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Alex Shishkov                  Class: Senior Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario High School: Lorne Park Secondary School

AT TENNESSEE:

FALL 2007:

Took home the bronze medal in the C8+ at the Chattanooga Head Race...Part of the Club 8+ crew that took first at the Head of the Charles for the fourth time in six years...Helped her Open 4x shell finish second at the Head of the Hooch.

2006-07:

Won silver in the C8+ and gold in the Championship 2x with classmate Erin-Monique Shelton at the fall-opening Chattanooga Head Race...Also guided Champ 4+ crew to a fourth-place showing in Chattanooga...Helped UT to its top finish of seventh in the Championship 8+ at the Head of the Charles...Ranked third in the Champ 4+ at the Head of the Tennessee...Finished the fall in the second-place C8+ crew at the Head of the Hooch and as part of the third-place finisher in the Champ Eight at the Rivanna Romp...Led the 2V8+ shell to wins over Louisville, Stanford and Washington State in head-to-head races...Part of the Second Eight crew that topped Ohio State and Michigan in a tri-meet...Guided the 2V8+ group to a fifth place finish in the grand final at the Aramark Central/South Sprints...Named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete...Earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2005-06:

Rowed on five top-five crews in the fall, starting with the second-place Championship 8+ and fifth-place Championship 4+ squads at the Chattanooga Head Race...Member of the gold medal Club 8+ team at the Head of the Charles...Earned a bronze as part of the C8+ group at the Head of the Hooch...Spent the spring with the second Varsity 8+ earning the dual meet win over South Region rival Louisville...Also helped power the 2V8+ to a win over UCLA...Led group to a win in the quad race over George Washington, UMass and Princeton...Pushed shell across the line second in the petite finals at the Aramark Sprints/NCAA Central and South Regionals...Member of UT's first Second Eights entry at the NCAA Championships, where the crew finished fifth in the petite finals...Garnered recognition on the Lady Vol Fall, SEC Freshman Academic and Lady Vol Spring Honor Rolls.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Graduated from Lorne Park Secondary School in 2005...Won gold and silver medals in the doubles competition, silver in the Women's Eight and bronze in the singles competition as a member of the Ontario Provincial Team...Notched an eighth-place showing in the junior women's straight four as a member of the Canadian Junior National Team at the Junior World Competition in 2005.

PERSONAL:

Pursuing degrees in nutrition and exercise science with hopes to be a pediatric dietician...Has four siblings: Larissa, 19, Peter, 15, Gregory, 15, and Victor, 14...Alexandra Shishkov was born on Nov. 12, 1987, in Toronto, Ontario...She is the daughter of Alex and Lydia Shishkov.