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2010 Stanford Crew Quick Facts General Information Team Information Credits: The 2010 Stanford Crew media guide was Location: Stanford, CA 94305 2009 Pac-10 Team Finishes: Second (Women); written and edited by Aaron Juarez. Photography by David Enrollment: 15,140 (6,812 Undergraduates) Third (Men) Gonzales, Kyle Terada, Marc Abrams, Daniel R. Harris, and Hector Garcia-Molina. Design by Maggie Oren of MB Founded: 1891 2009 NCAA Championship (Women): NCAA Design. Nickname: Cardinal Champion (Team & I ) Colors: Cardinal and White 2009 IRA Regatta National Finishes (Men & LW): Conference: Pacific-10 Third (Men); Third (LW) President: John Hennessy Home Site: Stanford And Sailing Center Faculty Representative: Ellen Markman Media Relations Athletic Director: Bob Bowlsby Table of Contents Asst. Media Relations Director/Rowing Contact: Senior Women’s Administrator: Beth Goode Quick Facts...... 1 Aaron Juarez Stanford Women – NCAA Champions...... 2-3 Sport Administrator: Ray Purpur Office Phone: (650) 725-7277 2010 Crew Camps ...... 4 Coaching Staff E-Mail: [email protected] 2010 Women’s Roster ...... 5 Director of Rowing/ Men’s Head Coach: Craig Media Relations Office: (650) 723-4418 Women’s Outlook ...... 6 Amerkhanian (10th Year) Media Relations Fax: (650) 725-2957 Women’s Coaching Staff ...... 7-8 Men’s Asst. Coach: Pete Giese (Fourth Year) Athletics Website: www.gostanford.com Women’s Student-Athlete Profiles...... 9-18 2010 Men’s Roster ...... 19 Women’s Head Coach: (Fourth Men’s Outlook ...... 20 Year) Media Information Men’s Coaching Staff ...... 21 Vaclav Kacir (Third Year), Women’s Asst. Coaches: Interview requests for players and coaches must Men’s Student-Athlete Profiles...... 22-28 Nate Rooks (Second Year) be coordinated with the Stanford Athletics Media 2010 Women’s Lightweight Roster ...... 29 Lightweight Head Coach: Al Acosta (Ninth Year) Relations office. Visit www.gostanford.com Women’s LIghtweight Outlook ...... 30 Lightweight Asst. Coach: Katie Sweet (Third Year) for news releases, player profiles, and updated Women’s Lightweight Coaching Staff ...... 31 Rowing Office Phones: 650-269-5396 schedules and results. Women’s Lightweight Student-Athlete Profiles...... 32-36 (Men); 650-387-8969 Stanford in International Competition ...... 37 (Women); 650-269-0600 (LW) Redwood Shores ...... 38 Stanford at the 2008 Beijing Olympics ...... 39 Stanford University ...... 40-41 Athletic Director Bob Bowlsby ...... 42 Principles that Guide Us ...... 43 Stanford’s National Championships ...... 44-45 2010 Schedules ...... Back Cover

2010 LACROSSE MEDIA GUIDE WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 1 NCAA CHAMPIONS

In 2009 Stanford women’s rowing captured the first team national title in program history, while the I Eight captured the first individual national title The Cardinal I Eight swept the Pac-10 and NCAA titles in 2009 The Cardinal II Eight captured the bronze medal at the NCAA Championships, while the Cardinal Four reached the NCAA Grand Final for the first time in program history The Cardinal I Eight set a Lake Natoma course record with a time of 6:18.6 at the Pac-10 Championships

Erika Roddy, Di Eaton, Elle Logan, , Jenna Levy, Julie Smith, Lindsay Meyer, Michelle Vezie, Adrienne Fritsch

Susan Bryukhanov, Erin Radigan, Elise Guinee- Cooper, Cassie Kull, Maura Moran, Katie O’Neil, Lauren Hofmayer, Sophie Aubrey, Kathy Altman

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Eva Sheridan, Alex Hasbach, Tiffany Dao, Marielle Higgins, Carly Villareal

2010 CREW MEDIA GUIDE WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 3 Stanford Rowing Foundation 2010 Crew Camps The Stanford Rowing Foundation is pleased to announce new dates for the Summer of 2010 Activities Camp sessions will include: • Water Safety Instruction, in practice, on video and on paper. • Fundamentals of Sweep and Scull rowing • Stretching • Strength and conditioning sessions • Games to promote Teamwork • Video breakdown • Racing! • Seminars on nutrition, injury prevention and personal goal setting Our camps are flexible regarding age (beginning at 8 years of age up to 18). Athletes will have opportunities to work with peers of their same age during any of the camp dates.

Tuition The cost for each participant is $400.00 per week for day camps, $550 for elite camp and and $750 per week for overnight sessions Dates and Times Checks should be made payable to the “Stanford Rowing Foundation” Onsite staff will be available from 8:30 AM to greet campers. Cancellations Day Sessions: No refunds within 14 business days of the start of camp. Session 1: June 14-18 Director of Day Camps: Pete Giese Session 2: June 21-25 Coach Giese is the daily director of Daycamps and will be onsite and directly involved with all activities. Session 3: July 12-16 Session 4: July 19-23 Stanford’s Summer Rowing program is entering its 10th summer. Over the10 summers, the Session 5: July 26-30 program has had over 3,500 participants who have all enjoyed the use of Stanford’s world All Day Camp Sessions run from 9am to 4pm class rowing facilities. The Stanford Rowing Foundation seeks to reach the local community with an excellent place Elite Day Session: for kids to learn teamwork, enjoy camaraderie and stay in shape. The summer rowing camps Session 1: June 27-30 open the doors to Stanford’s Rowing Center to the community in hopes that we may reach young kids around the area with the great sport of rowing and all of the lessons it can teach. As we move forward, it is our hope that we will continue to see a broad cross section of the Bay Area represented in our camp boats as they row by the Stanford Boathouse. Overnight Sessions: Session 1: Aug. 3-6 Session 2: Aug. 10-13

For more information, please visit www.stanfordrowingcamps.com Questions: Email or call Pete Giese at [email protected] or 650-736-1840 2010 WOMEN’S ROSTER 2010 STANFORD CREW

2010 Stanford Women’s Crew Roster Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown High School Sarah Bolmer Port 5-9 FR Potomac, MD Thomas S. Wootton HS Maria Bowe Port/Starboard 5-10 FR Woodland, MN Minnetonka HS Susan Bryukhanov Starboard 6-0 SO Chicago, IL The Latin School of Chicago Lizzy Collins Port 5-10 FR Newport Beach, CA Newport Harbor/Merion Mercy Tiffany Dao 5-1 JR Houston, TX Cypress Falls HS Anna Dawson Starboard 5-11 FR Christchurch, New Zealand Rangi Ruru Allyson Edwards Port 5-8 FR Roseville, CA Oakmont HS Amy Egerter Coxswain 5-1 FR Sacramento, CA Christian Brothers HS Claire Fisher Port/Starboard 5-11 FR San Francisco, CA Lick Wilmerding Adrienne Fritsch Port/Starboard 6-0 SR , D.C Georgetown Day School Claire Grover Starboard 6-2 FR Orinda, CA Miramonte HS Elise Guinee-Cooper Starboard 5-11 SO Portland, OR Jesuit HS/Portland CC Alex Hasbach Starboard 5-8 SR Eugene, OR Phillips Exeter Academy Marielle Higgins Port/Starboard 5-10 SO Montclair, NJ Montclair High School Kelly Hill Port 5-10 JR Los Altos Hills, CA Pinewood School Madeline Jansen Starboard 5-11 SO New Orleans, LA Metairie Park Country Day Sarah Kaewert Starboard 5-11 SO Longmont, CO Kent Denver School Julianna Kapjian-Pitt Port/Starboard 6-0 FR San Francisco, CA St. Ignatius College Prep Jackie Klimes Starboard 5-10 FR Bellevue, WA Bellevue HS Cassie Kull Port 6-0 SR , MA Boston Latin School Jenna Levy Coxswain 5-6 SO Greenbrae, CA Redwood High Elle Logan Port/Starboard 6-2 JR Boothbay Harbor, ME Brooks School Grace Luczak Port/Starboard 6-3 JR Ann Arbor, MI Pioneer High School Lindsay Meyer Port/Starboard 5-11 SO Seattle, WA Holy Names Academy Maura Moran Coxswain 5-6 JR Paradise Valley, AZ Chaparral High School Lucy Musson Port/Starboard 5-8 SO Carpinteria, CA Carpinteria HS Megan O’Neil Starboard 5-10 FR Boise, ID Boise Senior HS Erin Radigan Port/Starboard 5-11 SO Westerville, OH Westerville Central Jenna Rist Port/Starboard 5-9 SO Viborg, SC Viborg Erika Roddy Starboard 5-8 JR San Francisco, CA Andover Eva Sheridan Port/Starboard 5-11 JR Seattle, WA Roosevelt HS Julie Smith Starboard 6-0 JR Raleigh, NC Cardinal Gibbons Julia Thompson Port/Starboard 6-0 JR Sidney, BC Canada Parkland Secondary Joanna Tu Coxswain 5-3 SR Los Altos, CA Singapore American School Michelle Vezie Starboard 6-1 JR , UK St. Paul’s Girls School Carly Villareal Starboard 5-7 JR Portola Valley, CA Phillips Andover Academy Christina Walker Port/Starboard 5-11 FR Bellevue, WA Bellevue HS Nicole Weinrich Coxswain 5-4 FR Rydal, PA Mount St. Joseph Academy

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RETURN TO THE TOP STANFORD LOOKS TO REPEAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The Stanford women will look to return to the mountaintop once again in The Cardinal received strong efforts in the fall of 2009 that will provide 2010 after memorably capturing the program’s first-ever NCAA championship a key momentum to the spring season and the push to a repeat a national title. year ago. The Cardinal’s Varsity Eight, after being edged by less than a second Stanford rowers and crews brought home four gold medals from the Head of the by Yale in the NCAA Grand Final in 2008, earned its year-in-waiting redemption American in late October, and the I Eight and Four bagging top-10 finishes at the last year when it bested all others to grab individual NCAA gold as well as clinch Head of the Charles in October. the team title for the Cardinal. The Varsity Eight also completed the “double” The 2010 NCAA Championships will be held at a familiar venue for the in 2010 by winning both Pac-10 and NCAA gold. The II Eight also took home Cardinal, as Lake Natoma will host the event. Last year, the Stanford Varsity Eight hardware last season, capturing silver at the Pac-10 Championships and bronze set the new course record with a blazing time of 6:18.6 in the Grand Final of the at the NCAA Championships. PAC-10 Championships. Following the end of the season head coach Yasmin Farooq and assistant coach Vaclav Kacir were honored by the CRCA as the organization’s Head Coach and Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively. Stanford’s success carried over to the summer’s international rowing scene as Cardinal oarswomen Michelle Vezie, Grace Luczak, Erika Roddy and Elle Logan all earned medals at a pair of world championships. Vezie competed at both the Under 23 Worlds and the Worlds over the summer, taking home gold with the Eight at the Under 23 World Championships in the , while Luczak and Roddy were on the silver medal-winning U.S. Under- 23 eight. Logan, a 2008 Olympic Champion with the U.S. Eight, also took home a silver medal in the U.S. Four at the World Rowing Championships in . All eight rowers return from the Varsity Eight boat that captured NCAA and Pac-10 gold in 2010. That returning crew includes CRCA Pocock All-America First Team picks Adrienne Fritsch, Jenna Levy, Elle Logan, Erika Roddy and second-team All-America pick Grace Luczak. The group also includes Pac-10 All-Academic selections Julie Smith and Michelle Vezie as well as Di Eaton. The bronze medal-winning II Eight boat returns half its number in 2010, as Susan Bryukhanov, Elise Guinee-Cooper, Maura Moran and Erin Radigan return to The Farm looking to exceed it’s 2009 successes. From the Varsity Four, all members of the boat that took fifth at the NCAA Championships (Tiffany Dao, Alex Hasbach, Marielle Higgins, Eva Sheridan, Carly Villareal) return to the team in 2010.

