University of Tennessee Athletics
2019-20 Rowing Roster
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Bales, Lexi
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Lexi Bales
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Sevierville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Gatlinburg-Pittman HS
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- CRCA National Scholar-Athlete -- 2021, 2022
- Big 12 Academic All-Conference First Team -- 2020, 2021, 2022
- SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
2021-22 - SENIOR
- Member of the 1V4 boat for the entire season.
- Competed in five regattas and eight races during the year.
- Defeated North Carolina in a head-to-head race during the UVA Invite (3/26/22).
- Opened the season with three wins during the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite (3/19-20/22), besting Clemson and Tulsa (twice).
2020-21 - JUNIOR
- Helped guide Tennessee to a 17th-place team finish at the 2021 NCAA Championships.
- Won the D Final at the NCAA Championships in the 1V4, posting a time of 7:36.939 to finish nearly 13 seconds ahead of second-place Northeastern (7:49.837) and earn 19th place overall.
- Placed third in the 1V4 at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 8:16.405.
- Notched a first-place finish in the 1V4 on day two of the Big Ten Invitational, holding off Notre Dame, No. 17 Minnesota and Michigan State with a weekend-best time of 7:25.075.
- Placed second in the face-off with Alabama in the 2V4, making it down the course in 7:40.8.
- In the 2V4 that finished first in two of its three races at ORCI, besting SMU, Notre Dame, Clemson and Tulsa on day one and finishing second behind Alabama on day two.
2019-20 - SOPHOMORE
- Placed third in the Women's Collegiate 2- race with a time of 21:01.7 at the Secret City Head Race
2018-19 - FRESHMAN
- Part of the 3V8 crew that placed fourth, the highest finish of the day for Tennessee, at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 7:01.625.
- Finished second in the 3V8 race with a time of 6:21.2 against Alabama in Oak Ridge.
- Rowed the two seat in the 3V8 boat at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational and took first-place with a time of 6:03.451.
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Jaime and Paul Bales
- Majoring in Biochemistry
- Plans to become an orthodontist
- High school honors: Valedictorian, Top 10% Principal's Leadership Award, Ronald Reagan Student Leader Award, CAREacter Athletic Award
- High school activities: Interact Club, Smoky Mountain Youth Leadership, Mu Alpha Theta, 4-H, Richardson's Cove Baptist Church Youth Group
- Golf-- Competed at the district and regional level as an individualist all four years of HS; competed at the state tournament junior and senior year
- Basketball-- Career performance: 19 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks
- On her biggest sports influences: "My family-- We are so competitive! My grandfather would say, 'If you are playing kick the can, try to kick it the farthest.'"
- Outside of sports she enjoys traveling and wakeboarding.
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Thursday, August 15
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Thursday, February 01
Rowing | 2023 Senior Video
Monday, May 22
