After seven years as a competitive gymnast and one year of cross country, Rivers Sheehan found her passion in track and field.
Rivers Sheehan is Cate School’s Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Sheehan, who specializes in sprints and jumps, was selected as Cate School’s Scholar Athlete of the Year during Monday’s Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe.
She was also a pole vaulter prior to her arrival at Cate but she had to shelve that dream because “they didn’t have a pit and I enjoyed horizontal jumps more,” said Sheehan.
She’s a triple-threat in the jumps as she competes in the high jump, triple jump and long jump as well as running on the 4×100 relay team. She was the Russell Cup MVP in 2016, the Frontier League MVP in 2017 and holds league and school records in the triple jump. She’s a multiple champion in the Santa Barbara County meet and has competed in the CIF-Southern Section Championships, the New Balance Nationals Outdoor and the Stanford Invitational.
Sheehan has a 4.5 GPA in advanced courses like French Literature, Statistics (Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus), Biology Electives and English (American Wilderness). She received the Cate Centennial Book Award, which goes to one or two students a year when warranted.
She will attend Harvard University in the fall and plans to major in Public or Global Health with minors in Math or Art.
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