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Yasmin The Yasmin Farooq File Farooq • Fourth Season At Stanford • 1 NCAA Team Title (2009) Head Coach • I Eight NCAA Gold (2009), Silver (2008) Fourth Season • I Eight Sweep of 2009 NCAA & Pac-10 Gold • U.S. National Team coxswain (1989-96) • Two-time Olympian (1992, ’96)

Yasmin Farooq enters her fourth season as head coach of the Stanford Women’s Rowing Cup coverage. She has previously served as rowing analyst for NBC’s telecasts of the 2000 program in 2009-10. Under Farooq’s direction, the Cardinal earned the first national Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. championship in program history and has thrice taken to the medal podium at the Pac- “As a member of the U.S. Team I rowed with several Stanford oarswomen and appreciated 10 Championships, including as gold medalists in 2009. The women’s eight has made their commitment to being the best on the water and in life,” Farooq said. “Stanford three consecutive trips to the NCAA Championships, highlighted by winning the national scholar-athletes are winners who make a difference in the world. Many life lessons are championship in 2009 and claiming a national runner-up finish in 2008. learned in the boat and on the racecourse. This team is just beginning to learn its true In 2009, Farooq was named Division I National Coach of the Year by the Collegiate Rowing potential. I am honored to play a part in the development of these very special women.” Coaches Association (CRCA) after leading Stanford to both the NCAA team and I Eight Farooq coxed the United States National Women’s Eight from 1989 to 1996 and competed titles. She was also named Women’s University Coach of the Year by The Joy of with Stanford rower Diana Olson at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Four years later Yaz Conference and Rowing News Magazine Coach of the Year. was selected by her peers to be Captain of the women’s rowing team at the 1996 Atlanta Under Farooq’s tutelage, five Cardinal rowers earned spots on the CRCA Pocock All- Olympics. A three-time winner of silver medals at the World Championships in 1990, 1993 America teams in 2009. Adrienne Fritsch, Jenna Levy, Elle Logan and Erika Roddy were and 1994, Yaz’s career highlight came in 1995 when her eight captured the gold medal at selected to the First Team, while Grace Luczak earned a spot on the Second Team. the Worlds in Tampere, Finland. It marked the first time ever the United States women had Stanford rowers also took home a bevy of Pac-10 honors, as Roddy was named Pac-10 won. Yaz started coxing at the University of in 1984, where she was recruited Athlete of the Year, while joining Levy, Logan and Luczak on the All-Pac-10 Team. The for her “big voice” and tiny stature (she is 5’4” on a good day and 105 lbs.). She was voted 2008-09 season was a historic year of firsts for Stanford women’s rowing, as Farooq captain and MVP her senior year. guided the Cardinal to the first team national title in school history, while the I Eight also In her spare time Farooq works with her husband, Roger Waterman, to produce instructional claimed national gold at the NCA Championships a season after earning silver. DVD’s for coaching coxswains. She also hosts COXSWAINation.com: a web resource for At the NCAA Championships, all three of Stanford’s boats reached their respective finals. coxswains of all levels. Behind the I Eight’s gold medal-winning run, in which it held off by 0.37 of a second, as well as a bronze medal finish by the II Eight, and a 5th place finish by the Varsity Four, Stanford would win the national title with 88 total points, three points ahead of and Yale. The Cardinal swept the Big Row against Bay Area rival California for the first time in program history. At the Pac-10 Championships, Stanford set a new Lake Natoma course record in the final, crossing the line with a time of 6:18.6. In 2008, Farooq oversaw seniors Steph Morrison and Jessi Reel as they were named to the CRCA/Pocock All-America First Team as well as to the CRCA All-Region First Team. Coxswain Jen Brown, Adrienne Fritsch, and Lauren Hofmayer were all named to the All- Region Second Team. In 2007-08, Farooq would be named Pac-10 Coach of the Year after guiding the Stanford women to a second-place overall finish at the Pac-10 Championships, the team’s best mark since 1992, when the Cardinal finished second. The second varsity eight boat would also capture third at the championships, as well. The women’s varsity eight boat would also capture its second straight silver medal at the Pac-10s, earning it an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships. There, Farooq’s charges advanced to the national semifinal with a second-place heat finish, then earned a spot in the NCAA Grand Final by finishing third in the first semifinal. In the finals, the Cardinal recorded the crew’s best-ever national finish by taking second, coming within nine-tenths of a second of the national title-winning boat from Yale. In Farooq’s first season on The Farm, the Cardinal returned to the medal podium at the Pac-10 Championships in 2007 with a silver medal finish by the varsity eight. The varsity eight also received an invitation to the NCAA’s in Oak Ridge, Tenn., where they finished tenth. Farooq assumed the head-coaching duties for the Stanford women’s rowing program in 2006. Farooq left a successful career in sales and marketing to coach at Stanford. She is world renowned for her work as a coxswain coach and was a premier coxswain during her competitive career for Team USA. Aside from her coaching duties at Stanford, Farooq serves as a television rowing analyst for NBC Universal’s World Championship and World

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Dr. Vaclav Nate Kacir Rooks

Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Third Season Second Season

Dr. Vaclav Kacir was named Stanford’s women’s rowing assistant coach in September A four-year Stanford letterwinner and team captain, Nate Rooks returns to Stanford Rowing 2007 and is entering his third season with the women’s rowing team. Kacir comes to for his second year as an assistant coach with women’s crew. In 2008-09, Rooks assisted Stanford from where he served as the Freshmen Lightweight Coach. the Cardinal rowers to the first national championship in program history by coaching the He also served as an assistant coach with the U.S. National Team in 2007, and served Varsity Four to a fifth place finish at the NCAA’s. It was the first time a Stanford Varsity as coach of the Women’s Four which won a gold medal at the World Championships in Four had made the NCAA final and was a key component in helping the team win the Munich, Germany. overall title. Kacir coached Stanford’s II Eight to a bronze medal at the 2009 NCAA Championships as His Stanford career highlights include stroking back-to-back Copley Cup champion boats well as to a silver medal at the Pac-10 Championships. at the San Diego Crew Classic in 2006 and 2007, a victory in the Collegiate Open 4+ at the Kacir’s work with the II Eight played a crucial role in helping Stanford capture the first Head of the Charles in 2006, and a silver medal at the 2007 IRA National Championships. team national title in school history in 2009, and for his efforts he was named Division I Lessons learned at Stanford helped Nate earn the opportunity to row internationally in the National Assistant Coach of the Year and the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year by United States Under-23 eight at the 2006 and 2007 World Championships in and the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA). Scotland, respectively. In 2007-08, Kacir led the II Eight to a bronze medal at the Pac-10 Championships in his “Nate is one of Stanford’s most successful oarsmen,” said women’s head coach Yasmin first year with the team. Farooq. “His commitment to excellence and his inside knowledge of the Stanford scholar- athlete experience make him invaluable to this team. We are so very fortunate he has As a coach at Columbia University, Kacir’s 2007 freshmen Coxed Four won the Eastern chosen to pursue coaching professionally.” Sprints. His Eight placed fourth, finishing the season with a record of 8-4. He also coached the Varsity Pair to a bronze medal at the IRA National Championship. In 2006 his Freshmen Nate began rowing in 2002 at his home on Bainbridge Island, WA and returned there to Eight finished third at the with a season record of 8-2; and his Freshmen coach the summer after his freshman year at Stanford. This inspired a strong desire to Four had a perfect season of 11-0. coach long-term. “Vaclav’s experience as a college and elite level coach fits perfectly at Stanford where Nate graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with a B.A. in film and media studies, and our team is comprised of a smaller group of high-level scholar athletes,” Farooq said. “He a minor in human biology. understands how to teach and support at a top academic institution, and that makes him A product of Stanford Rowing’s unique culture, Nate is extremely excited about sharing a good match for this team and coaching staff.” his enthusiasm for the sport, and for Stanford, as he helps his crews in their relentless As an international coach, Kacir coached Slovakian lightweight men’s sculler Lukas Babac pursuit of boatspeed. to a fourth place finish in the M1x at the 2009 European Championships in Brest, Belarus and a silver medal in the M1x at the 2008 European Championships in Athens, Greece. Prior to that, he guided the U.S. Men’s Lightweight Quad to a silver medal at the 2006 U-23 World Championships in Belgium. He also coached the Slovakian Men’s Lightweight single that won a silver medal at the 2005 U-23 World Championships in . In 2004, he was an assistant coach for the Slovak Republic Olympic Team. He was the head coach of the Slovak Junior National Team in 2003 and was named Slovak Coach of the Year for his crew’s fourth place performance at the Junior World Championships. Kacir attended Komensky University in Slovakia, where he received his master’s degree in sports science. Furthering his education in Psychology and Political Science, he attended Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. His interest in the physiology of rowing brought him back to school and in 2009 he received a doctorate in sport science.

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Sarah Susan Bolmer Bryukhanov

Port Starboard Freshman 5-9 Sophomore 6-0 El Cerrito, CA Chicago, IL College Preparatory The Latin School of School Chicago

High School: A 2009 graduate of Thomas S. Wootton School … three-year letterwinner in 2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion rowing team … finished basketball … played shooting guard. third at the NCAA Championships and second at the Pac-10s in the II Eight. Personal: Born in Phoenixville, Pa. … parents are Mickey and Sally Bolmer … majoring High School: A 2008 graduate of The Latin School of Chicago … rowed for the Lincoln in chemical engineering. Park Juniors from 2005-08 … named 2008 Most Valuable Rower … rowed in the No. 7 seat in the Women’s Eight that won the Junior Women’s Midwest title and finished seventh at the USRowing Youth Invitational … was the No. 3 seat on the Women’s Four that won silver at the Intermediate Club Nationals … named Most Improved Rower in 2006 … also lettered two years in as a middle hitter … elected to the Erasmus Society and Maria National French Honors Society … member of the Cum Laude Society. Personal: Born in Chicago, Ill. … parents are Oleg and Karina Bryukhanov … has one Bowe older brother, Karel who rows at George Washington University… undeclared major … hobbies include playing piano, impromptu dance parties, frisbee, reading, giving hugs. Port/Starboard Freshman 5-10 Woodland, MN Minnetonka Lizzy Collins High School: A 2009 graduate of Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka, Minn. … rowed for Twin Cities Youth Rowing from 2008-09 … lettered two years in volleyball … helped Port team to 2007 conference title … was a junior captain of the MHS team … also competed Freshman 5-10 in track and field, events were the high jump, triple jump, long jump and 200 … earned Newport Beach, CA conference and sectional honors in triple jump in 2007, and sectional recognition in 2008 Newport Harbor … earned Athlete of the Meet honor in 2008 … earned student recognition awards in French and English … member of National French Honor Society, president of the National Honor Society … National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction and graduated cumma sum laude. High School: A 2009 graduate of Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, Calif. Personal: Born in Minneapolis, Minn. … parents are Pat and MaryLouise Bowe … has five … also attended Merion Mercy Academy in Merion Station, Pa. from 2005-08 … rowed siblings … has numerous family members who played collegiate sports … list includes for Newport Aquatic Center for a year, and for Merion Mercy Academy for two years … grandfather, Joe St. Geme (1950-52), father, Pat Bowe (1977-79), brother Pat, Jr. (2007-08) was the stroke seat of second-place varsity four at SRAA Nationals in 2007 … member and uncles Joe (1980-81), Pete (1980-81) and Ed St. Geme (1981-84) who all lettered in of the 2007 U.S. Junior National Team Development Camp … played basketball for two football at Stanford … brother Henry is a tight end at Georgetown … mother, MaryLouise years at Merion Mercy Academy … member of the National Honors Society … graduated (St. Geme) ran track at Stanford … aunt Ceci (Hopp) St. Geme ran track for four years at summa cum laude. Stanford and was 3,000-meter NCAA Champion in 1982 … major is undeclared. Personal: Born in San Diego, Calif. … parents are Joe and Libbi Collins … has three older siblings, Michael, Brendan and Christine … father was a defensive back on the 1975 national champion and Rose Bowl-winning USC football team … brother Michael rowed for Harvard, while Brendan rowed at the University of … major is undeclared.

