2018 WVU Rowing Guide by Joe Swan

ROWING QUICK FACTS

Rowing is one of the original sports in the modern Olympic Games. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, was a rower. Rowers are third largest U.S. delegation (48 athletes)

The first amateur sport organization was a rowing club – Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Navy – founded in 1858.

From 1920 until 1956, the USA won the gold medal in the men’s eight at every Olympic Game.

to the Olympic Games.

Rowing was the first intercollegiate sport contested in the United States. The first rowing race was between Harvard and Yale in 1852. The first rowing club in the U.S. was the Detroit Boat club, founded in 1839.

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The first national governing body for a sport in the United States was rowing. Founded as the National Association for Amateur Oarsmen in 1872, it was changed in 1982 to the United States Rowing Association.

In 1843, Yale College founded the first collegiate boat club in the U.S.

Physiologists claim that rowing a 2,000-meter race – equivalent to 1.25 miles – is equal to playing back-toback basketball games.

In 1999, the U.S. men’s eight won its third consecutive Gold medal at the World Championships, a first in U.S. history. In 2013, the U.S. women’s eight won gold and extended its streak of eight consecutive world or Olympic titles at the World Rowing Championships.

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Contents

Big 12 Conference �� 2

2018 Preview

Rowing 101 �� 4

2018 Schedule �� 46

Rowing Tips �� 6 Henley Royal Regatta �� 7

2016-17 Review

In The Spotlight �� 8

A Look Back at 2017 �� 48

In The Community �� 9

2017 Results �� 49

WVU Boathouse �� 10 Strength And Conditioning �� 12 Athletic Training �� 14

Record Book Regatta Visits �� 52

Student-Athlete Support �� 16

All-Time Opponents �� 52

Campus Life �� 18

Awards and Honors �� 52

Coaching Staff

Henley Royal Regatta �� 54

Jimmy King �� 22

All-Time Results �� 55

Kim Gilmour �� 24

Letterwinners �� 66

Tina Griffith �� 25 Graduate Assistant Kayla Thieken �� 26 Support Staff �� 26

West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee �� 68 Director of Athletics Shane Lyons �� 69

Mountaineer Profiles Roster �� 28

Senior Staff/Head Coaches �� 70

2018 Returner Bios �� 29

Athletic Facilities �� 71

Newcomer Bios �� 40

Media Information �� 72

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Conference

BIG 12

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Big 12 Conference is in its 20th year as it continues to promote the strength and success of the nation’s premier athletic conferences under the direction of third-year commissioner Bob Bowlsby.

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Big 12 Conference, comprised of 10 members, remains the only major conference in the nation to determine its champions in all sports directly on the field of play with a full round-robin schedule.

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Virginia and TCU joined the league on July 1, 2012, and became the Big 12’s first additions since inception, joining Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech.

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rowing, affiliate members Alabama, Old Dominion and Tennessee will join Big 12 opponents Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia.

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12 institutions create a league that encompasses five states and nearly 37 million people. More than 4,200 student-athletes from across the United States and around the world compete annually in the sports sponsored by the conference.

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the water, in the classroom or in the community, studentathletes, administrators, coaches and game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship.

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it began competition in 1996-97, the Big 12 can boast 54 NCAA team titles and 587 individual National Championships.

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conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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ROWING AFFILIATES

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Rowing 101 STERN

COXSWAIN (pronounced cox-n): Steers the boat and is the on-the-water coach and strategist for the crew. Must weigh at least 100 lbs. The coxswain may sit in the stern or lie in the bow of the shell.

When watching a team row, look for good timing. See if all the oars and bodies are moving together. Technique and synchronization are the keys to being successful. Not only does each member have to do their part, but the crew must work in sync. All strokes must be simultaneous; one rower can make the difference for the entire crew if they do not work together. The crew makes it look easy is most likely the crew doing the best job.

HERE’S WHAT TO WATCH FOR:

(bolted into the foot rests)

SLIDING SEAT (on rollers)

Maintaining the speed of the shell: The shells don’t move at a consistent speed (slowest at the catch, quickest at the release). A good crew times the catch at the right moment to maintain the speed of the shell. Stroke rate: With each stroke, the crew is trying to make an excellent run (distance the shell goes in one stroke cycle). During the race, the number of strokes per minute will vary, from 42 to 50 at the start, 34 to 40 in the body and 38 to 42 at the finish.

OTHER THINGS TO WATCH FOR:

Continuous, fluid motion of rowers: all good rowers must have power to move the boat through the water, and must be in top physical condition.

In case of a false start, or broken equipment within the first 100 meters, competitors are called back. A boat responsible for two false starts are disqualified.

Synchronization: the bodies of the crew must move in unison.

Boats must stay in their lanes, though there is no penalty for crossing the buoys so long as this does not hinder other competitors and the boat crosses the finish line in the judge’s view.

Clean catches with the blade: Watch to see if all crew members hit the catch together – and that all the oar blades enter the water at the same time. Even bladework: When the blades are brought out of the water, they should all move horizontally at the same height, just above the water.

ROWER’S SHOES

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The course is followed by an umpire in a motorboat, who judges whether the competitors are following the rules. The boat that crosses the finish line first wins the race.

BOW (crosses the finish line first)

RIGGER (bolted into the side of the shell and holds the oars)

OARLOCK

Novice:: A rower who is new to the sport, and is in it’s the first year of collegiate competition. Varsity: The collegiate rower who competes beyond the novice level. Head Race: Head races are the traditional fall regatta, in which boats cross the starting line at full speed at roughly 15 second intervals. The course usually involves navigating three miles of river, around bends and under bridges. Regatta: Regatta is the name of rowing events in which several crews compete. Racing Categories: There are several different events at regattas. Typically, the Varsity 8+ event is the most elite, consisting of a team’s best eight rowers. A program’s overall speed is usually measured by how well its top 8+ finishes at a race.

Shell: A boat used in the rowing races. It seats nine people for an eight (eight rowers and a coxswain), and five people for a four (four rowers and a coxswain). It ranges in length from 45 feet for a four to 58 feet for an eight.

Engine Room: Middle rowers in the boat. Generally the biggest and strongest rowers in the boat.

Boat

Coxswain (cox): Person who steers the shell from a seat located in the stern of an 8+ or a lying position in the bow of a 4+. The cox is also the on-the-water coach for the crew.

Used to drive the boat forward: rowers do not use paddles. Seat Number: Rower’s position in the boat that counts up from the bow. The person closest to the bow of the boat is the “bow,” followed by the 2, then 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and finally 8 or “stroke.” Bow: Rower closest to the front (or bow) of a multi-person shell, and the first part of the boat to cross the finish line. Rigger: The triangular shaped metal device that is bolted onto the side of the boat and holds the oars. WVURowing

Blade: The end of the oar which pulls the boat through the water.

Stroke:The rower who sits closest to the stern. The stroke sets the rhythm for the boat; others behind her must follow his/her cadence. Stern: The rear of the boat; the direction the rowers are facing. Power 10: A call for rowers to do 10 of their best, most powerful strokes. It’s a strategy used to pull ahead of a competitor.

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Tips

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crew makes it look easy is most likely the crew doing the best job. Here’s what to watch for:

■■ Continuous,

fluid motion of rowers: all good rowers must have power to move the boat through the water, and must be in top physical condition.

■■ Synchronization:

the bodies of the crew must move in unison.

■■ Clean

catches with the blade: Watch to see if all crew members hit the catch together – and that all the oar blades enter the water at the same time.

■■ Even

bladework: When the blades are brought out of the water, they should all move horizontally at the same height, just above the water.

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■■ Maintaining

the speed of the shell: The shells don’t move at a consistent speed (slowest at the catch, quickest at the release). A good crew times the catch at the right moment to maintain the speed of the shell.

■■ Stroke

rate: With each stroke, the crew is trying to make an excellent run (distance the shell goes in one stroke cycle). During the race, the number of strokes per minute will vary, from 42 to 50 at the start, 34 to 40 in the body and 38 to 42 at the finish.

Other things to watch for: ■■ In

case of a false start, or broken equipment within the first 100 meters, competitors are called back. A boat responsible for two false starts are disqualified.

■■ Boats

must stay in their lanes, though there is no penalty for crossing the buoys so long as this does not hinder other competitors and the boat crosses the finish line in the judge’s view.

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course is followed by an umpire in a motorboat, who judges whether the competitors are following the rules. The boat that crosses the finish line first wins the race.

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HENLEY

A Royal Finish

Take five women who never rowed prior to college, give them an experienced coach and a boat, and this is the fairytale story of the West Virginia University rowing team. After a successful showing in the program’s debut season, the Varsity 4+ did something outstanding – qualify for rowing’s most prestigious event – the Henley Royal Regatta. When the four team of Tina Griffith, Rishi Kelley, Erin Nisbet, Noelle Dodge and coxswain Christine DeRienzo finished first at the Dad Vail Regatta, the nation’s largest collegiate race, the team was selected to represent the United States at the Henley. The Mountaineers were selected to attend the big race by the organizers of Dad Vail not only for their first-place finish, but also because they felt WVU had the best chance to win in England. The team was excited to travel to England and represent the state of West Virginia and the U.S. at such a prestigious international regatta. In the town of Henley, rowing is the premier sport and is the center of the town’s attention. “The town of Henley was great,” said former associate head coach Tina Griffith. “You didn’t have to explain to everyone what rowing was, like you do here. It is just one big mass of rowers and people who hold it in high regard. It was definitely a different feel.” The regatta began in 1839 and has been held each year since, except during the World Wars. It started as an afternoon event, but is now held over the course of five days with more than 500 teams comp eting in 17 events. Because the Henley began before either the England Rowing Association or the International Rowing Federation were created, the Royal Regatta features a longer course and a different style of racing. The women’s course is one mile and 550 yards, which is slightly longer than the distance of a 2,000 meter course. The women only race one team at a time, with the winner advancing to the next round. “The race format is completely different here than it is in normal races,” Griffith said. “Here, you race in heats, like sprints in track, but there it was one-on-one, like a bracket. It was more personal, and you have to do a lot more racing. Each time it felt like there was more on the line, only one was surviving, not the top-three.” WVU’s four team started the competition strong, sailing through the first, second and third rounds, before eventually losing in the finals to Oxford Brookes University (England). Although, the team was eliminated, they broke the course record and made it further than any other team the Dad Vail committee had selected. “I was very grateful for the opportunity, and it was exciting, but it was mainly another opportunity to prove ourselves,” Griffith said. “To be honest, it really didn’t matter the competitor. We just wanted to race and win, and that is one big reason why I think we did so well.” Attending the Henley was a royal finish to the team’s Cinderella year and an experience they will never forget. The team not only made a mark in the

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IN THE

Spotlight ■■ Choosing

to become a Mountaineer is special. Without a professional sports team in the state, folks across the state and throughout the region love West Virginia University athletics.

■■ No

school helps its student-athletes more than the people at WVU.

■■ Mountaineers

have the unique opportunity to represent themselves, their teammates and their university to news, media, alumni, friends, family and the general public.

■■ If

you take advantage of these opportunities, it can have a positive effect, not only on your career as a student-athlete at West Virginia, but also on your life after you have donned the Old Gold and Blue.

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“It’s very important that we are involved in the community because we are the beneficiaries of tremendous support on a myriad of levels,” said coach Jimmy King.

Community

IN THE

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West Virginia University rowing team works hard on the water to ensure that it represents the Old Gold and Blue in the best manner possible during competition. However, the Mountaineers also work hard to give back to those who make the city of Morgantown and the state of West Virginia a kind-hearted and good-natured community.

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Mountaineers are constantly involved in community service activities throughout the state. The team has a continuing relationship with Making Strides for Breast Cancer, the local Big Sister program, the Children’s Hospital and a recent bond with the local Girl Scouts was formed as well.

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successful and positive role models on and off the water is important to the WVU rowing team. The Mountaineers give back to Morgantown and its surrounding communities every chance they get. WVURowing

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Boathouse

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■■ The West Virginia University Boathouse is located in

Morgantown’s Wharf District along the Monongahela River – only a two-minute walk from the WVU Visitors Center.

■■ Constructed in 2007 below the Caperton Trail, the

attractive, climate-controlled facility houses the WVU Fleet that includes (5) eights, (3) fours, (4) pair/doubles and (3) singles. The facility also contains dressing facilities and locker room space for the athletes.

■■ In addition, the dock easily allows (3) eights to

launch simultaneously.

■■ The Monongahela River, commonly referred to as

“the Mon”, provides an idyllic rowing venue for the Mountaineers. A series of locks and dams along the Mon create a pooling effect so that a minimum navigable depth of nine feet is maintained year-round.

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■■ The name Monongahela is derived from a Native

American term loosely meaning “river of falling banks” and/or “river of high bluffs”. True to its name, the Mon flows well below its banks and is largely sheltered from prevailing winds by the surrounding bluffs. As such, the Mountaineers are often fortunate to train on calm water with little current.

■■ In the spring of 2009, WVU served host to

Dayton, Duquense and George Mason in its first-ever spring regatta on the Mon. The race ended at the Edith Barill Riverfront Park in nearby Star City.

WVU’s Boathouse is situated in the Wharf District of Morgantown, and just a short walk along the Caperton Rail Trail from the WVU Visitors’ Resource Center.

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Conditioning

STRENGTH AND

Athletic excellence and strength and conditioning go hand-inhand at West Virginia University. WVUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength and conditioning staff ensures that all student-athletes are on year-long program designed to improve the fitness capabilities needed in their sports. To keep athletes improving and in peak physical condition, West Virginia offers a variety of training areas and an array of strength programs designed to increase performance. All student-athletes also have their own program individually calculated and updated throughout the year. At West Virginia, student-athletes can rest assured that their strength staff is monitoring their performance on a daily basis. Equipped with excellent amenities and staffed by some of the finest strength coaches in the nation, athletes who come to West Virginia know that they are in good hands when it comes to their athletic capacity.

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Training

ATHLETIC

The West Virginia University athletic training program looks to get its student-athletes back on the water in a timely manner, while providing quality health care for its student-athletes and coaches.

The scope of the athletic training services encompass various domains, which include injury recognition, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, education and counseling that will enable the athlete to maintain optimal quality of life beyond the span of athletic competition. Multiple athletic training rooms are available for the student-athletes, and are furnished with the latest technology and equipment. The athletic training staff will work in conjunction with the team physicians and athletic administration to assure that the studentathletes receive quality care throughout their career at WVU.

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Services

STUDENT-ATHLETE

SWest Virginia University offers a variety of services and programs to help student-athletes maximize their academic potential. Department staff members work with coaches, on campus student service providers and faculty to help studentathletes meet the unique demands of the classroom, the sporting arena and the personal-social challenges they face as developing adults. While many of the headlines center around the Mountaineers’ accomplishments on the water, WVU athletes have also made some noteworthy strides in the classroom. To help its student-athletes achieve academic success, one of the nation’s finest facilities resides in the WVU Coliseum – The Athletic Academic Performance Center. The 8,000-square foot facility provides individual and group study areas, a plethora of computer stations and the latest in fingerprint technology used when signing in. Following the 2016-17 season, 16 Mountaineers earned All-Big 12 Academic honors. Twelve Mountaineers earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors, while four WVU student-athletes landed on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team. Six members of the rowing squad also were named National Scholar Athletes by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) for the 2017 season. The group was comprised of Amy Hoaglund,

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Elizabeth Hooper, Carly Ledbetter, Jacqueline Spiropoulos, Sarah Williams and Elizabeth Young. In addition, 20 members of the rowing team landed on the Big 12 Commissioners Honor Roll, with two Mountaineers maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) provides a forum for the “voice of the student-athlete” on WVU’s campus. SAAC membership provides feedback to administration about how to better WVU athletic programs. They offer input on the rules, regulations and policies that affect student-athletes’ lives on NCAA member institution campuses.

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Life

CAMPUS

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CAMPUS LOCATIONS West Virginia University is a family of distinctive campuses united by a single mission. From the groundbreaking research of our flagship in Morgantown (ranked R1, the highest research category institution) to student-centered focus of WVU-Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVU-Beckley — we are leveraging our talents and resources to create a better future for West Virginia and the world. The WVU-Beckley campus offers 40+ majors, including one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. WVU-Keyser has one of the lowest tuition rates of all of the nation’s four-year institutions. Offering more than 50 majors, this campus combines the personal attention of a small college with the benefits of a major university. The WVU System also includes divisions of the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center in Charleston and Martinsburg, as well as 10 experimental farms and four forests throughout the state and WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp. The WVU Morgantown campus is located in a town named “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Morgantown, population 31,073, was also rated the ninth best college town in America by Business Insider and is within easy traveling distance of Washington, D.C., to the east, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the north, and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, to the northwest. Other recent rankings: Kiplinger.com included Morgantown in their 10 great places to live list; one of “Best Sports Cities” by Sporting News; 5th “Best Small Metro” by Forbes; 12th overall “Hottest Small City” by Inc.; one of “50 Smartest Places to Live” by Kiplinger’s; and the second-ranking “Best College Town for Jobs” by Forbes. STUDENT PROFILE Fall 2016 enrollment, on WVU campuses statewide, was 31,287, including 28,488 in Morgantown. WVU System enrollment included: • 15,907 West Virginia residents and 15,380 nonresidents • 25,149 undergraduates • 4,510 graduate and 1,628 professional students ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WVU ranks nationally for prestigious scholarships: 25 Rhodes Scholars, 22 Truman Scholars, 44 Goldwater Scholars, two British Marshall Scholars, five Morris K. Udall Scholars, five USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 22 Boren Scholars, 37 Gilman Scholars, 49 Fulbright Scholars, three Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 28 Critical Language Scholars, one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar, five National Institute of Standards and Technology Fellowships and four National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. MAJOR ACADEMIC DIVISIONS Fourteen colleges and schools offering 341 majors in agriculture, natural resources and design; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts; dentistry; education and human services; engineering and mineral resources; law; media; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; physical activity and sport sciences; and public health. Hundreds of distance education and online classes are available. wvu.edu/academics STUDENT LIVING EXPERIENCE WVU students benefit from a vibrant array of student life programs, including Project 168, an undergraduate curriculum that helps students to enrich every moment on campus; Welcome Week, which launches the academic year with academic, service and recreational activities; WVUp All Night, a weekend package of safe, fun and healthy activities; the Campus Read, which involves first-year students in a common reading experience to promote dialog and critical thinking; an award-winning Student Recreation Center; and the Mountaineer Parents Club, helping families stay connected with their students’ education and life at WVU. Living and Learning Communities are student communities in certain residence halls formed around a theme or specific field of study. Students can live with others who share their academic and social interests. studentlife.wvu.edu SAFETY WVU offers 24-hour campus security protection. Students can download LiveSafe, a free app that is an on-the-go way to connect with authorities. The University also sends urgent news through WVU Alert text messages. alert.wvu.edu STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Students can choose from more than 460 student organizations and participate in an active intramural program and many club sports. studentengagement.wvu.edu ALUMNI Chartered in 1873, the WVU Alumni Association is made up of more than 200,000 graduates worldwide in some 135 nations. alumni.wvu.edu ADMISSIONS Information is available from the Office of Admissions, PO Box 6090, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6090; or call 304-293-2121; email:wvuadmissions@mail.wvu.edu or on the web at admissions.wvu.edu.

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COACHING

Staff

King

HEAD COACH

JIMMY JIMMY KING enters his 10th season at the helm of the West Virginia University rowing program. King has made tremendous strides with the team since taking over leadership responsibility during the 2007-08 season. In his tenure at West Virginia, King has coached 11 first-team all-conference performers, including 2017 All-Big 12 First Team honoree Louisa Morgan. He has also had 55 student-athletes named CRCA (College Rowing Coaches of America) ScholarAthletes, 94 Big 12 All-Academic Team members including the reigning Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the year, Morgan.

At West Virginia 2016-17 The Mountaineers began off their spring season at the sixth annual Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, hosted by Louisville. Five Mountaineer boats competed in three sessions over the course of the two-day competition, the first varsity eight, second varsity eight, third varsity eight, varsity four, and second varsity four. West Virginia then traveled to Washington D.C., where the Mountaineers took on Georgetown on the Potomac River. The Mountaineers’ second varsity eight boat were the highlight of the day as they overcame a slow start to best the Hoyas. Following a week off from competition, the Mountaineers traveled back to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for the inaugural Big 12 Duals on Melton Lake. The Mountaineers faced Big 12 affiliate members Alabama and Tennessee in separate dual races in five events. WVU continued its spring in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when they competed against Duquesne and Dayton. The Mountaineers had one of the strongest performances of the spring as they won two of three races against the Dukes and Flyers. The following day, the Mountaineers competed in the George Mason Invitational, where WVU won all three of its event finals to help the Big 12 Conference secure a victory. West Virginia wrapped up its regular season on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia with races against Temple and Delaware. The Mountaineers’ second varsity four crew won two races over the course of the day, as the second varsity eight also notched a victory.

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After a week off from competition, West Virginia then concluded its 2017 season at the Big 12 Rowing Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on May 13-14. The Mountaineers won three Petite Finals as the second varsity eight, third varsity eight and first varsity four crews were able to claim victories. Among Big 12 foes, WVU was fifth with 49 team points.

After a week off from competition, West Virginia then concluded its 2016 season at the Big 12 Rowing Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from May 14-15. Again, the second varsity four boat was able to claim the Petite Final. The Mountaineers would collect 12 team points to finish eighth overall. Among Big 12 foes, WVU was fifth with 57 team points.

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At West Virginia 2014-15

The Mountaineers kicked off their spring season with a pair of dual races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The two-day regatta was hosted by Louisville. West Virginia’s first varsity eight, second varsity eight and first varsity four crews competed in nine races on the 2,000-meter course.

West Virginia opened its spring slate with a series of races against Georgetown and North Carolina in Washington, D.C., on the Potomac River. The Mountaineers earned a first-place finish, a runnerup finish and a pair of third-place finishes behind Georgetown and North Carolina with their four crews at the event. The highlight of the day was the first-place finish by the Varsity 4+ boat, crossing the line four seconds ahead of North Carolina.

