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Lia Prins
Lia Prins

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Walla Walla, Wash.
High School:
Walla Walla
Height:
5-10

High School Sports: Cross Country, Soccer, Swimming, Track.
Honors and Awards: Named honor scholar of the swim team ... Captained her cross country team at Walla Walla high school ... Recipient of the Nance J. Blize scholarship award ... Rowed in the 2006 B.C. Championships in the pair and the double ... Rowed with fellow Husky teammate Rachel Powers at the 2008 USRowing Club National Regatta, placing second and third in the women's pair events ... Named to the 2008 Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team.
Major at Washington: Art.

Husky Rowing Experience: 2008 (Junior) - Rowed bow seat in the varsity eight that won the Jessop-Whittier Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic ... Moved to bow seat of the junior varsity eight, helping that boat to defeat California during the regular season ... Winner of the Erickson Memorial Cascade Cup at the Windermere Cup Regatta ... Collected a bronze medal in the JV eight at the NCAA Championships, helping the Huskies to a second place team finish. 2007 (Sophomore) - Rowed in the varsity four that won the Husky Open. 2006 (Freshman) - Spent her first season at UW rowing with the novice eight that won at the Windermere Cup ... Helped the Huskies novice boat to a second-place finish at the Pac-10 Championships.

Personal: Daughter of Brenda and Wendell Prins ... Mother is a teacher and father is a retired Sergeant of the Washington State Patrol ... Has a younger brother, Gregory (18), and a younger sister, Erika (19).

Go Huskies!