Kansas Jayhawks
Lillian Thomas - Women's Rowing - Kansas Jayhawks
Height 5'9''
Class Senior
Hometown Dayton, Ohio
High School Stivers School for the Arts

Career Honors

  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
  • Big 12 Boat of the Week, Second Varsity Eight (4/1)

2020-21 (JUNIOR)

  • Aided the team to a 3.55 spring GPA
  • Led team to be 2021 Sunflower Showdown Champions over Kansas State
  • Competed with the Second Varsity Eight against Oklahoma (3/27) taking first-place at 6:54.59
  • Maintained a second-place mark on both days of the Sunshine State Invite (4/2-3) with times of 7:31.07 and 8:02.37 respectively
  • Raced with the Second Varsity Eight against Kansas State at the Sunflower Showdown (5/1) finishing first at 7:33.3
  • Finished seventh overall at the Big 12 Championship with the Second Varsity Eight with a mark of 7:36.074
  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
  • A part of Second Varsity Eight to earn Big 12 Boat of the Week (4/1)

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)

  • No season due to the coronavirus

2018-19 (FRESHMAN)

  • Raced the Second Varsity Eight to a third place finish in the petite final at the Cooper Sprints (3/24) with a final time of 6:57.37
  • Raced for the Second Varsity Eight, finishing fifth in the grand finals of the Sunshine State Invite (4/6) with a final time of 6:43.70
  • Helped the Second Varsity Eight to a first place finish in the grand finals of the George Mason Invite (4/14) with a final time of 6:45.10

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Lettered in tennis and rowing at the Stivers School for the Arts
  • Placed second in the women’s youth 4x at the Head of the Hooch in 2016 and 2017
  • Qualified for the 2018 Youth National Championships
  • Awarded Most Improved Rower by her team in 2016 and captained her team in 2017-18

PERSONAL
Daughter of Lincoln and Maria Thomas … Has an older brother, Clay … Plans to major in exercise science with a minor in business.

Women's Rowing 🛶 Kansas Rowing Competes at Jayhawk Jamboree

The Kansas Rowing team got the opportunity to compete in front of their home fans at Burcham Park on Saturday as they hosted the Jayhawk Jamboree, which featured opponents from Creighton, Iowa and Kansas State.