West Virginia then traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina, to compete in the North Carolina Duals on March 25. The Mountaineers raced against North Carolina and Big 12 foe Old Dominion. The morning’s session was highlighted by a first-place finish in the first novice four race. WVU was able to cross the line in 8:12.0 to cap off the morning series. In the afternoon session, the second varsity eight boat came out on top over two of North Carolina’s crews. WVU continued its spring in West Windsor, New Jersey, when it competed at the Knecht Cup. The two-day event featured crews from 70 different schools across the country. The Second Varsity Eight boat posted two top-five victories, including a fourth-place finish in the Petite Final. The Mountaineers’ Varsity Four crew placed sixth in the grand final of the event. Following a week off from competition, the Mountaineers traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to take on Pitt, Duquesne, and Mercyhurst College on April 23. In arguably the best race of the season, King’s squad swept the first and second varsity eight events en route to six wins and one runner-up finish in 10 events against the Panthers, Dukes and Lakers on the 2,000 meter course. West Virginia wrapped up its regular season for the second consecutive season on May 1, at the EAWRC Sprints in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Mountaineers’ second varsity four crew finished first in the Petite Final with a time of 8:33.069

West Virginia then traveled to West Windsor, New Jersey, to compete at the Knecht Cup. The two-day event featured crews from 70 different schools across the country. The Women’s Second Varsity Eight boat posted a time of 7:02.19 to take home a win in the Petite Final, after placing third in its heat the day before. The Mountaineers held off Alabama’s boat by less than .77 seconds to place seventh overall out of 18 boats throughout the course of the two day event. After a two-week hiatus, the squad finished the 2015 regular season schedule at the EAWRC Sprints. The Mountaineers’ top finishes came from the Second and Third Varsity Eight boats. The Second Varsity Eight crew finished eighth overall out of 13 crews (7:06.876), and the Third Varsity Eight boat finished eighth overall and second in the Petite Final in front of Holy Cross, Rutgers and Buffalo with a time of 7:31.231. Come championship season, WVU amassed 52 points for a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The First Varsity Four continued its strong season, crossing the line in 7:58.13 to place fifth out of eight boats in the Grand Final, just one second shy of Tennessee’s boat. Senior Elizabeth Duarte was named to the All-Big 12 Rowing First Team.

At West Virginia 2013-14 During the 2013-14 campaign, the Mountaineers opened their season at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A couple weeks later, WVU tallied four second-place finishes against Indiana on Lake Lemon in Bloomington, Indiana. The Mountaineers “A” Varsity 8+ completed the 2,000-meter course shortly behind the Hoosiers’ shell with a time of 7:10.02. At the Knecht Cup, the Novice Varsity 8+ finished third behind Buffalo and Drexel, and crossed the line with a mark of 7:17.02, earning a bronze medal. In addition, the Varsity 8+ crew posted a fourth-place finish in its opening heat at the Knecht Cup. The Mountaineers’ posted its fastest time of the day, claiming sixth in the semifinal heats in front of Alabama, Colgate and George Mason with a time of 6:57.21. WVU earned 50 points for a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship on the Oklahoma River in Oklahoma City, with Courtney Schrand named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Karen Verwey named to the All-Big 12 Second Team. The Mountaineers season ended with a 10th-place finish at the Conference USA Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Courtney Schrand earned All-Conference USA honors as WVU missed out on the Grand Finals in the Varsity 8+ by .87 seconds with a fourth-place finish.

At West Virginia 2012-13 The 2012-13 season began at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Mountaineers secured a third-place finish in the Varsity 8+ “A” race, and second and first place honors in the “B” and “C” heats, respectively. A week later, the Varsity 8+ crew secured a first-place finish against Alabama and UCF, with a time of 7:41.5. At the Knecht Cup, WVU tallied two more top-10 finishes out of 34 crews in the Varsity 8+, as the Mountaineers’ top-boat finished fifth with a mark of 6:49.14. Come championship season, WVU amassed 75 points for a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Kansas. The Varsity 8+ crew continued its strong season, and posted a third-place finish, boasting two All-Big 12 selections. The Mountaineers season ended at the Conference USA Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where WVU finished in sixth place, just one point behind Kansas.

At West Virginia 2011-12 During the 2011-12 season, King guided multiple crews to top-10 finishes, as well as medal finishes, during the fall and spring seasons. Four medals were earned at the Head of Ohio in Pittsburgh, including first-place finishes by the Varsity 8+ and Varsity 4+ crews. At the Head of the Kanawha, King guided two shells to first-place finishes.

Additionally, King coached the Varsity 4+ to a topfive finish at the Head of the Schuylkill, and earned three medals at the Frostbite Regatta. During the course of the spring season, King oversaw the advancement of all four crews to the Knecht Cup Regatta Grand Finals for only the fourth time in program history, including two top-10 finishes.

At West Virginia 2010-11 King guided the team to several medals and top-10 finishes in the 2010-11 season. At the Head of Ohio season opener in Pittsburgh, King led the Varsity 8+ and one doubles shell to a Gold medal as well as a second doubles shell to a silver medal. In addition, he coached the Mountaineers to top-10 finishes in the Varsity 8+ and Varsity 4+ events at the prestigious Head of the Schuylkill. Furthermore, he saw the Varsity 4+ ‘A’ crew improve from previous years to earn a silver medal for the third year in a row at the Head of the Occoquan. Other notable performances included a silver medal finish by the Varsity 8+ at the Occoquan Sprints, a fifth-place finish at the Knecht Cup Regatta (only the second time in program history the Mountaineers had qualified for the Grand Finals), and a sixth-place finish at the Big East Championships (the first time since 2005 the Varsity 8+ has reached the Grand Finals at Big East). King’s success with the team was not only limited to the water, but the program also saw its second All-American, as senior Rachel Viglianco earned the honor twice. Viglianco was named the CoSIDA Capital One All-America Women’s AtLarge Second Team, and to the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s All-America team. In addition, five rowers were honored by the CRCA as National Scholar-Athletes, with junior Shannon Gribbons named to the All Mid-Atlantic Region First Team. Gribbons became the first rower from WVU to earn this honor.

At West Virginia 2009-10 The 2009-10 season served as the foundation for success, as King developed the athletes that led the team the following season. Notable results included a third-place finish from the Varsity 8+ at the Head of the Ohio, and a first-place finish at the second annual Head of the Mon in the fall season. In the spring season, the Varsity 8+ crew finished first at North Carolina, and recorded a secondplace finish at George Mason. The crew also rowed to a first-place finish in the petite finals at the Big East Championships, and a second-place finish in the petite finals at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship. King was also instrumental in implementing the second-ever Head of the Mon in the spring of 2009. The Head of the Mon was a home regatta for the Mountaineers that included competition from Dayton, Duquesne and George Mason.

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Additionally, four members of the team were honored as CRCA National Scholar-Athletes.

At West Virginia 2007-09 In his first two seasons as head coach, King saw great success with the Varsity 4+. King coached the Varsity 4+ to a second-place finish at the Head of the Ohio, respectively, as well as a firstplace finish at the Head of the Occoquan and a first-place finish at Dayton. The Varsity 4+ also earned a second-place finish at the Knecht Cup, and a first-place finish in the petite finals at the Big East Championship. In addition, the crew placed fourth at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta.

Prior to WVU Prior to his time with WVU, King spent 10 years as the assistant rowing coach at Georgetown, where he was responsible for directing the men’s heavyweight squad, and for the day-to-day operation of the women’s heavyweight program. While at Georgetown, King also provided administrative support to the part-time coaches of the women’s lightweight program, as he helped institute the lightweight program for the Hoyas in 1999. In 2001, King served as coach of the U.S. National Team Lightweight Women’s Pair, which won the gold medal at the U.S. Rowing Championships in the Elite 2- and Lightweight 2-, and a silver medal at the FISA World Rowing Championship in the Women’s L2-. Prior to Georgetown, King served as coach for the men’s varsity crew squad at George Washington during 1996-97. He also served as the assistant coach and head coach of the men’s and women’s crew teams at Bucknell from 1990-96. King has also served as a coach for the Navy Rowing Camp each year since 2005. A six-day summer camp for girls ages 13-18, the camp places emphasis on technique development and personal improvement.

Personal Currently, King serves as a member of the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee, the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Board of Directors and as the chair of the CRCA Division I Awards Committee. King also served as a member of the CRCA Division I Polling Committee from 2004-2009, President of the Big East Coaches Association from 2010-11, and as Vice President of the Big East Coaches Association from April 2004 – April 2006. King is a 1990 graduate of Bucknell, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a concentration in legal studies.

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ASSISTANT COACH

Gilmour

KIM

KIM GILMOUR enters her second season as an assistant coach with the West Virginia University rowing program. A native of Wexford, Pennsylvania, Gilmour brings a vast amount of experience and a winning pedigree to the Mountaineers. In her first season with the Mountaineers, Gilmour helped guide the Mountaineers to a fifth-place finish among Big 12 foes at the Big 12 Championship. She coached Big 12 First Team and Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year honoree Louisa Morgan.

Gilmour competed for the North Allegheny Rowing Association for four years before receiving a scholarship to compete for Indiana University. At IU, Gilmour led the Hoosiers to the NCAA Championships her senior year in 2014 as one of only two seniors in the two boats.

Under the direction of Gilmour, the Mountaineers collected wins in races at Georgetown, Duquesne, the George Mason Invitational, and against Temple and Delaware.

Gilmour received her bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in kinesiology from Indiana and her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in exercise and sport sciences from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.

In the classroom, eight student-athletes earned CRCA (College Rowing Coaches of America) Scholar-Athlete recognitions and 18 were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

Gilmour joined the Mountaineers after coaching stints at the Pittsburgh Rowing Club, where she coached masters and juniors, and the North Allegheny Rowing Association.

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ASSISTANT COACH

Griffith

TINA

TINA GRIFFITH began her second stint on the WVU rowing coaching staff during the 2016-17 campaign. Previously, Griffith served as WVU’s assistant coach from 2004-2011 and was an associate head coach from 2011-12. 2017-18 marks her second season back in Morgantown and her 16th overall with the WVU rowing program. In 2016-17, her first season back with the Mountaineers, Griffith worked with the novice rowers in the fall and coached the varsity four boats in the spring. She coached the varsity four boat to a victory in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship, where the Mountaineers finished fifth among Big 12 foes. In the classroom, eight student-athletes earned CRCA (College Rowing Coaches of America) Scholar-Athlete recognitions and 18 were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

went on to be named a team captain in 1999-2000 and again in 2002-03. She then worked with the team as a graduate assistant from 2003-2004. “I have the rare opportunity to be able to come back again to do what I love at my alma mater and to make a positive impact on the student-athletes and the team,” Griffith said. “I don’t think it can get much better than that.” Griffith returns to the Mountaineer rowing program after serving as a West Virginia State Trooper for two years. Prior to that, Griffith served as a graduate assistant for WVU’s College of Physical Activity and Sports Science for two years. A native of West Liberty, West Virginia, Griffith graduated from WVU with a bachelor of science degree in psychology in 2003 and a masters in athletic coaching education in 2005.

Griffith’s extensive knowledge of the WVU rowing program dates back to 1998, when she walked on to the team as a student. She

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GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH

Thieken

KAYLA KAYLA THIEKEN enters her second season as the graduate assistant coach for the WVU rowing team. In her first season with the Mountaineers, Thieken assisted coach Tina Griffith in coaching the novice squad and helped guide the third varsity eight boat to a victory in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship. In the classroom, eight student-athletes earned CRCA (College Rowing Coaches of America) Scholar-Athlete recognitions and 18 were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. Thieken comes to West Virginia after serving as a volunteer coach for the UCF rowing team, where she coached the novice squad and helped UCF win the American Athletic Conference Championship and qualify for the NCAA Championships in

2016. She was also an assistant coach for the Orlando Area Rowing Society, where she coached the women’s varsity squad and helped three boats qualify for youth nationals. Prior to her stint as a volunteer coach for the Knights, Thieken was a four-year member of the rowing team and a captain during her senior year. As a senior in 2015, she led the Knights to their first conference championship in program history and secured an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships. Thieken, a native of Tampa, Florida, graduated from UCF in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in sport and exercise science and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in coaching and sport education.

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Profiles

2018 Roster | 28 Returners | 29 Newcomers | 40

2018 ROSTER

Name

Class

Hometown

Last School

Aria Asselta

Sr.

Vineland, N.J.

Vineland High

Dana Bishop

Jr.

Ranson, W.Va.

Jefferson High

Madelene Blackwood

Fr.

Charleston, W.Va.

Capital High

Gabrielle Boylan

So.

Cleveland, Ohio

Magnificat High

Alexis Brown

Jr.

Dallas, Texas

Nicholas County High

Cassia Busch

Fr.

Mason, Ohio

William Mason High

Louisa Daenekindt

So.

Bruges, Belgium

SFX-Brugge

Grace Dever

Jr.

Lakewood, Ohio

Lakewood High

Allyson George

Fr.

Winter Garden, Fla.

West Orange High

Micah Gibbons

Jr.

Tulsa, Okla.

Tulsa

Hannah Hammon

So.

Columbus, Ohio

Bishop Watterson High

Margaret Heflin

Fr.

Albuquerque, N.M.

Eldorado High

Haley Hensil

So.

Buckhannon, W.Va.

Buckhannon Upshur High

Amy Hoaglund

Jr.

Mt. Lebanon, Pa.

Mt. Lebanon High

Danielle Hofmann

Fr.

Farmingdale, N.Y.

Farmingdale High

Madison Hyrnda

Jr.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

North Hills High

Janae Hurst

Jr.

Maryville, Tenn.

Maryville High

Alissa Johnson

So.

Owens Cross Roads, Ala.

Huntsville High

Madelynne Jones

Fr.

Hedgesville, W.Va.

Hedgesville High

Lindsay Krawczyk

So.

Maryville, Tenn.

Maryville High

Kileigh Lade

Fr.

Cleveland, Ohio

Bay High

Carly Ledbetter

Jr.

Mercer Island, Wash.

Holy Names Academy

Madisyn Lee

So.

Matthews, Va.

Matthews High

Brianna Linger

Fr.

Parkersburg, W.Va.

Parkersburg South High

Olivia Martinelli

Fr.

Petersburg, N.J.

Ocean City High

Morgan McCoy

So.

Bad Kreuznach, Germany

Ramstein American High

Lize Morris

So.

Morgantown, W.Va.

Morgantown High

Emma Nordstrom

So.

Mountainside, N.J.

Governor Livingston High

Abigail Patrick

Jr.

Glen Dale, W.Va.

John Marshall High

Payton Rea

So.

Akron, Ohio

Firestone High

Abbigail Rees

Sr.

Ft. Wright, Ky.

Notre Dame Academy

Hannah Simmerly

So.

Cleveland, Ohio

Saint Joseph Academy

Laura Simmons

Fr.

Elkins, W.Va.

Elkins High

Jacqueline Spiropoulos

Sr.

Columbus, Ohio

Bexley High

Kaitlin Sullivan

Jr.

Longwood

Lyman High

Jelena Veskov

Fr.

South Riding, Va.

Freedom High

Lillian Westerman

Sr.

Knoxville, Tenn.

Hardin Valley Academy

Emma Winders

Jr.

Dunedin, New Zealand

Columbia College

Jordan Wittmaack

Fr.

Ridgewood, N.J.

Ridgewood High

Alexandria Young

So.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Batavia High

Elizabeth Young

Jr.

South Charleston, W.Va.

South Charleston High

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2018

ABBIGAIL REES

ARIA ASSELTA

SENIOR FT. WRIGHT, KY. NOTRE DAME ACADEMY

SENIOR VINELAND, N.J. VINELAND 2017 (Jr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Rowed in all eight races ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to two victories over Bucknell in the battle for the Skotedis Cup ■■ Placed fourth on three occasions as a member of the first varsity four at the Cardinal Invitational ■■ Raced the third varsity eight boat to a victory over Duquesne ■■ Won the First Varsity Four B Final at the George Mason Invite as a member of the first varsity four boat ■■ Member of the second varsity four boat that raced in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship

2017 (Jr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Appeared in seven races ■■ Assisted the second varsity four to a second-place finish at the Cardinal Invitational ■■ Raced the third varsity eight boat to a victory over Duquesne ■■ Rowed the second varsity four boat to two victories against Temple and Delaware ■■ Won the First Varsity Four B Final at the George Mason Invite as a member of the first varsity four boat ■■ Placed seventh in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the second varsity four

2016 (So.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Rowed the first varsity four to a second-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Finished fourth at the Oak Ridge Invitational as a member of the first varsity eight

2016 (So.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Rowed the first varsity four to a second-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Placed fourth in the Petite Final as a member of the second varsity eight at the Knecht Cup

2015 (Fr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■■ Rowed the first varsity eight to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a second-place finish in the Petite Final at the EAWRC Sprints ■■ Raced the second varsity eight to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Knecht Cup ■■ Placed 18th out of 35 teams with the second varsity eight in the Championship Women’s 8 at the Head of the Occoquan ■■ Rowed the third varsity eight to a top-10 finish in the Women’s Open 8 competition at the Head of the Ohio

2015 (Fr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■■ Raced in the second varsity four at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Rowed the first varsity four to a ninth-place finish out of 11 crews at the EAWRC Sprints ■■ Competed in the third varsity eight at the Knecht Cup ■■ Placed 13th in the Women’s Collegiate Novice 8 at the Head of the Occoquan ■■ Earned a silver medal in the Women’s Collegiate Novice 4+ at the Head of the Occoquan

Prep ■■ Lettered in rowing and swimming all four years ■■ Placed fourth in the Senior Women’s 4+ at the 2014 Stotesbury Cup Regatta ■■ Placed fifth in the Senior Women’s 4+ at the 2014 Garden State Championship ■■ Captain of the swim team ■■ Named to NISCA All-America Interscholastic Academic Team ■■ Member of the National Honor Society ■■ Graduated Summa Cum Laude Personal ■■ Daughter of Ronald and Tracy Asselta ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is March 12 ■■ Majoring in marketing and communications ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

Prep ■■ Raced for Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club ■■ Earned a first-place finish with the second varsity eight at the 2014 Midwest Junior Rowing Championships ■■ Placed second with the third varsity four at the 2014 Midwest Junior Rowing Championships Personal ■■ Daughter of Andrew and Tami Rees ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is January 27 ■■ Majoring in psychology ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

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JACQUELINE SPIROPOULOS SENIOR COLUMBUS, OHIO BEXLEY

2017 (Jr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Named a CRCA Scholar Athlete ■■ Appeared in six races ■■ Claimed a victory over Georgetown as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Rowed the first varsity four to a first-place finish in the Petite Final of the Big 12 Championship 2016 (So.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Named a CRCA Scholar Athlete ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a fifth-place finish in the Grand Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Placed fourth in the Petite Final as a member of the second varsity eight at the Knecht Cup ■■ Finished fourth at the Oak Ridge Invitational as a member of the first varsity eight 2015 (Fr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■■ Rowed the third varsity eight to a ninth-place finish in the Women’s Open 8 at the Head of the Ohio Prep ■■ Raced for Bexley High and competed for Dublin Crew ■■ Captain of the Dublin Crew ■■ Rowed in the varsity eight boat her junior and senior year Personal ■■ Daughter of John Spiropoulos and Jenny Holden ■■ Birthday is May 23 ■■ Majoring in sociology with a minor in professional writing and editing ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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LILLIAN WESTERMAN

SENIOR KNOXVILLE, TENN. HARDIN VALLEY ACADEMY 2017 (Jr.) ■■ Appeared in all eight races ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to two victories over Bucknell in the battle for the Skotedis Cup ■■ Bested Duquesne and Dayton as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to a first-place finish in the B Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Raced the second varsity eight to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship 2016 (So.) ■■ Placed fourth in the Petite Final as a member of the second varsity eight at the Knecht Cup ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a fourth-place finish at the Oak Ridge Invitational 2015 (Fr.) ■■ Advanced to the Grand Final in the first varsity four at the Big 12 Championship, finishing fifth overall ■■ Raced the first varsity four to a ninth-place finish at the EAWRC Sprints ■■ Rowed the first varsity four to a bronze-medal finish in the Women’s Collegiate Novice 4+ at the Head of Occoquan Prep ■■ Team’s co-captain for the Atomic Rowing Club her senior season Personal ■■ Daughter of Karl and Robin Westerman ■■ One of two children ■■ Birthday is December 13 ■■ Majoring in business

DANA BISHOP

JUNIOR RANSON, W.VA. JEFFERSON HIGH 2017 (So.) ■■ Appeared in two races ■■ Coxed the first novice four to a victory at the Head of Occoquan ■■ Placed fourth out of 23 teams in the Novice Women’s 8+ at the Head of the Occoquan ■■ Placed fourth twice as a member of the third varsity eight boat at the Cardinal Invitational

2016 (Fr.) ■■ Rowed the second varsity four to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Placed fourth with the second varsity eight at the Oak Ridge Invitational ■■ Finished second with the first varsity four at the North Carolina Duals High School ■■ Was named first team all-state in the shuttle hurdle relay ■■ Placed first in the 4x100 meter relay at the state track meet ■■ Was a member of the women’s soccer team that earned the 2015 regional title ■■ Played AAU basketball Personal ■■ Daughter of Shaun Brown and Hannah Byrnes ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is December 13 ■■ Majoring in exercise physiology ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Prep ■■ Cheered for three years at Jefferson High ■■ Graduated Magna Cum Laude Personal ■■ Daughter of Roy Bishop and Carie Chaney ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is September 24 ■■ Majoring in criminology

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JUNIOR LAKEWOOD, OHIO LAKEWOOD

ALEXIS BROWN

JUNIOR DALLAS, TEXAS NICHOLAS COUNTY 2017 (So.) ■■ Appeared in eight races, with five in the first varsity eight boat ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to two victories over Bucknell in the battle for the Skotedis Cup ■■ Claimed a victory over Georgetown as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Finished in second-place twice as a member of the first varsity eight boat in the inaugural Big 12 duals ■■ Secured the victory in the First Varsity Eight C Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Finished second at the Big 12 Championships in the first varsity eight Petite Final

2017 (So.) ■■ Appeared in all eight races, making six appearances in the first varsity eight boat ■■ Claimed a victory over Georgetown as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Placed second at Duquesne as a member of the first varsity eight boat ■■ Secured the victory in the First Varsity Eight C Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Finished second at the Big 12 Championships in the first varsity eight Petite Final 2016 (Fr.) ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a fifth-place finish in the Grand Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Placed fourth in the Petite Final as a member of the second varsity eight at the Knecht Cup ■■ Finished fourth at the Oak Ridge Invitational as a member of the first varsity eight Prep ■■ Raced for the Cleveland Youth Rowing Association in the fall of 2013 and 2014 ■■ Was captain of the Cleveland Youth Rowing Association in 2014 ■■ Earned the Leadership Award for the Cleveland Youth Rowing Association

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■■ Was a two-time letterwinner in track and field at Lakewood High ■■ Competed in speed skating for nine years and was the state runner-up from 2010-12 Personal ■■ Daughter of Michael and Stacy Dever ■■ Sister Maggie rows at Rutgers ■■ One of five children ■■ Birthday is May 30 ■■ Majoring in environmental protection ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MICAH GIBBONS

JUNIOR TULSA, OKLA. METRO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY TULSA 2017 (So.) ■■ Did not compete 2015-16 (Tulsa) ■■ Rowed in three regattas ■■ Beat MIT in the lightweight 8 in a dual meet ■■ Placed second in the Novice 4+ at the Jayhawk Jamboree Prep ■■ Attended Metro Christian Academy ■■ Two-year varsity letterwinner for the Tulsa Youth Rowing Association ■■ Stroked the women’s varsity 8+ at the Head of the Charles in 2014 ■■ Oklahoma 4A cross country state champion as a freshman ■■ Oklahoma 5A cross country state champion as a sophomore ■■ Played AAU basketball for the Oklahoma Nationals

Personal ■■ Daughter of Mike and Ruth Gibbons ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is September 12 ■■ Majoring in strategic communications ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

AMY HOAGLUND

JUNIOR MT. LEBANON, PA. MT. LEBANON 2017 (So.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Named a CRCA Scholar Athlete ■■ Appeared in all eight races, including five in the first varsity eight boat ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to two victories over Bucknell in the battle for the Skotedis Cup ■■ Claimed a victory over Georgetown as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Raced the first varsity eight to a second-place finish at Duquesne ■■ Secured the victory in the First Varsity Eight C Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Finished second at the Big 12 Championships in the first varsity eight Petite Final

2016 (Fr.) ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a fifth-place finish in the Grand Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Placed fourth at the Oak Ridge Invitational as a member of the first varsity four Prep ■■ Lettered one season in swimming and diving ■■ Ran in the 2015 Pittsburgh Half Marathon

Front To Back: GabrielleBOYLAN, AlexisBROWN, AllysonGEORGE, LouiseDAENKINDT, Hannah HAMMON, AlissaJOHNSON, HannahSIMMERLY, AmyHOAGLUND.