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Tiffany Allyson Dao Edwards

Coxswain Port Junior 5-1 Freshman 5-8 Houston, TX Roseville, CA Cypress Falls HS Oakmont

2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion rowing team … High School: A 2009 graduate of Oakmont High School in Roseville, Calif. … lettered finished fifth at the NCAA Championships and at the Pac-10s in the varsity four … named twice in soccer … played left midfield and captained the team in 2005 … was class to Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team. salutatorian. 2007-08: Walked on in fall 2007 and competed in the Novice eight in the spring of 2008. Personal: Born in Sacramento, Calif. … parents are Mathew, Sr. and Jackie … has two High School: Graduate of Cypress Falls High School … was named AP Scholar With siblings, Emily and Mathew, Jr. … majoring in international relations with a minor in Honors and to National Honor Roll … graduated Summa Cum Laude. Spanish. Personal: Born in Houston, … parents are Thinh Dao and Uyen Nguyen … has three siblings, Tim, Tina, and Tianna … majoring in Human Biology … hobbies include visual arts. Amy Egerter Anna Coxswain Freshman 5-0 Dawson Sacramento, CA Christian Brothers Starboard Freshman 5-11 Christchurch, New Zealand High School: A 2009 graduate of Christian Brothers School in Sacramento, Calif. … rowed Rangi Ruru for River City Novice Women (2005-06) and River City Varsity Women (2006-09) … helped boats to Novice 4+ club record time, varsity men’s 4+ club record time … earned Coach’s Award and “Best Attitude” Award … was on the CBHS Honor Roll all four years … earned President’s Award and was named to National Honors Society … also earned Christian High School: A 2009 graduate of Rangi Ruru Girls’ School in Christchurch, N.Z. … rowed Service Award, French Language Award and Yearbook Award. for Rangi Ruru for four years … also rowed for Southern RPC Rowing Team from 2008-09 … rows for various New Zealand national teams … won four gold medals at the 2008 Personal: Born in Sacramento, Calif. … parents are Daniel and Daidre Egerter … has one New Zealand National Rowing Championships (U18 Eight, U18, Four, U18 Pair, U18 Quad) sibling, Alexander … has one relative, Laura Creager, who rowed on the Stanford women’s … competed in the women’s at the 2008 Junior World Championships in , team … major is undeclared. … won four golds at the 2007 New Zealand National Schools Regatta (U18 Eight, U18 Four, U18 Quad, U17 Four) … captured two golds (U16 Four, U16 Eight), a silver (U18 Eight) and a bronze (U18 Pair) at the 2006 New Zealand National Schools Regatta … three- time winner of Rangi Ruru’s Rowing Cup for Best Erg Score (2006-08), two-time winner for Elite Rowing Award (2007-08), and one-time winner of Most Outstanding Oarswoman (2008) … earned Canterbury Secondary Schools Zonta Awards for Outstanding Team of Sportswomen (2008 - U18 Eight, 2007 - U18 Four) and Outstanding Female Athlete (2008) … school earned New Zealand Star Trophy in 2006. Personal: Born in Christchurch, N.Z. … parents are John and Kathryn Dawson … has one sibling, Sam … major is undeclared.

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Claire Claire Fisher Grover

Port/Starboard Starboard Freshman 5-10 Freshman 6-1 San Francisco, CA Sacramento, CA Lick Wilmerding Christian Brothers

High School: A 2009 graduate of Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco, Calif. High School: A 2009 graduate of Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif. … rowed for … rowed for Pacific Rowing Club from 2007-09 … rowed in varsity eight and varsity Oakland Strokes from 2006-09 … took third with varsity eight at 2008 Southwest Junior four boats … novice women co-captain, won Coach’s Award and “Hammer Award” for Regional Championship, and ninth with same boat at 2008 Youth National Championships best fitness … rowed stroke seat for varsity two boat that finished fifth at Youth Nationals … Attended 2009 USRowing Junior National Team Selection Camp and the USRowing in 2009 … swam, ran cross-country and played tennis for LWHS … won BCL’s and Junior National Team Development Camps in 2007 and 2008 … won Edwin E. Lickiss qualified for NCS Championships in the 100-yard breaststroke in 2006 … participated Memorial Award in 2009, given to “the graduating senior who best embodies the ideals of in the International Children’s Games in breaststroke event in 2005 … in cross country, the Oakland Strokes Rowing Club” … National Merit Commended Student … member of qualified for NCS Championships in 2005-06 … was a PSAT Commended Student … the National Latin Honor Society from 2005-09 … AP Scholar with Distinction and North recipient of Community Action and Civic Engagement Award - award given by headmaster, Coast Section Scholar Athlete … earned Dean S. Lesher High School Newspaper Award to graduating student who best exhibits a public purpose ethic and is passionate about for Overall Excellence in 2008 and 2009. community action and civic engagement (2009) Personal: Born in San Francisco, Calif. … parents are Gavin Grover and Mary Jaccodine Personal: Born in Chicago, Ill. … parents are John and Laura Fisher … has three … has three siblings, Maggie, Peter and Josslyn … major is undeclared. siblings, Jill, David and Michael … father and two uncles played squash at Princeton … grandfather played water polo and swam at California … has another uncle who swam at Harvard … major is undeclared. Elise Guinee-Cooper Adrienne Fritsch

Port/Starboard Senior 6-0 Starboard Washington, D.C. Sophomore 5-11 Georgetown Day School Portland, OR Jesuit HS/Portland CC

Junior Year: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion rowing team … part of the gold medal-winning I Eight crew that captured Pac-10 and NCAA titles … named to 2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion rowing team … finished Pac-10 All-Academic First Team. third at the NCAA Championships and second at the Pac-10s in the II Eight. Sophomore Year: Competed in the 1st Varsity Eight that finished second at the 2008 NCAA Community College: Attended Portland Community College in 2007-08. Championships and won a silver medal at the 2008 Pac-10 Championships … 2008 Pac- High School: A 2007 graduate of Jesuit High School … rowed for Rose City Rowing 10 All-Academic First Team … 2008 CRCA All-Region Second Team. Club from 2005-present … rowed with RCRC’s women’s eight boat that finished 14th at Freshman Year: Walked on in Fall 2006 and competed in the 2nd Varsity Eight in Spring the 2008 Women’s 8+ Junior National Championship, and ninth in 2007 … was also a 2007. defender on the junior varsity soccer team from 2004-05 … competed in the 100 meters, High School: Three-year letter winner in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track 200 meters, and triple jump on the track team from 2004-05. … Earned Walter Barrett Award for Community Service and Barbara Lockwood English Personal: Born in Portland, Ore. … parents are Doug Cooper and Cecelia Guinee … father Award. threw the javelin for Cal … has one older sibling, Cory … major is undeclared … hobbies Personal: Born in Washington, D.C. … parents are Richard and Elizabeth Fritsch … Has include playing Capture the Flag, baking, dancing, singing, drawing, and running. one younger brother, Ben … Majoring in History and Economics … Enjoys reading 19th- century novels, backpacking, sun tanning, spending time with friends, going for long runs in the woods.

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Alex Kelly Hasbach Hill

Starboard Port Senior 5-8 Junior 5-10 Eugene, OR Los Altos Hills, CA Phillips Exeter Academy Pinewood School

2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion rowing team … finished 2008-09: Redshirt fifth at the NCAA Championships and at the Pac-10s as part of the varsity four. 2007-08: Competed in the Varsity Four. 2007-08: 2008 Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team … 2008 CRCA Scholar-Athlete. High School: Rowed for the Stanford Junior Crew while attending Pinewood School … 2006-07: Competed in the 1st Varsity Eight and 2nd Varsity Eight … Stanford Scholar coached by Stanford Community Rowing Director Monica Hilcu and 2008 Olympic Gold Athlete award winner. medalist and Stanford alum … also played for the Pinewood volleyball and High School: Rowed for three years at Phillips Exeter Academy in where soccer teams. she graduated with “Highest Honors”… was co-captain of the team in 2005 and 2006 … Personal: A native of the Bay Area … parents are Cary and Cathy Hill … has two older was a member of the Varsity Eight her junior and senior years … helped lead first boat siblings, Michael and Nikki … majoring in human biology with a concentration in sports to New Interscholastic Rowing Association Championships (NEIRA) title … team medicine … enjoys cooking, singing, dancing, and horseback riding. also won the overall points trophy in NEIRA … also attended The Academy for Global Exploration for one year. Personal: Born in Pittsburgh, Pa. … parents are Thomas and Patricia Hasbach … majoring in earth systems … enjoys hiking, camping, rock climbing, photography, cooking, and walking her dog … father played quarterback for the University of Pittsburgh. Madeline Jansen

Freshman 5-11 New Orleans, LA Metairie Marielle Park County Day School Higgins

Port Sophomore 5-10 Montclair, NJ High School: A 2008 graduate of Metairie Park County Day School … four-year Montclair HS letterwinner in volleyball … captained the team as a senior … helped team to state semifinal in 2007 … played middle blocker, averaged 10 kills and two blocks a game … named all-state and a senior all-star as a senior … named all-metro and all-district as a junior and senior … also a four-year letterwinner in basketball … averaged 12 points a game, with a career-high of 26 in a game … played center/forward … named all-district Freshman Year: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team. as a junior and senior … captained the team in 2007 and 2008 … helped lead team to Finished 5th at the NCAA National Championships in the varsity four and 2nd at the PAC- state semifinals as a senior … member of cum laude society as a junior and senior … 10s in the 2nd varsity eight. National Achievement finalist. Personal: Born in Glen Ridge, N.J. … parents are Thomas and Mariann Higgins … has Personal: Born in Chicago, Ill. … parents are David Jansen and Ruth Owens … has two three siblings, Tim, Claire and Greg … both brothers played lacrosse in college, Tim for siblings, Gracie and Jackson … majoring in human biology with a minor in French. Lehigh and Gregg currently plays for Denison University … undeclared major … hopes to have a career as a doctor, teacher or psychiatrist after college.

