2025-26 Men's Crew (Heavyweight) Roster

Lawson Banks

  • Class First Year
  • Hometown Sydney, Australia

Biography

Before Yale:
  • Competed in rowing, rugby, figure skating and bull riding at Shore School in North Sydney, Australia
  • Silver Medal U23 8+ Australian Championships 2025
  • Silver Medal Club M8+ Australian Championships 2024/2025
  • Bronze Medal U19 8+ 2023
  • Combined AAGPS 8+ 2023
Personal:
  • Son of Rachel and Wayne Banks
  • Enjoys surfing, was a state champion in jump rope, skateboards, can be a sommelier, reads bedtime stories and drop bear hunts
  • Worked six months as a laborer and moved 3,000 bricks 100m by roundbottom wheelbarrow in under three days
Why Yale? “The culture of the team. Would die for these coaches and these boys. Truly a place unlike any other.”