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Personal ■■ Daughter of Robert and Tracy Hoaglund ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is November 18 ■■ Majoring in nursing ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

Personal ■■ Daughter of Keith and Lisa Hrynda ■■ One of two children ■■ Birthday is October 9 ■■ Majoring in animal science ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MADISON HRYNDA

JANAE HURST

JUNIOR PITTSBURGH, PA. NORTH HILLS 2016 (Fr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■■ Rowed the first varsity four to a second-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Placed first in the Petite Final as a member of the varsity four B crew at the EAWRC sprints Prep ■■ Competed for Three Rivers Junior Rowing ufor coaches Rick Brown and Steve McCarthy ■■ Earned a gold medal in the First Varsity 4+ and placed fourth in the First Varsity 8+ at the 2014 USRowing Midwest Junior Championship ■■ Placed sixth in the First Varsity 8+ and fourth in the First Varsity 4+ at the 2013 USRowing Midwest Junior Championship

JUNIOR MARYVILLE, TENN. MARYVILLE 2017 (So.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Appeared in all eight races, including two in the first varsity eight boat ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to a victory over Bucknell on Oct. 9 ■■ Claimed a victory over Georgetown as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Bested Duquesne and Dayton as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to a first-place finish in the B Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Raced the second varsity eight boat to a victory over Delaware ■■ Raced the second varsity eight to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship 2016 (Fr.) ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a fifth-place finish in the Grand Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Placed fourth in the Petite Final as a member of the second varsity eight at the Knecht Cup Prep ■■ Rowed for the East Tennessee Rowing Organization under coach Andrew Krug ■■ Earned a silver medal at the 2014 Tennessee Indoor Rowing Championship ■■ Placed third in the Varsity 2- at the 2014 USRowing Southeast Junior Championship ■■ Placed fourth in the Youth Women’s 2- at the 2014 Head of the Hooch Personal ■■ Daughter of Sidney Hurst ■■ One of four children ■■ Birthday is December 9 ■■ Majoring in biology ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

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CARLY LEDBETTER

JUNIOR MERCER ISLAND, WASH. HOLY NAMES ACADEMY 2017 (So.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Named a CRCA Scholar Athlete ■■ Appeared in all eight races, crewing the first varsity eight boat on six occasions ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a victory over Bucknell on Oct. 9 ■■ Claimed a victory over Georgetown as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Secured the victory in the First Varsity Eight C Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Finished second at the Big 12 Championships in the first varsity eight Petite Final 2016 (Fr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a fifth-place finish in the Grand Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Placed fourth in the Petite Final as a member of the second varsity eight at the Knecht Cup ■■ Finished fourth at the Oak Ridge Invitational as a member of the first varsity eight Prep ■■ Rowed for the Holy Names Academy under coach Caitlin McClain ■■ Competed with Seattle Area Rowing in the summer under coach Padraic McGovern ■■ Placed second at the 2015 NW District Championship in the Varsity 4x with Holy Names Academy ■■ Placed sixth in the Junior A 8+ and Intermediate 8+ at the 2014 USRowing Club Nationals, representing Seattle Area Rowing ■■ Finished fourth in the third Varsity 8+ and second in the Varsity 4x at the 2014 USRowing Northwest Championship ■■ Won a gold medal in the third Varsity Four at the 2014 Brentwood Regatta with Holy Names Academy ■■ Placed ninth at the 2015 US Youth Nationals in the Varsity 4x with Holy Names Academy ■■ Earned one varsity rowing letter and one soccer letter at Holy Names Academy ■■ Was a two-time women’s soccer varsity letterwinner and onetime track and field letterwinner at Mercer Island High ■■ Participated in basketball while at Mercer Island High Personal ■■ Daughter of Carl and Tiffany Ledbetter ■■ One of two children ■■ Birthday is January 23 ■■ Majoring in graphic design ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

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KAITLIN SULLIVAN

JUNIOR NOKOMIS, FLA. PINE VIEW SCHOOL 2017 (So.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Coxed the first varsity eight in all eight races ■■ Secured the victory in the First Varsity Eight C Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Coxed the first varsity eight to a second-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship 2016 (Fr.) ■■ Coxed the freshman/ novice fours to a sixth-place finish in the grand final at the Knecht Cup ■■ Named WVU Student-Athlete of the Week honors (April 11) as a member of the novice four A Prep ■■ Named the 2014-15 captain of Lyman High’s rowing squad ■■ Won the Golden Oar Award during the 2012-13 and 2014-15 seasons Personal ■■ Daughter of Paul and Jennifer Sullivan ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is June 7 ■■ Majoring in nursing ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

EMMA WINDERS

JUNIOR DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND COLUMBA COLLEGE 2017 (So.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ Competed in seven races, coxing the first varsity eight against Bucknell ■■ Coxed the third varsity eight to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship

2016 (Fr.) ■■ Did not compete Prep ■■ Competed for Otago University Rowing Club for coach Matt Smail ■■ Won gold medals in the U19 1x and U19 2x at the 2014 South Island Rowing Championship, competing for Otago University Rowing Club ■■ Placed first in the U18 1x at the 2014 South Island Secondary Schools Championship, racing for Columba College ■■ Placed second in the U19 2x and Club 2x at the 2014 NZ Rowing Championship ■■ Placed third in the Club 1x at the 2014 New Zealand Rowing Championship ■■ Was a member of the 2014 Rowing New Zealand U21 TransTasman Team selected to Lightweight 2x

Prep ■■ Lettered in swimming and track and field for three years and cross country for one year ■■ Earned the Team Leadership Swimming Award her senior year ■■ Graduated with high honors ■■ Personal ■■ Daughter of Mark and Angela Young ■■ One of five children ■■ Birthday is February 7 ■■ Majoring in history ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Personal ■■ Daughter of Kevin Winders and Christine Montgomery ■■ Her mother is a former New Zealand champion lightweight sculler ■■ Her father coached her mother, as well as other New Zealand title-winning crews ■■ One of two children ■■ Birthday is May 28 ■■ Majoring in human nutrition ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ■■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

ELIZABETH YOUNG

JUNIOR SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. SOUTH CHARLESTON 2017 (So.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 First Team ■■ CRCA Scholar Athlete ■■ Competed in all eight races as a member of the first varsity eight ■■ Secured the victory in the First Varsity Eight C Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Finished second at the Big 12 Championships in the first varsity eight Petite Final 2016 (Fr.) ■■ Rowed the first varsity eight to a second-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship ■■ Finished sixth in the Petite Final at the EAWRC Sprints as a member of the first varsity eights ■■ Placed fourth as a member of the first varsity eight at the Oak Ridge Invitational

GABRIELLE BOYLAN

SOPHOMORE CLEVELAND, OHIO MAGNIFICAT HIGH 2017 (Fr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■■ Made appearances in seven of the eight varsity races ■■ Coxed the second varsity eight boat to two victories over Bucknell in the battle for the Skotedis Cup ■■ Guided the second varsity four to a second-place finish at the Cardinal Invitational ■■ Led the second varsity four boat to a third-place finish against Georgetown ■■ Placed second at the George Mason Invitational as a member of the second varsity four boat ■■ Coxed the second varsity four boat to two victories against Temple and Delaware ■■ Led the second varsity four at the Big 12 Championship Prep ■■ Two-time captain of the Cleveland Youth Rowing Association ■■ Coxed the Cleveland Youth Rowing Association to a Midwest Championship in first women’s novice four Personal ■■ Daughter of John and Diane Boylan ■■ Her father ran cross country at Xavier ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is November 7 ■■ Majoring in nursing ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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LOUISE DAENEKINDT

SOPHOMORE BRUGES, BELGIUM SFX-BRUGGE 2017 (Fr.) ■■ Appeared in six races in the second varsity eight boat ■■ Claimed a victory over Georgetown as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to a first-place finish in the B Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Crewed the second varsity eight boat that topped Delaware in the regular season finale ■■ Raced the second varsity eight to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship Prep ■■ Placed 2nd at the Belgian Championships in the Junior 4x and in 2015 ■■ Won the Coupe de le Jeunesse in the Junior 8+ in 2015 ■■ Finished third at the Belgian Indoor Championships in the Junior 18 1X in 2016 ■■ Won the U23 Belgian Indoor Championships in 2016 ■■ Placed third twice at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Junior 2- in 2015 and 2016 Personal ■■ Daughter of Thierry Daenekindt and Caroline Picaia ■■ Birthday is May 1 ■■ Majoring in exercise physiology

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HANNAH HAMMON

SOPHOMORE COLUMBUS, OHIO BISHOP WATTERSON 2017 (Fr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■■ Appeared in six races ■■ Assisted the second varsity four to a second-place finish at the Cardinal Invitational ■■ Rowed the second varsity four boat to two victories against Temple and Delaware ■■ Placed seventh in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the second varsity four Prep ■■ Rowed for the Dublin Crew ■■ Named the most valuable rower of the Dublin Crew ■■ Two year varsity letterwinner swimmer at Bishop Watterson High Personal ■■ Daughter of Douglas and Erin Hammon ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is October 25 ■■ Majoring in communications and graphic design ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Personal ■■ Daughter of Milton and Cheryl Johnson ■■ Her mother and father were competitive sailboat racers ■■ Has three brothers ■■ Birthday is August 28 ■■ Majoring in exercise physiology

HALEY HENSIL

SOPHOMORE BUCKHANNON, W.VA. BUCKHANNON-UPSHUR HIGH

LINDSAY KRAWCZYK

2017 (Fr.) ■■ WVU Flame Award Recipient (Novice) ■■ Made one appearance as a coxswain at the Head of Occoquan ■■ Coxed the second novice four to a fourth place finish out of 23 boats at the Head of Occoquan Prep ■■ Played varsity soccer and ran track at Buckhannon-Upshur ■■ Named offensive player of the year in 2015 ■■ Won Buckhannon-Upshur’s Cooper’s Award in 2015 Personal ■■ Daughter of Hugh and Christal Hensil ■■ One of four children ■■ Birthday is September 12 ■■ Majoring in history

ALISSA JOHNSON

SOPHOMORE OWENS CROSS ROADS, ALA. HUNTSVILLE HIGH 2017 (Fr.) ■■ Appeared in six races ■■ Raced the third varsity eight boat to a victory over Duquesne ■■ Rowed the first varsity four to a first-place finish in the Petite Final of the Big 12 Championship

SOPHOMORE MARYVILLE, TENN. MARYVILLE HIGH 2017 (Fr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■■ Appeared in all eight races, crewing the first varsity eight boat on seven occasions ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to two victories over Bucknell in the battle for the Skotedis Cup ■■ Secured the victory in the First Varsity Eight C Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Finished second at the Big 12 Championships in the first varsity eight Petite Final Prep ■■ Captain of the East Tennessee Rowing club in 2015-16 ■■ Rowed the East Tennessee Rowing club to a bronze medal in the lightweight four at club nationals ■■ Member of the Southeast Juniors traveling rowing team in 2015 and 2016, where she won a bronze medal at the USRowing Club National Championships Personal ■■ Daughter of Stephen Krawczyk ■■ One of two children ■■ Older sister rowed at the Tennessee ■■ Birthday is April 21 ■■ Majoring in nursing ■■ Completed first responder certification ■■ Certified nursing assistant ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Prep ■■ Raced for the Row Huntsville club ■■ Named the Row Huntsville Outstanding Oarswoman ■■ Received the Row Huntsville Captain Award ■■ Won the Row Huntsville Erg Hammer Award

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MADISYN LEE

SOPHOMORE MATTHEWS, VA. MATTHEWS HIGH 2017 (Fr.) ■■ Appeared in all eight races ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to a victory over Bucknell on Oct. 9 ■■ Raced the novice eight boat to a third-place finish at the Head of Occoquan ■■ Bested Duquesne and Dayton as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to a first-place finish in the B Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Claimed a victory over Delaware as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Raced the second varsity eight to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship Prep ■■ Rowed for Matthews High under coach Tim Ulsaker ■■ Four-year letter winner in rowing ■■ Finished third at the Royal Canadian Henley in 2014 ■■ Placed second in doubles at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing State Championships in 2014 ■■ Rowed Matthews High to a fourth-place finish in quads at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing State Championships in 2016 Personal ■■ Daughter of Aaron and Lori Lee ■■ One of two children ■■ Birthday is July 2 ■■ Majoring in criminology ■■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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LIZE MORRIS

SOPHOMORE MORGANTOWN, W.VA. MORGANTOWN HIGH 2017 (Fr.) ■■ Began the season as a novice rower, but worked her way into the second varsity eight boat ■■ Appeared in eight races ■■ Rowed the first novice four to a victory at the Head of Occoquan ■■ Placed third out of 23 teams in the Novice Women’s 8+ at the Head of the Occoquan ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a victory over Duquesne and Dayton ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight boat to a first-place finish in the B Final at the George Mason Invitational ■■ Claimed a victory over Delaware as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Raced the second varsity eight to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship Prep ■■ Won two West Virginia state championships as a member of Morgantown High’s girls basketball team in 2015 and 2016 Personal ■■ Daughter of Keith and Anienne Morris ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is February 8 ■■ Majoring in nursing

EMMA NORDSTROM

HANNAH SIMMERLY

SOPHOMORE MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J. GOVERNOR LIVINGSTON HIGH 2017 (Fr.) ■■ WVU Erg Hammer Award Recipient ■■ Appeared in six races as a member of the third varsity eight ■■ Raced the novice eight boat to a third-place finish at the Head of Occoquan Prep ■■ Captained the Watchung Stables Senior 3 Riding Team for two years ■■ Four-year equestrian varsity letterwinner Personal ■■ Daughter of James and Jessica Nordstrom ■■ One of two children ■■ Birthday is July 28 ■■ Majoring in athletic training

SOPHOMORE CLEVELAND, OHIO SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMY 2017 (Fr.) ■■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■■ Appeared in all eight races, crewing the first varsity eight boat twice ■■ Rowed the second varsity eight to a victory over Duquesne and Dayton ■■ Claimed a victory over Delaware as a member of the second varsity eight boat ■■ Raced the second varsity eight to a first-place finish in the Petite Final at the Big 12 Championship Prep ■■ Rowed for coach Robert Zdankiervicz at Saint Joseph Academy ■■ Captained the rowing team in 2015 ■■ Named the Top Oar of the rowing team in 2015 ■■ Named the top novice rower in spring 2013 ■■ Rowed Saint Joseph to a sixth place finish at the SRAA Nationals in 2015 Personal ■■ Daughter of Leonard and Bonnie Simmerly ■■ Has one brother ■■ Birthday is November 21 ■■ Majoring in chemistry

2018MOUNTAINEERS

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Newcomers MADELENE BLACKWOOD

FRESHMAN CHARLESTON, W.VA. CAPITAL HIGH

JUNIOR MONROE, OHIO MONROE LOCAL

Prep ■■ Attended Capital High ■■ Was a member of the National Honor Society

Prep ■■ Played soccer for three years at Monroe Local ■■ Competed for Southwest Soccer Club in Germantown, Ohio

Personal ■■ Daughter of Andrew and Holly Blackwood ■■ Has two sisters ■■ Birthday is March 11 ■■ Majoring in physics with a minor in Spanish

Personal ■■ Daughter of Chet and Krist ■■ Douglas ■■ Has one sister ■■ Birthday is April 29 ■■ Majoring in criminology

CASSIA BUSCH

FRESHMAN MASON, OHIO WILLIAM MASON HIGH High School ■■ Captained the Dayton Boat Club ■■ Qualified and placed fourth at the USRowing Club National Championships ■■ Received the Hammer Award Personal ■■ Daughter of Shawn and Mina Busch ■■ Has one sister ■■ Birthday is June 29 ■■ Majoring in animal and nutritional sciences

ALEXIS DOUGLAS

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MARGARET HEFLIN

FRESHMAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ELDORADO HIGH Prep ■■ Competed in varsity swimming all four years Personal ■■ Daughter of Thomas and Laurie Heflin ■■ One of four children ■■ Birthday is November 10 ■■ Majoring in Biology

ALLYSON GEORGE

MADELYNNE JONES

FRESHMAN WINTER GARDEN, FLA. WEST ORANGE HIGH High School ■■ Rowed for the Orlando Area Rowing Society (OARS) ■■ Rowed in the first eight boat for three years ■■ Participated at the Head of the Hooch and made two appearances at the USRowing Youth National Champions ■■ Placed second in the Florida state championships in 2014 and 2016 ■■ Rowed OARS to a second-place finish at the Southeast Regionals three times (2014, 2015 and 2016) Personal ■■ Daughter of Jean George ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is October 17 ■■ Majoring in art

FRESHMAN HEDGESVILLE, W.VA. HEDGESVILLE HIGH Prep ■■ Prep Two-time varsity soccer co-captain ■■ Placed sixth at the West Virginia State Championships in the 4x200 relay in track ■■ Was crowned the West Virginia state tournament champions in club soccer Personal ■■ Daughter of Chris and Beth Jones ■■ Birthday is February 22 ■■ Majoring in civil engineering

KILEIGH LADE

DANIELLE HOFMANN

FRESHMAN FARMINGDALE, N.Y. FARMINGDALE HIGH Prep ■■ Was the captain of the girls varsity track team Personal ■■ Daughter of Glenn Hofmann ■■ Has one sister ■■ Birthday is May 26 ■■ Majoring in economics

FRESHMAN CLEVELAND, OHIO BAY HIGH Prep ■■ Captained the Cleveland Youth Rowing Association (CYRA) Personal ■■ Daughter of Jason and Kara Lade ■■ One of four children ■■ Birthday is August 28 ■■ Majoring in civil engineering

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BRIANNA LINGER

FRESHMAN PARKERSBURG, W. VA. PARKERSBURG SOUTH HIGH

SOPHOMORE BAD KREUZNACH, GERMANY RAMSTEIN AMERICAN HIGH

Prep ■■ Attended Parkersburg South High School

Prep ■■ Attended Ramstein American High School

Personal ■■ Daughter of Bryan and Billie Linger ■■ Birthday is December 17 ■■ Majoring in exercise physiology

Personal ■■ Daughter of Mitch and Bamma McCoy ■■ Birthday is January 6 ■■ Majoring in secondary education

OLIVIA MARTINELLI

FRESHMAN PETERSBURG, N.J. OCEAN CITY HIGH High School ■■ Rowed for coach Kelly Rupert at Ocean City High ■■ Placed fourth at the Stotesbury Cup in the Lightweight Eight in 2016 ■■ Finished fifth at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championships in Lightweight Eight in 2016 ■■ Coxed the Lightweight Eight to a second-place finish at the City Championships in 2016 ■■ Led Ocean City to a first-place finish at the Atlantic County High School Championships in 2016 ■■ Placed third at the City Championships in Ltwt 8 in 2017 Personal ■■ Daughter of Stephen and Donna Martinelli ■■ Has one sister ■■ Birthday is November 9 ■■ Majoring in physical education teacher education

MORGAN McCOY

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ABIGAIL PATRICK

JUNIOR GLEN DALE, W.VA. JOHN MARSHALL HIGH Prep ■■ Played in the West Virginia Softball North-South All-Star game ■■ Was named Second Team all-OVAC in basketball Personal ■■ Daughter of Kevin and Cara Patrick ■■ Has one brother ■■ Birthday is November 7 ■■ Majoring in business management

PAYTON REA

JELENA VESKOV

SOPHOMORE AKRON, OHIO FIRESTONE HIGH Prep ■■ Captained the swimming team, where she was a three-time letterwinner ■■ Qualified for the swimming sectionals ■■ Jack Taylor Award Winner ■■ Tim Lewarchick Award Winner ■■ Named to the second-team of the All-City Series in track ■■ Was a three-year letterwinner in soccer

FRESHMAN SOUTH RIDING, VA. FREEDOM HIGH Prep ■■ Won the Virginia State Wrestling Championship Personal ■■ Daughter of Aleksandar and Dragana Veskov ■■ Has one sister ■■ Birthday is March 26 ■■ Majoring in occupational therapy

Personal ■■ Daughter of Jamie and Angela Rea ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is September 23 ■■ Majoring in human nutrition and food

JORDAN WITTMAACK LAURA SIMMONS FRESHMAN ELKINS, W.VA. ELKINS HIGH

Prep ■■ Competed in soccer, tennis and track ■■ Played club soccer at Elkins United, Midstate and MSCC ■■ Was a three-time regional champion in club soccer Personal ■■ Daughter of Brian and Julie Simmons ■■ One of three children ■■ Birthday is October 16 ■■ Enrolled in undergraduate studies

FRESHMAN RIDGEWOOD, N.J. RIDGEWOOD HIGH High School ■■ Captained the Ridgewood High crew ■■ Won the Garden State Scholastic Championship in 2017 ■■ Placed first at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta in 2017 ■■ Won the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championships in 2017 to cap an undefeated season Personal ■■ Daughter of Terry and Gina Wittmaack ■■ Has two brothers ■■ Birthday is July 31 ■■ Majoring in undergraduate studies

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ALEXANDRIA YOUNG SOPHOMORE CINCINNATI, OHIO BATAVIA HIGH

Prep ■■ Played varsity soccer at Batavia and club soccer with Cincinnat United Southeast Personal ■■ Daughter of Kevin and Marcie Young ■■ Has one brother ■■ Birthday is December 17 ■■ Majoring in biology

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2018

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2018 Schedule MARCH 25 AT COOPER SPRINTS COOPER RIVER PARK; CHERRY HILL, NJ ■■ Boston

College, Bucknell, Drexel, UMass, Navy, North Carolina, Rhode Island, WVU

APRIL 7 AT BIG 12 DOUBLE DUALS LAKEWOOD PARK NORFOLK, VA ■■ vs Oklahoma; vs Texas; Host: Old Dominion APRIL 8 SCRIMMAGE VS OLD DOMINION LAKEWOOD PARK NORFOLK, VA

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APRIL 22 AT GEORGE MASON INVITE SANDY RUN REGIONAL PARK; FAIRFAX STATION, VA ■■ Atlantic 10 vs Big 12 vs Colonial ■■ Morning racing versus conference schools. Afternoon racing based on morning results (1s vs 1s, 2s vs 2s, etc.). ATLANTIC 10:

George Mason, George Washington, St. Joseph’s BIG 12:

Kansas, Old Dominion, West Virginia COLONIAL:

Delaware, Eastern Michigan, Villanova

APRIL 28 AT ST. JOSEPH’S W/DELAWARE & NAVY FAIRMOUNT PARK; PHILADELPHIA, PA MAY 12-13 AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP MELTON LAKE PARK; OAK RIDGE, TN ■■ BIG 12:

Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia ■■ BIG 12 AFFILIATES

Alabama, Old Dominion, Tennessee

2016-17

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2016-17

Review

E arned 9 team points to finished ¡¡ tied for seventh at the 2017 Big 12

Senior Louisa Morgan finished her ¡¡ career by earning All-Big 12 honors M organ was also named the Big ¡¡ 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year

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Seniors Emily Deming and Louisa ¡¡ Morgan, juniors Elizabeth Hooper,

Jacqueline Spiropoulos, Sarah Williams and sophomores Amy Hoaglund, Carly Ledbetter and Elizabeth Young were named 2017 Collegiate Rowing Association (CRCA) Scholar Athletes.