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Sarah Jackie Kaewart Klimes

Starboard Starboard Sophomore 5-11 Freshman 5-10 Longmont, CO Bellevue, WA Kent Denver School Bellevue HS

2008-09: Walked-on in the fall of 2008 … member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National High School: A 2009 graduate of Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Wash. … rowed for Champion Rowing Team … rowed the spare pair at the NCAA National Championships, Pocock Rowing Center for four seasons … finished 10th with openweight pair at Youth winning the Style award … finished fifth at the Pac-10s in the novice eight. National Championship … earned a letter in soccer … also ran track from 2005-07 … High School: A 2008 graduate of Kent Denver School in Englewood, Colo. … lettered was on the BHS Honor Roll all four years … three-time Athletic Scholar Award recipient in basketball and in cross country … a National Merit Semifinalist … earned Award for (2005-07) … also studies Taekwondo … achieved her black belt in 2001, received first in Excellence in the study of French. sparring at 2000 Junior Olympics and third at 2001 Junior Olympics. Personal: Born in Concord, Mass. … parents are William and Julie Kaewert … both Personal: Born in Bellevue, Wash. … parents are Dennis and Karen Klimes … father parents rowed at Dartmouth … has one younger sister, Allie … major is undeclared … played soccer at Western … has two siblings, Lucie and Gunther … major is hobbies include hiking, camping, trail work, and skiing. undeclared.

Julianna Cassie Kapjian-Pitt Kull Port Port/Starboard Senior 6-1 Freshman 5-11 Boston, MA San Francisco, CA Boston Latin School St. Ignatius College Prep

2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … High School: A 2009 graduate of St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco, Calif. finished third at the NCAA National Championships and second at the Pac-10’s in the … rowed for St. Ignatius from 2006-09 … earned bronze with varsity eight in 2009 at second varsity eight … 2009 first-team Pac-10 All-Academic. Southwest Junior Regional Championships … claimed silver with varsity eight at 2007 2007-08: Competed in the 1st Varsity Eight that won a silver medal at the 2008 Pac-10 edition of the championships, and earned bronze at the National Championships … won Championships … 2008 Pac-10 All-Academic First Team … 2008 CRCA Scholar-Athlete. gold with the freshman eight at 2006 Southwest Junior Regional Championships … team captain and winner of the Dedicatio Award. 2006-07: Walked on in the Fall of 2006 and competed in the 2nd Varsity Eight in the spring of 2007 … voted Most Potential 2007. Personal: Born in San Francisco, Calif. … parents are Morley Pitt and Elaine Kapjian-Pitt … has two siblings, Alicia and Nathan … major is undeclared. High School: Competed in varsity basketball and cross country … 2005 MVP in basketball and Dual County League Second Team … winner of Richard I. and Dorothy E. Goodrich Scholarships, Paul A. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship (History Prize) and Max Levine, Class of 1907 French Scholarship. Personal: Classics major … parents are Andrew and Dana Kull.

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fourth at the Junior World Championships s in Brandenburg, Germany 2005 … Recipient of the Most Personally Improved award in 2003 at Brooks School … recipient of the Allen B. Ashburn Prize ( Awarded by the Headmaster for any reason he deems appropriate) 2006 Jenna … honors at Brooks School 2003, 2004, 2006 … high honors 2005 … exchange student to Uganda … school prefect at Brooks School 2006 …graduated Cum Laude … volunteer Levy dog-walker at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter. Personal: Born in Portland, … parents are William and Jaimie Logan and Jennifer Coxswain and Mark Kierstead … history major. Sophomore 5-6 Greenbrae, CA Redwood

2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … Grace finished first at the NCAA National Championships and the Pac-10s in the varsity eight … named to the CRCA Pocock All-Region and All-America First Teams … selected to the Luczak 2009 All Pac-10 Team. High School: A 2008 graduate of Redwood High School in Larkspur, Calif. … rowed for Port/Starboard Marin Rowing Association … coxed the gold medal-winning WJV4+ boat at Southwest Junior 6-3 Regional Championships in 2008 … was also on gold medal-winning third varsity eight Ann Arbor, MI boats at Southwest Regional Championships in 2006 and 2008 … coxed the silver medal- Pioneer winning junior varsity eight boats at the San Diego Crew Classic two straight years from 2007-08 … was part of women’s lightweight eight that won silver at USRowing Youth National Championships in 2007 … coxed the junior varsity eight and lightweight eight boats to silver medals at the Southwest Regional Championships in 2007 and ‘08. International Competition: Alternate for the Senior National Team at the 2009 World Personal: Born in San Francisco, Calif. … parents are Mark and Nora Levy … has two Championships in Poznan, Poland … won a silver medal in the USA eight and placed fifth siblings, Jordan and Dana … undeclared major. in the pair at the 2009 U23 World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic. 2009-10: Team honored with Pac10 Sportsmanship Award… member of the Stanford Sub-6:50 2k Erg Club. Elle 2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … finished first at the NCAA National Championships and the Pac-10s in the varsity eight … Logan a CRCA All-America Second Team and All-Regional selection … also selected to the 2009 All-Pac-10 Team … member of the Stanford Sub-7:00 2k Erg Club. Port/Starboard At Michigan: Named 2007-08 Michigan Freshman of the Year … rowed for varsity eight Junior 6-2 boat that finished third at the 2008 Big Ten Championships … boat went on to finish 11th Boothbay Harbor, ME at NCAA Championships … helped varsity eight to third-place finish at South Central Brooks School Sprints … earned Michigan’s Athletic-Academic Achievement Award … named to Dean’s List and earned University honors in 2007. High School: A 2007 graduate of Ann Arbor Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. … earned three letters rowing for Pioneer, and spent one season rowing for Maritime Rowing Club … also lettered twice in volleyball … part of the Junior national Team in 2007 … Olympics: Won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the United States Women’s rowed with the eight to third-place finish at 2007 Junior World Championships … rowed eight … that same crew was named “2008 Crew of the Year” by FISA, the World Rowing with the second varsity eight at 2007 USRowing National Championships and with the first Federation. varsity eight at the 2007 U.S. Nationals … helped varsity four to third-place finish at 2006 2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … USRowing Youth Championship … spent time in U.S. Junior Development Camp from finished first at the NCAA National Championships and the Pac-10s in the varsity eight … 2005-06 … was co-captain of the Pioneer High Crew in 2006 … in volleyball, was invited a CRCA All-America First Team and All-Regional pick … also named to the 2009 All Pac-10 to USA Volleyball High Performance Camp in 2005 and ‘06 … named Pioneer’s Most Team … member of the Stanford Sub-6:40 2k Erg Club. Improved Player in 2006 … named to Dean’s List and earned University honors in 2007 2006-07: Competed in the 1st Varsity Eight that won a silver medal at the 2007 Pac-10 … USRowing National Honor Roll recipient … named High School Top Scholar recipient Championships and finished 10th at the NCAAs … voted Most Valuable 2007 … member by Ann Arbor News … named to both Spanish Honor Society and National Honor Society. of Stanford Sub-6:50 2k Club … selected to 2007 College Rowing Coaches Association Personal: Born in Royal Oak, Mich. … parents are Thomas and Martha Luczak … has two All-American Division I First Team and Division I All-Region First Team … women’s Rowing siblings, Claire and Connor … human biology major. All-Pac-10 Team … won a bronze medal in the U.S. Women’s Eight at the 2007 Under-23 World Rowing Championships (Strathclyde, Scotland) … selected as an alternate for the 2007 U.S. Senior National Rowing Team … second in the Women’s Eight at the USRowing National Championships. High School: Helped Brooks School to 2003 and 2006 New England Basketball Championships … 2004, 2005, and 2006 New England Basketball All-Star … 2006 New England MVP … 2004 and 2005 New England and National Champions in Women’s Four … 2003 and 2004 U.S. Junior Women’s Development Camp Participant … represented United States in the 2004 Can-Am-Mex Games … member of the 2005 U.S. Junior Women’s National Team … No. 6 seat in the U.S. Junior Women’s Eight which placed

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Lindsay Lucy Meyer Musson

Port/Starboard/Scull Port/Starboard Sophomore 5-11 Freshman 5-8 Seattle, WA (Holy Names Carpinteria, CA Academy) Carpinteria

Olympics: Represented the United States and finished fifth in the women’s quad at the High School: A 2009 graduate of Carpinteria High School in Carpinteria, Calif. … four-year 2008 Beijing . letterwinner in soccer … helped lead team to 2008 Frontier League title … named to All- 2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … Frontier League First Team in 2008, to the second team in 2007, and honorable mention finished first at the NCAA National Championships and the Pac-10s in the varsity eight … as a freshman and sophomore … also competed in the high and triple jumps at CHS … member of the Stanford Sub-6:50 2k Erg Club. medaled at CIF meet in high jump … set CHS sophomore high jump record by clearing 5-0 … class valedictorian, National Merit Scholar … earned 2008 Santa Barbara Scholar High School: Won a gold medal for the United States in the Women’s Quad at the Athlete Award. Under-23 World Championships in 2007 in Strathclyde, Scotland-- the first U.S. women’s openweight sculling gold medal at a world championship … alternate for the 2007 U.S. Personal: Born in Palo Alto, Calif. … parents are Michael Musson and Lucy Carleton … Senior Women’s National Team … finished second in the women’s quad and third in the has two siblings, Layla and Meli … major is undeclared … grandfather, William Carleton, women’s double at 2007 USRowing Elite Nationals … rowed for Holy Names Academy played football and basketball at USC. as well as for Lake Union Crew and Pocock Elite Sculling Team … won a bronze medal in the Women’s Single at the 2006 Junior World Championships--the first international sculling medal for an American junior … captured titles in the Intermediate Women’s Single and Senior Women’s Single at the 2006 USRowing Nationals …won a gold Megan medal in the Women’s Single at the 2006 U.S. Junior Nationals … member of the U.S. Junior Development Can-Am-Mex Team in 2005 … won a gold medal in the Women’s O’Neil Intermediate Four and Women’s Intermediate Eight at the 2005 USRowing Nationals … stroked the Holy Names Academy women’s four that finished second at 2005 USRowing Youth Nationals … National Merit semifinalist … AP scholar … member National Honor Starboard Society. Freshman 5-8 Boise ID Personal: Born in Seattle, Wash. … parents are Ed Meyer and Carol Nagy … has one Boise Senior younger brother, Tavi … major is undecided … contemplating career as surgeon or oncologist … enjoys racing cyclocross, hiking and cooking.

High School: A 2009 graduate of Boise Senior High School … ran cross-country on the junior varsity … earned “most improved” award … school won state cross-country Maura boys and girls titles … was school’s graduation speaker … National Honor Society vice- president … AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholar candidate, Rotary Moran Scholar … earned Citizenship Award. Personal: Born in Boise, … parents are Tom and Shirley O’Neil … has four siblings: Coxswain Katie, Christine, Victoria and Patrick … oldest sister Katie was part of Stanford’s 2009 Junior 5-6 national champion women’s rowing team … majoring in linguistics. Paradise Valley, AZ Chaparral HS

2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … finished third at the NCAA National Championships and second at the Pac-10s in the 2nd varsity eight. 2007-08: Won a bronze medal in the 2nd Varsity eight at the Pac-10 Championships. High School: A 2007 graduate of Chaparral High in Scottsdale, Ariz. … rowed for the Rio Salado Rowing Club … coached by Jake Poinier, Sarah Gershon, and Christine Getzler- Vaughn …won the State Championships in Varsity Women’s four and Varsity Women’s eight in 2006. Personal: Born in Scottsdale, Ariz. … parents are John Moran and Diana Vigil … has one older sibling, Brennan … majoring in Human Biology … enjoys volunteering for various groups and children.

