2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster

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Kate Shipley

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown New Hope, Pa.
  • High School Solebury School
  • INFLCR kathryn-kate-shipley

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CRCA Scholar-Athlete Team 2025-26
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2024, Spring 2025
 
Villanova Career: CAA bronze medalist with the 2V8 in 2025 and 2026 … Has appeared in 12 events.
 
2025-26: Coxswain in all six events for the Wildcats, primarily with the 2V8 … Picked up bronze medals with the Championship 4s (13:53.013) and Championship 8s (12:45.156) at the Head of the Schuylkill … Saw a second-place Grand Final finish (7:19.86) at the Ram Invitational … Finished as high as fourth (7:02.690) in three rounds of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational and posted a weekend-best time of 6:56.020 in the final round of action … Earned a bronze medal with the 2V8 at the CAA Championships, crossing in a season-best time for the boat in 6:47.649.

2024-25: Coxswain in 12 races across all six events for the season, starting with the 4s before moving to the 2V8 throughout the spring … Part of a Championship 4s boat that finished 13th at the Head of the Schuylkill in 14:29.943 … Helped the V4 to a fifth-place Petite Final showing with an 8:18.569 finish at Doc Hosea … Part of a 2V8 that had a strong weekend at the Lake Wheeler Invite, improving by eight seconds throughout three races to go from a fifth-place 7:02.136 showing in the first round to a fifth-place time of 6:54.157 in the third round … Earned bronze with the 2V8 at the CAA Championship with a 6:56.073 time.

Solebury School: Earned two varsity letters in lacrosse where she played attack.
 
Personal: Native of New Hope, Pa. … One of three children to John and Kitty Shipley … Has two siblings, Emma and Matthew … Plans to major in Psychology … “I chose Villanova University because of the strong, talented, and intelligent community because I knew that it would inspire me to be just as great.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

  • 2025-26Sophomore