Tennessee Volunteers women's rowing
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The Tennessee Volunteers women's rowing team is the most recently added sport at the University of Tennessee (UT). The team began in 1995. From 2014 through 2024, the team competed in the Big 12 Conference, which took over the rowing league formerly operated by Conference USA. UT is joined in Big 12 rowing by one of its historic rivals in its all-sports league, the Southeastern Conference, in Alabama. The Volunteers, then known as Lady Volunteers, won their first conference championship in 2010.
Along with other UT women's sports teams, it used the nickname "Lady Volunteers" (or the short form "Lady Vols") until the 2015–16 school year, when the school dropped the "Lady" prefix from the nicknames of all women's teams except in basketball. In 2017 the “Lady Vol” name was reinstated.
Overview
During former head coach Lisa Glenn's 19-year stint at UT, she helped guide the 22-year program to seven appearances at the NCAA Rowing Championships, including three consecutive full-team selections in 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the 2010 season, Glenn led the Lady Vols to its first-ever Conference-USA ("C-USA") rowing championship. Glenn was also named C-USA Coach of the Year for her efforts in steering the Lady Vols. Under Glenn's guidance, senior Laura Miller was named the C-USA rower of the year, while three other Lady Vols captured All-Conference honors.
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