Anna Lackner

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-5
Hometown:
Tomball, Texas
High School:
Frassati Catholic HS

CAREER NOTES: In her fourth season at Tulsa … Competed in 15 regattas for the Golden Hurricane as a coxswain … Has experience coxing Tulsa’s Varsity 4 and 8 boats.

1x CRCA Scholar-Athlete
1x CSC Academic All-District
1x Big 12 All-Academic Team
2x American Conference All-Academic Team

2024-25: Coxed for TU in six regattas as a junior.

Was Tulsa’s 4+ and 8+ coxswain at the Head of the Oklahoma.
Led Tulsa’s 1v8+ boat to a win and the 2v8+ crew to a runner-up finish at the Central Oklahoma Invitational.
Took second in the 2v8+ petite final at the Sarasota 2K.
Defeated Creighton in a 2v8+ head-to-head.
Placed third in all three rounds of 2v8+ racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational.
Earned silver in the 2v8+ at the Big 12 Championship.

2023-24: Coxed in five regattas during her sophomore season.

Beat UCO in a head-to-head 2v4+ race.
Defeated Creighton in 2v4+ and 3v8+ races.
Earned second and third place finishes in the 2v4+ at the Natoma Invitational.
Placed second, fifth and sixth in the three rounds of 2v4+ racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational.
Took silver in the 2v4+ at the American Championship.

2022-23: Coxed for the Golden Hurricane in four regattas as a true freshman.

In the 2nd Varsity 4+, topped Indiana and Minnesota in a tri-meet.
In a duel against Creighton, recorded a top time in the 2nd Varsity 4+.

PRIOR TO TULSA

Came to TU with no rowing experience. Joined the team as a walk-on.
Had 12 years of club swimming experience and was a four-year letterwinner in swimming and a two-year letterwinner in cross country for Frassati Catholic High School.
A two-time All-State swimmer at the TAPPS level in Texas. Won the gold medal in the 200 freestyle relay in 2022.
Was the FCHS Class of 2022 valedictorian.

PERSONAL

Parents are Steven and Mary.
Has two siblings, Isabella and Olivia.
Her sister, Isabella, ran track and cross country for Baylor, while her other sister, Olivia, ran for the SMU track and cross country teams.
Before a regatta, she eats oatmeal.
Favorite show is “The Middle.”
Favorite food is crème brulee.
Favorite book is “The Hunger Games.”
As a member of the Tulsa Undergrade Research Challenge (TURC) program, she converted an erg (rowing machine) into a human powered generator to produce electricity that could charge devices and power small household appliances.
Double majoring in chemical engineering and energy management.