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Erika Lauderdale                  Class: Senior Hometown: Bartlett, Tenn. High School: Arlington Experience: 2V

AT TENNESSEE: FALL 2010: Picked up right where she left off at the end of the 2010 season, capturing three gold medals...Part of the first-place eight boat at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...Rowed the C8+ to a 10th-place finish at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston...Opened the season in style, taking home two gold medals at the Chattanooga Head Race, in the eights and fours.

2009-10: Named to the CRCA All-South Region first team...Tapped as the 2009-10 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year...Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll...Spent the entire spring season in the top V8 boat...Helped the Orange and White record victories over Minnesota and Alabama...Part of the V8+ shell that won the petite final at the 2010 Lake Natoma Invitational...Earned a Conference USA Championship with the V8 at the 2010 Aramark Sprints...Part of the eights that competed at the 2010 NCAA Championships...Finished her first semester as a member of the varsity team with two bronze medals in four races...Helped her C8+ and Champ 4+ crews to third-place times at the Chattanooga Head Race...Earned a 24th-place finish with the C8+ shell at the Head of the Hooch and then capped the season with an eighth-place showing in the Rivanna Romp.

2008-09: Spent the fall season rowing with the novice 8+ crew and the spring campaign with the second varsity four boat...Helped her 2V4+ shell garner two runner-up finishes and a third-place finish in dual-races...Member of the crew that took silver in the D Finals of the 2V4+ race at the South/Central Aramark Sprints...Won a bronze medal with the novice eight boat at the Head of the Tennessee race, then followed with a 16th-place performance at the Head of the Hooch.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Arlington High School in Arlington, Tenn...Earned four varsity letters and spent one year as captain of the girls' soccer team...Took the soccer team to four consecutive district and regional titles... Named to the TACA All-State Soccer Team in the 2005-06 season, and was voted Best Defensive Player for the 2007-08 season...Lettered after spending one year as member of the girls basketball team.

PERSONAL: Plans to graduate with a degree in exercise science...Has a sister Kelsey...Erika Brooke Lauderdale was born on March 1, 1990, in Memphis, Tenn...Her parents are John and Carol Lauderdale.