Princeton University Athletics
2026 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Patrick Shaw
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- Xavier College
Awards:
IRA 2V Gold Medal (2026)
Eastern Sprints 2V Gold Medal (2026)
IRCA Second Team All-America (2025)
Eastern Sprints 1V Silver Medal (2024)
Eastern Sprints 1V Bronze Medal (2025)
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2023)
Henley Royal Regatta Ladies' Plate Champion (2024)
20226: Raced with the 2V at every regatta … helped the 2V win its first gold medal at the IRA National Championships since 1998 … helped the 2V win gold at Eastern Sprints, which contributed to the Tigers’ Rowe Cup victory … part of wins over Georgetown, La Salle, Temple, Navy, Penn, Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Cornell and Brown
2025: Rowed on the 1V in every race … helped the 1V win bronze at Eastern Sprints … part of the 1V that finished fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … helped the Tigers earn a Lake Carnegie best time and win the Content Cup against No. 4 Brown … part of the 1V that won the Carnegie Cup against No 8 Yale and No. 15 Cornell … led Princeton to a Childs Cup win against No. 10 Penn and No. 16 Columbia … contributed to the Tigers’ victory over No. 15 Navy … part of a boat that opened the season with wins over No. 16 Georgetown, No. 18 La Salle and No. 24 Temple
2024: On the 1V that had its first undefeated regular season since 2006 … Helped the 1V to victories over No. 17 Drexel, No. 18 Georgetown, No. 23 Temple, No. 17 Navy for the Navy-Princeton Cup, No. 9 Penn/No. 16 Columbia for the Childs Cup, No. 1 Harvard for the Compton Cup, No. 5 Yale/No. 14 Cornell for the Carnegie Cup and No. 6 Brown for the Content Cup … The victory over No. 1 Harvard was only the fourth time since the Compton Cup started in 1933 that Princeton has won consecutive races against Harvard (1933-36, 1956-57, 2015-16, 2023-24) … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … 1V won silver at Eastern Sprints, helping the team to the Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016 … Paced the 1V to fourth in the IRA National Championship Grand Final, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, winning the Ladies' Plate crown.
2023: Rowed on the 2V … Helped the boat beat Georgetown, Drexel, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Cornell … Led 2V to a silver medal at Eastern Sprints ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta.
Before Princeton:
Xavier College: Senior captain that set the school record in the 5km and 2km erg … State Champions in the Male 4+ in 2018 … Team was third in the State Championship Regatta in the 8+ … Participated in AFL … School Prefect … Academic Excellence Award in VCE.
Personal: Son of Barbara and Michael Shaw.
IRA 2V Gold Medal (2026)
Eastern Sprints 2V Gold Medal (2026)
IRCA Second Team All-America (2025)
Eastern Sprints 1V Silver Medal (2024)
Eastern Sprints 1V Bronze Medal (2025)
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2023)
Henley Royal Regatta Ladies' Plate Champion (2024)
20226: Raced with the 2V at every regatta … helped the 2V win its first gold medal at the IRA National Championships since 1998 … helped the 2V win gold at Eastern Sprints, which contributed to the Tigers’ Rowe Cup victory … part of wins over Georgetown, La Salle, Temple, Navy, Penn, Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Cornell and Brown
2025: Rowed on the 1V in every race … helped the 1V win bronze at Eastern Sprints … part of the 1V that finished fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … helped the Tigers earn a Lake Carnegie best time and win the Content Cup against No. 4 Brown … part of the 1V that won the Carnegie Cup against No 8 Yale and No. 15 Cornell … led Princeton to a Childs Cup win against No. 10 Penn and No. 16 Columbia … contributed to the Tigers’ victory over No. 15 Navy … part of a boat that opened the season with wins over No. 16 Georgetown, No. 18 La Salle and No. 24 Temple
2024: On the 1V that had its first undefeated regular season since 2006 … Helped the 1V to victories over No. 17 Drexel, No. 18 Georgetown, No. 23 Temple, No. 17 Navy for the Navy-Princeton Cup, No. 9 Penn/No. 16 Columbia for the Childs Cup, No. 1 Harvard for the Compton Cup, No. 5 Yale/No. 14 Cornell for the Carnegie Cup and No. 6 Brown for the Content Cup … The victory over No. 1 Harvard was only the fourth time since the Compton Cup started in 1933 that Princeton has won consecutive races against Harvard (1933-36, 1956-57, 2015-16, 2023-24) … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … 1V won silver at Eastern Sprints, helping the team to the Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016 … Paced the 1V to fourth in the IRA National Championship Grand Final, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, winning the Ladies' Plate crown.
2023: Rowed on the 2V … Helped the boat beat Georgetown, Drexel, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Cornell … Led 2V to a silver medal at Eastern Sprints ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta.
Before Princeton:
Xavier College: Senior captain that set the school record in the 5km and 2km erg … State Champions in the Male 4+ in 2018 … Team was third in the State Championship Regatta in the 8+ … Participated in AFL … School Prefect … Academic Excellence Award in VCE.
Personal: Son of Barbara and Michael Shaw.
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