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Erin Erika Radigan Roddy

Port/Starboard Starboard Sophomore 5-11 Junior 5-8 Westerville, OH San Francisco, CA Westerville Central Phillips Academy Andover

2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … International Competition: Won a silver medal for the in the USA eight at the U23 World finished third at the NCAA National Championships and second at the Pac-10s in the 2nd Championships in Racice, Czech Republic. varsity eight. 2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … High School: A 2008 graduate of Westerville Central High School in Westerville, … finished first at the NCAA National Championships and the Pac-10s in the varsity eight … rowed for Westerville Rowing Club … was in the stroke seat of the varsity eight boat a CRCA All-America First Team and All-Regional pick … was named Pac-10 Athlete of the that competed at Youth Nationals … named honorable mention for USRowing’s Scholastic Year … also earned spots on the 2009 All-Pac-10 team, Pac-10 All-Academic First Team. Honor Roll … recipient of the President’s Award … was a Commended Student For 2007-08: Won a gold medal in the women’s eight for the United States at the 2008 World National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test … National Honor Society officer … earned the Rowing Junior Championships … competed in the Varsity Eight that finished second at the Medallion of Excellence … received State of Ohio Award of Merit. 2008 NCAA Championships and won a silver medal at the 2008 Pac-10 Championships. Personal: Born in Westerville, Ohio … parents are Mike and Lynn Radigan … has five High School: A four-year letterwinner at Phillips Academy Andover … second place siblings, Michael, Emily, Molly, Mitchell and Mandy … major is undeclared. at 2006 NEIRA Championships in 1st Varsity Eight, stroke seat … second place at 2005 NEIRA Championships in 1st Varsity Eight … first place at 2004 New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) Championship Regatta in 2nd Varsity Eight … also a three-time All-American in swimming … holds the New England record for 400 freestyle relay … in 2007 took second in the 200 freestyle relay, fourth in the 400 freestyle Jenna relay, third in 50 freestyle, and fourth in 100 freestyle … swimming team won the NEPSAA championships three times from 2004-2006 … in 2006 won the 400 and 200 freestyle Rist relay, second in 50 freestyle, and third in the 100 freestyle … in 2005 took first place in the NEPSAA 400 freestyle relay and 200 freestyle relay, fourth place in 50 freestyle, 11th place Port/Starboard in 100 freestyle … in 2004 took first place in the New England Prep School Swimming Sophomore 5-9 (NEPSAA) Championship in 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay, sixth place in 50 Viborg, SD freestyle, fourth place in 100 freestyle … also ran cross country … took fifth place overall Viborg in the 2005 Championships … took third place overall at the 2004 NEPSTA Division I Cross Country Championships … team won the NEPSTA Division I Cross Country Championship in both years … named to the All New England Cross Country Team in 2004 and 2005 … made the Honor Roll 10 terms out of 11 Cum Laude … was a National Merit Finalist. Personal: Major is human biology … parents are Stephen Roddy and Bih-hsya Hsieh … 2008-09: Placed fifth in the novice eight at the Pac-10s. has one younger sibling, Chloe … enjoys traveling, reading, hiking, eating, going to the High School: A 2008 graduate of Viborg High School in Viborg, S.D. … lettered three beach, and photography. years in basketball … helped lead team to two straight District 8B titles from 2007-08 … team also won TVC Tournament in 2005, 2007 and 2008 … also participated in cross country, track and field, and volleyball … honored as team “Will To Win” athlete … class Valedictorian … president of National Honor Society … named KELO Student of the Year. Personal: Born in Sioux Falls, S.D. … parents are John Rist and Linda Petersen … has two siblings, Noelle and Alicia … major is psychology with a CSRE minor … hobbies include music, drama, poetry and dance.

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Eva Julia Sheridan Thompson

Port/Starboard Port/Starboard Senior 5-11 Junior 6-0 Seattle, WA Sidney, B.C., Canada Roosevelt HS Parkland Secondary

2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … 2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … rowed finished fifth at the NCAA National Championships in the varsity four. the spare pair at the NCAA National Championships, winning the Style award … finished fifth at the Pac-10s in the varsity four. 2007-08: Competed in the Varsity Eight that finished second at the NCAA Championships and won a silver medal at the Pac-10 Championships. 2007-08: Won a bronze medal in the 2nd Varsity Eight at the 2008 Pac-10 Championships. 2006-07: Competed in the 1st varsity eight in that won a silver medal at the Pac-10 High School: Rowed with Parkland Rowing Team and Victoria City Rowing Club … was Championships and finished 10th at the NCAAs. a member of Team BC 2007 at Western Canada Summer Games … part of Canadian Can-Am-Mex Team … won the gold medal in the Women’s Eight at the Western Canada High School: 2006 Youth National Champions in the varsity eight with the Pocock Training Summer Games and Can-Am-Mex competition in 2007 … named Parkland Senior Female Center…Took second in 2003 with Green Lake Crew…Three-time junior winner at the Outstanding Athlete and Parkland Grade 12 Outstanding Athlete in 2007 … in 2006, Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass.…Invited to Junior National Team Selection named Parkland Senior Oarswoman of the Year and was part of Parkland’s Sr. Women’s Camp 2005. Best Crew … awarded Parkland Rowing Plaque for outstanding achievement in rowing in Personal: Born in City, Mo. … mother is Stacie Sheridan … majoring in product 2005 … helped Women’s Eight to title at CSSRA in 2005 … swam and played soccer as a design with minor in art … hobbies include community work and art. prep … helped lead her high school swimming team to the provincial championship meet five times … member of Principal’s Honor Roll. Personal: Born in Victoria, B.C., Canada … parents are Dan Thompson and Barbara Adams … has an older sister, Lauren … major is undecided. Julianne Smith Joanna Starboard Tu Junior 6-1 Raleigh, NC Coxswain Cardinal Gibbons Senior 5-3 Los Altos, CA Singapore American School 2008-09: Walked-on in the fall of 2008 … member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … finished first at the NCAA National Championships and the Pac-10s in the varsity eight … named to PAC-10 All-Academic First Team … member of the Stanford Sub-7:00 2k Erg Club. 2008-09: Walked-on in the Fall of 2008. High School: A 2007 graduate of Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, N.C. … High School: A 2006 graduate of Singapore American School in Singapore … played participated in swimming … swam at the Olympic Trials in 2004 … was an 18-under volleyball from 2002-06 … named to the 2005 IASAS All-Tournament Team … helped national champion from 2004-06 … was a senior national finalist in 2003-04 … 12- lead team to three IASAS titles from 2002-04 and to a runner-up finish in 2005 … also time high school state champion and 13-time high school All-American from 2004-07 … participated in track and field … events included triple, long and high jumps, shotput, named CGHS swim team MVP all four years … 2004 National Interscholastic Swimming discuss and javelin … team won three straight IASAS titles (2004-06) … class salutatorian Coaches Association Swimmer of the Year … 2004 Raleigh Sports Club Outstanding and an AP Scholar with Distinction … member of the Gold Honor Roll from 2002-06 … Student-Athlete Award … was undefeated in all events swum at the state championship earned AP Biology, AP Calculus I AB, and AP English Language Awards … IASAS Scholar meets from 2004-07 … holds high school records in the 50, 100, and 200 from 2005-06 … named Humanities Award winner and PTA Senior Scholar. free … holds records at both the North Carolina state and USA Swimming 13-14 age Personal: Born in Los Alto, Calif. … parents are Way and Man-Li Tu … has one older group levels. sister, Dorothea … major is human biology … hobbies include playing the violin, enjoying Personal: Born in Charlottesville, N.C. … parents are Lyman and Patricia Smith … father nature and traveling. played football in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins and Vikings … mother played basketball and volleyball at Duke … grandfather was drafted to play football for the Los Angeles Rams … two uncles, Brad and Mark Smith, played college football at and , respectively … has two siblings, Stephanie and Ned … major is philosophy … hopes for a career in business r law.

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Michelle Christina Vezie Walker

Starboard Port/Starboard Junior 6-0 Freshman 5-11 London, England, U.K. Bellevue, WA St. Paul’s Girls School Bellevue HS

International Competition: Placed fifth in Great Britain’s eight at the World Championships High School: A 2009 graduate of Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Wash. … rowed for in Poznan, Poland … won a gold medal in the GB eight at the U23 World Championships Pocock Rowing Center from 2007-09 … rowed stroke seat in pair that took 10th at 2009 in Racice, Czech Republic. Junior National Championships … won bronze with varsity eight at Brentwood Regatta in 2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … Canada … played soccer and ran track for Bellevue High School … in 2006 broke Holder finished first at the NCAA National Championships and the Pac-10s in the varsity eight … Relays Invite All-Freshman Record in the 4x100 … District qualifier in the 400m, 4x400m, named to the 2009 Pac-10 All-Academic First Team … member of the Stanford Sub-7:00 and 4x100.. earned BHS Honor Roll for strong academics… member of the National Honor 2k Erg Club … won the Elite Coxless Fours event at Womens’ Henley … named CRCA Society … earned Rotary Club Student of the Month award. Division I National Scholar-Athlete. Personal: Born in Bellevue, Wash. … parents are Christopher and Lisa Walker … has 2007-08: Competed in the Varsity Eight that finished 2nd at the 2008 NCAA Championships three siblings, Crystal, Brandon and Kelsey … sister Kelsey ran track and cross country at and won a silver medal at the 2008 PAC-10 Championships… Member of Stanford Sub- Stanford … major is undeclared. 7:00 2k Club. High School: Rowed for SPGSBC from 2005-07 … also rowed for Great Britain as a junior since 2005 … competed at British Indoor Rowing Championships and finished fourth in theWJ18 category in 2007 … won women’s junior eight category at Women’s Head Nicole … helped women’s junior four to semifinal appearance at Henley Women’s Regatta … took silver in Women’s elite four race at the National Rowing Championships of Great Weinrich Britain … finished fourth in the eight for the British Junior Team at the National Rowing Championships … captured bronze medals in women’s junior four and women’s junior Coxswain eight races at the … helped women’s junior eight break course Freshman 5-4 record at Groningen, , with time of 6:42. Rydal, PA Personal: Born in Chicago, Ill.…Parents are Eric and Maralee Vezie…Has two younger Mount St. Joseph sisters, Claire and Karen…Chemical Engineering major …Has played oboe and sung in Academy choirs.

