Erin Aldrich

Erin Marie Shean (née Aldrich) (born December 27, 1977, in Dallas, Texas) is an American high jumper and volleyball player.

She competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, in high jump.

College Career After graduating from Lake Highlands High School where she was a High School All-American in Volleyball in 1995 and 1996, she became a two-sport NCAA athlete. She competed for the Arizona Wildcats in both volleyball and track during the 1996-97 NCAA season and transferred to Texas to compete in track from 1997 to 2000 and Volleyball in the 1989-99 seasons.

Track She won four NCAA Championships and six Big 12 Championships in the high jump and was a 6-time All-American at Texas. In 1988 she won both the 1988 NCAA indoor and outdoor high jump titles and helped Texas win four consecutive NCAA indoor and outdoor Track and Field Championships from 1997 to 2000.

When she finished her career, she held 5 of the top 8 indoor jumps and 4 of the top 8 outdoor jumps in school history.

In 1999 she led the nation in triple doubles (6) and led the Texas Longhorns in kills (470), hitting percentage (0.325) and total blocks again (174) (5th most in school history) and was named the team's MVP as they advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals where they lost to #1 Long Beach. Against Nebraska, she set the school's single game kills Record with 32. Against Baylor she had 15 total blocks, tied for 4th most in a single game in school history, and the most in a five-set match. She set the school record for single season kills per set (4.80) and points per set (5.98) and had the 3rd most single-season block assists (143) in school history and broke her own record for blocks per set (1.78). She made the and All-Big 12 team, Academic All-Big 12 team, AVCA All-Region team and was a Volleyball Magazine 3rd team All-American.

Professional Career Track Her high jump career included finishing fourth at the 2001 Summer Universiade. She also competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and the World Championships in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2007 without reaching the final.

Her personal best jump is , first achieved in 1998 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Volleyball She played for the United States women's national volleyball team in 2002, 2003 (training) and 2006. From 2007 to 2008, she played for NEC Red Rockets.

Achievements All results regarding high jump. Representing the 1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 4th 1.88 m 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 22nd (q) 1.80 m 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 26th (q) 1.85 m 2001 Universiade Beijing, China 4th 1.88 m 2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada — NM 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 17th (q) 1.88 m 2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 24th (q) 1.88 m