Michigan Tech

High School: Rautiola is a 2026 graduate of Houghton High School where she was a member of the National Honors Society and a four-time academic All-State cross country honoree. She served as team captain for the 2025-26 cross country season. She earned First Team All-Conference honors in cross country in 2022 and was selected to the U.P. Dream Team three consecutive years (2022, 2023, and 2024). She was named the conference's Most Valuable Distance Runner during both the 2023 cross country and track & field seasons and again earned West PAC Most Valuable Distance Runner honors in 2025. She captured Division 1 Upper Peninsula cross country championships in 2022 and 2024 and was recognized as Houghton High School's Girls Cross Country MVP from 2022-24 and Girls Track & Field MVP from 2023-25. Additionally, she was named the West PAC Girls Runner of the Year in 2024. She holds personal-bests of 2:33.55 for the 800m, 5:31.4 in the 1,600m, 12:04.98 in the 3,200m and 19:11.6 for the 5k.
Personal: Tessa is the daughter of Jeff and Jane. While at Michigan Tech she plans to earn a degree in accounting.