Eighteen Members of the WVU ¡¡ rowing team were named to the 2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team. Of those nominated Deming and Young were two of the 18 studentathletes who were recognized by the conference for having a perfect 4.0 grade point average

2016-17 Results HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN March 12 - Afternoon Session Occoquan Reservoir, Fairfax Station, Va. November 5, 2016

Event Time Finish Frosh Novice Women’s 4+ ‘A’ 20:43.28 1st ‘B’ 22:01.36 4th Frosh Novice Women’s 8+ ‘A’ 19:32.66 3rd ‘B’ 21:13.36 10th

OAK RIDGE CARDINAL INVITATIONAL Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. March 11-12, 2017 Event

Time Finish

March 11 - Morning Session Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:03.42 Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:53.52 Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:50.00 Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:14.42 Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:28.23

4th 4th

Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:04.63 Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:02.55 Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:44.26 Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:06.39 Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:24.39

4th 4th 2nd 4th 2rd

March 13 - Morning Session Varsity 8+ West Virginia 6:40.17 Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:31.21 Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:26.26 Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 6:52.18 Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:48.22

4th 4th

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BIG 12 DUALS

Potomac River March 25, 2017 Event First Varsity 8+ Georgetown West Virginia Second Varsity 8+ Georgetown West Virginia First Varsity 4+ Georgetown West Virginia First Novice 4+ West Virginia North Carolina Georgetown

4th

Time Finish

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 8, 2017 Event

7:01.1 1st 7:10.3 2nd 7:11.0 1st 7:21.7 2nd 7:49.7 1st 7:55.7 2nd 8:12.0 1st 8:36.7 2nd 8:40.9 3rd

Time Finish

Morning Session Third Varsity West Virginia Second Varsity West Virginia First Varsity 4+ West Virginia Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia First Varsity 8+ West Virginia

3rd

4th 4th 2nd

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8:23.6 3rd 8:32.4

2nd

7:17.6

2nd

7:00.9

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Afternoon Session (vs. Tennessee) Third Varsity West Virginia Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia First Varsity 4+ West Virginia Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia First Varsity 8+ West Virginia

4th

7:50.0

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2nd

8:10.1

3rd

8:11.3

2nd

7:12.9

2nd

7:03.

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2016-17 Results AT DUQUESNE, WITH DAYTON

GEORGE MASON INVITATIONAL

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. April 22, 2017 Event First Varsity 8+ Dayton West Virginia Duquesne Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia Duquesne Dayton Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia Duquesne

CONFERENCE STANDINGS BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP

Sandy Run Regional Park, Fairfax Station, Va. April 23, 2017 Time Finish

5:24.4 1st 5:24.8 2nd 5:25.1 3rd 5:36.4 1st 5:44.1 2nd 5:52.9 3rd 5:26.0 1st 5:47.3 2nd

Morning Session Varsity 8+ West Virginia Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia Varsity 4+ West Virginia Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia

6:53.0

3rd

7:01.2

2nd

8:00.2

2nd

7:23.2

2nd

7:43.6

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Afternoon Session Varsity 8+ ‘C’ Final West Virginia 6:41.6 Second Varsity 8+ ‘B’ Final West Virginia 6:57.1 Varsity 4+ ‘B’ Final West Virginia 7:54.7 Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:43.6 Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:51.8

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Big 12 Conference 52 pts. Atlantic 10 Conference 30 pts. Colonial Athletic Conference 26 pts.

1st 2nd 3rd

AT SCHUYLKILL RIVER April Morning Session (vs. Delaware) Event Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia Varsity 4+ West Virginia Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia Varsity Eight West Virginia Afternoon Session Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia Varsity 4+ West Virginia Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia Varsity Eight West Virginia

Time Finish 7:57.50

1st

7:51.55

2nd

8:02.98

2nd

7:25.19

1st

7:17.82

2nd

8:11.46

1st

8:15.09

2nd

8:18.74

2nd

7:20.89

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Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn May 13-14, 2017

Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:03.769 2nd Second Varsity 8+ Grand Final 7:13.679 5th Third Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:29.100 2nd First Varsity 4+ Grand Final 8:13.037 2nd Second Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:09.853 1st *Placed fifth, amassing 57 points

RECORD

Book Regatta Visits | 52

All-Time Opponents | 52 Awards And Honors | 52

Henley Royal Regatta | 54

All-Time Results | 55

All-Time Letterwinners | 66

REGATTA VISITS Name Big East Big 12 Big 12 Duals Conference USA Dad Vail EAWRC Sprints ECAC Regatta George Mason Invite George Washington Invite Head of the Charles Head of the Cuyahoga Head of the Elk Head of the Genesee Head of the Occoquan Head of the Ohio Head of the Mon Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Henley Head of the Schuylkill Knecht Cup Regatta Metro Cup Murphy Cup Navy Day Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite Occoquan Sprints Philadelphia Frostbite Rivanna Romp San Diego Crew Classic SIRA

Visits Began 12 2001 6 2013 2 2017 2 2013 9 2000 1 2015 1 2010 2 2017 2 2004 5 2002 1 2000 1 2005 2 2006 10 2000 14 2000 2 2003 1 2001 9 2002 14 2002 1 2007 4 2005 2 2001 3 2013 2 2011 3 2010 1 2014 4 2003 7 2001

AWARDS AND HONORS U.S. Rowing National Team

Meg Ayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 *Top 10 ranking in both the singles and doubles events at U.S. Nationals

Verizon Academic AllAmerica at-Large First Team

Kate Abernathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

CoSIDA Academic All-America at-Large Second Team

Rachel Viglianco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011

CoSIDA Academic All-District II at-Large First Team

Rachel Viglianco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011

NSCA All-America Strength and Conditioning

Meg Ayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Rachel Viglianco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011

COLLEGIATE ROWING COACHES ASSOCIATION AWARDS CRCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team

Shannon Gribbons . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Courtney Schrand . . . . . . . . . . . 2012

CRCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team

Meg Ayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Courtney Schrand . . . . . . . . . . . 2013

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CRCA Scholar-Athletes

2007 Nicole Canales 2008 Kimberly Benda 2009 Kimberly Benda, Brett Krumholz, Rachel Viglianco, Kathryn Walsh 2010 Kimberly Benda, Shannon Gribbons, Brett Krumholz, Rachel Viglianco 2011 Hilary Meale, Caitlin Murphy, Rachelle Purych, Rachel Viglianco 2012 Morgan Leach, Hilary Meale, Rachelle Purych, Danika Rencken, Courtney Schrand, Karen Verwey 2013 Elizabeth Durante, Kelly Kramer, Morgan Leach, Hilary Meale, Rachelle Purych, Bethany Anne Sapen, Courtney Schrand, Karen Verwey 2014 Rachel Cokeley, Kelly Kramer, Morgan Leach, Erika Mall, Bethany Sapen, Courtney Schrand, Karen Verwey 2015 Alisha Brownfield, Emily Deming, Elizabeth Duarte, Madison James, Kelly Kramer, Louisa Morgan 2016 Alisha Brownfield, Emily Deming, Madison James and Louisa Morgan and sophomores Elizabeth Hooper and Jacqueline Spiropoulos 2017 Emily Deming, Amy Hoaglund, Elizabeth Hooper, Carly Ledbetter, Louisa Morgan, Jacqueline Spiropoulos, Sarah Williams, Elizabeth Young

ALL-TIME OPPONENTS

Opponent Meets Began Alabama 2 2013 Barry 1 2002 Bucknell 1 2013 Cincinnati 3 2001 Connecticut 2 2002 Dayton 6 2008 Delaware 2 2013 Duquesne 5 2003 Central Florida 2 2002 George Mason 2 2008 Georgetown 3 2012 George Washington 1 2011 Indiana 1 2014 Iowa 2 2012 Jacksonville 1 2002 Kansas 1 2014 Louisville 3 2001 Minnesota 1 2014 North Carolina 1 2012 Notre Dame 2 2012 Rutgers 1 2012 Syracuse 1 2012 Temple 1 2017 Tennessee 1 2014 Virginia 1 2014 Wisconsin 1 2014

BIG 12 HONORS

Big 12 Newcomer of the Year

Elizabeth Kantak . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013

All-Big 12 First Team

Elizabeth Duarte . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hilary Meale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Schrand . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Schrand . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Kantak . . . . . . . . . . . Louisa Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2013 2013 2013 2014 2016 2017

All-Big 12 Second Team

Rachelle Purych . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Karen Verwey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014

Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Louisa Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017

Academic All-Big 12 First Team

Allison Coates . . . . 2013, 2015, 2016 Lisa Deklau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Sarah Dodd . . . . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Elizabeth Duarte . . 2013, 2014, 2015 Kelly Kramer . . . . . 2013, 2014, 2015 Morgan Leach . . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Hilary Meale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Rachelle Purych . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Danika Rencken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Mollie Rosen . . . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Bethany Sapen . . . 2013, 2014, 2015 Courtney Schrand . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Ellen Shular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Summer Socha . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Karen Verwey . . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Danielle Widecrantz . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Alexandra Basil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Addie Dulaney . . . . . . . . 2014, 2015 Rachel Cokeley . . . . . . . . 2014, 2015

Allyson Pytlak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Tamyra Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Kendra Welker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Alisha Brownfield . . . . . . . 2015, 2016 Irene Darkwaah . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Emily Deming . . . . . . . . . 2015, 2016 Kaitlyn Eason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Susannah Hartlove . . . . . . 2015, 2016 Marika Hoskins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jacqueline Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Madison James . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Elizabeth Kantak . . . . . . . 2015, 2016 Kimberlie May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Louisa Morgan . . . . 2015, 2016, 2017 Melinda Sharon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Olivia White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Aria Asselta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 Megan Brophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 Elizabeth Hooper . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 Abbigail Rees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 Jacqueline Spiropoulos . . . . . . . . 2016 Kara Ehrenberger . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 Amy Hoaglund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 Janae Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 Carly Ledbetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 Emma Preston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 Kaitlin Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 Sarah Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 Emma Winders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 Elizabeth Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017

BIG EAST HONORS

Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

Tamyra Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Mollie Fisher . . . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Jessica Hurlbert . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Melinda Sharon . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Alison Coates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Kaitlyn Eason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Susannah Hartlove . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Elizabeth Kantak . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Christina Mehrtens . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Caroline Mullins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Lisa Deklau . . . . . . . . . . . 2014, 2015

Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

Mary Ignatiadis* . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Kantak . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolina Mullins . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allyson Pytlak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alisha Brownfield . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitney Chrisman . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Deming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audrey Geise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marika Hoskins . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacqueline Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . Madison James . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Kretzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisa Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Onians . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aria Asselta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Caugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Cokeley* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mollie Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Gehring . . . . . . . . . . . . Colleen Giesbrecht . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Hooper . . . . . . . . . . . . Abbigail Rees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorena Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacqueline Spiropoulos . . . . . . . . Carly Ledbetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madison James . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabrielle Boylan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Hammon . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Krawczyk . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Simmerly . . . . . . . . . . . . *indicates a 4.00 GPA

Kimberly Benda . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Courtney Schrand . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Courtney Schrand . . . . . . . . . . . 2012

All-Big East Second Team

Caroline Rettig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Big East Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award

Rachel Viglianco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011

Big East Institutional Female Scholar-Athlete 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017

CONFERENCE USA HONORS All-Conference USA Team

Courtney Schrand . . . . . . 2013, 2014

Conference USA All-Academic Team

Rachelle Purych . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Courtney Schrand . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Karen Verwey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013

Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal

Mary Ignatiadis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Rachelle Purych . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Danika Rencken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Alexandra Basil . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Whitney Chrisman . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Madison James . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Louisa Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Courtney Schrand . . . . . . 2013, 2014 Karen Verwey . . . . . . . . . . 2013, 2014

Conference USA Boat of the Week

All-Big East First Team

West Virginia Varsity 8 (April 9) . . . 2013 West Virginia Varsity 8 (April 16) . . 2013 West Virginia Varsity 8 (April 30) . . 2013

Kimberly Benda . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Big East Academic All-Stars

2006 Meg Ayers, Katie Baylor, Emily Boehler, Nicole Canales, Carla Edwards, Caitlin Everett, Michelle Heier, Melissa Kane, Robin Reed 2007 Kim Benda, Whitney Blume, Emily Boehler, Nicole Canales, Carla Edwards, Michelle Heier, Melissa Kane, Kat Loya 2008 Cristina Alicea, Kimberly Benda, Emily Boehler, Brittany Brooks, Megan Bush, KiraMichelle Loya, Bethaney Perna, Caroline Rettig 2009 Kimberly Benda, Brett Krumholz, Amanda Mahasky, Alita Meyers, Caroline Rettig, Stephanie Roof, Keyara Stevenson, Rachel Viglianco, Kathryn Walsh 2010 Kimberly Benda, Brittany Brooks, Shannon Gribbons, Jessica Kelly, Brett Krumholz, Amanda Mahasky, Alita Meyers, Caitlin Murphy, Jeannine McCarty, Rachelle Purych, Caroline Rettig, Stephanie Roof, Melissa Shaver, Keyara Stevenson, Katherine Stone, Rachel Viglianco, Kathryn Walsh, Lauren Washabaugh 2011 Anna-Claire Bowers, Sarah Cartwright, Anastasia DuPont, Alexandria Flavion, Jessica Kelly, Morgan Leach, Jeannine McCarty, Hilary Meale, Alita Meyers, Caitlin Murphy, Megan Neckelmann, Rachelle Purych, Courtney Schrand, Melissa Shaver, Ellen Shular, Janelle Spencer, Keyara Stevenson, Alyssa Thompson, Karen Verwey, Rachel Viglianco, Lauren Washabaugh, Danielle Widecrantz 2012 Sarah Cartwright, Mallory Fisher, Shannon Gribbons, Jessica Hurlbert, Jessica Kelly, Rebecca Knecht, Kelly Kramer, Morgan Leach, Jeannine McCarty, Hilary Meale, Rachelle Purych, Danika Rencken, Mollie Rosen, Courtney Schrand, Ellen Shular, Karen Verwey and Danielle Widecrantz

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY TEAM HONORS

ERG Hammer Award

Tina Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-02 Risha Kelley, Tina Griffith . . . 2002-03 Meg Ayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04 Donna Stullken . . . . . . . . . . 2004-05 Caitlin Everett, Meg Ayers . . . 2005-06 Melissa Kane, Teresa Dugan . 2006-07 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08 Kimberly Benda . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 Kimberly Benda, . . . . . . . . . . . 2009-10 Caroline Retting Kate Brownson . . . . . . . . . . 2010-11 Shannon Gribbons . . . . . . . . 2011-12 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-13 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013-14 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014-15 Kelly Kramer . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015-16 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016-17

Kirsten Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-02 Gaetane De La Bourdonnaye . . .2002-03 Meg Ayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04 Meg Ayers, Teresa Dugan . . . 2004-05 Mollie Welty, Whitney Blume . 2005-06 Teresa Dugan, . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07 Megan Ostrom Teresa Dugan . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 Shannon Gribbons (Varsity) . . 2009-10 Megan Neckelmann (Novice) Kate Brownson (Varsity) . . . . 2010-11 Sara Olenich (Novice) None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011-12 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-13 Lisa Deklau (Varsity) . . . . . . . 2013-14 Sadie Kalathunkal (Novice) Lisa Deklau (Varsity) . . . . . . 2014-15 Mollie Fisher (Novice) . . . . . . 2015-16 Emma Preston (Varsity) . . . . 2016-17

Team Captains

Community Service Outreach Award, Female Student-Athlete

Elizabeth Duarte . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bethany Sapen . . . . . . . . . . 2015-17

Most Valuable Player

Risha Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-01 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-02 Gaetane De La Bourdonnaye 2002-03 Donna Stullken . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04 Meg Ayers (Varsity) . . . . . . . . 2004-05 Katy Garrett (Novice) Sabrina O’Hara (Varsity) . . . . 2005-06 Katy Garrett (Novice) Caroline Rettig . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08 Kensie Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 Caroline Rettig (Varsity) . . . . 2009-10 Ellen Shular (Novice) Shannon Gribbons (Varsity) . 2010-11 Christina Mehrtens (Novice) Courtney Schrand (Varsity) . . 2011-12 Lisa Deklau (Novice) None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-13 Courtney Schrand (Varsity) . . 2013-14 Emma Preston (Novice) Elizabeth Duarte (Varsity) . . . 2014-15 Anna Cokeley (Novice) . . . . . 2015-16 Louisa Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . 2016-17

Most Improved Player

Emily Boehler . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07 Megan Ostrom . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08 Stephanie Roof . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 Jeannine McCarty (Varsity) . 2009-10 Brittany Doss (Novice) Hilary Meale (Varsity) . . . . . . 2010-11 Mallory Fisher (Novice) Jessica Hurlbert (Varsity) . . . 2011-12 Rachel Cokeley (Novice) None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-13 Louisa Morgan (Varsity) . . . . 2013-14 Alisha Brownfield (Novice) Alisha Brownfield (Varsity) . . 2014-15 Lorena Rose (Novice) . . . . . . 2015-16 Kara Ehrenberger (Varsity) . . 2016-17 McKenna Rusnock-Rozzi (Novice)

Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Rachelle Purych . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danika Rencken . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Schrand . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Verwey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandra Basil . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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*This award is given to the member of the team that has the best 2,000-meter ERG score

Flame Award

*This award represents the most spirited rower

Alita Meyers . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 Jordan Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009-10 Keyara Stevenson (Varsity) . . 2010-11 Alea Hipes (Novice) Christina Mehrtens (Varsity) . 2011-12 Rebecca Swope (Novice) None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-13 Hannah Onians (Varsity) . . . . 2013-14 Jacqueline Hunter (Novice) Addie Dulaney (Varsity) . . . . . 2014-15 Abbigail Rees (Novice) Emma Preston (Varsity) . . . . 2016-17 Haley Hensil (Novice)

Iron Mountaineer

Caroline Rettig . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 Brett Krumholz, . . . . . . . . . . 2009-10 Shannon Gribbons Shannon Gribbons, . . . . . . . 2010-11 Rachel Purych Brittany Doss, Hilary Meale . . 2011-12 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-13 Kelly Kramer, . . . . . . . . . . . 2013-14 Courtney Schrand None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014-17

Mountaineer Award

Tina Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-01 Risha Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-02 Kate Abernathy . . . . . . . . . . 2002-03 Christy Davidson . . . . . . . . . 2003-04 Amelia Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-05 Sabrina O’Hara . . . . . . . . . . 2005-06 Teresa Dugan . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07 Megan Ostrom . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08 None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 Kate Brownson . . . . . . . . . . 2009-10 Tina Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011-12 *Award discontinued in 2012

2013 2013 2014 2014 2015

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HenleyRoyalRegatta: INCHES MAKE CHAMPIONS

The sport of rowing is not one in which achievements are often recognized. So when the West Virginia University rowing team acquired a new Varsity 4+ Vespoli racing shell and was contemplating a name, the decision to reach out and ask some former team members for help came as a pleasant surprise.

