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Colette Lucas-Conwell

5'4''
Height
Junior
Class
Palo Alto, Calif.
Hometown
Palo Alto
High School
Colette Lucas-Conwell - Women's Rowing - Virginia Cavaliers

2016-17
• All-ACC first-team honoree
• Coxed the Varsity Eight to a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships
• Coxed the Varsity Eight to a first-place finish at the ACC Championship
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Lettered

2015-16
• CRCA All-Region first team member
• Coxswain of the ACC Champion Varsity Eight that was named ACC Crew of the Year
• All-ACC first-team honoree
• Coxed the Varsity Eight to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships
• Coxed the Varsity Eight that finished with the third-best collegiate time at the Head of the Charles
• Coxed the Varsity Eight that won the Rivanna Romp
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Lettered

2014-15
• CRCA Second-Team All-American
• CRCA All-Region 3 first team member
• Coxswain of the ACC Champion Varsity Eight that was named ACC Crew of the Year
• Coxed the V8 to a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships
• Coxed the V8 that was the top collegiate crew at the Head of the Charles
• Named the coxswain for the U.S. women’s eight at the World Under-23 Championships
• Lettered

2013-14
• Coxed the ACC Champion Third Varsity Eight
• Coxed the Second Varsity Eight to a win over Michigan at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge
• Coxed the Varsity Four to an 11th-place finish at the Head of the Charles
• Lettered

Background
• Comes to UVa as an experienced coxswain
• Fourth in Women’s Lightweight Eight at 2013 USRowing Youth Nationals
• Bronze in Womens Lightweight Eight at 2013 Southwest Regionals
• Fourth in W8+ at 2013 Southwest Regionals
• Silver in Men’s Junior B8+ at 2011 USRowing Club Nationals
• Gold in Women’s 8+, Women’s 4+, and Mixed 8+ at 2010 SW Masters Regionals
• Winner of AP Scholar and Distinguished Scholar awards

Personal
• Daughter of Susan and Frederic Lucas-Conwell
• Has three sisters, Melanie, Caroline and Genevieve
• Sister, Melanie, rowed for the University of San Diego from 2008-11
• Sister, Caroline, played lacrosse for McGill University from 2010-13