Carly High School: A 2009 graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Flourtown, Pa. … rowed for Mount Saint Joseph Academy from 2006-09 and for Penn A.C. in 2007 … was part Villareal of varsity eight boats that took second at 2009 SRA Nationals, won 2009 Philadelphia City title, 2009 Saratoga Invitational, finished eighth at 2009 USRowing Youth Nationals and reached semifinals of the 2009 Henley Women’s Regatta (youth) … in 2008, was Starboard part of youth eight boat that took third at Head of the Charles … coxed the men’s varsity Junior 5-7 eight and men’s senior B eight to gold at 2007 Royal Canadian Henley … also part of Portola Valley, CA lightweight varsity four that took eighth at 2007 USRowing Youth Nationals … named Phillips Academy 2009 “Most Valuable Oarswomen” and 2006 MSJA “Rookie of the Year” and Scholastic National Champions with the frosh eight … lettered four years in golf at MSJA … helped team to four straight undefeated seasons and Catholic Academy League titles … won District One Girls’ Team Championship and Eastern Regional Girls’ Team Championship from 2006-08 … captured PIAA Girls’ Team State Championship in 2006 and 2007 … 2008-09: Member of the 2009 NCAA Division I National Champion Rowing Team … turned in runner-up finish at 2008 PIAA Girls’ Team State Championship … four-year finished fifth at the NCAA National Championships and at the Pac-10s in the varsity four All-Catholic League All-Star … 2008 team captain … qualified for PIAA District Individual … named to Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team. Play from 2006-08 … received “Team Spirit” Award in 2006 and “Mount Magic” Award in 2007-08: Won a bronze medal in the II Eight at the Pac-10 Championships. 2007 and 2008 … earned first honors every semester of high school … National Honor High School: Rowed for Phillips Academy Varsity Crew for four years …as a senior, rowed Society member … 2009 National Merit Program Commended Student … member of the No. 2 seat in the 1st Varsity Eight that finished second at NEIRAS … rowed bow in 2nd National Society of High School Scholars. varsity eight as a junior and sophomore, winning the NEIRAS in 2006, and finishing second Personal: Parents are Michael and Debbie Weinrich … has three siblings, Andrew, Avery in 2005 … also swam distance freestyle … was part of 200 freestyle relay that finished and Austin … major is undeclared. second at New England Championships in 2007 … finished eighth and ninth, respectively, in 200 and 500 freestyle races … captained swim team as a senior … helped lead team to New England Championships from 2004-06. Personal: Parents are Ray and Kelly Villareal … has a younger sister, Dana … majoring in geologic/earth sciences.

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Stanford at the Olympics 1952Helsinki 1968 Mexico City 1992 Barcelona Jim Fifer, Duvall Hecht, Jim Beggs (USA) M2+ Larry Hough (USA) Silver M2- Diana Olson (USA) 6th W8+ 1956 Ballarat 1972 Munich 2004 Athens Duvall Hecht, Jim Fifer (USA) Gold M2- Dick Lyon, Larry Hough (USA) 9th M2- (USA) Silver W8+ Dan Ayrault, Conn Findlay, Kurt Seiffert (USA) Gold M2+ Sabrina Kolker (CAN) 7th W8+ 1976 Montreal Jamie Schroeder (USA) 10th M4- 1960 Rome Cathy Thaxton Tippett (USA) alternate Adam Kreek (CAN) 5th M8+ Dan Ayrault (USA) Gold M4- Dick Draeger, Conn Findlay, Kent Mitchell (USA) Bronze M2+ 1980 Moscow(USA boycott) 2008 Beijing Kurt Seiffert (USA) M4+ Cathy Thaxton Tippett (USA) W2- Adam Kreek (CAN) Gold M8+ Lou Lindsey (USA), Coach 1984 Los Angeles Elle Logan (USA) Gold W8+ Cathy Thaxton Tippett (USA) 6th W2x Lindsay Meyer (USA) 5th W4x 1964 Tokyo Jamie Schroeder (USA) 5th Mx Kent Mitchell, Ed Ferry, Conn Findlay (USA) Gold M2+ 1988 Seoul David Banks (USA) 9th M4- Dick Lyon (USA) Bronze M4- Jocelyn Kearing McCandless (USA) alternate Sabrina Kolker (CAN) 9th W2-

Stanford on the National Team 1962 World Championships, , 1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Stanford at the Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race Ed Ferry, Conn Findlay, Kent Mitchell (USA) 5th M2+ Argentina 1986 Cambridge – James Pew Greg Klingsporn (USA) Gold MLt4- 2006 Oxford – Jamie Schroeder 1963 Pan American Games, Sao Paulo, Brazil Tom Grace (USA) Gold MLt8+ 2007 Cambridge – Jake Cornelius Ed Ferry, Conn Findlay, Charles Blitzer (USA) Gold M2+ 1995 World Championships Tampere, Finland 2007 World Championships Munich, Germany 1966 World Championships, Bled, Yugoslavia Greg Klingsporn (USA) 5th MLt8+ Adam Kreek (CAN) Gold M8+ Dick Lyon (USA) 9th M4- Samantha Magee (USA) Gold W8+ Kent Mitchell (USA), Coach 1996 FISA Championships Strathclyde, Scotland Sabrina Kolker (CAN) 6th W8+ Emily Dirksen (USA) Gold W4- Jamie Schroeder (USA) 9th M4x 1969 European Championships Klagenfurt, Austria Greg Klingsporn (USA) 7th MLt8+ Larry Hough (USA) GoldM2- Tom Grace (USA) 7th MLt8+ 2007 Under-23World Championships Strathclyde, 1970 World Championships St. Catharine’s, Scotland 1997 World Championships Aiguebelette, Kerry Birk (USA) 3rd W8+ Canada Tom Grace (USA) 6th MLt8+ Larry Hough (USA) 7th M2- Elle Logan (USA) 3rd W8+ 1998 World Championships Cologne, Germany Stephanie Morrison (CAN) 4th W8+ 1977 World Championships Amsterdam, Emily Dirksen (USA) W4- Nate Rooks (USA) 4th M8+ Netherlands Martin Schwartz (USA) Sliver MLt8+ Alex Osborne (USA) 4th M8+ Cathy Thaxton Tippett (USA) 7th W8+ Mark Murphy (USA) 4th M8+ 2000 FISA Championships Zagreb, Croatia Silas Stafford (USA) 4th M8+ 1979 World Championships Bled, Yugoslavia Martin Schwartz (USA) Gold MLt8+ Cathy Thaxton Tippett (USA) 9th W4+ 2008 Under-23 World Championships 2002 Under-23World Championships Genoa, Brandenburg, Germany 1982 World Championships Lucerne, Switzerland Jamie Schroeder (USA) Gold M8+ Joline Esparza (USA) Silver W8+ Alex Osborne (USA) Gold M8+ Sabrina Kolker (CAN) 4th W4- Jessi Reel (USA) Gold W8+ 1983 World Championships Duisburg, Germany 2002 World Championships Seville, Silas Stafford (USA) Gold M8+ Cathy Thaxton Tippett (USA) 5th W4x Adam Kreek (CAN) Gold M8+ Steph Morrison (CAN) 4th W8+ Joline Esparza (USA) 5th W4+ 2003 World Championships Milan, Italy 2009 Under-23 World Championships Racice, 1986 World Championships Nottingham, England Sabrina Kolker (CAN) 5th W4- Czech Republic Jocelyn Kearing McCandless (USA) 4th W8+ Samantha Magee (USA) 5th W8 Mark Murphy (USA) Silver M4- 1987 Pan American Games Indianapolis, USA Adam Kreek (CAN) Gold M8+ Sebastian Peterlin (USA) 7th M8+ Grace Luczak (USA) Silver W8+; 5th W2- Hildegard Emslander (USA) Gold LtW2- Jamie Schroeder (USA) 7th M4- Erika Roddy (USA) Silver W8+ 1987 World Championships Copenhagen, 2005 World Championships Gifu, Japan Michelle Vezie (GBR) Gold W8+ Jocelyn Kearing McCandless (USA) 5th W4+ Samantha Magee 4thW8+ 2009 World Championships Poznan, Poland 1989 World Championships Bled, Yugoslavia 2006 World Championships Eton, Great Britain David Banks (USA) 5th M2- Audrey Barnett (USA) 6th W8+ Jamie Schroeder (USA) 12thM1x Jake Cornelius (USA) 9th M8+ Sabrina Kolker (CAN) 5thW8+ Alex Osborne (USA) 9th M8+ 1989 World University Games Duisburg, Germany Elle Logan (USA) Silver W8+ Tom Beischer (USA) M8+ 2006 Under-23World Championships , Belgium Michelle Vezie (GBR) 5th W8+ 1991 World Championships Vienna, Austria Kerry Birk (USA) GoldW8+ Diana Olson (USA) 4th W8+ Stephanie Connolly (CAN) 6th W4- Stephanie Morrison (CAN) 6th W4- Kevin Baum(USA) 6th M4+ Jake Cornelius (USA) 5th M8+ Nate Rooks (USA) 5th M8+

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Redwood Shores, Olympic and Collegiate Rowing Speedway Redwood Shores lagoon is the preeminent dual racing venue in the world. The residents of Redwood Shores have graciously hosted collegiate rowing on the Shores for over 50 years. Two fair lanes allow student-athletes from across the country to participate on this fantastic waterway. Throughout the years events such as the Pac-10 Championships, Stanford Invitational, Cal vs. Stanford dual, Cal vs. Washington dual, and the Pac-10 Challenge presented by Windermere Real Estate have created life memories for participants, fans and residents. Metropolitan Life and Paragon Point have hosted the staging area for athletes and equipment. The Sofitel Hotel has housed teams through the years. The Shores community has welcomed athletes from around the world. This venue has helped develop over a dozen Olympians including 2008 Gold Medalists Elle Logan and Adam Kreek of Stanford.

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2008 Olympians Elle Logan (USA) Gold W8+ Adam Kreek (CAN) Gold M8+ Lindsey Meyer (USA) 5th W4x Jamie Schroeder (USA) 5th M4x David Banks (USA) 9th M4- Sabrina Kolker (CAN) 9th W2- Simona Chin (USA) Silver LTA4+ (Paralympics)

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For the Stanford’s on that day, the university was the Current Perspectives realization of a dream and a fitting tribute to the memory In other ways, the university has changed of their only son, who had died of typhoid fever weeks tremendously on its way to recognition as one of the before his sixteenth birthday. Far from the nation’s center world’s great universities. At the hub of a vital and of culture and unencumbered by tradition or ivy, the new diverse Bay Area, Stanford is less than hour’s drive university drew students from all over the country: many south of San Francisco and just a few minutes north from California; some who followed professors hired of the Silicon Valley, an area dotted with computer and from other colleges and universities; and some simply high technology firms largely spawned by the university’s seeking adventure in the West. Though there were faculty and graduates. On campus, students and faculty many difficulties during the first months – housing was enjoy new libraries, modern laboratories, tremendous inadequate, microscopes and books were late in arriving sports and recreation facilities, and comfortable from the East – the first year foretold of greatness. As residences. Contemporary sculpture, as well as pieces Stanford University Jane Stanford wrote in the summer of 1892, “Even our from the Stanford Museum’s extensive collection of fondest hopes have been realized.” sculpture by Auguste Rodin, is placed throughout the at a Glance campus, providing unexpected pleasures at many turns. Ideas of “Practical At the Stanford Medical Center, world-renowned for Education” its research, teaching, and patient care, scientists and On October 1, 1891, the 465 new students Governor and Mrs. Stanford had come from families of physicians are searching for answers to fundamental modest means and had built their way up through a life of questions about health and disease. Ninety miles who were on hand for opening day ceremonies at hard work. So it was natural that their first thoughts were down the coast, at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station to establish an institution where young men and women on the Monterey Bay, scientists are working to better Leland Stanford Junior University greeted Leland could “grapple successfully with the practicalities of life.” As understand the mechanisms of evolution, human their thoughts matured, these ideas of “practical education” development, and ecological systems. The university is organized into seven schools: Earth and Jane Stanford enthusiastically, with a chant enlarged to the concept of producing cultured and useful citizens who were well-prepared for professional success. Sciences, Education, Engineering, the Graduate School of Business, Humanities and Sciences, Law and Medicine. In they had made up and rehearsed only that morning. Nearly 116 years later, the university still enjoys the original 8,180 acres (almost 13 square miles) of grassy addition, there are more than 30 interdisciplinary centers, programs, and research laboratories – including the Hoover Wah-hoo! Wah-hoo! L-S-J-U! Stanford! Its wild and fields, eucalyptus groves, and rolling hills that were the Stanford’s generous legacy, as well as the Quadrangle of Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; the Institute for International Studies; the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; spirited tone symbolized the excitement of this bold “long corridors with their stately pillars” at the center of campus. It is still true, as the philosopher William James and the Stanford Center for the Study of Families, Children and Youth – where faculty from a wide range of fields bring adventure. As a pioneer faculty member recalled, said, during his stint as a visiting professor, that the climate is “so friendly ... that every morning wakes one different perspectives to bear on issues and problems. fresh for new amounts of work.” Stanford’s Overseas Studies Program offers students in “Hope was in every heart, and the presiding spirit of all fields remarkable opportunities for study abroad, with campuses in Australia, Beijing, Berlin, Cape Town, Florence, freedom prompted us to dare greatly.” Kyoto, Madrid, Moscow, Oxford, Paris, and Santiago.

