Player Bio: Erin Lashnits
Player Bio: Erin LashnitsPlayer Bio: Erin Lashnits
Women's Swimming & Diving

Player Bio: Erin Lashnits

  Erin Lashnits
Hometown:
Chappaqua, NY
High School:
Horace Greeley HS
Height:
5-6
Event:
Diving
Experience:
2001-05
Last Club:
Whirlwind Diving

Personal-Bests

Collegiate:1-Meter Championship (429.30), 1-Meter Dual (242.62), 1-Meter 6 Optionals (190.25), 3-Meter Championship (405.80), 3-Meter Dual (236.10), Platform (369.10)

General: Has developed into a consistent scorer at the Pac-10 level and hoping to qualify for the NCAA's for the first time in her collegiate career in her senior season • A hard worker who is a favorite of her teammates and coaches.

Cardinal Career: Had her best season to date as a junior, posting collegiate career-best point totals in all six diving categories and capping it off with a fifth-place finish in the platform at the Pac-10 Championships.

As A Junior In 2003-04: Had a nice campaign with collegiate personal-bests in all six diving categories • Posted her best Pac-10 finish ever by taking fifth in the platform diving competition at the Pac-10 Championship with a personal-best 369.10 points • Was also 10th in the 1-meter (231.40) and 14th in the 3-meter (381.70) at the Pac-10's • Tied for ninth in the platform (323.25) at the NCAA Zone E Meet, while taking 14th in the 3-meter (personal-best 405.80) and 17th in the 1-meter (personal-best 429.30) • Had top regular season finishes of third-place in the 1-meter in a non-conference meet versus California as well as a non-scoring fourth-place effort in the 3-meter at USC.

As A Sophomore In 2002-03: Finished 15th in the 1-meter (218.70 prelims) and platform (316.40 prelims), as well as 23rd in the 3-meter (369.85 prelims) at the Pac-10 Championships • Second Team Pac-10 All-Academic.

As A Freshman In 2001-02: Finished 19th in the 1-meter (206.50 prelims), 20th in the platform (274.55 prelims) and 23rd in the 3-meter (327.25 prelims) at the Pac-10 Championships • Top regular season showings were a pair of seventh-place finishes in the 1-meter (226.65) versus Arizona and the 3-meter (206.32) against California.

International Competition: Finished in the Top 12 at the 1998 Grand Prix du Muguet in France.

National Competition: A four-time Junior Nationals and six-time East Junior Nationals qualifier • YMCA national champion in 2000 and 2001 in the 1-meter, and second-place in the 3-meter the same two years while competing with Whirlwind Diving, winners of the YMCA national title for five straight years from 1997-2001.

High School: A 2001 graduate of Horace Greeley High School • A four-time section champion • An honorable mention All-American and eighth-place state finisher as a senior • Named to her All-Section and All-League teams four times each • Set a school point record for six and 11 dives as a freshman and then later broke her own record for 11 dives as a senior • Team won four straight sectional titles • Coached by Chuck Sehulster • Also participated in track and field for one season, earning Academic All-American honors • National Merit finalist.

Club: Primary diving team was Whirlwind Diving but has also dove for Triple Lindy Diving and Flip N Rip Diving • Coached by Joe Somma (Whirlwind), Clark Falkenstein (Triple Lindy) and Maria Coomeraswamy (Flip N Rip).

Coaching Staff On Lashnits: "Erin has been a joy to coach in her first three years at Stanford. Her attitude is infectious and helps everyone on the team. I hope that she will be rewarded with her effort this season, because she has already rewarded us with her presence and commitment to this team."

Getting To Know Erin Lashnits

Pronunciation:lash-NITS
Parents:Tom and Judi Lashnits
Major:Astrobiology
Contemplated Profession:Astronaut
Last Summer:Erin worked as an intern in a microbiology lab at the NASA Ames Research Center
Budding Writer:Erin is a features columnist for the Stanford Daily (Stanford's Student Newspaper)
Hobbies:Snowboarding, mountain biking, crossword puzzles

Last Updated: 1/26/05