2004-05: Entered the season as a recruit, rowing in the seven seat for the Junior Varsity Eight boat most of the year...JV Eight emerged victorious at the Parker Cup Regatta and finished third at the Miller Cup Regatta...Also sat in the stroke seat for the JV Eight at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships.
High School: Rowed for Rio Salado Rowing Club...Finished eighth in quad at Southwest Junior Regatta in 2004...Competed in track & field, softball, golf and volleyball...State runner-up in discus in 2004...All-city selection in discus and shot put...Scholar-athlete.
Personal: Michelle Christine Rusin was born Oct. 6, 1985, in Lake Forest, Ill....Daughter of Edmund Rusin and Kelly Jans...Hobbies include snowboarding and reading...Favorite athlete is Lance Armstrong...Plans to double major in kinesiology and women[apos]s studies...Considering career as a physical education instructor or strength coach.