SMU Athletics

2024-25 (Gr 2.) – Raced with the 1v4 in the first two events, competed with the 2v8 at the Longhorn Invitational and raced with the 1v8 at the ACC Championship … finished in third at the Big Ten Invitational session one with the first varsity four ahead of UCLA, Michigan State and Oregon State … finished ahead of Oklahoma at the Longhorn Invite 2v8 with a time of 7:07.584 … finished in fifth on day one of the ACC Championship (6:33.999) ahead of Notre Dame … in the petite final finished in fourth ahead of Notre Dame and Boston College

2023-24 (Gr.) - Named First Team All-Conference by the AAC ... competed with the 2v8 at the San Diego Crew Classic and the 1v8 at the Big 10 Invitational ... finished in second in the 1v8 at the AAC Championship with a time of 6:42.217, helping the Mustangs secure their fourth straight team title ... raced with 1v8 at the NCAA Championship where the Mustangs finished in 21st.

2022-23 (Sr.) – Competed with the second varsity four at the AACs … finished in first with a nine second advantage in the first race of the day … moved to first varsity four for the NCAA Championship … finished in third in the opening round to earn a spot in the A/B semifinals … after a sixth-place finish in the semifinals, moved to the petite finals where the boat finished in fourth (10^th nationally) as the Mustangs went on to finish in ninth as a team


PRIOR TO SMU: Attended Syracuse University from 2019-21… 2019-20 Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll and Syracuse University Dean's List distinction… rowed for Conal Groom at Mission Rowing in Santa Barbara, Calif. … won gold at 2018 USRowing Northwest Regional Championship… finished eighth at 2019 USRowing Youth National Championship… Key Boathouse Leader at Seattle Rowing Center… Golden Rigger Award at Stanford Rowing Center.

PERSONAL: Majoring in sport management… daughter of Kurt and Michele Bilafer… mother ran cross country for University of Southern California... has one brother, Nicholas.