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Stanford People popular; over 1,300 students take part in the club sports By any measure, Stanford’s faculty – which numbers program, while participation in the intramural program is 1,874 – is one of the most distinguished in the nation. more than 4,600, with many students active in more than As of the June of 2009, the faculty included 16 Nobel one sport. Laureates, four Pulitzer Prize winners, 23 MacArthur Fellows, 19 recipients of the National Medal of Science, Looking Ahead two National Medal of Technology recipients, 244 In her address to the Board of Trustees, in 1904, members of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, Jane Stanford said, “. . . Let us not be afraid to outgrow 136 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 83 old thoughts and ways, and dare to think on new lines National Academy of Engineering members, 46 American as to the future of the work under our care.” Philosophical Society members, 27 members of the Her thoughts echo in the words of former Stanford National Academy of Education, eight Wolf Foundation President Gerhard Casper, who has said, “The true Prize winners, six winners of the Koret Foundation Prize university must reinvent itself every day . . . At Stanford, and three Presidential Medal of Freedom winners. Yet these are days of such reconsideration and fresh support beyond their array of honors, what truly distinguishes top 10% of their high school class. Ninety-eight Stanford for our fundamental tasks – teaching, learning, and Stanford faculty is their commitment to sharing knowledge students have been named Rhodes Scholars, 78 have research.” with their students. The great majority of professors teach been selected Marshall Award winners, and 53 have been undergraduates both in introductory lecture classes and in chosen Truman Scholars. Nearly 90 percent of graduating small advanced seminars. seniors plan to attend graduate or professional schools. Currently, 15,140 students, of which 6,812 are Stanford students also shine in a tremendous array of undergraduates, study on campus. A little more than activities outside the classroom – from student government 40 percent come from California, but all 50 states and 8 to music, theater, and journalism. Through the Haas Center countries are represented as well. Among undergraduates, for Public Service, students participate in many community U.S. News and World approximately 55 percent are African American, Asian service activities, such as tutoring programs for children in Report 2009 Top 10 American, International, Mexican American, Native nearby East Palo Alto, the Hunger Project, and the Arbor Rankings of National American, Native Hawaiian Free Clinic. or Other Hispanic in In the athletic arena, Stanford students Universities ethnicity. Like the faculty, have enjoyed tremendous success as well. the Stanford student Stanford fields teams in 35 Division I varsity 1. Harvard body is distinguished. sports. Of Stanford’s 97 NCAA titles (111 2. Princeton Approximately 10 students national), 57 have been captured since 1990, 3. Yale apply to Stanford for every by far the most in the nation. Forty-nine place in the freshman Stanford-affiliated athletes competed in the 4. STANFORD class with 89% of those 2008 Olympics in Beijing, collecting a school- Institute of Technology admitted finishing in the record 25 medals (eight gold, 13 silver and four 6. Cal Tech bronze. Intramural and club sports are also Pennsylvania 8. Columbia 9. Duke University of Chicago

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Bob Chair of the NCAA Management Council. the Year and Sports Business Journal selected Bowlsby was appointed by President George him from the four regional award winners as the Bowlsby Bush as a member of the Commission on National Athletics Director of the Year. The award Opportunities in Athletics in 2002-03. The committee highlights the efforts of the athletic directors for their was led by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige. commitment and positive contributions to campuses Bowlsby was elected chair of the NCAA Olympic and their surrounding communities. Sports Liaison Committee and represented the As the chief administrator for ’s athletic The Jaquish & NCAA as one of two voting members on the United department from 1991-2006, Bowlsby earned a Kenninger States Olympic Committee Board of Directors. He reputation as one of the most admired, energetic Director of served as a member of the NCAA/U.S. Olympic and ambitious athletic administrators in the nation. Committee Task Force chaired by Cedric Dempsey Bowlsby guided and supervised the merger of Athletics and George Steinbrenner. the Hawkeye’s women’s and men’s athletics In addition, Bowlsby served as chair of the NCAA departments while enabling Iowa to maintain its One of the most respected athletic administrators Wrestling Committee and has served on NCAA standing as one of the most visible and successful in the nation, Bob Bowlsby enters his fourth full year committees on Financial Aid and Amateurism, the Division I athletic programs. as the Jaquish & Kenninger Director of Athletics at Special Committee to Review Amateurism Issues Under his leadership, Iowa enjoyed Stanford University, a position he was appointed to and the Special Committee to Review Financial unprecedented success and growth in the area on April 25, 2006 after spending 15 years at the helm Conditions in Athletics. of fund raising and facilities. Bowlsby and the of the University Bowlsby has also UI Development staff put in place $25 million in of Iowa’s athletic served as an Executive endowments to help support Hawkeye student- program. In his initial ▼▼ Stanford Athletic Directors Committee member athlete scholarship aid. In addition, he managed three years in the with both the National the planning and construction of $120 million in Al Masters ...... 1925-63 position, Stanford Association of Collegiate facility projects on campus, including an $87 million has continued Chuck Taylor ...... 1963-71 Directors of Athletics renovation to Kinnick Stadium. its well-earned Joe Ruetz ...... 1972-78 and the Division I-A A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Bowlsby became reputation of fielding Andy Geiger ...... 1979-90 Athletic Directors Iowa’s 10th Athletic Director in June, 1991, after the most successful Association and served serving in the same role at the University of Northern Ted Leland ...... 1991-2005 and wide-ranging as President of the I-A Iowa since 1984. Bowlsby earned his bachelors Division I-A athletic Bill Walsh (Interim) ...... 2005-2006 organization for two degree from Moorhead State University (Minnesota) programs in the Bob Bowlsby ...... 2006-Present years. in 1975 and his master’s degree from the University nation. The National of Iowa in 1978. As Stanford’s Association of Collegiate Bob and his wife, Candice, have four children: sixth athletic director, Bowlsby succeeds Ted Leland Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named Bowlsby Lisa, Matt, Rachel and Kyle. (1991-2005), Andy Geiger (1979-90), Joe Ruetz in 2001-02 as Central Region Athletic Director of (1972-78), Chuck Taylor (1963-71) and Al Masters (1925-63). He directs a department that includes 35 intercollegiate varsity teams – 15 men’s, 19 women’s and one coed – plus the physical education department, intramurals, club sports, open recreation and the Stanford Golf Course. Under his administrative guidance, Stanford claimed its unprecedented 15th straight Learfield Sports Director’s Cup last spring, emblematic of the top overall program in the country. Ten Stanford teams boasted Top 10 finishes, winning national championships in men’s gymnastics and women’s rowing. Stanford’s student-athletes were also highly-decorated last year. Foluke Akinradewo (women’s volleyball) earned her second straight national player of the year honor while eight student-athletes earned conference player of the year marks. In addition, Erik Shoji men’s volleyball) earned national freshmen of the year accolades. Two Stanford coaches--Thom Glielmi (men’s gymnastics) and Yaz Farooq (women’s rowing) earned national coach of the year marks. Throughout his career, Bowlsby has emerged as a national leader in intercollegiate and amateur athletics. He was named in February, 2007, to the United States Olympic Committee Board of Directors. He has previously served as President of the NCAA Division I-A Athletic Directors’ Association (2002- 03), Chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for two years (2003-05) and a committee member for five years, Chair of the Big Ten Administrator’s Council (2002-04) and

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Principles That Guide Us Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation

▼▼ We Will Lead Department of Athletics, Physical • By being the model of success, of universal Education, and Recreation opportunity, and of unwavering commitment to the ideal of the scholar-athlete. • By operating with integrity as we follow the spirit and MISSION STATEMENT the letter of each rule. Integrity will be displayed in our From its founding in 1891, Stanford University’s policies, performances and programs. leaders have believed that physical activity is • By continuing our long history of conference and valuable for its own sake and that vigorous national prominence through a commitment to cutting exercise is complementary to the educational edge involvement in athletic issues. purposes of the university. Within this context for human development, it is the mission of ▼▼ We Will Win Stanford’s Department of Athletics, Physical • By maximizing our effort in every competition, on every Education and Recreation to offer a wide range of team and in every setting where skill, determination and high quality programs which will encourage and hard work combine to achieve singularly successful facilitate all participants to realize opportunities results. for championship athletic participation, physical • By having an uncompromising commitment to fitness, health and well being. Conference and National championships and by providing each student-athlete with the tools necessary ▼▼ We Will Serve to be successful at the highest levels of both academic • By respecting, honoring and responding to the and athletic performance. ▼▼ We Will Teach needs of our student-athletes, coaches, colleagues, • By creating a commitment to a university-wide wellness • By encouraging our student-athletes to capture all advocates and members of our larger community. culture that will allow Stanford students, faculty and the joy, power and extraordinary personal growth that • By encouraging innovation and creativity. We will staff to maximize their health and fitness opportunities comes to those who compete and support athletic harness technology to extend our reach and to throughout their lives. excellence. interface with our various internal and external • By hiring and retaining the best coaches and staff constituencies. members available and arming them with the tools to • Through fiscal responsibility in all elements of achieve at the highest level. departmental operations. • By fostering and nurturing a coaching, physical • By advancing outreach as a fundamental component education and recreation staff that is committed to of the department, we will strive to enhance the teaching with integrity & ambition and that performs overall mission of the University through competitive in a manner which is consistent with the academic excellence, effective outreach and an on-going priorities of Stanford University. commitment to customer service. • By recognizing the need to work as a team while • By utilizing the department resources and physical valuing each individual’s unique characteristics and facilities to serve the campus community, our alumni abilities. and our supporters throughout the world. • By committing ourselves to the personal development • By valuing our heritage, and in doing so we commit and well being of our student-athletes and staff. ourselves to championship caliber athletic achievement Those who participate at all levels will learn the and the on-going enhancement of the traditions of benefits of teamwork, discipline, goal setting, physical Stanford Athletics, including leadership, individual and fitness, healthy lifestyles, character development, team achievement & intense pride and loyalty. self confidence, sportsmanship, and an appreciation for lifelong learning.

