Leia Till

Class:
Graduate Student
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Potomac, Md.
High School:
Walt Whitman
Prev School:
Virginia
Major:
Movement Science (Master's)

AT MICHIGAN
• All-Big Ten (second team, 2025)
• CSC Academic All-District (2025)
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2025)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2025)

PRIOR TO MICHIGAN
• Competed for the University of Virginia from the 2019-20 through 2023-24 seasons
• Rowed with Team Canada at the 2023 World Rowing U23 Championships, placing fourth in the 4+
• Placed fourth in the 2- with Team Canada at the 2022 World Rowing U23 Championships
• Three-time Pocock/CRCA All-American (second team, 2022, 2023; honorable mention, 2021)
• Spent the 2024 season training with Team Canada in preparation for the Summer Olympics in Paris
• Two-time All-ACC (first team, 2023; second team, 2022)
• Three-time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2021-22-13)
• Four-time ACC Honor Roll member (2020-21-22-23)
• Three-time All-ACC Academic Team
• Graduated (2023) with a degree in biology and a minor in psychology

Graduate (2024-25)
• Made her Michigan debut from the 1V8 (seven) place 15th in Championship Eight event at the Head Of The Charles Regatta (Oct. 20, 2024)
• Rowed in the fourth seat of the 1V8 as it finished second (6:27.17) against Syracuse and Penn in the morning session of the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up (March 22)
• Timed 6:14.6 with the 1V8 from the third seat against Yale during the afternoon session at the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up
• From the second seat of 1V8, timed 6:46.4 against Oklahoma and 7:04.8 against Virginia at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (March 29)
• Placed second (6:19.13) with the 1V8 in the fourth seat at Texas (April 12)
• Finished first (6:19.93) in the fourth seat in the morning and fourth (6:28.53) in the fifth seat of the 1V8 in the afternoon session on day one (April 18) of the Big Ten Invitational
• From the fourth seat, placed fourth (6:30.70) in the 1V8 on day two (April 19) of the Big Ten Invitational
• On the first day of the Big Ten Championship (May 17), helped the 1V8 advance to the grand finals in second place (6:30.17) from the stroke seat
• Earned bronze in 6:10.09 from the stroke seat of the 1V8 to help the team finish third overall on finals day of the Big Ten Championship (May 18)
• From the stroke seat, helped the 1V8 advance to petite finals and time 6:20.14 to finish 12th as a boat and 11th as a team at the NCAA Championship (June 1)

Senior (2023-24)
• Trained with Team Canada in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris

Senior (2022-23)
• Rowed in the 1V8 that placed second at the ACC Championship and 11th at the NCAA Championship
• Part of a boat that won ACC Crew of the Week (April 4) once during the season
• Received the Susan J. Grossman Memorial Award in recognition for outstanding service to student-athletes and contributions to the Student-Athlete Mentorship Program

Junior (2021-22)
• Rowed in the 1V8 that won a gold medal at the ACC Championship and placed 12th at the NCAA Championships
• Part of a boat that won ACC Crew of the Year

Sophomore (2020-21)
• Rowed in the 1V8 that won a gold medal at the ACC Championship and placed sixth at the NCAA Championship
• Part of a boat that won ACC Crew of the Year

Freshman (2019-20)
• Spring 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19

Prep
• Attended Walt Whitman High School (2019)
• Rowed for three years with the varsity program at Walt Whitman under coach Kirkland Shipley
• Honorable mention First Boat All-Met as a senior (2019)
• Silver medal winner at Stotesbury in 2017 and 2019
• Helped the Vikings to be the fastest public high school at Youth Nationals her senior year (2019)
• Also raced with TBC Racing from 2016-19
• Also a four-year varsity letter winner in basketball (2016-19) under head coach Peter Kenah
• A captain on the court (2019) who helped her team to two state title game appearances (2016, '17) with a title in 2016
• Named second-team All-County in both 2018 and 2019

Personal
• Daughter of Shawn and Leanne Till
• Father, Shawn, played basketball for three years and volleyball for one year at McMasters University
• Mother, Leanne, rowed at the University of Western Ontario
• Has two brothers, Ethan and Matthew
• Graduated from UVA with a degree in biology and a minor in psychology