University of Tennessee Athletics
2008-09 Rowing Roster
Roster
Erin-Monique Shelton
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Upper Hutt, New Zealand
AT TENNESSEE:
FALL 2008: Opened the campaign with a gold in the champ 8+ and a silver in the champ 4+ at the Chattanooga Head Race...Rowed in the seven seat at the Head of the Charles Regatta, helping her shell to finish 14th in the C8+...Notched another first-place finish in the championship 8+ at the Head of the Tennessee...Also combined with fellow senior Caroline Howell to win the double...Brought home a bronze medal in both the C8+ and the C4+ at the Head of the Hooch...Capped the fall with two fourth-place finishes at the Rivanna Romp.
2007-08: Earned six medals during the fall season...Led her shell to gold in the C8+ at the Chattanooga Head Race and Head of the Hooch...Notched a win in the C4+ in Chattanooga...Helped the C8+ crew to fifth at the Head of the Charles, its best finish in program history...Teamed with Libi Bruncvíkova[apos] in the double, taking gold at the Head of the Hooch and silver at the Rivanna Romp...Led the V8+ to back-to-back wins over Minnesota and Louisville to open the spring...Helped the shell to defeat No. 4 Princeton and finish less than two seconds behind No. 2 Yale...Part of the highest-ranked V8+ in program history, taking the No. 4 spot on May 1...Guided the squad to sixth place in the grand final of the Aramark Sprints...Helped UT finish fourth in the 'C' final at NCAA Championships...Became Tennessee[apos]s second three-time CRCA Pocock All-American...Also named to the CRCA All-South Region First Team...Selected as a CRCA National Scholar Athlete...Collected her third Academic All-SEC honors.
2006-07: Claimed a silver in the C8+ and gold in the Champ 2x at the Chattanooga Head Race...Pushed UT to a seventh-place finish in the C8+ at the Head of the Charles Regatta...Earned two gold medals at the Head of the Tennessee...Won gold with the C8+ crew at the Head of the Hooch...Led UT[apos]s top C8+ shell to a third-place result at the Rivanna Romp...Competed with the First Eights for the entirety of the spring...Helped the V8+ top Louisville, Stanford and Washington State...Led her shell to a fourth-place finish in the V8+ grand final at Aramark Sprints...Part of Tennessee[apos]s third-place boat in the V8+ petite final at NCAA Championships...Claimed her second straight CRCA Pocock All-America selection...Earned First-Team All-South Region honors...Also named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete...Named Academic All-SEC.
2005-06: Member of the Club 8+ squad which took home the gold at the Head of the Charles and third in the Champ 8+ at the Head of the Hooch...Claimed a fourth-place finish in the C8+ event at the Rivanna Romp... Led her shell to the win over Louisville...Powered UT to a bronze medal in the grand finals of the Aramark Sprints...Assisted the shell to a 'C' final win at the NCAA Championships...Selected as a second-team CRCA Pocock All-American...Also garnered first-team CRCA All-South Region honors...Earned listing on the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll...Over the summer, broke a world record for ages 19-26 in the 100K indoor row.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduated from St. Oran[apos]s College in 2004...Member of the North Island Under 18 team from 2003-04 and New Zealand Youth Olympic Team in 2005...Set a world record in WU19 Indoor Rowing Marathon in 2004...Also a member of the cross country, tennis and netball teams.
PERSONAL:
Pursuing a degree in studio art with an emphasis in painting...Enjoys painting and drawing in her spare time...Aspires to represent New Zealand in the Olympics...Has one sister, Philippa, 26...Erin-Monique Shelton was born Dec. 17, 1986, in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, to parents Leo and Anthea Shelton.
GETTING TO KNOW ERIN-MONIQUE
What are your favorite foods? pasta, veggies, dark chocolate
What is your most prized possession? my imagination; without it I would be lost
Favorite thing about Knoxville: First Fridays at the downtown art galleries
What is something that most people don[apos]t know about you? that my favorite thing to do out of anything in the world is to eat breakfast with my nana
What is your dream job? be a (well-paid, of course) artist
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would they be? Sir Edmund Hillary, Wassily Kandinsky and Nana
