Ali Matthews

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Louisville, KY
High School:
Atherton

2024-25: Competed in the Music City Head Race and the Head of the Hooch in the fall as well as the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, Sarasota 2K, SIRA Championship Regatta, Lake Wheeler Invitational and the ACC Championship in the spring season… At the Music City Head Race, rowed at the No. 1 seat in the Varsity 8C boat that finished fourth and the No. 4 seat to help Varsity 4E boat to a sixth place finish (out of 20 boats)… At the Head of the Hooch, rowed at the No. 2 seat in the Varsity 8C boat that finished third in the Women’s Championship 8+ and the No. 2 seat in the Varsity 4E boat that finished fifth in the Women’s Championship 4+ race… At the ORCI, rowed at the No. 2 seat in the 2V4 boat to a third place finish in its heat on Saturday and a third place finish in its heat with a time on Sunday… At the Sarasota 2K, rowed at the No. 2 seat in the 2V4 boat to a third place finish in its heat on Friday and a third place finish on Saturday… At the SIRA Championship Regatta, rowed at seat No.1 for the Varsity 4B boat for a third place finish in the time trial and a fourth place showing in the semifinals… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, rowed at the No. 1 seat, helping the 2V4 boat to a fourth-place finish in its heat and another fourth-place showing in Friday’s second round… Helped the 2V4 to a time of finish fifth in Saturday’s third round at Lake Wheeler...Rowed at the No. 8 seat in the 3V8 boat that finished sixth in its heat on Friday and in Saturday’s Petite Final… Named to the All-ACC Academic Rowing Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023-24: At the Alabama Head of the Black Warrior River – Rowed with 4V4 boat came in 12^th place with a time of 19:38.4… At the Rivanna Romp aboard the 2V8 boat that clocked a time of 15:01.7… At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, on the V4 boat that finished third with a time of 7:25.917 in the morning session and first in the evening with a time of 7:23.701; the V4 boat placed second with a time of 7:32.312 on the final day of the ORCI… At the Sunshine State Invitational, on the V4 boat that finished sixth with a time of 8:15.37 and seventh in the petite final (7:42.07)… At the SIRA Championship, on the 2V8B boat that finished third in its semifinal with a time of 7:21.468 and fifth with a time of 7:08.939 in the ‘A’ final… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, helped the 3V8 boat place sixth in the morning heat (7:57.838) and fourth in afternoon heat (7:48.196); the 3V8 boat clocked a time of 7:29.747 for a sixth-place showing in its heat Saturday at Lake Wheeler… At the ACC Rowing Championship, helped the V4 boat finish second in the petite final with a time of 7:39.445… Named to ACC All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll

2022-23: At Rivanna Romp, she rowed the 2V8 boat that clocked in at 13:57.5 to finish in 12^th in the 20-boat field. At Rivanna Romp, she also rowed in the 5v4 boat that was 27^th with a time of 16:22.3. In the morning session of the ORCI, she rowed in the 2V8 boat that finished third with a time of 6:44.590. In the afternoon session of the ORCI, she rowed in the 2V8 boat that finished third, turning in a 6:56.908. In the Sunday session of the ORCI, she rowed in the 2V8 boat that finished fourth, just two seconds out of third. At the Sunshine State Invitational, she rowed in the 2V8 boat to a third-place finish with a time of 6:55.46. In the grand final of the 2V8 race, she rowed the Cardinals to a seventh-place finish with a time of 6:44.80. Against Michigan, she was aboard the 2V4 boat that turned in the third-place time of 8:13.41. In the prelims of the ACC Championship in Raleigh, she rowed the 3V8 boat to a third-place finish in 7:11.992 to advance to the grand final. In the grand final of the ACC Championships, she rowed the 3V8 boat to a sixth-place finish with a time of 7:25.658.

2021-22: Ali was in the Novice 8 boat the turned in a time of 16:55.8 at the Rivanna Romp. Ali joined the Cardinals as a novice this year. She attended Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky.

Personal: She is the daughter of Mitch Matthews and Judith Frame. Born April 10. Major is biology.