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2017-18 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Shanny Lin

  • Position Butterfly
  • Ht./Wt. 5-0 /
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown El Paso, TX

Biography

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2016-17: Swam 100 free, 200 free, 1000 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM and relays ... Top individual times were 54.08 (100 free), 2:00.12 (200 free), 11:12.65 (1000 free), 1:00.09 (100 back), 2:14.57 (200 back), school record 57.15 (100 fly), school record 2:01.15 (200 fly), 2:08.42 (200 IM) and 4:41.69 (400 IM) ... School relay records in 400 medley (3:52.66) and 200 free (1:36.37) ... Robison Pool record in 200 medley relay (1:48.17) ... Compiled 386.00 individual points with 19 wins, seven runner-ups and two third place finishes ... Third on team in wins and points ... First in 400 medley relay at Liberty League Championship ... Second in 200 free relay and 200 medley relay ... First in 200 fly and second in 100 fly at New York State Championship ... Participated in 200 individual medley, 100 fly and 200 fly at NCAA Championship … Second in 200 fly at NCAA Championship to earn National All-America ... Collegeswimming.com Pre-Season All-America ... Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll once ... Liberty League Swimmer of the Week once ... Liberty League All-Academic ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... CSCAA Scholar All-America ... CoSIDA National Academic All-America First Team ... Team's Coaches Award ...

2015-16: Swam 100 free, 200 free, 1000 free, 100 back, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM and relays ... Top individual times were 54.08 (100 free), 2:02.06 (200 free), 11:26.82 (1000 free), 1:00.09 (100 back), 57.49 (100 fly), school record 2:01.19 (200 fly) and 2:08.42 (200 IM) ... First in 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 medley relay at Liberty League Championship ... Second in 200 IM, 400 medley relay and 400 free relay ... First in 200 fly and 400 medley relay at New York State Championship ... Second in 200 medley and 200 free relays ... Robison Pool records in 200 butterfly (2:02.75) and 200 medley relay (1:48.17) ... Participated in 200 individual medley, 100 fly and 200 fly at NCAA Championship … Fourth in 200 fly at NCAA Championship to earn National All-America ... Liberty League All-Academic ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... CSCAA Scholar All-America ... CoSIDA National Academic All-America Third Team ... 

2014-15: Second at Liberty League Championship in 200 fly, 400 free relay and 200 and 400 medley relays ... First in 200 fly at New York State Championship ... Personal record in 100 back (1:00.74) ... Personal records in 100 fly (school record 57.29) and 200 IM at New York State Championship ... Fourth in 200 fly at NCAA Championship with school record time of 2:02.09 ... School records in 200 medley relay (1:50.21) and 400 freestyle relay (3:35.58) ... Liberty League Rookie of the Week once ... Liberty League Swimmer of the Week twice ... CSCAA Scholar All-America ...

High School: Four years of swimming ... Captain as senior ... 

Personal: Electrical Engineering major ... Dean's List ... Rensselaer Athletics Female Athlete of the Year in 2015-16 ... Intern at Advanced Athletic Technologies (coder) ... Daughter of Linda and Jack Lin ...

On attending Rensselaer: "RPI was the university I liked the most from all my recruiting trips." - September 2016

Benefits of the undergraduate community at Rensselaer: "There's lots of great opportunities like research." - September 2016

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Butterfly
    5'0"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Butterfly
    5'0"
  • 2016-17Junior

    Butterfly
    5'0"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Butterfly
    5'0"