May 14
• Finished fifth in both races of the Dexter Lake Invitational Apr. 29
• Raced to second at the Big Ten & Big 12 Double Dual versus Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma Apr. 15
• Turned in a pair of third-place results and a fourth during three sessions at the Big Ten Invitational Apr. 7-8
• Finished third in a Double Dual against Indiana and Tulsa Mar. 25
• Led the group to a first-place finish in the season-opening Head of the Mississippi Regatta Oct. 1

2021-22 | JUNIOR
CRCA Scholar Athlete Award
Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed in five events on the season, being promoted to the coxswain of the First Varsity Eight boat
• Coxed the 1v8 boat to a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships
• Earned three second-place finishes on the season as the coxswain of the 1v8 boat
• Opened the season with a 15th place finish at the Head of the Charles Regatta
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete Award winner

2020-21 | SOPHOMORE
CRCA Scholar Athlete Award
Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed in five events on the season
• Coxed the Second Varsity Eight boat to a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships
• Coxed the 2v8 boat to a race win at the Iowa Rowing Regatta (4/24)
• Also lead the 2v8 boat in three other events on the season
• Competed in two events as the cox for the First Varsity Four boat, leading them to one race win on the season in the Saturday afternoon session of the Cardinal Invite
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete Award winner

2019-20 | FRESHMAN
• Coxed the 2V8 boat to a fourth-place finish at the Head of the Mississippi
• Season ended on March 12, 2020, when the Big Ten and NCAA announced they were ceasing competitions and championships because of COVID-19 public health concerns

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
• Graduate of Egg Harbor Township High School
• Two-year National Honor Society member
• Earned three varsity letters in rowing
• All-County selection in 2017
• 2017 Garden State Champion
• Coxed all four years in high school and served as the head coxswain for three of those years

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Juan and Carolina Bejaran
• Most memorable sports thrill was winning her 2017 Counties race in the last 10 strokes
• Completed a Nursing Integrative Therapies/Healing Graduate Certificate in May 2024