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Ruth Whyman
Ruth Whyman

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Gloucestershire, England, UK

High School:
High School for Girls

Height:
6-1

Experience:
1V

06/05/2013

Pac-12 Awards Academic Honors to Huskies

A total of 24 Huskies earned first-team, second-team and honorable mention academic honors from the Pac-12 Conference.

06/02/2013

6th Place Finish For Washington at NCAAs

The Huskies wrapped up the final day of the NCAA Championships with a 6th place finish overall, highlighted by a bronze medal by the varsity four.

05/04/2013

Washington Owns Windermere Cup On Perfect Sunny Day

The men's and women's varsity eight rowed to their seventh straight Windermere Cup victories in the best weather and biggest crowd Opening Day has seen in years.

05/04/2013

Washington Owns Windermere Cup On Perfect Sunny Day

The men's and women's varsity eight rowed to their seventh straight Windermere Cup victories in the best weather and biggest crowd Opening Day has seen in years.

04/16/2013

Inside the Shellhouse with Ruth Whyman

Junior rower Ruth Whyman talks about the Huskies' trip to the San Diego Crew Classic, where they had their first test against intercollegiate competition in 2013.

High school Sports:Rowing, Field Hockey, Netball

Major at Washington: Journalism

Academic Honors: Named to the 2nd Team Pac-12 All-Academic Rowing Team in 2013 and 2012.

Rowing Honors & Awards: 2010 Junior European Champion, 2010 Junior World Champion

Husky Rowing Experience:

2013 (Junior) - Rowed five seat in the V8 Grand Final at the NCAA Championships. The V8 plaed fifth in their race, and the team took sixth overall...Took home silver rowing five seat for the varsity eight at the Pac-12 Championships...Rowed first seat for the winning V8+ at the Windermere Cup Regatta...Rowed in the five seat for the V8+ that placed first and took home the Simpson Cup at the Cal Dual...Rowed five seat for the winning Varsity Eight at the WSU Dual. Rowed five seat for the winning junior class in the Seattle Times' Women's Eight at the Class Day Regatta ...Rowed five seat for the V8 that took fifth in the Varsity Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic.2012 (Sophomore) - Rowed for the sophomore shell in the Seattle Times Women's Eight at the Class Day Regatta ... Rowed seven seat for the women's varsity eight to win the 2012 Windermere Cup ... Sat seven in the V8+ that won a bronze medal at Pac-12s ... Rowed seven seat in the Varsity Eight shell that placed sixth in the Grand Finale race at the NCAA Championships...2011 (Freshman) - Rowed four seat in the Husky varsity eight that competed at the NCAA Championships ... Rowed three seat for the women's 2V8+ boat that beat Western Washington and Seattle Pacific in the Women's Erickson Cascade Cup at the 25th annual Windermere...rowed for the victorious senior class in the 2011 Class Day Regatta.

Personal:Daughter of Mark and Stephanie Whyman. Father is a surgeon and mother is a nurse. Has one younger sister, Leah. Rowed for Gloucester Rowing Club in High School.

Go Huskies!