“It was such an honor,” said former coxswain Christine DiRienzo. “When Tina Griffith sent us an email telling us that they were going to name the boat and wanted us to help, I immediately pulled out my old photo album and starting looking through everything.” DiRienzo had many fond memories to reminisce upon, including the 2001 season when she led the women’s Varsity 4+ to a first-place finish at the Dad Vail Regatta, subsequently earning an invitation to the Women’s Royal Henley Regatta in England, one of the most prestigious events in women’s rowing. In fact, it was this very accomplishment that had five women traveling from all areas of the country in early October, from both east and west coast, to come to Morgantown and participate in a boat christening in their honor. It had been nearly ten years since Griffith, Risha Kelley, Erin Nisbet, Noelle Dodge and DiRienzo had come together for a crew related event, and for a few, the first time they had seen each other in nearly a decade. There was laughter, hugs, and memories to share, but perhaps most importantly, a lasting legacy to leave behind for future generations of Mountaineer rowers. A legacy of what can happen when hard work, determination and enthusiasm are put forth every day. The journey to Henley began during the team’s spring training trip in Miami. The coach at that time, Nancy LaRocque, noticed right away that this group of women had something special. “She noticed that we had really good flow and really good body mechanics,” said Dodge. “When she saw that she kept telling us that we could be great and that we could be the best. We believed that, and we just felt unstoppable. We were all mentally in it to win it.” The team won its first race of the season convincingly, beating Cincinnati and Louisville to the finish line at Hersha Lake with a time of 7:23.6. But it was the second race of the season that really changed the way they looked at things. After making it to the finals at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association’s (SIRA) Regatta, the team came in second to Jacksonville by mere inches. It was a loss that would spur the team on to great success, though they didn’t know it at the time.

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“We had such drive after the race in Tennessee,” detailed Nisbet. “It just drove us for the rest of the season. We just had confidence and we walked around with our heads up knowing that no one was going to take us down again and no one was going to beat us. I just remember having this fuel, and this feeling inside that once we got into the boat, no one was going to get in our way. After we finished a race, we were focused on the next challenge and thinking about how we were going to achieve and overcome it.” The team next took on the BIG EAST Championships, where it won in a BIG EAST record setting time of 7:33.08, before moving on to the Dad Vail Regatta. The Dad Vail Regatta is the largest collegiate regatta in the United States, with over 100 colleges and universities from across the United States and Canada converging in Philadelphia during the second weekend of May. It would have been an honor for the West Virginia team just to finish well. But this Varsity 4+ had trained long and hard for a race such as this, and they weren’t going to take home anything less than gold.

“When you really mesh with your team and your group, you really feel the flow,” Nisbet explained. “You can just feel and anticipate each other’s movements, something that’s really hard to obtain. But once you get that and you know what that feeling is, you’re able to get that in a lot of those races. Instead of four rowers, we were able to become one which is really what drove us.” The Mountaineers earned a much deserved victory that day before heading back to Morgantown to finish school and start the beginning of their summer vacations. They never anticipated what would happen next. “After we won Vails, we didn’t know right away that we were going to go to Henley,” Nisbet reminisced. “There were a few weeks in between and then we got the call and we had to come back to school. We had all just started our summer jobs and the next thing we know we get a call saying that we need to come back to school for a few weeks to train.” “My parents had got me a graduation trip to Mexico and we couldn’t go,” laughed DiRienzo. “My brother was so mad at me!” Invitations to Women’s Royal Henley are few and far between. After the team’s convincing win, the Dad Vail Regatta organizers selected the West Virginia team to travel to Henley because it felt that the team had the best chance of winning, despite the fact that no team the committee had ever selected had ever made it past the second round.

Upon arriving in England, the women noticed right away that things were done much differently in Europe. “I remember that the course was 1,500-meters for the women because as a women’s crew you couldn’t finish or go over the men’s finish line which was at 2,000-meters,” explained Dodge. “We trained for 2,000-meters and we only had to race 1,500. It made it somewhat easier, but in Europe they row at a much faster rate and every stroke was faster. So the faster pace made it much more challenging because the way we rowed was slow, strong and steady.” “You’d think it would be easier just because it’s shorter,” added DiRiezno. “But your body is already trained for 2,000-meters so you know how to hold it.” In addition, instead of racing four to six crews at a time as they do in the United States, at Henley, only two crews race in each heat. Due to this, the women had to race in three rounds, each with a quick turnaround. They sailed through the first round, easily defeating Bowdoin’s crew. The next race wasn’t so easy, however. “The second race was really close; it had the feel of a final race. It was against Birmingham and we emptied the tank on that one because it was such a neck to neck race,” said Dodge. “We took the boat off the water afterwards and put it on the shore and literally five minutes later we had to pick it up and put it back in the water for the finals.” The team came in second to England’s Oxford Brookes University in the final round. Despite coming in second place, there is no denying that the team accomplished something that no one could ever have expected. “When we came back, even though we didn’t win, it was considered such an honor for the University that the president at the time, David Hardesty, got us plaques to honor us for going over and representing West Virginia,” said DiRienzo. “It’s the best plaque I ever received,” added Griffith. It seems only appropriate that ten years later, the team was welcomed back to Morgantown with open arms to celebrate a journey that hasn’t been equaled since. And only more appropriate that the shell was christened the Inches Make Champions, in honor of the race in Tennessee that truly propelled the team on its record-breaking path to Henley. As the team stood in front of the newest members of the rowing program, telling stories, drinking champagne and reminiscing, it became very clear that while many rowing achievements may go unrecognized, this is one that will never be forgotten.

Results

ALL-TIME

HENLEY WOMEN’S REGATTA

2000-01 RESULTS HEAD OF CUYAHOGA

Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio September 23, 2000 Event Time Finish Women’s Open 4+ 17:12 1st Women’s Open 8+ 16:41 3rd

HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa.2 October 7, 2000 Event Time Finish Women’s Club 4+ 19:02.7 8th

HEAD OF THE SCHUYLKILL

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. October 28,2000 Event Time Finish Women’s 4+ 17:12 8th

HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN

Sandy Run Regional Park, Fairfax Station, Va. November 4, 2000 Event Time Finish Women’s Collegiate Novice 8+ 18:55.13 8th Women’s Championship 8+ 17:57.24 8th Women’s Championship 4+ 18:50.79 3rd

CINCINNATI REGATTA (CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE AND WEST VIRGINIA)

Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio April 14, 2001 Event Varsity 8+ Varsity 4+

Time Finish 7:07.7 3rd 7:23.6 1st

Time Finish 7:52.93 2nd 7:20.88 2nd 7:19.62

3rd

BIG EAST ROWING CHALLENGE

Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. April 29, 2001 Event Time Finish Varsity 4+ BIG EAST Record* 7:33.08* 1st Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:15.75 9th

DAD VAIL REGATTA

2001-02 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. October 6, 2000 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 20:06.4 15th ‘B’ 21:21.1 17th Women’s Novice 4+ 36:36.8 15th

NAVY DAY REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. October 13, 2001 Event Time Finish Women’s College Fours 18:26.9 4th Women’s College Novice 8+ ‘A’ 20:27.7 11th ‘B’ 20:21.0 10th Women’s College Eights 16:44.4 7th

HEAD OF THE CHARLES

SIRA REGATTA

Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 21, 2001 Event Varsity 4+ Varsity 8+ Prelim Women’s 8+ ‘C’ Final

Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England June 22-25, 2001 Event Time Women’s College Fours West Virginia def. Bowdoin 5:52 West Virginia def. Manchester University 5:43 Oxford Brooks def. West Virginia 5:44

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. May 11-12, 2001 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 4+ Final 7:59.8 1st Women’s Varsity 8+ Quarterfinal 8:01.34 5th

Charles River, Cambridge, Mass. October 20, 2001 Event Time Finish Women’s Eight 18:26.00 49th

HEAD OF THE SCHUYLKILL

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. October 27, 2001 Event Time Finish Women’s Championship Eights 15:30.60 15th Women’s Novice Eights ‘A’ 18:34.54 37th Women’s Novice Eights ‘B’ 19:36.85 45th

UCF, CONNECTICUT, MIAMI, WEST VIRGINIA

Miami, Fla. March 23, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Race One 7:41.71 3rd Race Two 7:10.88 2nd Women’s Novice 8+ Race One 8:58.54 3rd Race Two 9:13.85 3rd Women’s Second Novice 8+ 8:59.96 2nd

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BARRY

Ronald Shane Watersports Center, Miami, Fla. March 29, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ 7:11.36 1st Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 7:56.90 2nd Women’s Novice 8+ ‘B’ 8:16.30 3rd

CINCINNATI INVITATIONAL

East Fork Lake, Cincinnati, Ohio April 6, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Race One 7:40.0 2nd Race Two 7:28.1 2nd Women’s Novice 8+ Race One 8:27.1 3rd Race Two 8:37.0 2nd Women’s Novice 8+ ‘B’ 8:47.2 2nd

KNECHT CUP

Cooper River, Camden, N.J. April 13, 2002 Event Women’s Varsity 4+ Women’s Novice 8+ Heat Four Women’s Second Novice 8+ Heat Two Women’s Varsity 8+ Heat One

Time Finish 7:45.9 3rd 8:04.4

4th

8:07.4

2nd

7:03.2

3rd

SIRA REGATTA

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 21, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 8+ ‘B’ Final 8:11.4 5th Petite Final 7:49.1 3rd Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:16.3 3rd

BIG EAST WOMEN’S ROWING CHALLENGE

Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. April 28, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final 29:06 6th Women’s Novice 8+ Petite Final 8:12.94 3rd Women’s Second Novice 8+ Grand Final 8:15.34 5th

DAD VAIL REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. May 10-11, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice Four First Round (Heat One) 8:36.3 3rd Women’s Novice Heavyweight Eight First Round (Heat Five) 7:47.9 5th

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2nd

2002-03 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. October 5, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s Club 8+ 16:46.3 6th Women’s Open 8+ 15:29.8 8th H.J. Heinz Exhibition Sprints 2:36.6 1st

NAVY DAY REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. October 12, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s College Fours ‘B’ 15:22.7 2nd ‘A’ 15:55.7 8th Women’s College Novice Eights ‘A’ 15:53.7 6th ‘C’ 17:45.3 12th ‘B’ 17:47.6 13th Women’s College JV Eights 14:50.1 5th Women’s Club Fours 19:09.3 4th Women’s College Heavyweight Eight 13:53.4 3rd

HEAD OF THE CHARLES

Charles River, Cambridge, Mass. October 19, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s College 8+ 17:28.48 2nd Women’s College 4+ 21:03.59 30th

HEAD OF THE SCHUYLKILL

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. October 26, 2002 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 4+ 19:36.18 3rd Women’s Club Eights 16:18.83 11th Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 17:10.38 10th ‘B’ 18:17.30 27th Women’s Championship Eights 14:39.03 3rd

HEAD RACE VS. DUQUESNE

Monongahela River, Morgantown, W.Va. March 23, 2003 Event Time Finish Race One (1,000 meters) Women’s Varsity 8+ 3:24.0 1st Women’s Second Varsity 8+ 3:37.1 1st Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 3:44.1 1st ‘B’ 3:46.9 1st Race Two (1,000 meters) Women’s Varsity 8+ 3:28.3 1st Women’s Second Varsity 8+ 3:40.6 1st Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 3:46.8 1st ‘B’ 3:49.6 1st Race Three (1,000 meters) Women’s Varsity 8+ 3:29.0 1st Women’s Second Varsity 3:40.6 1st Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 3:53.0 1st ‘B’ 3:55.9 1st Race Four (1,000 meters) Women’s Varsity 8+ 3:35.7 1st Women’s Second Varsity 8+ 3:37.9 1st Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 3:43.5 1st ‘B’ 3:48.5 1st

ROWING

Madison STEPP, Amy HOUAGLUND, Grace DEVER, Haley HUFF, CherlynTEGTNEYER

SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIC

Mission Bay, San Diego, Calif. April 5, 2003 Event Time Finish Women’s Cal Cup Grand Final 6:57.00 1st

KNECHT CUP

Cooper River, Camden, N.J. April 11, 2003 Event Women’s Singles Women’s Novice 4+ Petite Final Women’s Second Novice 8+ Grand Final Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final

Time Finish 9:21.27 4th 8:50.9

5th

7:53.8

1st

7:26.9

3rd

6:51.5

1st

SIRA REGATTA

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 19, 2003 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 8+ ‘B’ Final 7:26.1 1st Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ Final 7:14.7 5th Women’s JV 8+ ‘A’ Final 7:07.4 3rd Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘A’ Final 6:35.7 2nd

BIG EAST WOMEN’S ROWING CHALLENGE

Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. April 27, 2003 Event Time Finish Novice 8+ Petite Final 7:16.8 2nd Second Novice 8+ Grand Final 7:20.41 4th Varsity 8+ Grand Final 6:37.71 4th Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:06.92 2nd

DAD VAIL REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. May 10, 2003 Event Time Finish Women’s JV Eight Grand Final 7:08.1 3rd Women’s Heavyweight Varsity 8+ Grand Final 6:39.34 3rd

ECAC NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL

Cooper River, Camden, N.J. May 11, 2003 Event Novice Metro Eight Grand Final Second Varsity Metro Eight Grand Final Varsity Metro Four Petite Final Varsity Metro Eight Grand Final

Time Finish 7:48.99

6th

7:23.22

3rd

8:25.62

1st

7:01.25

3rd

2003-04 RESULTS HEAD OF THE MON

Monongahela River, Morgantown, W.Va. October 4, 2003 Event Time Finish Varsity 8+ ‘A’ 20:51.44 6th ‘B’ 22:27.80 15th Novice 8+ ‘A’ 28:05.95 6th ‘B’ 28:39.36 7th Novice 4+ 32:45.55 3rd Novice 8+ 25:07.31 4th

HEAD OF THE CHARLES

Charles River, Cambridge, Mass. October 19, 2003 Event Time Finish Women’s Collegiate Eight 17:09.49 4th

HEAD OF THE SCHUYLKILL

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. October 25, 2003 Event Time Finish Women’s Heavy Championship Eights ‘A’ 13:50.03 2nd ‘B’ 14:59.34 15th Women’s College Novice Eights ‘B’ 16:00.71 12th ‘A’ 17:47.31 36th

SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIC

Mission Bay, San Diego, Calif. April 3, 2004 Event Time Finish Jessop-Whittier Cup Petite Final 7:22.33 7th

KNECHT CUP

Cooper River, Camden, N.J. April 18, 2004 Event Women’s Novice 4+ Petite Final Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final

Time Finish 8:56.3

4th

7:50.0

4th

7:20.5 5th

BIG EAST ROWING CHALLENGE

Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. April 25, 2004 Event Time Finish Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:11.09 1st Novice 8+ Petite Final 8:34.03 2nd Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:38.06 2nd

2004-05 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. October 2, 2004 Event Time Finish Women’s Club 1x 23:30.61 1st Women’s Club 4+ ‘A’ 20:02.01 3rd ‘B’ 20:52.23 7th Women’s Open 2‘B’ 21:31.56 2nd ‘A’ 29:51.56 6th Women’s Youth 8+ ‘B’ 23:57.36 4th Women’s Open 8+ ‘B’ 17:37.28 4th ‘A’ 22:15.15 10th

HEAD OF THE CHARLES

Charles River, Cambridge, Mass. October 24, 2004 Event Time Finish Women’s Collegiate 8+ 13:15.85 3rd

HEAD OF THE SCHUYLKILL

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. October 30, 2004 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ 15:14.22 7th Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 17:12.41 22nd

MURPHY CUP REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. March 26, 2005 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 4+ 7:40.08 4th Women’s Varsity 8+ 6:46.51 5th

Women’s Novice 4+ Women’s College Singles Women’s Club Eights Women’s Novice 8+ Women’s Open Fours Women’s Open Eights

SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIC

HEAD OF THE ELK

Mission Bay, San Diego, Calif. April 2, 2005 Event Time Finish Women’s Cal Cup Third Final 7:17.80 1st

GEORGE WASHINGTON INVITATIONAL CREW CLASSIC

Mission Bay, San Diego, Calif. April 9, 2005 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final 7:07.50 4th Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:05.70 1st

KNECHT CUP

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. April 16, 2005 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:24.20 5th Women’s Novice 8+ Third Final 8:16.80 3rd Women’s Varsity 8+ Third Final 7:06.50 5th

BIG EAST ROWING CHALLENGE

Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. April 23, 2005 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 4+ Grand Final 10:53.92 5th Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final 8:55.48 6th

CINCINNATI DUAL RACE

Monongahela River, Morgantown, W.Va. April 30, 2005 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ 7:26.00 2nd Women’s Varsity 4+ 8:38.00 3rd Women’s Novice 8+ 8:30.00 3rd

DAD VAIL REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. May 10, 2003 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Evelyn Bergman Trophy 7:31.32 5th Women’s Varsity 4+ Third Semi-Final 8:58.95 4th Women’s Novice 8+ Heat Six 8:43.53 4th

2005-06 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. October 1, 2005 Event Time Finish Women’s Open Pairs ‘A’ 18:05.00 4th ‘B’ 19:34.62 7th ‘C’ 20:12:67 8th

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St. Joseph’s River, Elkhart. Ind. October 26, 2005 Event Time Finish Women’s Open 8+ ‘A’ 15:15.53 6th Women’s Open 8+ ‘B’ 16:23.50 8th Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 17:46.22 6th

MURPHY CUP REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. March 25, 2006 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 4+ Heat Three 7:59.59 2nd Women’s Varsity 8+ Heat Three 7:02.52 4th Women’s Novice 4+ Grand Final 8:20.07 2nd

KNECHT CUP

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. April 9, 2006 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 4+ Heat Three 9:16.20 4th Women’s Varsity 8+ Semi-Final Two 7:54.90 6th

SIRA REGATTA

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 15, 2006 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 4+ ‘B’ Final 8:52.6 5th Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘B’ Final 8:32.0 6th Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘B’ Final 7:15.7 4th

BIG EAST ROWING CHALLENGE

Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. April 30, 2006 Event Time Finish Novice 4+ Grand Final 8:08.45 3rd Varsity 4+ Grand Final 8:08.422 6th Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:16.67 3rd

DAD VAIL REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. May 12-13, 2006 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Repechage One 7:45.05 5th Women’s Varsity 4+ Semi-Final Three 7:14.6 3rd Women’s Novice 4+ Grand Final 7:49.97 3rd

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2006-07 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Women’s Novice 8+ Heat Five Women’s Varsity 8+ Third Final

7:44.1

6th

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. 7:36.7 5th October 7, 2006 SIRA REGATTA Event Time Finish Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Women’s Open Pairs April 22, 2007 ‘A’ 16:22.20 3rd Event Time Finish ‘B’ 16:54.10 4th Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘C’ 17:01.92 6th ‘B’ Final 7:26.8 6th ‘D’ 17:16.66 7th Women’s Novice 4+ Women’s College Singles ‘A’ Final 8:32.7 6th ‘A’ 17:58.84 2nd Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘B’ 18:04.81 3rd ‘A’ Final 7:37.9 1st Women’s Open Fours WVU Lights 15:04.61 2nd BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS ‘B’ 16:41.67 10th Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. Women’s Open Eights 13:50.66 1st April 29, 2007 HEAD OF THE GENESEE Event Time Finish Genesee River, Rochester, N.Y. Women’s Varsity 4+ October 8, 2006 Grand Final 7:35.75 2nd Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 4+ Women’s Open Eight Grand Final 8:00.24 3rd Championship Results 32:15.47 11th Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:29,21 3rd

HEAD OF THE CHARLES

Charles River, Cambridge, Mass. October 21, 2006 Event Time Finish Women’s Club Eights 18:57.69 7th

MURPHY CUP REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. March 24, 2007 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 8+ Heat One 5:59.51 2nd Women’s Varsity 8+ Heat One 6:18.36 4th

SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIC

Mission Bay, San Diego, Calif. April 1, 2007 Event Time Finish Women’s Cal Cup Petite Final 7:29.22 5th Women’s Collegiate Novice Laurel V. Korholz Perpetual Trophy ‘C’ 8:13.09 5th

GEORGE WASHINGTON INVITATIONAL

Potomac River, Washington D.C. April 6-7, 2007 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 8+ Against Georgetown 7:25.6 2nd Against George Washington 7:37.7 2nd Against Delaware 7:44.4 2nd Women’s Varsity 8+ Against Georgetown 6:49.2 2nd Against George Washington 7:02.8 2nd Against Delaware 6:28.0 2nd

KNECHT CUP

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. April 14, 2007 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 4+ Grand Final 8:46.0 6th Women’s Varsity 4+ Grand Final 7:58.1 5th

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DAD VAIL REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. May 12-13, 2007 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Heat Four 7:16.16 5th Women’s Novice 4+ Heat Two 8:17.91 4th Women’s Varsity 4+ Grand Final 7:35.33 5th

2007-08 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. October 6, 2007 Event Time Finish Women’s Open 4+ ‘A’ 17:28.51 3rd ‘B’ 19:16.3 14th Women’s Open 8+ 16:34.01 7th

HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN

Occoquan River, Fairfax Station, Va. November 3, 2007 Event Time Finish Collegiate Women’s 8+ 19:23.92 8th Collegiate Women’s Novice 4+ 25:41.1 5th Women’s Collegiate Novice 8+ ‘A’ 22.08.85 13th ‘B’ 24:08.85 18th Women’s Collegiate 4+ ‘A’ 20:14.74 1st ‘B’ 21:30.23 10th

KNECHT CUP

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. April 12, 2008 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 4+ Heat Two 9:24.6 5th Women’s Varsity 4+ Grand Final 7:32.4 2nd Women’s Second Varsity 4+ Final 8:20.7 4th Women’s Novice 8+ Petite Final 7:36.9 4th Women’s Varsity 8+ Third Final 7:16.6 6th

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 27, 2008 Event Time Finish Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:27.50 1st Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:19.64 2nd

DAD VAIL REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. May 10, 2008 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity Hywt Four Margaret McNiff Trophy Grand Final 7:26.94 4th Women’s Varsity Pair Semi-Final 8:22.87 5th Women’s Novice Eight Semi-Final 7:04.11 6th

2008-09 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. September 27, 2008 Event Time Finish Women’s Open 4+ ‘A’ 17:06.1 2nd ‘B’ 18:09.03 8th

HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN

Occoquan River, Fairfax Station, Va. November 1, 2008 Event Time Finish Women’s Collegiate Novice 4+ ‘A’ 29:13.14 3rd ‘B’ 19:57.39 10th ‘C’ 21:10.79 17th Women’s Collegiate 8+ 17:36.17 5th Women’s Collegiate Novice 4+ ‘A’ 20:56.29 3rd ‘B’ 25:01.63 12th Women’s Collegiate Novice 8+ 19:40.26 12th

MURPHY CUP

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. March 28, 2009 Eastwood Lake, Dayton, Ohio Event Time Finish April 5, 2008 Women’s Varsity 8+ Event Time Finish Heat One 7:07.07 5th Varsity 8+ 6:39.8 2nd Women’s Varsity 4+ Varsity 4+ 7:46.8 1st Heat Six 7:59.80 3rd Novice 8+ 7:16.3 3rd Women’s Novice 8+ Novice 4+ Grand Final 7:23.68 6th ‘A’ 8:16.8 3rd Women’s Novice 4+ Novice 4+ Heat One 8:05.02 2nd B’ 8:45.4 2nd Heat Three 8:15.82 2nd

