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Patricia Menendez
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Gotha, Fla.
- High School:
- Olympia
HONORS
- SEC Freshman of the Week (4/16/25)
- SEC First-Year Honor Roll -- 2025
2025-26 - SOPHOMORE
- Helped lead the 1V4 crew to a silver medal at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line with a time of 7:13.742 while placing ahead of #13 Alabama and Oklahoma (5/10/26).
- In the second varsity four event at the Princeton-hosted regatta at Carnegie Lake, Tennessee placed first with a time of 7:19.7 to finish over threes seconds ahead of third-ranked Yale. Also defeated boats from #6 Princeton and #8 Virginia in the contest (4/18/26).
- Competed in the finals of the II Eight on day two of the Rocky Top Invite, where the Lady Vols took the win with a time of 6:41.442. Defeated multiple ranked boats in race including Penn, Alabama, USC and Duke (4/4/26).
- Helped lead the 2V8 to a semifinals win in the semifinals of the Rocky Top Invite, finishing the race with a 6:33.707 and eight seconds ahead of second place No. 13 Duke (4/4/26).
- Earned a win in the opening heats in the II Eight at the Rocky Top Invite. Won over a stacked field that included No. 13 Alabama (6:36.246), USC (6:44.490), Minnesota (6:49.505), and Iowa (6:50.281) thanks to a 2,000-meter time of 6:31.336 (4/3/26).
- Competed as part of 2V8 boat in dual against Stanford (3/28/26), finishing the race with a time of 6:39.391 and placing second in the race.
2024-25 - FRESHMAN
- Posted a win in the NCAA Championship second varsity eight petite final, crossing in 6:24.586 to log a seventh-place 2V8 finish.
- Earned the 1V8 silver medal at the inaugural SEC Championship (5/11/25), leading No. 2 Texas at the 1,000-meter mark before crossing with a final time of 6:15.586.
- Coxed the Lady Vols' first varsity eight crew to a blazing time of 5:57.6 at the Princeton-hosted regatta (4/26/25) to earn a commanding victory over sixth-ranked Princeton (6:01.1), No. 10 Syracuse (6:13.5) and No. 16 Ohio State (6:22.8).
- Tennessee’s first varsity eight crew earned a marquee win over No. 3 Washington and four other top-14 teams Saturday (4/19/25) at the Big Ten Invitational. With a final time of 6:20.834, coxed UT to a nearly two-second win over the Huskies (6:22.568) and crossed comfortably ahead of No. 7 Brown (6:29.397), No. 12 Michigan (6:30.702), No. 11 Penn (6:32.431) and No. 14 Ohio State (6:36.266).
- Tennessee's 1V8+ group earned a second victory Friday (4/18/25) in Sarasota by clocking in at 6:15.157 to conquer No. 9 Rutgers by five seconds. The Lady Vols also finished over 10 seconds ahead of No. 11 Penn and No. 12 Michigan.
- During the morning session of day one at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18/25), coxed Tennessee's first varsity eight crew to a dominant performance, crossing the line in 6:14.654 to beat No. 14 Ohio State by nearly nine seconds, putting down the second-fastest time of any boat in the field on day one.
- On day two of the Rocky Top Invite (4/5/25), coxed Tennessee's first varsity eight crew to a first-place finish in the A Final with a final time of 6:20.714, nearly nine seconds ahead of second-place, No. 17 UCF's 1V8+ and nearly 23 seconds faster than third-place, 14th-ranked Duke.
- Put down a time of 6:38.798 as the coxswain of UT’s first varsity eight, which crossed the line 22.549 seconds ahead of No. 20 North Carolina's 1V8+ boat on the opening day of the inaugural Rocky Top Invite (4/4/25).
PERSONAL
- Born Nov. 9, 2005, in Gotha, Fla.
- Daughter of Jose and Elsa Menendez
- Graduated from Olympia High School
- Majoring in Finance
- Earned the Most Valuable Coxswain Award from her high school in 2023 and 2024
- Coxed the Women's Varsity 8 during her junior and senior years of high school
- Placed ninth nationally while serving as a coxswain the 8+ at the 2021 Women's U17
- Crossed the line third in the Southeast Women Varisty 4+ in 2023
- Her high school rowing coach was Kirsten Anderson
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