University of Minnesota Athletics

2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster

Sullivan Erin

Erin Sullivan

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Position:
    Varsity
  • Height:
    5-10
  • High School:
    Berwick Academy
  • Hometown:
    Amesbury, Mass.
  • Prev School:
    Bucknell
2022-23 | GRADUATE STUDENT
CRCA Scholar Athlete Award
• Competed with the First Varsity Eight boat for all six regattas during her only season with the Gophers
• Helped the 1V8 boat to sixth during the Big Ten Championship May 14
• Placed fifth in both races of the Dexter Lake Invitational Apr. 29
• Raced to second at the Big Ten & Big 12 Double Dual versus Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma Apr. 15
• Turned in a pair of third-place results along with a fourth during three sessions at the Big Ten Invitational Apr. 7-8
• Finished third in a Double Dual against Indiana and Tulsa Mar. 25
• Recorded a first-place finish in her Gophers debut during the season-opening Head of the Mississippi Regatta Oct. 1

2021-22 | SENIOR (at Bucknell)
First Team All-Patriot League
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
• Part of Bucknell's Patriot League Boat of the Year winning a gold medal at the 2022 Patriot League Championship pushing the team to a second-place finish
• From the stroke seat, helped the Bison to the third-largest margin of victory in a Varsity Eight final in league history with a final time of 6:49.813
• The Bison Varsity Eight went 5-1 in dual competition, and on Apr. 9 at Saratoga Springs defeated Harvard for the first time in program history
 
2020-21 | JUNIOR (at Bucknell)
First Team All-Patriot League
• Rowed in the 7 seat in the Varsity Eight all spring
• Helped the V8+ to silver medals at the Patriot League Championships, which led to a second-place team finish
• Part of a V8+ that turned in an undefeated regular season, including home dual wins over Colgate, Delaware and Connecticut, as well as first place at the George Cup on the Occoquan River
• The V8+ was twice named Patriot League Boat of the Week
 
2019-20 | SOPHOMORE (at Bucknell)
Pocock All-America Nominee
• Raced with the 1V8+ at the 1969 Cup and was part of a second-place finish 
 
2018-19 | FRESHMAN (at Bucknell)
First Team All-Patriot League
• Was one of only two freshmen on the All-PL First Team (the other was a Navy coxswain)
• Earned a spot in the stroke seat in the 1V8+ and helped guide that boat to a silver medal at the Patriot League Championships
• Paced the Bison to a runner-up finish at the Cooper Invitational and fourth-place performances at the Dad Vail Regatta and the Cherry Hill Invitational
 
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Scott and Kimberly Sullivan
• Has one brother, Ryan
• Became the fourth Bucknell rower to earn three or more all-conference honors before transferring to Minnesota
• Captained the rowing, cross country and swimming teams at Berwick Academy in South Berwick, Maine
• Two-year captain of the rowing team
• Team MVP as a junior
• Member of the Varsity Four for three seasons
• Went undefeated in 2016 and won MYRA championships all three years
• Competed for Great Bay Rowing in Dover, N.H.
• Helped lead the Berwick Academy swim team to three NEPSAC championships
• MVP of the varsity cross country team as a freshman
Third Varsity Four Wins Again at B1G Invite
Monday, April 21
Second Novice Eight Wins at B1G Invite
Monday, April 21
First Varsity Four Wins at B1G Invite
Saturday, April 19
Third Varsity Four Wins at B1G Invite
Saturday, April 19