DAYTON, DUQUESNE

DAYTON, DUQUESNE, GEORGE MASON

Monongahela River, Morgantown, W.Va. April 4, 2009 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ 6:41.20 4th Women’s Varsity 4+ 7:06.30 1st Women’s Frosh/Novice 4+ 7:49.30 3rd Women’s Frosh/Novice 8+ 6:21.30 2nd

KNECHT CUP

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. April 9, 2009 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity Pair Heat Two 9:19.80 4th Women’s Frosh/Novice Four Grand Final 9:30.70 3rd Women’s Varsity Four Grand Final 9:02.10 4th Women’s Second Varsity Four Grand Final 6:30.0 1st Women’s Frosh/Novice Eight Semi Two 7:54.20 5th Women’s Varsity Eight Third Final 7:43.20 4th

SIRA REGATTA

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 18, 2009 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:25.50 5th Women’s Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:43.90 6th Women’s Novice 8+ Petite Final 7:37.90 2nd

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. April 25, 2009 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final 6:59.59 1st Women’s Varsity 4+ Grand Final 8:31.04 6th Women’s Novice 8+ Grand Final 7:21.64 5th

DAD VAIL REGATTA

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. May 9, 2009 Event Time Finish *Women’s Heavyweight Eight 4:53.66 22nd *Women’s Pair 6:38.48 16th Women’s Frosh/Novice Eight Semi-Final Two 7:07.00 5th *Timed Trials were used due to weather conditions

2009-10 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. October 3, 2009 Event Time Finish Women’s Open 8+ ‘A’ 15:35.14 3rd ‘B’ 16:02.67 6th

HEAD OF THE MON

Monongahela River, Star City, W.V. October 10, 2009 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘A’ 19:23.00 1st ‘B’ 20:06.00 4th Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘A’ 21:04.00 4th ‘B’ 21:23.00 5th ‘C’ 21:40.00 6th Women’s Varsity 2‘A’ 23:32.00 1st ‘B’ 23:59.00 2nd ‘C’ 25:41.00 3rd

HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. April 25, 2010 Event Time Finish Women’s Second Varsity 4+ Grand Final 8:21.32 5th Women’s Varsity 4+ Grand Final 8:33.21 3rd Women’s Novice 8+ Grand Final 8:02.34 4th Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 8:05.74 1st Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:37.15 1st

ECAC MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Occoquan River, Fairfax Station, Va. October 31, 2009 Event Time Finish Women’s Collegiate 8+ ‘A’ 18:43.69 8th ‘B’ 19:34.95 14th Women’s Collegiate 4+ ‘A’ 19:59.41 3rd ‘B’ 20: 56.10 12th ‘C’ 21:27.01 16th Women’s Novice 8+ 22:25.57 15th Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘A’ 24:33.41 9th ‘B’ 26:21.51 15th

Cooper River, Camden, N.J. May 1, 2010 Event Women’s Novice 8+ Grand Final Women’s Varsity 4+ Third Final Grand Final Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final

AT NORTH CAROLINA

HEAD OF OHIO

Time Finish 7:18.60

3rd

8:34.40 8:06.18

3rd 5th

6::54.12

2nd

7:16.13

2nd

2010-11 RESULTS

Lake Lure, N.C. Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. April 2, 2010 October 9, 2010 Event Time Finish Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ 6:10.46 1st Women’s Open 8+ Women’s Second Varsity 8+ 6:47.16 1st ‘A’ 15:05.88 1st Women’s Novice 4+ 7:52.50 2nd ‘B’ 16:02.89 7th Women’s Varsity 4+ 7:24.13 2nd Women’s Open 2x ‘A’ 17:23.60 2nd KNECHT CUP ‘B’ 17:54.85 3rd Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. Women’s Open 4+ ‘A’ 16:48.07 5th April 11, 2010 ‘B’ 17:20.11 10th Event Time Finish ‘C’ 18:44.31 19th Women’s Frosh/Novice Four Petite Final HEAD OF THE SCHUYLKILL ‘A’ 8:19.43 2nd Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. ‘B’ 8:49.82 6th October 30, 2010 Women’s Varsity Four Event Time Finish Grand Final 7:50.44 5th Women’s Open 4+ Women’s Second Varsity Four ‘A’ 17:00.54 5th Heat One 8:22.34 5th ‘B’ 17:08.19 7th Women’s Frosh/Novice Eight Women’s Championship 8+ Grand Final 7:24.73 5th ‘A’ 15:51.53 7th Women’s Second Varsity Eight ‘B’ 17:40.53 21st Petite Final 7:13.08 6th Women’s Singles Women’s Varsity Eight ‘A’ 18:56.64 11th Heat Two 7:03.89 4th ‘B’ 19:50.50 13th

GEORGE MASON

Monongahela River, Star City, W.Va. April 17, 2010 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ 7:31.68 2nd Women’s Second Varsity 8+ 7:49.41 2nd Women’s Varsity 4+ 8:59.90 2nd Women’s Novice 4+ ‘A’ 8:46.12 2nd ‘B’ 8:52.36 3rd

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HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN

Occoquan River, Fairfax Station, Va. November 6, 2010 Event Time Finish Women’s Collegiate 8+ ‘A’ 17:46.65 6th ‘B’ 19:11.30 20th Women’s Collegiate 4+ ‘A’ 19:02.42 2nd ‘B’ 19:48.11 7th ‘C’ 20:23.31 15th

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Women’s Novice 4+ ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ ‘B’

21:40.57 3rd 22:43.72 7th 25:44.43 16th 20:40.39 10th 22:01.42 16th

PHILADELPHIA FROSTBITE

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cooper River Park, Pennsauken, N.J. May 1, 2011 Event Time Finish Women’s Second Varsity 4+ Grand Final 8:22.32 3rd Women’s Varsity 4+ Grand Final 8:12.76 6th Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:37.58 2nd Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final 7:01.94 6th

PHILADELPHIA FROSTBITE

Cooper River, Pennsauken, N.J. November 12, 2011 Event Time Finish Women’s Open Double ‘A’ 7:59.39 1st ‘C’ 8:15.09 2nd ‘B’ 8:17.60 3rd Women’s Novice 4+ Flight Two ‘A’ 9:22.65 4th Flight Three ‘B’ 10:01.18 4th Women’s Novice 8+ Flight One ‘A’ 7:42.85 2nd Flight Two ‘B’ 9:03.29 3rd Women’s Varsity 4+ Flight Two ‘A’ 7:50.05 1st Flight Three ‘B’ 8:13.17 1st ‘C’ 8:31.29 2nd Women’s Varsity 8+ Flight One ‘B’ 7:37.47 4th Flight Three ‘A’ 6:59.20 2nd

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. November 13, 2010 Event Time Finish Women’s Master Doubles DAD VAIL REGATTA ‘B’ 7:51.25 1st Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. ‘C’ 7:56.74 2nd May 14, 2011 ‘A’ 8:18.33 4th Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 4+ Women’s Pair Flight Two Semi-Final Two 8:34.61 3rd ‘A’ 8;11.74 2nd Women’s Varsity 8+ Flight Three Petite Final 6:49.36 2nd ‘B’ 8:40.69 1st Women’s Frosh/Novice 4+ ‘C’ 9:18.24 2nd Grand Final 8:10.52 5th Women’s Novice 8+ Flight Two ‘A’ 7:41.66 4th Flight Three HEAD OF OHIO ‘B’ 8:35.65 4th Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. Women’s Varsity 4+ October 1, 2011 Flight One Event Time Finish ‘B’ 7:45.32 2nd AT NORTH CAROLINA, GEORGETOWN Women’s Open 8+ 15:59.20 1st Flight Three Lake Wheeler, Raleigh, N.C. Women’s Open 2x ‘A’ 7:41.46 2nd March 24, 2012 Gribbons 18:50.69 1st Women’s Varsity 8+ Event Time Finish Spencer 19:49.01 3rd Flight Two Second Varsity 4+ 8:16.77 2nd Women’s Open 4+ ‘B’ 7:13.92 1st Varsity 4+ 7:53.14 1st ‘C’ 17:32.12 1st Flight Four Second Varsity 8+ 7:32.79 3rd ‘B’ 18:39.69 7th ‘A’ 7:09.50 3rd Varsity 8+ 7:03.66 2nd ‘A’ 19:35.90 15th

2011-12 RESULTS

UNC, GEORGE MASON

Lake Wheeler, Raleigh, N.C. March 19, 2011 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 4+ 9:28.15 5th Women’s Novice 8+ 8:06.71 3rd Women’s Second Varsity 8+ 7:47.10 3rd Women’s Varsity 8+ 7:13.20 2nd

OCCOQUAN SPRINTS

Occoquan Reservoir, Fairfax Station, Va. April 3, 2011 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 8+ Grand Final 8:43.32 5th Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Grand Final 7:45.28 3rd Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final 7:26.82 2nd Women’s Novice 4+ Heat One 9:26.63 4th

KNECHT CUP

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. April 9-10, 2011 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 4+ Grand Final 8:21.49 1st Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:31.55 4th Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final 7:02.74 5th Women’s Varsity 4+ Heat One 8:49.22 6th Heat Five 8:54.60 4th

ROWING

HEAD OF THE KANAWHA

Kanawha River, Charleston, W.Va. October 15, 2011 Event Time Finish Women’s Open 1+ ‘A’ 22:29 1st ‘B’ 23:15 3rd Women’s Open 8+ 19:14 1st

HEAD OF THE SCHUYLKILL

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. October 2, 2011 Event Time Finish Women’s Open 4+ ‘A’ 15:51.76 5th ‘B’ 16:43.33 18th ‘C’ 16:58.36 20th

HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN

Occoquan River, Fairfax Station, Va. November 5, 2011 Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 4+ ‘A’ 22:00.85 22nd ‘B’ 23:42.68 7th Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 20:40.84 6th ‘B’ 23:53.22 18th

OCCOQUAN SPRINTS

Occoquan Reservoir, Fairfax Station, Va. April 1, 2012 Event Time Finish Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:28.35 2nd Women’s Novice 4+ Semifinal One 8:12.60 1st Women’s Varsity 4+ Semifinal One 7:56.28 4th Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final 7:01.60 6th

KNECHT CUP

Cooper River, Cherry Hill, N.J. April 13-15, 2012 Event Women’s Novice 4+ Grand Final Women’s Varsity 4+ Third Final Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Third Final Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final

Time Finish 8:34.05

6th

8:01.28

1st

7:16.68

5th

6:42.72

4th

DAYTON

Monongahela River, Morgantown, W.Va. April 21, 2012 *Official times and margins not recorded Event Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Race One 2nd Race Two 2nd Women’s Varsity 4+ Race One 1st Race Two 1st

NOTRE DAME INVITATIONAL

Eagle Creek Reservoir, Indianapolis April 28, 2012 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:11.9 1st Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:31.7 1st Women’s Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:23.2 1st Women’s Second Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:40.9 3rd

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

Mercer Lake, West Windsor, N.J. May 13, 2012 Event Time Finish Women’s Second Varsity 4+ Final 8:11.72 4th Women’s Varsity 4+ Petite Final 7:58.21 2nd Women’s Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:08.9 2nd Women’s Varsity 8+ Petite Final 6:59.36 2nd

Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ ‘B’

20:41.36 7th 22:09.53 17t

PHILADELPHIA FROSTBITE

Cooper River, Cherryhill, N.J. November 10, 2012 Event Women’s Open Double ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ Women’s Novice 4+ ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ ‘B’ Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘A’ ‘B’

Time Finish 8:02.05 1st 8:09.92 2nd 8:22.89 4th 9:01.27 1st 9:09.01 2nd 9:10.58 3rd 8:17.76 1st 8:41.85 4th 8:04.05 1st 8:09.68 1st 8:34.69 2nd 7:12.11 2nd 7:37.06 2nd

OAK RIDGE CARDINAL INVITATIONAL

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. March 16-17, 2013 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘A’ 6:57.9 3rd ‘B’ ^3rd Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘A’ 8:24.5 3rd ‘B’ 8:40.4 3rd ‘C’ 8:49.7 3rd Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘A’ 6:49.3 2nd HEAD OF OHIO ‘B’ 6:55.13 2nd Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. Women’s Varsity 4+ October 6, 2012 ‘A’ 8:14.39 2nd Event Time Finish Women’s Novice 8+ Women’s Open 8+ ‘A’ 7:32.16 2nd ‘A’ 15:22.51 4th Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘B’ 15:30.75 5th ‘A’ 7:09.96 3rd Women’s Open 4+ ‘B’ 7:17.56 2nd ‘A’ 16:30.83 2nd ‘C’ 8:02.1 1st ‘B’ ^15th Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘C’ ^21st ‘A’ 8:22.84 2nd

2012-13 RESULTS

HEAD OF THE SCHUYLKILL

ALABAMA AND UCF

Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. Black Warrior River, Tuscaloosa, Ala. October 27, 2012 April 6, 2013 Event Time Finish Event Time Finish Women’s Open 1+ 17:43.05 ^10th Women’s Varsity 8+ Women’s Open 8+ ‘A’ 7:41.4 1st ‘A’ 14:38.99 ^12th ‘B’ 7:57.6 3rd ‘B’ 15:02.54 ^20th Women’s Varsity 4+ Women’s Open 4+ ‘A’ 9:13.9 3rd ‘A’ 15:54.86 4th ‘B’ 9:10.4 2nd ‘B’ 17:05.23 21st KNECHT CUP ‘C’ 17:01.47 20th Cooper River, Cherry Hill, N.J. HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN April 13-14, 2013 Occoquan Reservoir, Fairfax Station, Va. Event Time Finish November 3, 2012 Women’s Varsity 8+ Event Time Finish ‘A’ 6:40.3 2nd Women’s Novice 4+ ‘B’ 7:04.39 3rd ‘A’ 22:14.12 4th Women’s Novice 4+ ‘B’ 22:28.69 6th ‘B’ 8:49.09 5th ‘C’ 22:45.63 9th

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Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘A’ ‘B’ Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final ‘A’ Petite Final ‘B’

8:34.35 6th 8:34.37 6th 7:59.41 4th 6:49.14 5th 7:12.88 4th

BUCKNELL, UCONN AND DELAWARE

Pinchot Lake, Lewisberry, Pa. April 27, 2013 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘A’ 6:53.2 2nd ‘B’ 7:05.7 1st ‘C’ 7:49.5 2nd Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘A’ 6:58.1 2nd ‘B’ 8:25.7 2nd Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘A’ 6:54.2 1st ‘B’ 7:16.5 1st ‘C’ ^2nd Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘A’ 7:37.5 1st ‘B’ 7:49.6 3rd

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wyandotte County Lake, Kansas City, Kan. May 4, 2013 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘A’ 6:36.45 3rd ‘B’ 6:46.66 4th ‘C’ 7:01.12 5th Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘A’ 7:48.61 5th ‘B’ 8:00.76 4t

CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. May 18, 2013 Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ ‘A’ 6:49.53 3rd ‘B’ 6:59.9 3rd Women’s Varsity 8+ Grand Final ‘A’ 6:47.56 5th ‘B’ 7:06.06 5th Women’s Varsity 4+ ‘A’ 7:59.62 6th Women’s Varsity 4+ Petite Final ‘A’ 7:59.88 5th Women’s Open 4+ ‘A’ 8:07.27 4th ‘B’ 8:03.84 3rd

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2013-14 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

OAK RIDGE CARDINAL INVITATIONAL

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. March 15-16, 2014 October 5, 2013 Event Time Event Time Finish Women’s Varsity 8+ Women’s Open 1x Minnesota 6:54.10 ‘A’ 19:45.20 1st Dayton 7:10.98 Women’s Open 8+ West Virginia 7:19.09 ‘A’ 15:34.66 1st 2nd Varsity 8+ ‘B’ 16:07.80 4th Minnesota 7:02.50 ‘C’ 17:41.83 14th West Virginia 7:25.54 Women’s Open 2x Dayton 806.86 ‘A’ 17:41.46 1st Varsity 4+ ‘B’ 18:25.21 3rd Minnesota 8:04.10 Women’s Open 4+ West Virginia 8:46.45 ‘A’ 17:41.41 1st 2nd Varsity 4+ ‘B’ 18:00.99 6th Minnesota 8:07.60 ‘D’ 18:10.69 7th West Virginia 8:31.79 ‘C’ 19:29.14 19th 3rd Varsity 4+ Alabama 8:15.60 HEAD OF THE SCHUYLKILL Minnesota 8:22.98 Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa. Dayton (N) 8:35.73 October 26, 2013 West Virginia 8:46.21 Event Time Finish Varsity 8+ Frosh/Novice Open 4 23:29.74 23rd Notre Dame 6:31.70 Women’s Open 4+ Louisville 6:39.64 ‘A’ 16:55.31 3rd West Virginia 7:03.14 ‘B’ 17:38.05 10th 2nd Varsity 8+ ‘C’ 18:01.90 15th Notre Dame 6:31.70 Women’s Club 8+ Louisville 6:41.52 ‘A’ 16:42.58 8th West Virginia 7:15.99 ‘B’ 17:27.52 16th Varsity 4+ ‘C’ 18:36.90 34th Notre Dame 7:22.10 Open Heavy Championships 8+ Final 16:46.80 12th Louisville 7:34.63 West Virginia 8:00.48 HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN 2nd Varsity 4+ Occoquan Reservoir, Fairfax Station, Va. Louisville 7:37.70 November 2, 2013 Notre Dame 7:39.55 Event Time Finish West Virginia 8:06.23 Women’s Varsity 8+ 3rd Varsity 4+ ‘A’ 17:52.81 7th Louisville 7:36.10 ‘B’ 18:07.73 10th Notre Dame 7:50.74 ‘C’ 19:09.99 22nd West Virginia 8:15.33 Women’s Novice 4+ Frosh/Novice 8+ ‘A’ 21:19.5 2nd Virginia 6:48.00 ‘B’ 21:54.95 3rd Louisville 7:08.39 Women’s Novice 8+ Notre Dame (3V) 7:10.92 ‘A’ 19:55.40 10th West Virginia 7:30.84 ‘B’ 22:27.80 22nd Varsity 8+ Women’s Varsity 4+ Wisconsin 6:50.20 ‘A’ 19:33.68 5th Tennessee 6:56.73 ‘B’ 20:08.7 17th Kansas 7:02.63 ‘C’ 20:48.70 20th West Virginia 7:14.17 ‘D’ 21:45.94 31st 2nd Varsity 4+ Wisconsin 6:47.70 RIVANNA ROMP Kansas 6:56.45 Rivanna River, Earlysville, Va. Tennessee 6:57.12 November 15, 2013 West Virginia 7:17.65 Event Time Finish Varsity 4+ Women’s Varsity 8+ Wisconsin 7:25.70 ‘A’ 14:53.2 14th Kansas 7:29.28 ‘B’ 14:52.7 30th Tennessee 7:43.00 Women’s Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:57.79 ‘A’ 16:14.2 17th 2nd Varsity 4+ ‘B’ 17:22.4 27th Wisconsin 7:40.70 ‘C’ 17:54.4 28th Kansas 7:52.77 ‘D’ 17:09.3 26th West Virginia 8:19.83 Tennessee 8:27.31 3rd Varsity 4+ Kansas 8:13.30 Dayton (N) 8:16.59 West Virginia 8:28.56

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Frosh/Novice 8+ Kansas (3V) 7:20.60 Kansas 7:22.22 Tennessee 7:45.90 West Virginia 7:48.16

AT INDIANA

Lake Lemon, Bloomington, Ind. April 5, 2014 Event Time Varsity 8+ Indiana ‘A’ 6:36.8 Indiana ‘B’ 6:55.3 West Virginia ‘A’ 7:10.2 West Virginia ‘B’ 7:19.2 Varsity 4+ Indiana ‘A’ 7:50.5 West Virginia ‘B’ 7:57.6 West Virginia ‘C’ 8.18.5 Varsity 8+ (Round 2) Indiana ‘A’ 6:45.6 Indiana ‘B’ 7:00.9 West Virginia ‘B’ 7:20.0 West Virginia ‘A’ 7:22.6 Varsity 4+ (Round 2) Indiana ‘A’ 7:50.7 West Virginia ‘A’ 8:05.6 West Virginia ‘B’ 8:28.7 Frosh/Novice 8+ Indiana N8 7:13.0 West Virginia N8 7:32.5 West Virginia ‘C’ 8:02.9 Novice 8+ (Round 2) Indiana N8 7:28.3 West Virginia N8 7:46.2 West Virginia ‘C’ 8:23.0

KNECHT CUP

Mercer Lake, West Windsor, N.J. April 12-13, 2-14 Event Time Finish Varsity 4+ (Prelim) WVU ‘A’ 7:58.01 3rd WVU ‘B’ 8:07.64 4th Varsity 8+ (Prelim) WVU ‘A’ 7:04.04 4th WVU ‘B’ 7:02.9 3rd WVU N8 7:07.14 1st Varsity 4+ (Semi) WVU ‘A’ 7:52.52 6th Varsity 8+ (Semi) WVU ‘A’ 6:57.66 6th WVU ‘B’ 6:59.21 4th WVU ‘C’ 7:25.32 4th WVU N8 7:10.79 2nd Vars ity 4+ (Third Final) WVU ‘A’ 8:13.25 5th Varsity 8+ WVU ‘A’ (Third Final) 7:17.06 4th WVU ‘B’ (Petite Final) 7:07.18 6th WVU N8 (Grand Final) 7:17.02 3rd

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP

Oklahoma River, Oklahoma City, Okla. May 3, 2014 Event Time Finish Varsity 4+ WVU ‘A’ 9:07.92 5th WVU ‘B’ 9:00.78 5th Varsity 8+ WVU ‘A’ 7:35.33 5th WVU ‘B’ 8:32.67 5th WVU ‘C’ 8:23.58 5th WVU ‘D’ 8:38.08 5th

CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. May 17, 2014 Event Time Finish Varsity 8+ (Prelim) WVU ‘A’ 6:49.97 4th WVU ‘B’ 7:08.6 5th Varsity 4+ (Prelim) WVU ‘A’ 8:11.83 6th WVU ‘B’ 7:55.31 2nd Varsity 8+ WVU ‘A’ (Petite Final) 6:49.01 2nd WVU ‘B’ (Petite Final) 7:06.8 4th WVU ‘C’ (Grand Final) 7:22.12 4th Varsity 4+ WVU ‘A’ 8:09.66 5th WVU ‘B’ 8:06.02 6th

