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Kacey Montgomery                  Class: Senior Hometown: Apopka, Fla. High School: Lake Brantley H.S. Height: 6-0 Position: Rower Birthdate: 11/17/1980

"Kacey is a focused individual who has the desire to be good at whatever she does. As she aligns herself for what lies beyond college, I expect her to remain focused on her last competitive collegiate season. Kacey must remain calm, strong and consistent to be the presence the team needs her to be."

FALL 2002: Opened the season by helping her shell claim victory in the Championship 8+ at the Chattanooga Head Race...Rowed in UT's 8+ shell that placed 25th in a 47-boat field in the Championship 8+ at the Head of the Charles...Member of the Championship 8+ shell that placed third behind two boats from the Canadian National Team at the Head of the Chattahoochee...2001-02: Maintained her seat in the Varsity 8+ boat, winning gold at both the Head of the Chattanooga and Head of the Charles...Continued to be a fixture on the Varsity 8+ squad during the spring season...Helped row her team to a gold medal at the SIRA Championships...Her Varsity 8+ shell also placed first at the Tennessee Invitational...Earned second-team All-South Region honors from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA)...Named edsouth Lady Vol Scholar-Athlete of the Year and garnered first-team Verizon Academic All-America accolades...Also honored as a CRCA National Scholar-Athlete, an Academic All-SEC selection and Lady Vol Honor Roll recipient...2000-01: One of seven Lady Vols to be named a CRCA Scholar-Athlete...Only Lady Vol to be named first-team All-South Region by the CRCA...Found herself entrenched in the Varsity 8+ shell throughout the spring...Crew finished sixth during the Grand Finals of the SIRA Championships...Her shell captured second during the San Diego Crew Classic after earning the number one seed the previous day...Won six medals during the fall season, including three golds, a silver and two bronzes...Led the Lady Vol sophomore class with a grade point average of 4.00...1999-2000: Made her debut as a Lady Vol with the Varsity 8+ boat and stayed in that boat over the course of the year, sculling her team to three first-place finishes...Tied for top grade point average of the freshman class with a 4.0...Named to the Lady Vol Honor Roll...Member of the Lady Vol Top Ten...

A 1999 graduate of Lake Brantley High, she earned three varsity letters with the rowing team...Her Varsity Four placed third at the Florida State Championship in 1999...Received the team's "Best Rower" award following her senior campaign...She was a member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club and played the saxophone in the school band...Graduated 12th in her class...

Majoring in biology with a concentration in microbiology, Montgomery hopes to attend medical school following graduation...Aspires to become an anesthesiologist...Enjoys skiing and sailing...Has one brother, Cody, 24...Kacey Anne Montgomery was born on Nov. 17, 1980, in Florissant, Mo...Her parents are Richard and Karen Montgomery.