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Sheya Lavin
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Newport Harbor
CAREER HONORS
- Big 12 Boat of the Week (3/22/23, 4/26/23)
- Two-time CRCA Scholar Athlete (2025 & 2026)
- Big 12 Academic All-Conference First Team -- 2024
- Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2024 & 2025
- VOLeaders Academy Class of 2023-24
2025-26 - SENIOR
- Finished fourth overall in the grand final of the second varsity eight at the 2026 NCAA Championships, with a time of 6:02.917 (5/31/26).
- Won the silver medal with the 2V8 crew at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line with a time of 6:22.968 ahead of No. 13 Alabama and Oklahoma (5/10/26).
- Placed fourth in the Princeton-hosted regatta at Lake Carnegie with a time of 6:28.9 in an event that featured top eight nationally ranked programs No. 3 Yale, No. 6 Princeton, and No. 8 Virginia (4/18/26).
- Helped lead the 2V4 boat to a win in the finals of the Rocky Top Invite, crossing the line with a time of 7:23.555 while placing ahead of boats from UCLA, Alabama, Penn, and Duke (4/4/26).
- Helped lead the 2V8 to a semifinals win in the semifinals of the Rocky Top Invite, finishing the race with a 6:33.707 and eight seconds ahead of second place No. 13 Duke (4/4/26).
- Earned a win in the opening heats in the II Eight at the Rocky Top Invite. Won over a stacked field that included No. 13 Alabama (6:36.246), USC (6:44.490), Minnesota (6:49.505), and Iowa (6:50.281) thanks to a 2,000-meter time of 6:31.336 (4/3/26).
- Featured for the 2V8+ crew in the season-opening dual in Oak Ridge against No. 1 Stanford, finishing the race with a time of 6:39.391 (3/28/26).
2024-25 - JUNIOR
- Posted a win in the NCAA Championship second varsity eight petite final, crossing in 6:24.586 to log a seventh-place 2V8 finish.
- Earned the 2V8 gold medal at the inaugural SEC Championship (5/11/25), delivering a time of 6:24.809 to hold off No. 2 Texas (6:26.430).
- In the second varsity eight race at the Princeton-hosted regatta (4/26/25), Tennessee clocked a time of 6:11.6 to beat Princeton by six seconds and finish nearly 17 seconds ahead of third-place, 10th-ranked Syracuse.
- In the second varsity eight race Saturday (4/19/25) at the Big Ten Invitational, Tennessee put down a time of 6:35.678 to take third behind Washington and Brown, beating out No. 12 Michigan, No. 11 Penn, and No. 14 Ohio State.
- UT's 2V8+ continued Tennessee's winning trend Friday afternoon (4/18/25), crossing in 6:28.438 for another comfortable win. The Lady Vols built a margin of nearly six seconds on Rutgers and almost 10 seconds on No. 12 Michigan.
- During the morning session of day one at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18/25) Tennessee’s second varsity eight crew posted a commanding win, clocking in at 6:27.128—more than 11 seconds ahead of second-place UCLA.
- On day two of the Rocky Top Invite (4/5/25), the 2V8+ crew put down a time of 6:34.506, earning the race victory while finishing ahead of No. 14 Duke and No 17 UCF.
- As part of the 2V8+ crew, logged a final time of 6:48.489 in its heat race on the opening day (4/4/25) of the Rocky Top Invite, which was 16.244 seconds stronger than that of Minnesota and 23.649 seconds quicker than North Carolina.
2023-24 - SOPHOMORE
- Spring season boat record: 38-9
- Competed primarily in the 1V4+ boat during the season.
- During the 1V4+ NCAA Championships Grand Final (6/2/24), placed fifth nationally with a time of 7:07.729. The Lady Vols crossed the line ahead of sixth-place Washington for the program’s best-ever 1V4+ NCAA finish.
- In Tennessee's 1V4+ boat for the NCAA Championships semifinals (6/1/24) picked up a third-place finish by fending off Michigan in the final 500 meters to advance to the NCAA Grand Final.
- A member of Tennessee’s Four crew during Friday’s NCAA Championships heat race (5/31/24) earned a hard-fought, second-place finish, with a time of 7:47.413. The Lady Vol boat crossed the line less than four seconds behind that of top-ranked Texas (7:43.529). The gap between Tennessee a third-place, No. 11 Pennsylvania was nearly 15 seconds, while the margin between UT and Duke was greater than 19 seconds.