2014-15 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. October 4, 2014 Event Time Finish Women’s Open 8+ ‘A’ 15:28.68 2nd ‘B’ 15:52.83 4th ‘C’ 16:57.21 9th

HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN

Occoquan Reservoir, Fairfax Station, Va. November 1, 2014 Event Time Finish Championship Women’s 8+ ‘A’ 17:57.07 6th ‘B’ 18:55.09 18th College Women’s Novice 4+ ‘A’ 21:10.28 2nd ‘B’ 21:39.89 3rd College Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 21:00.50 13th Championship Women’s 4+ ‘A’ 19:45.80 4th ‘B’ 20:07.54 9th ‘C’ 20:35.95 15th ‘D’ 21:31.02 24th

GEORGETOWN AND NORTH CAROLINA

Potomac River, Washington, D.C. March 28, 2015 Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ Georgetown 6:53.2 1st West Virginia 7:05.7 2nd North Carolina 7:49.5 3rd Second Varsity 8+ Georgetown 7:08.8 1st West Virginia 7:13.6 2nd North Carolina 7:47.7 3rd Third Varsity 8+ North Carolina 6:50.0 1st Georgetown 7:01.4 2nd West Virginia 7:01.8 3rd First Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:25.5 1st North Carolina 7:29.4 2nd Georgetown 7:36.9 3rd

KNECHT CUP

Mercer Lake, West Windsor, N.J. April 11-12, 2015 Event Time Finish Varsity 4+ (Prelim) WVU ‘A’ 7:58.35 5th Varsity 8+ (Prelim) WVU ‘A’ 6:47.73 2nd WVU ‘B’ 6:56.07 3rd WVU ‘C’ 7:33.29 4th Varsity 8 WVU ‘B’ 7:06.20 4th WVU ‘A’ 6:58.44 5th Varsity 8+ WVU ‘B’ 7:02.19 1st WVU ‘A’ 7:04.94 5th

EAWRC SPRINTS

Cherry Hill, N.J. May 3, 2015 Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ (Heat One) Harvard Radcliffe 6:36.012 1st Dartmouth 6:47.301 2nd Boston University 6:56.964 3rd MIT 6:57.118 4th West Virginia 7:02.581 5th First Varsity 8+ (Petite Final) Holy Cross 6:37.684 1st Georgetown 6:41.850 2nd Boston University 6:45.284 3rd MIT 6:47.261 4th Buffalo 6:47.993 5th Rutgers 6:52.015 6th West Virginia 6:56.455 7th Second Dartmouth 6:54.887 1st Columbia 6:59.207 2nd West Virginia 7:06.876 3rd Rutgers 7:16.657 4th Second Varsity 8+ (Petite Final) Georgetown 6:49.500 1st West Virginia 6:51.010 2nd Boston University 6:54.830 3rd Rutgers 7:03.570 4th MIT 5th Buffalo 6th Holy Cross 7th Third Varsity 8+ (Heat Two) Dartmouth 7:15.315 1st Boston College 7:24.206 2nd Boston College B 7:25.281 3rd Boston University 7:41.502 4th Holy Cross 7:51.91 5th West Virginia 7:55.260 6th Third Varsity 8+ (Petite Finals) Boston University 7:26.164 1st West Virginia 7:31.231 2nd Holy Cross 7:39.433 3rd Rutgers 7:43.608 4th Buffalo 7:49.517 5th First Varsity 4+ (Heat Two) Navy 7:43.520 1st Northeastern 7:53.508 2nd West Virginia 8:01.334 3rd Holy Cross 8:06.788 4th First Varsity 4+ (Petite Finals) Dartmouth 7:40.449 1st Holy Cross 7:51.494 2nd West Virginia 7:56.254 3rd MIT 8:00.626 4th Rutgers 8:15.601 5th Buffalo 8:21.841 6th Georgetown 8:22.047 7th

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BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tennessee May 16-17, 2015 Event Time Finish First Varsity 8 Oklahoma 6:36.37 1st Kansas 6:44.22 2nd Alabama 6:48.91 3rd West Virginia 6:49.33 4th First Varsity 8+ (Petite Final) West Virginia 7:07.39 1st Old Dominion 7:18.39 2nd Second Varsity 8+ (Heat One) Texas 6:35.05 1st Tennessee 6:47.96 2nd West Virginia 6:54.45 3rd Old Dominion 7:03.27 4th Second Varsity 8+ (Grand Final) Texas 6:52.18 1st Tennessee 7:02.45 2nd Kansas State 7:04.93 3rd Alabama 7:06.80 4th Oklahoma 7:09.63 5th West Virginia 7:17.16 6th Third Varsity 8+ (Heat Two) Kansas 7:00.41 1st Oklahoma 7:04.75 2nd Tennessee 7:23.95 3rd West Virginia 7:37.99 4th Third Varsity 8+ (Petite Final) Old Dominion 7:36.27 1st West Virginia 7:55.00 2nd First Varsity 4+ (Heat One) Texas 7:14.15 1st Kansas 7:33.54 2nd West Virginia 7:37.00 3rd Kansas State 7:40.83 4th First Varsity 4+ (Grand Final) Texas 7:35.40 1st Oklahoma 7:37.35 2nd Kansas 7:52.19 3rd Tennessee 7:57.81 4th West Virginia 7:58.13 5th Alabama 8:02.54 6th Second Varsity 4+ (Heat One) Texas 7:23.77 1st Alabama 7:39.35 2nd Kansas State 7:44.42 3rd West Virginia 7:50.46 4th Second Varsity 4+ (Petite Final) West Virginia 8:08.97 1st Old Dominion 8:22.61 2nd *Placed fifth, amassing 52 points

2015-16 RESULTS HEAD OF OHIO

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. October 3, 2015 Event Time Finish Women’s Open 8+ 12:58.53 2nd Women’s Open 4+ ‘B’ 14:04.33 1st Women’s Open 4+ ‘A’ 14:12.24 3rd

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HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN

Occoquan Reservoir, Fairfax Station, Va. October 31, 2015 Event Time Finish Championship Women’s 8+ ‘A’ 18:58.35 7th College Women’s Novice 4+ ‘A’ 21:10.57 2nd ‘B’ 21.47.77 8th ‘C’ 20:42.16 12th College Women’s Novice 8+ ‘A’ 20:06.06 3rd ‘B’ 21:46.12 8th ‘C’ 24:21.63 16th Championship Women’s 4+ ‘A’ 21:55.61 1st ‘B’ 22:17.98 2nd ‘C’ 23:55.91 10th

DUQUESNE, PITTSBURGH AND CARNEGIE MELLON

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. November 7, 2015 Event Time Finish Novice 8+ ‘A’ West Virginia 11:11.86 1st Pittsburgh 11:16.53 2nd Duquesne 12:00.28 3rd Novice 8+ ‘B’ West Virginia 10:37.8 1st Pittsburgh 11:18.5 2nd Novice 4+ ‘A’ West Virginia 11:40.8 1st Pittsburgh 11:57.3 2nd Duquesne 12:28.8 3rd Novice 4+ ‘B’ West Virginia 12:52.73 1st Duquesne 13:37.93 2nd Carnegie Mellon 14:22.78 3rd

NORTH CAROLINA DUALS

Lake Wheeler, Raleigh, N.C. March 25, 2016 West Virginia vs. Old Dominion Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ Old Dominion 7:01.1 1st West Virginia 7:10.3 2nd Second Varsity 8+ Old Dominion 7:11.0 1st West Virginia 7:21.7 2nd First Varsity 4+ Old Dominion 7:49.7 1st West Virginia 7:55.7 2nd First Novice 4+ West Virginia 8:12.0 1st North Carolina 8:36.7 2nd Old Dominion 8:40.9 3rd West Virginia vs. North Carolina Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ North Carolina 6:52.5 1st West Virginia 6:54.1 2nd Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 6:58.1 1st North Carolina ‘B’ 7:04.4 2nd North Carolina ‘C’ 7:07.7 3rd First Varsity 4+ North Carolina ‘A’ 7:42.9 1st West Virginia 8:01.6 2nd North Carolina ‘B’ 8:20.7 3rd First Novice 4+ West Virginia 8:08.6 1st Old Dominion 8:36.9 2nd North Carolina 9:17.0 3rd

KNECHT CUP

Mercer Lake, West Windsor Township, N.J. April 9-10, 2016 Event Time Finish OAK RIDGE CARDINAL April 9 INVITATIONAL Varsity Four (Heat 3) Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. West Virginia 8:32.80 5th March 12-13, 2016 Second Varsity Four (Heat 2) Event Time Finish West Virginia 8:47.18 5th March 12 - Morning Session Novice Four ‘B’ (Heat 2) Varsity 8+ West Virginia 10:23.22 6th West Virginia 6:56.61 4th Novice Four ‘A’ (Heat 5) Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 9:02.55 2nd West Virginia 7:09.56 4th Novice Four ‘A’ Semifinal Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:45.74 2nd West Virginia 8:10.10 4th Varsity Eight (Heat 5) March 12 - Afternoon Session West Virginia 7:45.90 3rd Varsity 8+ Second Varsity Eight (Heat 3) West Virginia 6:45.23 4th West Virginia 7:45.63 4th Second Varsity 8+ April 10 West Virginia 6:56.76 4th Varsity Eight Semifinal Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:00.79 7th West Virginia 7:59.51 4th Second Varsity Eight Semifinal March 13 - Morning Session West Virginia 7:12.77 3rd Varsity 8+ Second Varsity Eight Petite Final West Virginia 7:03.91 4th West Virginia 7:01.00 4th Second Varsity 8+ Novice Four ‘A’ Grand Final West Virginia 7:11.24 4th West Virginia 8:11.70 6th Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:20.98 4th

ROWING

PITTSBURGH, DUQUESNE AND MERCYHURST

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. April 23, 2016 Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ Round 1 7:07.84 1st Round 2 6:49.74 1st Second Varsity 8+ Round 1 7:06.12 1st 1st Round 2 *Stopped at the 500-meter mark 6:17 Third Varsity 8+ Round 1 8:39.1 3rd Round 2 7:49.6 3rd First Varsity 4+ Round 1 7:43.6 3rd Round 2 7:31.2 1st Second Varsity 4+ Round 1 7:49.42 2nd Round 2 7:30.52 1st

EAWRC SPRINTS

Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. May 1, 2016 Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7.39.439 6th Second Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:42.094 5th First Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:45.656 5th Second Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:33.069 1st

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. May 14-15, 2016 Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:03.769 2nd Second Varsity 8+ Grand Final 7:13.679 5th Third Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:29.100 2nd First Varsity 4+ Grand Final 8:13.037 2nd Second Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:09.853 1st *Placed fifth, amassing 57 points

2016-17 RESULTS HEAD OF THE OCCOQUAN

Occoquan Reservoir, Fairfax Station, Va. November 5, 2016 Event Time Finish Frosh Novice Women’s 4+ ‘A’ 20:43.28 1st ‘B’ 22:01.36 4th Frosh Novice Women’s 8+ ‘A’ 19:32.66 3rd ‘B’ 21:13.36 10

OAK RIDGE CARDINAL INVITATIONAL

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. March 11-12, 2017 Event Time Finish March 11 Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:03.42 4th Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:53.52 4th Third West Virginia 7:50.00 4th Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:14.42 4th Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:28.23 2nd March 12 - Afternoon Session Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:04.63 4th Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:02.55 4th Third West Virginia 7:44.26 2nd Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:06.39 4th Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:24.39 2rd March 13 - Morning Session Varsity 8+ West Virginia 6:40.17 4th Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:31.21 4th Third West Virginia 7:26.26 4th Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 6:52.18 4th Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:48.22 3rd

AT GEORGETOWN

Potomac River, Washington, D.C. March 25, 2017 Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ Georgetown 7:01.1 1st West Virginia 7:10.3 2nd Second Varsity 8+ Georgetown 7:11.0 1st West Virginia 7:21.7 2nd First Varsity 4+ Georgetown 7:49.7 1st West Virginia 7:55.7 2nd First Novice 4+ West Virginia 8:12.0 1st North Carolina 8:36.7 2nd Georgetown 8:40.9 3rd

BIG 12 DUALS

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 8, 2017 Event Time Finish Morning Session Third Varsity West Virginia 7:50.0 2nd Second Varsity West Virginia 8:23.6 3rd First Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:32.4 2nd Second Varsity West Virginia 7:17.6 2nd First West Virginia 7:00.9 2nd Afternoon Session (vs. Tennessee) Third Varsity West Virginia 7:42.5 2nd Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:10.1 3rd First Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:11.3 2nd Second Varsity West Virginia 7:12.9 2nd First West Virginia 7:03.4 2nd

AT DUQUESNE, WITH DAYTON

Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pa. April 22, 2017 Event First Varsity 8+ Dayton West Virginia Duquesne Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia Duquesne Dayton Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia Duquesne

Time Finish 5:24.4 1st 5:24.8 2nd 5:25.1 3rd 5:36.4 1st 5:44.1 2nd 5:52.9 3rd 5:26.0 1st 5:47.3 2nd

GEORGE MASON INVITATIONAL

Afternoon Session Varsity 8+ ‘C’ Final West Virginia Second Varsity 8+ ‘B’ Final West Virginia Varsity 4+ ‘B’ Final West Virginia Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia Conference Standings Big 12 Conference Atlantic 10 Conference Colonial Athletic Conference

6:41.6

1st

6:57.1

1st

7:54.7

1st

7:43.6

2nd

7:51.8

3rd

52 pts. 30 pts. 26 pts.

1st 2nd 3rd

AT TEMPLE w/ DELAWARE

Schuykill River, Philadelphia, Pa. April 29 Morning Session (Delaware) Event Time Finish Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:57.50 1st Third West Virginia 7:51.55 2nd Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:02.98 2nd Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:25.19 1st Varsity Eight West Virginia 7:17.82 2nd Afternoon Session (vs. Temple) Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:11.46 1st Third Varsity 8+ West Virginia 8:15.09 2nd Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:18.74 2nd Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:30.85 2nd Varsity Eight West Virginia 7:20.89 2nd

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP

Sandy Run Regional Park, Fairfax Station, Va. April 23, 2017 Morning Session Varsity 8+ West Virginia 6:53.0 3rd Second Varsity 8+ West Virginia 7:01.2 2nd Varsity 4+ West Virginia 8:00.2 2nd Third West Virginia 7:23.2 2nd Second Varsity 4+ West Virginia 7:43.6 2nd

WVURowing

Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tenn May 13-14, 2017 Event Time Finish First Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:03.769 2nd Second Varsity 8+ Grand Final 7:13.679 5th Third Varsity 8+ Petite Final 7:29.100 2nd First Varsity 4+ Grand Final 8:13.037 2nd Second Varsity 4+ Petite Final 8:09.853 1st *Placed fifth, amassing 57 points

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Shepherdstown, W.Va. 2012-14 Dublin, Ohio 2002-06 Comox, British Colombia 2006-10 Morgantown, W.Va. 2001 Shepherdstown, W.Va. 2006-07 Pittsburgh, Pa. 2006-08 Kearneysville, W.Va. 2011 Nanaimo, British Colombia 2006-10 Randolph, N.J. 2013-17 Dallas, Texas 2016-17 Bluefield, W.Va. 2001 Liverpool, N.Y. 2007-09 Barboursville, W.Va. 2014-17 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 2006-11 Lyme, Conn. 2002-04 Springfield, Va. 2005-08 Warrington, Pa. Kearneysville, W.Va. Wheeling, W.Va. Martinsburg, W.Va. Leesburg, Va. Harrisville, W.Va. Harrisville, W.Va. Charleston, W.Va. Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Louise Daenekindt Bruges, Belgium Christy Davison Cross Lanes, W.Va. Lisa Deklau Gambrills, Md. Gaetane D.L. Bourdonnaye Boulogne, France Emily Deming Nokomis, Fla. Grace Dever Lakewood, Ohio Christine DeRienzo Bethpage, N.Y. Sarah Dodd Wheeling, W.Va. Noelle Dodge Philippi, W.Va. Brittany Doss Cross Lanes, W.Va. Elizabeth Duarte Morgantown, W.Va. Teresa Dugan Gaithersburg, Md. Addie Dulaney Port Charlotte, Fla. Anastasia DuPont Clarksburg, W.Va.

Kaitlyn Eason Carla Edwards Kara Ehrenberger Caitlin Everett

Mallory Fisher Alexandra Flavion Susan Frizzell

Lesley Garcia Rebecca Gehring Audrey Geis Colleen Giesbrecht

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2000-03 2007-08 2000-01 2013-14 2014-17 2002-06

2004-07 2011-12 2000-01 2015-16 2013-15 2014-16 2012-15 2013-14 2003-05 2016-17 2003-05 2012-15 2002-04 2014-17 2015-17 2000-02 2013-14 2000-02 2011-12 2012-15 2006-07 2013-15 2010-11

Dauphin, Pa. St. Catharines, Ontario McMurray, Pa. Ballston Spa, N.Y.

2012-15 2006-07 2016-17 2002-06

Hartly, Del. Cranberry Twp., Pa. Walkersville, Md.

2011-14 2009-11 2000-01

Orlando, Fla. Alexandria, Va. Allentown, Pa. St. Catharines, Ontario

2006-07 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15

Erin Goodman Laura Goren Shannon Gribbons Tina Griffith

Gillian Hanbury Sarah Hansard Susannah Hartlove Abigail Harris Michelle Heier Amanda Hirsch Amy Hoaglund Elizabeth Hooper Marika Hoskins Madison Hrynda Jacqueline Hunter Jessica Hurlbert Janae Hurst

Mary Ignatiadis

Brittany James Madison James Alissa Johnson

Sadie Kalathunkal Melissa Kane Elizabeth Kantak Risha Kelley Jessica Kelly Rebecca Knecht Kelly Kramer Quinn Kratovil Lindsay Krawczyk Brett Krumholz Angie Keslin

Morgan Leach Carly Ledbetter Madisyn Lee Kirsten Leslie Kat Loya

Caitlin Madamba Amanda Mahasky Erika Mall Jaclyn Maritato Jess Martini Kimberlie May Maclyn McCall Jeannine McCarty Erin McLaughlin Hilary Meale Christina Mehrtens Enya Messersmith Alita Meyers Louisa Morgan Lize Morris Caroline Mullins Caitlin Murphy

Megan Neckelmann Erin Nisbet

Williamshon, Pa. El Dorado Hills, Calif. Port Elgin, Ontario West Liberty, W. Va.

2001-03 2003-06 2009-12 2000-03

Whitefish Bay, Wis. Charles Town, W.Va. Ephrata, Pa. Havertown, Pa. Upper Arlington, Ohio Pittsburgh, Pa. Mt. Lebanon, Pa. Wheeling, W.Va. Eugene, Ore. Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlanta, Ga. Stanley, Va. Maryville, Tenn.

2007-09 2011-12 2013-16 2013-17 2005-07 2009-12 2015-17 2015-17 2014-16 2015-16 2014-15 2011-14 2015-17

Huntsville, Ala.

2013

Englewood, N.J. 2013-16 Poway, Calif. 2013-16 Owens Cross Roads, Ala. 2016-17 Pittsburgh, Pa. Seaside Park, N.J. Sandy Springs, Ga. Fairmont, W.Va. Wexford, Pa. Ellicott City, Md. Lakewood, Ohio Fairfax Station, Va. Maryville, Tenn. Reading, Pa. Chattanooga, Tenn.

2013-16 2006-07 2013-16 2001-03 2008-12 2011-12 2012-15 2008-09 2016-17 2009-10 2000-01

Virginia Beach, Va. Mercer Island, Wash. Mathews, Va. Sydney, Australia Silver Spring, Md.

2011-14 2015-17 2016-17 2001-05 2006-08

Mays Landing, N.J. Freehold, N.J. Hawley, Pa. Rockaway, N.J. Tinton Falls, N.J. Grand Junction, Colo. Rainelle, W.Va. Vineland, N.J. Bel Air, Md. Morgantown, W.Va. Hillsborough, N.J. Spring Grove, Pa. Elizabeth, Pa. Blenheim, New Zealand Morgantown, W.Va Louisville, Ky. Hillsborough, N.J.

2013-14 2007-10 2013-14 2000-01 2002-04 2013-15 2000-01 2010-13 2002-05 2011-13 2011-12 2012-13 2007-11 2013-17 2016-17 2013-14 2009-11

Medford Lakes, N.J. Somerset, N.J.

2010-11 2000-03

Meghan Ostrom

Amelia Payne Kensie Phillips Emma Preston Rachelle Purych Allyson Pytlak

Robin Reed Abbigail Rees Danika Rencken Caroline Rettig Tamyra Roberts Stephanie Roof Bethanne Rook Lorena Rose Mollie Rosen Victoria Rothenhoefer

Bethany Anne Sapen Christy Scherger Courtney Schrand Melinda Sharon Melissa Shaver Anna Shealy Elizabeth Short Ellen Shular Hannah Simmerly Summer Socha Jenelle Spencer Jacqueline Spiropoulos Emily Stasi Keyara Stevenson Virginia Stilwell Donna Stullken Courtney Sullivan Kaitlin Sullivan

Sarah Taylor Alyssa Thompson Joanna Thompson

Rachel Viglianco Karen Verwey

Kathryn Walsh Lauren Washabaugh Kendra Welker Mollie Welty Lillian Westerman Olivia White Danielle Widecrantz Megan Will Sarah Williams Emma Winders

Morgan Yeager Elizabeth Young

Dumfries, W.Va.

2007-08

Edmonton, Alberta 2001-05 Mount Maunganui, New Zealand 2007-10 Ithaca, N.Y. 2013-17 Victoria, British Colombia 2010-13 North Royalton, Ohio 2013-14 Princeton, W.Va. Ft. Wright, Ky. Hollis, N.H. Cincinnati, Ohio Vineland, N.J. Harrison City, Pa. Newtown, Pa. Marlinton, W.Va. Bethesda, Md. Frederick, Md.

2003-06 2015-17 2012-13 2006-10 2012-14 2007-10 2000-01 2015-16 2012-14 2013-14

Harrisburg, Pa. Charlotte, N.C. Virginia Beach, Va. Hopkinton, Ma. Gainesville, Va. Augusta, Ga. Bethesda, Md. Orchard Park, N.Y. Cleveland, Ohio Brick, N.J. Sidney, British Colombia Columbus, Ohio Haddonfield, N.J. Ranson, W.Va. Alexandria, Va. Augusta, Ga. Woodbridge, Va. Nokomis, Fla.