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Stanford’s National Titles NCAA championships are commonplace at Stanford University, as Cardinal teams have won national titles at an unprecedented rate, including a national-best 80 since 1980 and 57 since 1990. Stanford has won at least one NCAA championship for 33 consecutive years and has won four national titles in a single season nine times. Nine different Stanford teams have won at least five national titles, including men’s tennis (18), women’s tennis (16), men’s water polo (11), women’s swimming and diving (9), men’s swimming and diving (8), men’s golf (8), women’s volleyball (6), synchronized swimming (6) and women’s cross country (5). A total of 19 Stanford teams have won at least one national championship. Stanford teams have won a total of 111 national championships. In NCAA competition, Cardinal teams have won 97 team titles, including 59 men’s championships and an NCAA-best 38 women’s titles.

▼▼ Titles By Sport * AIAW + Helms ^ ICYRA ! Rissman • Unofficial title # U.S. Collegiate Note: NCAA titles unless otherwise noted

Baseball (2) Men’s Swimming & Diving (8) 1996 Dick Gould Men’s Volleyball (1) 1987 Mark Marquess 1967 Jim Gaughran Stanford captured1997 D ickthe Gould 2007 1997 Ruben Nieves 1988 Mark Marquess 1985 Skip Kenney 1998 Dick Gould NCAA men’s golf championship. 2010 John Kosty 1986 Skip Kenney 2000 Dick Gould Men’s Basketball (3) 1987 Skip Kenney Women’s Tennis (16) Women’s Volleyball (6) 1992 Skip Kenney 1937 John W. Bunn+ 1978* Anne Gould 1992 Don Shaw 1993 Skip Kenney 1938 John W. Bunn+ 1982 Frank Brennan 1994 Don Shaw 1994 Skip Kenney 1942 Everett Dean 1984 Frank Brennan 1996 Don Shaw 1998 Skip Kenney 1986 Frank Brennan Women’s Basketball (2) 1997 Don Shaw 1987 Frank Brennan 2001 John Dunning 1990 Tara VanDerveer Synchronized Swimming (6) 1988 Frank Brennan 2004 John Dunning 1992 Tara VanDerveer 1998# Vickey Weir 1999# Gail Emory 1989 Frank Brennan Men’s Cross Country (4) 2005# Heather Olson 1990 Frank Brennan Men’s Water Polo (11) Head Coach Conrad Ray guided the 1996 Vin Lananna 2006# Heather Olson 1991 Frank Brennan 1963• Jim Gaughran 1997 Vin Lananna 2007# Heather Olson 1997 Frank Brennan 1976 Art Lambert Cardinal to its eighth NCAA men’s 2002 Vin Lananna 2008# Heather Olson 1999 Frank Brennan 1978 Dante Dettamanti golf championship in 2007. 2003 Andy Gerard 2001 Lele Forood 1980 Dante Dettamanti Women’s Swimming 2002 Lele Forood 1981 Dante Dettamanti Women’s Cross Country (5) & Diving (9) 2004 Lele Forood 1985 Dante Dettamanti 1996 Vin Lananna 1980* Claudia Kolb Thomas 2005 Lele Forood 1986 Dante Dettamanti 2003 Dena Evans 1983 George Haines 2006 Lele Forood 1994 Dante Dettamanti 2005 Peter Tegen 1989 Richard Quick Men’s Track & Field (4) 1995 Dante Dettamanti 2006 Peter Tegen 1992 Richard Quick 2001 Dante Dettamanti 1925 Dink Templeton 2007 Peter Tegen 1993 Richard Quick 2002 John Vargas 1928 Dink Templeton 1994 Richard Quick 1934 Dink Templeton Football (1) 1995 Richard Quick 2000 Vin Lananna Women’s Water Polo (1) 1926 Glenn “Pop” Warner! 1996 Richard Quick 2002 John Tanner 1998 Richard Quick Men’s Golf (8) 1938 Eddie Twiggs Men’s Tennis (18) Stanford won back-to-back 1939 Eddie Twiggs 1942• John Lamb College World Series titles in 1941 Eddie Twiggs 1973 Dick Gould 1987 and ‘88. 1942 Eddie Twiggs 1974 Dick Gould 1946 Eddie Twiggs 1977 Dick Gould ▼ 1953 Eddie Twiggs 1978 Dick Gould ▼ Stanford Championship 1994 Wally Goodwin 1980 Dick Gould Facts 2007 Conrad Ray 1981 Dick Gould Total National Championships...... 111 Men’s Gymnastics (4) 1983 Dick Gould Total NCAA Championships...... 97 1992 Sadao Hamada 1986 Dick Gould 1988 Dick Gould Men’s...... 59 1993 Sadao Hamada Women’s...... 38 1995 Sadao Hamada 1989 Dick Gould 2009 Thom Glielmi 1990 Dick Gould Other National Championships...... 14 1992 Dick Gould Women’s Rowing (1) 1995 Dick Gould 2009 Yasmin Farooq Co-ed Sailing (1) 1997^ Steve Bourdow

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Stanford 1995-96...... 2 2002-03...... 2 captured Women’s Swimming Men’s Water Polo the 2009 Men’s Tennis Men’s Cross Country NCAA Men’s Gymnastics 1996-97...... 7 2003-04...... 3 Champion- Men’s Cross Country Men’s Cross Country ship last Women’s Cross Country Women’s Cross Country spring. Co-ed Sailing (ICYRA) Women’s Tennis Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis 2004-05...... 3 Men’s Volleyball Women’s Volleyball Women’s Volleyball Synchronized Swimming (U.S. Collegiate) 1997-98...... 6 Women’s Tennis Men’s Cross Country Men’s Swimming 2005-06...... 3 Women’s Swimming Women’s Cross Country Synchronized Swimming Synchronized Swimming (U.S. Collegiate) (U.S. Collegiate) Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Women’s Volleyball 2006-07...... 3 1998-99...... 2 Women’s Cross Country Stanford’s women’s volleyball program has Synchronized Swimming Synchronized Swimming won six NCAA championships, including (U.S. Collegiate) (U.S. Collegiate) titles in 2001 and ’04. Women’s Tennis Men’s Golf

1963-64...... 1 1982-83...... 2 1989-90...... 3 1999-2000...... 2 2007-08...... 2 ▼▼ Titles by Men’s Water Polo (Unofficial) Women’s Swimming Women’s Basketball Men’s Tennis Women’s Cross Country Year Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Men’s Track & Field Synchronized Swimming 1966-67...... 1 Men’s Tennis (U.S. Collegiate) 1924-25...... 1 Men’s Swimming 1983-84...... 1 2000-01...... 1 Men’s Track and Field Women’s Tennis 1990-91...... 1 Women’s Tennis 2008-09...... 2 1972-73...... 1 Women’s Tennis Men’s Gymnastics 1926-27...... 1 Men’s Tennis 1984-85...... 1 2001-02...... 4 Women’s Rowing Football (Rissman) Men’s Swimming 1991-92...... 5 Women’s Tennis 1973-74...... 1 Women’s Basketball Women’s Volleyball 1927-28...... 1 Men’s Tennis 1984-85...... 1 Men’s Gymnastics Men’s Water Polo Men’s Track and Field Men’s Swimming Men’s Swimming Women’s Water Polo 1976-77...... 2 Women’s Swimming 1933-34...... 1 Men’s Tennis 1985-86...... 4 Men’s Tennis Men’s Track and Field Men’s Water Polo Men’s Swimming Stanford’s Men’s Tennis 1992-93...... 4 synchronized 1936-37...... 1 1977-78...... 2 Women’s Tennis Men’s Gymnastics swimming Men’s Basketball (Helms) Men’s Tennis Men’s Water Polo Men’s Swimming program Women’s Tennis (AIAW) Women’s Swimming has won six 1937-38...... 2 1986-87...... 4 Women’s Volleyball national col- Men’s Basketball (Helms) 1978-79...... 1 Baseball legiate Men’s Golf Men’s Water Polo Men’s Swimming 1993-94...... 4 champion- Women’s Tennis Men’s Golf ships, includ- 1938-39...... 1 1979-80...... 1 Men’s Water Polo Men’s Swimming ing four in Men’s Golf Women’s Swimming (AIAW) Women’s Swimming the last five Men’s Tennis 1987-88...... 3 Men’s Water Polo seasons. 1940-41...... 1 Baseball Men’s Golf 1980-81...... 2 Men’s Tennis 1994-95...... 5 Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Men’s Gymnastics 1941-42...... 3 Men’s Water Polo Women’s Swimming Men’s Basketball 1988-89...... 3 Men’s Tennis Men’s Golf 1981-82...... 2 Women’s Swimming Women’s Volleyball Men’s Tennis (Unofficial) Women’s Tennis Men’s Tennis Men’s Water Polo Men’s Water Polo Men’s Tennis 1945-46...... 1 Men’s Golf 1981-82...... 2 Women’s Tennis 1952-53...... 1 Men’s Water Polo Men’s Golf

Stanford’s women’s tennis team has won 16 national champi- onships with its last title coming in 2006.

Stanford won its first NCAA women’s rowing cham- pionship last spring in Cherry Hills, NJ.

2010 CREW MEDIA GUIDE WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 45 Men’s Schedule Date Opponent / Event Location Time Fri., Feb. 19 Victoria Redwood Shores, CA TBA Sat., Mar. 6 Pac-10 Challenge Redwood Shores, CA All Day Sun., Mar. 7 at Davis Invite Sacramento, CA All Day Sat., Mar. 27-28 at San Diego Crew Classic San Diego, CA 8:30 AM Sat., Apr. 3 Washington Redwood Shores, CA 10:00 AM Sat., Apr. 17-18 Stanford Invitational Redwood Shores, CA 9:00 AM Sat., May 1 California Redwood Shores, CA 9:00 AM Sun., May 2 Oregon State Redwood Shores, CA 9:00 AM Sun., May 16 at Pac-10 Championships Gold River, CA 9:00 AM Thu., Jun. 3-5 at IRA National Championships Cherry Hill, N.J. 4:30 AM Wed., Jun. 30 at Henley-on-Thames, UK TBA Women’s Schedule Date Opponent / Event Location Time Sat., Apr. 3 Pac-10 Challenge Redwood Shores, CA 9:00 AM Sun., Apr. 4 Pac-10 Challenge Redwood Shores, CA 9:00 AM Sat., Apr. 17 at Lake Natoma Invitational Gold River, CA 8:00 AM Sun., Apr. 18 at Lake Natoma Invitational Gold River, CA 8:00 AM Sat., May 1 California Redwood Shores, CA 10:00 AM Sun., May 16 at Pac-10 Championships Gold River, CA 9:30 AM Fri., May 28 at NCAA Championships Gold River, CA All Day Sat., May 29 at NCAA Championships Gold River, CA All Day Sun., May 30 at NCAA Championships Gold River, CA All Day Women’s Lightweight Schedule Date Opponent / Event Location Time Tue., Mar. 23 Saint Mary’s / Santa Clara Redwood Shores, CA All Day Sat., Mar. 27-28 at San Diego Crew Classic San Diego, CA All Day Sat., Apr. 10 Princeton / Tulsa / Wisconsin Redwood Shores, CA All Day Sat., Apr. 17 at Harvard Boston, MA All Day Sun., Apr. 18 at MIT Boston, MA All Day Sat., May 1 California Redwood Shores, CA All Day Sat., May 15 at Pacific Coast Championships Gold River, CA All Day Thu., Jun. 3-5 at IRA National Championships Cherry Hill, N.J. All Day