- A member of Tennessee's 1V4+ crew at the Big 12 Championships (5/19/24), posted a time of 6:56.414—the best 1V4+ mark in Tennessee's nine Big 12 Championship appearances. That final time was good for second place and was over nine seconds ahead of third-place, No. 19 Alabama.
- Racing in UT’s 1V4+ boat during round three of the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/27/24), crossed the line in 7:10.435 to best second-place Alabama (7:26.457) by 16.022 seconds. UT's winning time served as the fastest time of any fours crew in the field during the regatta.
- Earned a dominant win for Tennessee’s 1V4+ crew in the Lake Wheeler Invitational’s (4/26/24) second round. Its time of 7:32.591 was a whopping 18.576 seconds faster than that of No. 10 Syracuse and approached being a minute faster (52.886 seconds) than Boston College.
- While in Tennessee’s first varsity four boat, posted a time of 7:30.541 in round one of the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/26/24) to earn a victory, outpacing No. 11 Pennsylvania (7:41.129), No. 11 Syracuse (7:44.107) and No. 18 Washington State (7:55.589), among others.
- Handled business as part of the 2V4+ crew, tallying a race win with a time of 7:19.229 on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (4/20/24). That finish, which improved UT’s 2V4+ crew to 11-0 this season, was nearly nine seconds ahead of Duke and 23-plus seconds ahead of fourth-place Indiana.
- Racing in Tennessee’s 1V4+ boat, earned a race win with a time of 7:20.584 in the afternoon session on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (4/19/24) in Sarasota.
- With a final time of 7:12.475, placed second in the 1V4+ race behind only No. 9 Michigan during the morning session on day one of the Big Ten Invitational (4/19/24).
- Opened the spring season with a race victory in the 1V4+, crossing the line in 7:11.7 at the home dual in Oak Ridge (3/29/24), over 25 seconds ahead of Minnesota’s crew.
2022-23 - FRESHMAN
- Member of the 2V8 boat during each race this season.
- Spring season boat record: 36-6.
- Won a silver medal at the Big 12 Championship to finish second thanks to a strong 6:32.137 effort (5/14/23).
- Posted a 7:06.9 mark for a win over the Tar Heels at the UVA Invite (4/29/23).
- Notched a 14-1 record at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22/23) with wins over No. 9 Syracuse, RV Alabama, RV Boston, RV Clemson, UCF, Georgetown, Navy, North Carolina, Louisville, Oklahoma and Boston College.
- Threw down a 6:49.259 effort, which was the third-fastest time of the day from the second varsity eights, for a first-place finish to round out the Invite.
- Won the first race of the regatta thanks to an impressive 6:27.189 time, which was the third-fastest mark by a second varsity eight boat during the morning and was faster than 14 of the first varsity eights.
- Crossed the finish line in first place with a time of 6:33.314 leading RV Iowa by more than five seconds during the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (4/8/2023).
- Threw down the fastest time of 6:39.260 placing first against No. 19 Alabama, RV Iowa and RV Wisconsin during the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (4/7/2023).
- The effort bested the times of the varsity eight boats from Michigan State, Minnesota, UCF, UCLA, and Wisconsin during the morning session.
- Crossed the finish line nearly eight seconds ahead of the Crimson Tide and 14 seconds ahead of the Sooners at the home dual against Alabama and Oklahoma (4/1/2023).
- Earned Big 12 Boat of the Week honors following a 6-2 performance during the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite (3/18-19/23).
- Opened the season with a 6-2 record during the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite with wins over RV Louisville, RV Clemson, RV Alabama and RV Wisconsin (3/18-19/23).
- Finished less than 0.1 seconds behind Duke to take second with a 6:31.361 effort, besting Wisconsin lightweight and Louisville in the final session of the day.
- In the Saturday afternoon session, the 2V8 clocked an impressive 6:22.623 time, narrowly off of the Big Orange’s top boat, garnering wins against Alabama, Clemson and Wisconsin.
- Wrapped up fall at the Head of The Charles Regatta, placing 21st out of 29 boats competing ending with a time of (16:08.662).
- Posted the third fastest time (17:13.0) out of six boats in the Women's Open Eight event at the Secret City Head Race to kick off the fall.
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