2012-15 2002-03 2011-14 2012-15 2010-11 2001-03 2006-07 2011-13 2016-17 2013-14 2008-12 2015-17 2014-17 2009-11 2006-07 2001-05 2004-06 2015-17

Martinsburg, W.Va. Lincoln University, Pa. Rockville, Md.

2013-14 2010-12 2007-08

St. Albans, W.Va. Te Puke, New Zealand

2009-11 2011-14

Kensington, N.H. Mt. Airy, Md. Ridgeley, W.Va. Woodbridge, Va. Knoxville, Tenn. Great Falls, Va. Egg Harbor Twp, N.J. Brentwood Bay, Victoria Evans, W.Va. Dunedin, New Zealand

2009-10 2010-11 2013-14 2006-07 2014-17 2014-15 2010-13 2003-05 2016-17 2016-17

Morgantown, W.Va. South Charleston, W.Va.

2007-08 2015-17

GENERAL

Information

Senior Staff/Head Coaches | 70

WVU Intercollegiate Athletics 2016-17 | 71

Media Information | 72

President E. Gordon Gee | 68

Director of Athletics Shane Lyons | 69

PRESIDENT

E. GORDON

Gee,

J.D, ED.D

Dr. E. Gordon Gee is one of America’s most prominent higher education leaders, having served as president of some of the most prestigious public and private universities for more than three decades. When he returned to lead West Virginia University in 2014 as the institution’s 24th president, it was a homecoming of sorts. He was first named WVU president in 1981 at age 36 – at the time, among the youngest persons to ever serve as a university president. He led WVU until 1985 when he went on to presidencies at the University of Colorado (1985-90), Brown University (1998-2000) and Vanderbilt University (2001-07). He served as president of The Ohio State University from 1990-97 and again from 2007-13. On his return to the Morgantown campus, he said, “This is not a job to me; it is a calling.” His leadership style bears that out as he works tirelessly to advance the University’s land-grant mission and open doors to the American dream. In his latest address to the University community, he noted that for 150 years, the institution has been a polar star guiding West Virginians toward a brighter tomorrow. He said, “That is why, in this milestone year, we recommit our University to living the values that drive our work. Serving our students and our state is not just our duty — it is our passion.” Gee has built a special relationship with the students as well as the state’s citizens, making it a point to visit students where they live, learn and socialize -- and visiting all 55 West Virginia counties during his inaugural year -- and at least half in subsequent years. Born in Vernal, Utah, Gee graduated from the University of Utah with an honors degree in history and earned his J.D. and Ed.D. degrees from Columbia University. He clerked under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this role, he worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger on administrative and legal problems of the Court and federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and was granted full professorship in 1978. One year later, he became dean of the WVU College of Law, and, in 1981, was named WVU’s 19th president. Gee has served on several education-governance organizations and committees, including the Big 12 Conference Council of Presidents, the Business Higher Education Forum and the American Association of Universities. He was chair of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Higher Education Attainment and served as co-chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Energy Advisory Committee. In 2009, King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia invited him to join its international advisory board. In 2009, Time magazine named him one of the top 10 university presidents in the United States. Gee is serving as chair of the Big 12 Board of Directors Executive Committee for the 2017-18 year. Active in many national professional and service organizations, he is on the executive committee of the National 4-H Council Board of Trustees and serves on the board of directors of the American Council on Education, the nation’s largest higher education organization, as well as on the board of trustees of the Royal University for Women in Bahrain, with which WVU has a long-standing academic partnership. A recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, he is an executive board member of Boy Scouts of America. He has also served on the boards for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Limited Brands.

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In 2011, Gee began serving as secretary on the Board of Directors of Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio. In 2011-12, Governor John Kasich asked him to chair the Ohio Higher Education Capital Funding Collaborative and the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission. In December 2012, he began serving on the Columbus Education Commission. Gee has received many honorary degrees, awards, fellowships and recognitions. He is a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest science organization. In 1994, Gee received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah, as well as from Teachers College of Columbia University. In 2013, he received the ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award and the Outstanding Academic Leader of the Year Award on behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is the co-author of 11 books, including Law, Policy and Higher Education, published in 2012. He has also authored many papers and articles on law and education. In the summer of 2016, Gee announced his engagement to Laurie Erickson, leader of the Erickson Foundation. Gee’s daughter, Rebekah, is Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. In addition to that role, she is a practicing gynecologist and Gratis Faculty at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Dr. Rebekah Gee is married to David Patrón and they have five children.

TheGEE FAMILY Front from left: Nathan, Elly and Ben Patrón. Back from left: Rebekah Gee, Eva Patrón, E. Gordon Gee, Elizabeth Patrón and David Patrón

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

SHANELyons

The 2017-18 season is Shane Lyons’ third full year as director of athletics at West Virginia University. If the next year is anything like the previous two, the Mountaineer athletics story will be full of positive results and continued success. In year two, Lyons put the finishing touches, to rave reviews, on $23 million in renovations to the WVU Coliseum, while $50 million in renovations and fan enhancements to Milan Puskar Stadium finished in August 2017. Lyons is always on the go, focusing his energy daily on the betterment of more than 500 student-athletes. His open lines of communications have made him a popular role model for WVU athletes, and his honest, fair and caring approach has energized an athletic department that turned in record results in 2017. Under Lyons’ leadership, 2017 was one of the best in WVU history. Six teams were nationally ranked, football turned in a 10-win season, women’s soccer played for the national championship and had the Hermann Trophy winner, men’s basketball reached the Sweet 16, women’s basketball won the Big 12 championship and rifle won its 19th national championship. Overall, the Mountaineers registered in 24 All-Americans, 104 all-conference performers, 20 academic award winners, 121 academic all-conference selections, 10 Olympians, one Olympic gold medalist and two silver medalists. Overseeing 18 varsity sports, a self-sustaining department budget of more than $90 million and more than 200 employees, Lyons’ tireless efforts in the coming year will be geared toward getting started on a new $45 million aquatic and track center in Morgantown, and a continued focus, on the growth and cultivation of the more than $23 million in fundraising efforts brought in by the Mountaineer Athletic Club. He will also direct phase two of the Coliseum renovations, which will bring the building up to ADA seating code, and for the first-time ever, Milan Puskar Stadium will have two video boards to improve in fan entertainment and information. While some outside observers may think that he is a behind-the-scenes guy, the people who count will tell you that Lyons is a results-oriented leader who has his finger on the pulse and is a positive influence on the entire department. His work with WVU President E. Gordon Gee’s senior leadership team, as well as the Big 12 Conference and other national committees has brought additional respect and positive exposure to his department and the University. He currently serves on the Big 12 Administration Committee, Finance and Budget Committee and the Game Management and Officiating Subcommittee. Also in 2017-18, Lyons will chair the overall athletic directors committee for the Big 12. Lyons came to West Virginia after spending three years as the deputy director of athletics and chief operating officer at Alabama where he worked closely on day-today strategic leadership and direction of the Crimson Tide Athletic program. During his time at Alabama, his responsibilities included oversight of a $120 million budget, management of the day-to-day operations of the department and oversight of the Crimson Tide’s 21 sports teams. In addition, he played a pivotal role in a historic renegotiation of Alabama’s multimedia rights agreement that started in 2014 and was involved in several significant capital projects totaling more than $85 million. The Crimson Tide won seven national titles in five different sports during his time there – two in football, two in men’s golf, one in women’s golf, one in gymnastics and one in softball. He also played a critical role in the hiring of four Alabama head coaches. Prior to joining the Alabama staff in November 2011, Lyons spent 10 years as an associate commissioner at the Atlantic Coast Conference. At the ACC, Lyons focused on conference-wide compliance and academic initiatives, providing direct assistance to the conference’s presidents, chancellors and athletics directors in matters dealing with NCAA regulatory matters. In addition, he served as the ACC’s human resource manager and was responsible for the administration, negotiation and mediation of the employee benefits program and managing the conference’s organizational policies and procedures. He was part of the senior administrative team for ACC events, including

the football championship game, the men’s basketball tournament and men’s and women’s NCAA basketball events. Prior to working at the ACC, Lyons served as associate athletics director for compliance at Big 12 member Texas Tech from 1998 to 2001. During that time, Lyons assumed responsibility for the leadership, administration and implementation of a comprehensive NCAA compliance program with emphasis toward rules education and extensive monitoring systems. He also served as oversight administrator for several of the Red Raiders’ athletic teams and had financial and operational supervision of the strength and conditioning, nutritional and sports medicine units. Before joining Texas Tech, Lyons worked at the NCAA for almost 10 years as a senior membership services representative, where he was responsible for the oversight and coordination of the 25 membership service representatives. Lyons began his career in college athletics in July 1988 as assistant commissioner of the Big South Conference. With the Big South, he was in charge of conferencewide compliance and championships. A native of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and a graduate of Parkersburg High, Lyons was a standout basketball player for the Big Reds. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sport management from WVU in 1987 and 1988, respectively. Lyons, the University’s 12th athletic director, and his wife, Emily, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have two children: Cameron and Brooke.

THROUGH THE YEARS 1988-89 Big South Conference

(Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Championships)

1989-98 NCAA (Senior Membership Services Representative) 1998-2001 Texas Tech (Associate Athletic Director – Compliance) 2001-11 Atlantic Coast Conference

(Associate Commissioner – Compliance and Governance)

2011-15 Alabama (Deputy Director of Athletics) 2015-present West Virginia (Director of Athletics and Associate Vice President)

NATIONAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

1995-97 Legislative Review Committee

2004-06 Division I Academics/Eligibility Compliance Cabinet 2004-08 Division I Interpretations Committee

2006-08 Division I Management Council 2008-11 Division I Legislative Council

2010-11 2015-18 2015-18 2017-18

(Chair 2 years)

(Chair 1 year)

Division I Communications and Coordination Committee Big 12 Administration, Finance and Budget Committee Big 12 Game Management and Officiating Subcommittee Big 12 Athletic Directors Council

(Chair)

The LYONS FAMILY: Cameron, Brooke; Emily and Shane

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY INTERCOLLEGIATEAthletics KeliCUNNINGHAM

Steve URYASZ

MattBORMAN

MichaelFRAGALE

TerriHOWES

Deputy Athletic Director

Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director

Senior Associate Athletic Director/Executive Director

Senior Associate Athletic Director/Communications

Senior Associate Athletic Director/Sports Administration, SWA

Greg FEATHERSTON

JoeHESKETT

AprilMESSERLY

KevinMILLER

Associate Athletic Director/ Governance & Compliance

Associate Athletic Director/ Sports Performance

Associate Athletic Director/ Facilities & Operations

Associate Athletic Director/ Annual Fund

MichaelSZUL

MattWELLS

Senior Associate Athletic Director/Business Operations

Senior Associate Athletic Director/ External Affairs

BenMURRAY

ZachECKERT

Associate Athletic Director/ Major Gifts & Capital Campaigns

Assistant Athletic Director/ Facilities & Operations

LaceyGIBSON

Assistant Athletic Director/ Compliance

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY Head Coaches

Susan HAMMOND

BryanMESSERLY

NathanielZINN

Assistant Athletic Director/ Donor Relations

Assistant Athletic Director/ Communications

Assistant Athletic Director/ Marketing

JasonBUTTS

MikeCAREY

Gymnastics

Women’s Basketball

SeanCLEARY Cross Country/Track

SeanCOVICH

JonHAMMOND

SammieHENSON

DanaHOLGORSEN

Men’s Golf

Rifle

Wrestling

Football

BobHUGGINS

JimmyKING

MarlonLEBLANC

MihaLISAC

RandyMAZEY

VicRIGGS

ReedSUNAHARA

Men’s Basketball

Rowing

Men’s Soccer

Tennis

Baseball

Swimming and Diving

Volleyball

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NikkiIZZO-BROWN

Women’s Soccer

BASEBALL: 36-26/12-12 Big 12; T-4th place Big 12; NCAA Winston-Salem Regional Final

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2016-17

CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS FIRST TEAM

• Jack Elliott, Men’s Soccer • Elizabeth Gratz, Rifle

SECOND TEAM • Carly Black, Women’s Soccer • Amy Cashin, Track and Field/Cross Country • Jillian Forsey, Track and Field/Cross Country • Ginny Thrasher, Rifle

THIRD TEAM • Amelie Currat, Women’s Swimming & Diving • Bianca St. Georges

ALL-AMERICANS FIRST TEAM

• Milica Babic, Rifle, NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle • Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA All-America, Senior CLASS Award • Elizabeth Gratz, Rifle, NRA All-America Air Rifle, NRA All-America Smallbore • Ashley Lawrence, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA All-America • Jean-Pierre Lucas, Rifle, NRA All-America Smallbore • Tyler Orlosky, Football, Senior CLASS Award All-America • Morgan Phillips, Rifle, NRA All-America Smallbore • Ginny Thrasher, Rifle, NRA All-America Air Rifle, NRA All-America Smallbore, CRCA All-America

SECOND TEAM • Michaela Abam, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA All-America • Milica Babic, Rifle, NRA All-America Second Team Smallbore, CRCA All-America • Jackson Cramer, Baseball, Senior CLASS Award All-America • Rasul Douglas, Football, Associated Press All-America, CBSSports.com All-America, Football • Writers of America Association All-America, Phil Steele All-America, Pro Football Focus • All-America, USA Today All-America, Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America • Elizabeth Gratz, Rifle, CRCA All-America • Kirah Koshinski, Gymnastics, NACGC/W Regular Season All-America • Ashley Lawrence, Women’s Soccer, Senior CLASS Award All-America • Jean-Pierre Lucas, Rifle, CRCA All-America • Zaakira Muhammad, Gymnastics, NCAA Championships All-America • Tyler Orlosky Football, Associated Press All-America, CBSSports.com All-America, Football • Writers of America Association All-America, Phil Steele All-America, SI.com All-America, USA Today All-America

THIRD TEAM • Amy Cashin, Track & Field (Outdoor), 3,000m Steeplechase • Rasul Douglas, Football, SBNation All-America • Shamoya McNeil, Track & Field (Outdoor), Triple Jump • Tyler Orlosky, Football, Athlon Sports All-America • Braden Zarbnisky, Baseball, NCBWA All-America

FOURTH TEAM • Tyler Orlosky, Football, SBNation All-America

HONORABLE MENTION • Rasul Douglas, Football, FOXSports All-America • Tyler Orlosky, Football, FOXSports All-America • Morgan Phillips, Rifle, CRCA All-America Honorable Mention • Jean-Pierre Lucas, Rifle, NRA All-America Honorable Mention Air Rifle • Tynice Martin, Women’s Basketball, Associated Press All-America, WBCA All-America

CONFERENCE MAJOR AWARDS

• Michaela Abam, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Year • Milica Babic, Rifle, GARC Outstanding Rookie • Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player • Morgan Car, Women’s Swimming & Diving, Big 12 Women’s Co-Newcomer of the Year • Jevon Carter, Men’s Basketball, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year • Justin Crawford, Football, Newcomer of the Year, Coaches, ESPN.com • Ashley Lawrence, Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player • Tynice Martin, Women’s Basketball, Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player • Tarik Phillip, Men’s Basketball, Sixth Man Award • Ginny Thrasher, Rifle, GARC Shooter of the Year

NATIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Nathan Adrian, Men’s Basketball, Reese’s NABC Division I All-Stars • Milica Babic, Rifle, CRCA Freshman of the Year • Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, espnW National Player of the Year, Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy, Honda Sports Award, Senior CLASS Award Finalist, TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Year, ESPY nomination as top women’s college athlete • Jevon Carter, Men’s Basketball, NABC Defensive Player of the Year, Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year, Allstate NABC Good Works Team nominee • Jackson Cramer, Baseball, Senior CLASS Award Finalist • Skyler Howard, Football, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist, Senior CLASS Award Candidate • Ashley Lawrence, Women’s Soccer, Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy Semifinalist, Senior CLASS Award Finalist • Lanay Montgomery, Women’s Basketball, Allstate WBCA Good Works Team nominee, Senior CLASS Award Candidate • Tyler Orlosky, Football, Rimington Trophy Finalist, Senior CLASS Award Finalist • Ginny Thrasher, Rifle, 87th AAU James E. Sullivan Award Finalist; CRCA Rifle Athlete of the Year, 2016 USA Shooting Athlete of the Year • Braden Zarbnisky, Baseball, John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Finalist

NCAA TEAM QUALIFIERS

• Baseball, Winston-Salem Regional Final • Cross Country, 4th at Mid-Atlantic Regionals • Men’s Basketball, NCAA Sweet 16 • Women’s Basketball, NCAA Second Round • Women’s Soccer, National Runner-Up

NCAA INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

• Amy Cashin, Women’s Track & Field, 3,000m Steeplechase (Outdoor) • Dylan Cottrell, Wrestling, 165 pounds • Maggie Drazba, Cross Country • Jillian Forsey, Cross Country • Shamoya McNeil, Women’s Track & Field, Triple Jump (Outdoor) • Zaakira Muhammad, Gymnastics • Jacob A. Smith, Wrestling, 197 pounds (did not compete due to injury)

94 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

• 154 Academic All-Conference Selections • Four Team Academic Award Winners (Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Cross Country and Women’s Swimming and Diving) • 517 Student-Athletes were named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • 512 Student-Athletes were named to the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll WVURowing

CROSS COUNTRY: 3rd place at Big 12 Championship; 4th place at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional; 2 NCAA qualifiers MEN’S BASKETBALL: 28-9/12-6 Big 12; T-2nd place Big 12; NCAA West Regional Semifinal WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: 24-11/8-10 Big 12; 6th place Big 12; Big 12 Tournament Champions; NCAA Second Round FOOTBALL: 10-3/7-2 Big 12; T-2nd place Big 12; Russell Athletic Bowl GOLF: 10th at Big 12 GYMNASTICS: 13-10/3-3 Big 12; 3rd place Big 12; 3rd place NCAA Morgantown Regional; 1 NCAA Qualifier ROWING: 5th place at Big 12 Championship RIFLE: 12-0/8-0 GARC; GARC Regular-Season & Postseason Champions; NCAA Champions MEN’S SOCCER: 8-7-1/1-4 MAC; 6th place MAC WOMEN’S SOCCER: 23-2-2/8-0 Big 12; Big 12 Regular-Season & Tournament Champions; NCAA National Runner-Up MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING: 5-4/1-0 Big 12; 2nd place Big 12 WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING: 5-6/1-1 Big 12; 4th place Big 12 WOMEN’S TENNIS: 4-16/0-9 Big 12; 10th place Big 12 WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD: Indoor-10th Big 12; Outdoor-10th Big 12; 2 NCAA Qualifiers VOLLEYBALL: 12-18/3-13 Big 12; 8th place Big 12 WRESTLING: 4-12/1-3 Big 12; 6th place at Big 12 Championship; 2 NCAA Qualifiers

NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONS Rifle NCAA TEAM RUNNER-UP Women’s Soccer INDIVIDUAL NCAA CHAMPIONS Milica Babic, Air Rifle Morgan Phillips, Smallbore TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Rifle, Regular Season and Tournament Women’s Basketball, Tournament Women’s Soccer, Regular Season and Tournament @WVURowing

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MEDIA

Guidelines

Media Services

The West Virginia University athletic communications office will be available throughout the 2016 rowing season to accommodate any media requests. Following are some guidelines that should make it easy for media members to cover the West Virginia rowing team. Any additional questions should be directed to rowing contact Amy Salvatore.

During the Week

Any member of the media wishing to interview a player or member of the coaching staff during the week should contact West Virginia rowing contact Chris Pharis, via email (cspharis@mail.wvu.edu) or by phone (304-293-2821), at least 24 hours in advance. Cell phone numbers will not be made available, and all WVU studentathletes have been instructed to not conduct interviews without prior approval of the athletic communications staff.

Receiving Information

Media members may receive rowing press releases, notes and more via email. To receive such press releases, game recaps, and more, simply email your requests to alsalvatore@mail.wvu.edu.

WVUSPORTS.COM

WVUsports.com is the place for media and fans to go for the latest on Mountaineer rowing. Player and coaching staff bios are available at the click of a finger by going to WVUsports.com. Updated following each race, WVUsports.com is your place to find the latest statistics for Mountaineer rowing. Not only will you find this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stats and stories, but you will also be able to find the WVU record book for some historical perspective.

Directions to WVU Boathouse From I-79

Take exit 148 to merge onto I-68 E toward Cumberland. Take the University Ave/Downtown (mile marker 1) exit. Turn left onto US-119 N and drive for 3.2 miles. The Waterfront Place Hotel will be on your left and then take a left onto Warren Street. The WVU Boathouse is located straight ahead.

From I-68

Take the University Ave/Downtown (mile marker 1) exit. Turn left onto US-119 N and drive for 3.2 miles. The Waterfront Place Hotel will be on your left and then take a left onto Warren Street. The WVU Boathouse is located straight ahead.

Athletic Communications

The West Virginia University Athletic Communications Office is located in the WVU Coliseum near the Red Gate. The main athletic communications office is Room 214. MAILING ADDRESS Athletic Communications Office West Virginia University P.O. Box 0877 Morgantown, WV 26507 Overnight Shipping Address Athletic Communications Office West Virginia University 217 Coliseum 3450 Monongahela Blvd. Morgantown, WV 26507 PHONE INFORMATION Office: (304) 293-2821 Fax: (304) 293-4105 ROWING CONTACT Chris Pharis Graduate Assistant Office: (304) 293-2921 Cell: (814) 335-5952 E-mail: cspharis@mail.wvu.edu

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Michael Fragale Associate Athletic Director/Communications

Ashley Bailey Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Bryan Messerly Assistant Athletic Director/Communications

Charlie Healy Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Mike Montoro Director of Football Communications

Lisa Ammons Business Manager

John Antonik Director of Digital Media

Amy Prunty Program Assistant

Joe Swan Director of Athletic Publications

Cheryl Wire Program Assistant

Kristin Coldsnow Multimedia Specialist

Graduate Assistant Amy Salvatore

Grant Dovey Digital Media Manager

Graduate Assistant Samantha Strejeck

Russell Luna Associate Director of Athletic Communications

Graduate Assistant DJ Jamiel

Shannon McNamara Associate Director of Athletic Communications

ROWING

HERE, GOING FIRST IS IN OUR BLOOD. IT’S IN OUR SWEAT. IT’S IN OUR NATURE.

SO WE WILL GO ABOVE. WE WILL GO BEYOND.

WHEN EVERYONE ELSE GOES BACK,

MOUNTAINEERS #GOFIRST.