Abigail Christiansen Class: Senior Hometown: Maple City, Mich. High School: Glen Lake Community High School

2011: Rowed with the novice eight, second varsity eight, and the varsity four ... Took a second place finish in the Petite Finals of the NCAA Regatta with a time of 6:37.28, a 00:00.15 margin over Princeton... Placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 7:20.56 with the varsity four ... Defeated Boston University, Gonzaga and Indiana to capture the Dale England Cup by margins of 14.7 seconds, 7 seconds, and 5.5 seconds... Topped Clemson by a margin of 10.1 seconds and Texas by 4.3 seconds.

Prior to MSU: Lettered in track all four years of high school along with basketball her sophomore through senior seasons and golf as a senior... received All Conference accolades in track and field all four seasons... Honored with the track and field Academic Award all four years... named the Best Defensive Player in basketball her junior year... Elected captain of track her sophomore through senior seasons, basketball her junior and senior seasons and golf as a senior... Honored as the Detroit Free Press Scholar Athlete of 2008 and received the US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award.

Personal:Born September 1, 1989... Daughter of Paul and Joie Christiansen...Father was a manager of the MSU men's basketball team... Sister, Katie, ran track at Hillsdale College... First cousin, Sophie, was a gold-winning Para-Olympian and a World Champion in dressage for Great Britain... Majoring in human biology.