Bates College

2017-18: Rowed with the second varsity eight as the 2V won its fifth consecutive gold medal at the NCAA Championships and the Bobcats won their third national title in the last four years.... Senior Scholar Award recipient.... NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection.... NIRC All-Academic selection.... First Bobcat to be nominated by the NESCAC for NCAA Woman of the Year since track and field's Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan '10 in 2010.... Graduated with an honors degree in chemistry.... A four-year dean's list student, she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, the scientific research society Sigma Xi, and Bates' College Key.... She received the Mary Brushwein Award from the Bates chemistry department, twice earned the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association's Scholar-Athlete Award, and was named to the NESCAC All-Academic Team three times.... On the strength of her academic promise, Wilhelm was invited by the Bates chemistry department to conduct an honors thesis in her senior year.... Her completed thesis is titled Investigating the Relationship between Osmotic Stress and mRNA Degradation Rates in Borrelia burgdorferi, the Causative Agent of Lyme Disease.... Wilhelm developed a passion for helping and teaching others during her time at Bates.... She served as a student manager for the Academic Resource Commons at Bates, overseeing peer tutors and developing workshops for supplemental learning for students.... She also assisted the Residence Life staff, working as a Junior Advisor and Residence Coordinator, and was a fellow for the Bates Career Development Center.... Wilhelm worked as a teaching and research assistant in the Bates chemistry department and guided campus tours for the Bates Admission Office.... Off campus, she volunteered as a teaching assistant in a science classroom in the Lewiston public schools and volunteered at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.

2016-17: NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection.... Served as an alternate at the 2017 NCAA Rowing Championships, which saw Bates win its second national championship in three seasons.... Rowed for the third varsity eight at the National Invitational Rowing Championships.

2015-16: CRCA Scholar Athlete.... Served as an alternate rower for the Bobcats as Bates finished national runner-up at the NCAA Championships for the sixth time in program history.