Lucas Whitney McGee is a former US Rowing national team member, former Oxford Blue Boat member, and current freshman coach of rowing at University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

. Luke began his rowing career at 15 years old while attending Loyola Academy

Loyola Academy

Loyola Academy is a private, co-educational college preparatory high school, located in Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, it is one of 47 Jesuit high schools in the United States and is a member of the Jesuit Secondary Education...

 after his father Ray and brother Josh encouraged him to try out for the team. After high school, he attended Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 for a year, but then transferred to Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

 where he rowed competitively and was captain of his crew. Luke returned to Brown in the fall of 2004 and coached the Freshmen from 2004-2007. Since 2004, McGee's first freshmen crews have captured three Eastern Sprints Championships, two Pac-10 Championships and a gold medal the IRA National Championship.

Education

• Oxford University 2001 - 2002
• Brown University
  Brown University
  Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
  
   1998 - 2001
• Yale University
  Yale University
  Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
  
   1997 - 1998
• Loyola Academy
  Loyola Academy
  Loyola Academy is a private, co-educational college preparatory high school, located in Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, it is one of 47 Jesuit high schools in the United States and is a member of the Jesuit Secondary Education...
  
  1993 - 1997

Rowing Record

• 2006: Senior World's USA Spare, Eton, England
• 2003: Senior World's USA 4+, Milan, Italy (gold)
• 2002: Senior World's USA 4-, Seville, Spain (12th)
• 2002: The Boat Race, Oxford Blue Boat (1st)
• 2001: Senior World’s USA 8+, Lucerne, Switzerland (4th)
• 2000: U23 USA 8+, Copenhagen, Denmark (bronze)
• 2000: Henley Royal Regatta Brown University Ladies Plate Champions
• 2000: Eastern Sprint Brown University Varsity 8+ (gold)
• 1999: U23 USA 8+, Hamburg, Germany (gold)
• 1999: Eastern Sprint Brown University Varsity 8+ (silver)
• 1997: Junior World Championships, USA 8+ (silver)
• 1997: Midwest Scholastic Championships (gold)

External links

• Lucas McGee's official profile