2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Lillian Davidson-Walshe
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Pioneer
- Hometown:
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
2025 (Junior): CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Award recipient … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten … In the 2V8, finished second in its semifinal heat (7:02.44) to advance to the A Final, where it finished sixth (6:48.24) at the at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/28-29) … At Eastern Michigan (4/5), earned an open-water victory over the hosts (6:36.6) in the second varsity eight … Was in the second varsity eight at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), finishing fourth by four-tenths of a second in the first race, ( 6:39.374) – ahead of Ohio State and SMU; MSU tied for fifth in a dead heat in its second race with Clemson ( 6:43.569) and rebounded with a third-place heat finish on Saturday morning in a time of 6:46.077 behind Oklahoma and SMU … Clocked in a time of 7:47.47, raced in the second varsity eight and finished third to Indiana and a length back on Notre Dame at the Dale England Cup (4/26) … In the second varsity eight at IRA sprints (5/4), took the victory in the petite final (7:16.653, open water over second-place Drexel) after narrowly missing the grand final in the morning heats … In the 2V8, won the Petite Final at the Big Ten Championships (5/17-18), finishing seventh overall in a time of 6:33.436, a full second ahead of UCLA (6:34.420).
2024 (Sophomore): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … In MSU’s A entry into the second varsity four, earned a third-place finish (8:08.25) at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), and followed that with a second-place finish in the Grand Final (7:25.85) ... Finished second to host Michigan (4/6) in the second varsity four (7:47.3) ... In the varsity four, finished third behind Alabama and Clemson (7:48.19), fourth behind Indiana, Notre Dame and SMU (7:56.07), and third behind Clemson and UCLA and ahead of Minnesota and Oklahoma (7:37.56) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the varsity four (8:05.8) ... In the second varsity eight at Sprints (5/5), finished second in the morning prelims behind Rutgers (7:13.87) and advanced to the Grand Final, finishing fifth (7:14.86) behind Brown, Rutgers, Columbia, and Dartmouth ... In the varsity eight, finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 6:36.510.
Prior to MSU: Rowed with Ann Arbor Pioneer High School and the Washtenaw Rowing Center … Won silver twice with the freshman eight crew and bronze with the novice eights … Took home silver with the freshman 4+ at the Michigan State Championship … Her junior year, won gold at the Michigan State Championship with the varsity 4+ and the varsity 8+ boats … Crew Captain of the women's team her senior year and co-captain of both the men's and women's teams.
Personal: Born on September 25, 2004 … Has a sister, Gwen … Enjoys playing violin and learning to speak Korean … Plans to major in Economics and aspires to be an international business lawyer.
