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Kaelyn Gibson                  Class: Junior Hometown: Pittsford, N.Y High School: Pittsford Mendon Experience: 1V

AT TENNESSEE: FALL 2010: Earned three medals in the fall, including two golds...Closed out the fall in style, taking first place as part of the C8+ shell at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...Began the year with a gold medal in the eights and a bronze medal in the fours at the Chattanooga Head Race

AT TENNESSEE: 2009-10: Spent the entirety of the first season at Rocky Top as a member of the varsity squad...Rowed with the 2V8+ in all competitions...Won head-to-head matchups with Minnesota, Alabama and Dartmouth to open the spring campaign...Was a part of the second eight boat that finished second in the B Final at the prestigious Lake Natoma Invitational...Won a Conference USA Championship with the 2V8+ boat at the Aramark Sprints...Rowed with the second eight shell that won the C Final at the 2010 NCAA Championships...Took third at the Chattanooga Head Race in both the Championship 8+ and C2- boats...Finished in 24th-place in the C8+ at the Head of the Hooch and eighth-place in the season-ending Rivanna Romp.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Pittsford Mendon High School in Pittsford, N.Y., where she was a four-year letterwinner on the Viking basketball team...A two-year captain, she led the Vikings to the 2008 section title game, earning All-Greater Rochester honors...The hoopster was also named a Class-A All-Star in 2007 and 2008. Earned a gold medal as a sophomore and silver as a junior on the Western Region squad at the Empire State Games...Rowed with Pittsford Crew where she collected gold in the club 8+ at the 2007 New York State Rowing Championships.

PERSONAL: Chose Tennessee because of the strong rowing team and the highly respected women's athletic programs...Admires Lance Armstrong and Amelia Earhart...Father played football at Oregon...Has one sister, Lindsay...The daughter of Cliff and Karen Gibson, Kaelyn Lydia Gibson was born on Oct. 21, 1990, in San Francisco, Calif.