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Leia Till

5'11''
Height
Freshman
Class
Potomac, Md.
Hometown
Walt Whitman
High School
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Leia Till - Women's Rowing - Virginia Cavaliers

2022-23
• Pocock Racing Shells Second-Team All-America
• Named to the All-ACC first team
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
• Named to the ACC Honor Roll
• CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
• Earned the Susan J. Grossman Memorial Award in recognition of outstanding service to student-athletes and contributions to the Student-Athlete Mentor Program
• Member of the the Varsity Eight that placed 11th at the NCAA Championship
• Part of the Varsity Eight that rowed a runner-up finish at the ACC Championship
• Member of the Varsity Eight that was named ACC Crew of the Week (April 4)
• Placed fourth for Canada in the women’s four at the 2023 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
• Lettered

2021-22
• Part of the Varsity Eight that finished 12th at the NCAA Championships
• Helped the Varsity Eight to the ACC title
• Part of the ACC Crew of the Year
• Named to the All-ACC second team
• Invited to the 2022 USRowing Under 23 National Team Selection Camp
• Named to the All-ACC Academic team
• CRCA National Scholar-Athlete honoree
• Placed fourth with Canadian teammate Maya Meschkuleit in the women’s pair at the 2022 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy
• Named to the ACC Honor Roll
• Lettered

2020-21
• Helped the Varsity Eight to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships
• Part of the ACC champion Varsity Eight
• Part of the ACC Crew of the Year
• CRCA National Scholar-Athlete honoree
• Named to the All-ACC Academic team
• Earned CRCA/Pocock Honorable Mention All-America honors
• Named to the ACC Honor Roll
• Lettered

2019-20
• Named to the ACC Honor Roll
• Lettered

Background
• Varsity rower at Walt Whitman High School from 2017-2019 under head coach Kirkland Shipley
• Honorable mention First Boat All Met in 2019
• Won silver at Stotesbury in 2017 and 2019
• Fastest public high school at Youth Nationals 2019
• Varsity basketball player from 2016-2019 under head coach Peter Kenah
• Basketball team captain 2018-2019
• Basketball state champion 2015-2016
• Basketball state finalist 2016-2017
• Second-team all-county basketball team 2018 and 2019
• Member of TBC Racing team 2016-2019

Personal
• Daughter of Shawn and Leanne Till
• Father, Shawn, played basketball at McMasters University for 3 years and volleyball for 1 year
• Mother, Leanne, rowed at the University of Western Ontario
• Has two younger brothers, Ethan and Matthew
• Volunteered with Just Tryan It and Girls on the Run
• Recipient of the 2022-2023 John William and Mary Virginia Barnard Endowed Scholarship
• Biology major and psychology minor