2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Austyn Sirmon
- Position:
- Port/Starboard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Monte Vista HS
- Hometown:
- Alamo, Calif.
2023-24
Rowed varsity four (V4+), third varsity eight (3V8+) and fourth varsity eight (4V8+) crews during her senior season… rowed bow seat in UCLA’s V4+ crew at the season-opening regatta against USC and Loyola Marymount (March 23)… also rowed bow seat in UCLA’s V4+ crew, cashing in two first-place finishes at the Lake Natoma Invitational (April 6)… rowed bow seat in the V4+ crew during the Big Ten Invitational, capturing second place out of five boats (April 20)… rowed bow seat for the Bruins’ 3V8+ crew at the Dexter Lake Invitational in Lowell, Oregon, helping the Bruins to a first place over USC and Oregon State (April 27)… rowed two seat in UCLA’s 4V8+ crew at the Pac-12 Championships in Sacramento, California (May 19).
2022-23
Rowed in the Bruins’ second and third varsity eight crews (2V8+, 3V8) as a junior … rowed three seat in the Bruins’ second varsity eight crew in the season-opening dual-meet competition against USC (March 11) … rowed bow seat in the Bruins’ 2V8+ boat at the two-day Big Ten Invitational in Sarasota, Fla. (April 7-8) … helped UCLA’s 2V8+ crew to a first-place finish in a four-boat heat in the morning session on day one at the Big Ten Invitational … rowed bow seat in the 3V8+ crew at the Bruins’ dual-meet competition against Loyola Marymount in Marina del Rey (April 22) … rowed bow seat in the 3V8+ crew at the Dexter Lake Invitational in Lowell, Ore. (April 29) … led UCLA’s third varsity eight to a first-place finish in the morning session and a second-place finish in the afternoon session at the Dexter Lake Invitational … rowed bow seat in the 3V8+ crew at the Pac-12 Championships on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Ore. (May 14) … UCLA’s 3V8+ crew finished in fourth place in a seven-boat race at the conference championships.
2021-22
Rowed in every event during UCLA’s spring racing season during her sophomore season … was honored on the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll at the conclusion of the spring season for the second straight season … rowed bow seat in the varsity four (V4+) crew in season-opening races against USC (March 13) … rowed three seat in the second varsity eight (2V8+) crew at the two-day San Diego Crew Classic (March 26-27) … helped UCLA’s 2V8+ boat to a third-place finish on Mission Bay on day one and into the ‘A’ final race on day two … rowed bow seat in the second varsity four (2V4+) crew at the two-day Pac-12 Invitational (April 9-10) at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nev. … rowed two seat in the V4+ boat in a dual-meet victory against Loyola Marymount (April 16) … also rowed two seat in the varsity four (V4+) crew at the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas (April 30) … rowed bow seat in the 2V8+ crew at the Pac-12 Championships on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Ore. (May 15).
2020-21
Rowed in the Bruins’ third varsity eight (3V8+) and varsity four (V4+) crews during her freshman campaign … was named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll … rowed bow seat in the second varsity eight (2V8+) in the team’s season-opening dual-meet win against Loyola Marymount (March 13) … rowed seven seat in the 3V8+ in a dual-meet victory against USC (March 27) … rowed three seat in the V4+ against the University of San Diego (April 24) … rowed seven seat in the 3V8+ in races against Stanford and USC (May 1) … rowed bow seat in the V4+ crew at Pac-12 Championships (May 16).
High School
Attended Monte Vista High School (California) for two years and Brentwood Academy (Tennessee) for two years … was a two-year varsity letterwinner on the track and field team at Brentwood Academy … also participated on the varsity cheer squad for four years … as a freshman and sophomore, competed for the back-to-back state championship track and field team … while at Brentwood Academy, competed at Nationals on the varsity cheer squad (freshman, sophomore) … was a National Honor Society Member.
Club
Rowed for the Oakland Strokes … stroked the novice four (N4+) that finished in second place at the USRowing Southwest Youth Championships in 2019 … placed third in the varsity eight (V8+) at the Head of the Hooch in 2019 … received the Kate Berko Award for leadership in 2019.
Personal
Full name: Austyn Presley Sirmon … born in Nashville, Tenn. … is the daughter of Peter and Lindsay Sirmon … has one older brother, Jackson, and two younger sisters, Savanna and Sadie … has multiple family members who have competed in collegiate athletics – father (Peter) played linebacker at Oregon (1996-99) and spent seven years in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans … brother (Jackson) played football at Washington (Seattle) … has three uncles who all played college football (Idaho, Montana and Oregon State) and one aunt who was on the golf team at Baylor (Texas) … education major.
