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THIS IS UCLA ROWING TABLE OF CONTENTS This Is UCLA Roster ......................................................................................3 Coaching Staff Head Coach Amy Fuller Kearney .................................4 Assistant Coaches..............................................................6 Player Bios Returning Rowers ...............................................................7 First-Year Rowers ............................................................14 2016 In Review Season Results .................................................................16 UCLA Rowing History Awards and Honors ........................................................18 All-Time Letterwinners ...................................................19 Pac-12 History ..................................................................20 UCLA’s Rowing Tradition ..............................................24 About UCLA Pac-12 Conference .........................................................24 Athletic Administration ..................................................25 QUICK FACTS Location ...................................................J.D. Morgan Center ................................................................ 325 Westwood Plaza ........................................................... Los Angeles, CA 90095 Athletics Phone .........................................(310) 825-8699 Chancellor ........................................................Dr. Gene Block Director of Athletics ......................................Dan Guerrero Sr. Women’s Administrator ...........Dr. Christina Rivera Faculty Athletic Representative ....... Dr. Michael Teitell Home Facility .................. Marina del Rey/Ballona Creek Enrollment .......................................................................43,329 Founded ................................................................................1919 Colors ...................................................................Blue and Gold Nickname ........................................................................... Bruins Conference.......................................................................Pac-12 Conference Phone ...................................(925) 932-4411 Conference Fax .........................................(925) 932-4601 National Affiliation ........................................NCAA Division I Head Coach ........................................... Amy Fuller Kearney Head Coach’s Alma Mater .......UC Santa Barbara ’90 Rowing Office Phone ...............................(310) 206-6828 Assistant Coaches.......................... Previn Chandraratna, Anthea Barnett and Iva Obradovic 2016 Pac-12 Team Finish ...............................................6th 2016 Pac-12 Varsity Eight Finish .................................6th Most Recent NCAA Championships .......................2014 Rowing Media Contact ..................................Alex Timiraos Timiraos’ E-mail .................. [email protected] Timiraos’ Phone ........................................(310) 206-0524 Ath. Communications Fax.....................(310) 825-8664 UCLA Boathouse Directions The Aquatic Center is located at the Athletics Web Site............................www.uclabruins.com From UCLA: end of Fiji Way, behind the Villa Venetia Take the 405 South (San Diego Freeway). Apartment Complex. Take the 90 West (Marina del Rey Freeway). Parking at the boathouse is available on CREDITS Follow the 90 to its end (turns into surface street). non-race days only. Arrangements must Make a LEFT on “Mindanao.” be made with the UCLA Marina del Rey The 2017 UCLA women’s rowing information guide Make a LEFT on “Lincoln Blvd.” Aquatic Center – (310) 823-0048. was written, designed and edited by Alex Timiraos, Make a RIGHT on “Fiji Way.” Parking is also available off Fiji Way at the Associate Director in the Athletic Communications Address: 14001 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey, CA Fisherman’s Village (five min. walk from Office. Photography by Don Liebig (ASUCLA 90292 boathouse) and at Dock 52 (15 min. walk). Campus Studio). Other photography courtesy Jack Hamann. Special thanks to Getty Images, ASUCLA Photography, Berliner Studios, Andrew Bernstein, Katie Meyers and Ruth Chambers. 2017 UCLA Rowing Spring Schedule Day Date Opponent/Event Location Time Fri. March 3 vs. Loyola Marymount (scrimmage) Marina del Rey, Calif. 7 a.m. Sat. March 4 UC Challenge Cup Newport Beach, Calif. 8 a.m. Sat. March 11 vs. San Diego State & Stanford Marina del Rey, Calif. 8 a.m. Sat.-Sun. April 1-2 San Diego Crew Classic San Diego, Calif. All Day Sat. April 8 Oregon State Classic Lowell, Ore. TBD Sat.-Sun. April 22-23 Clemson Invitational Clemson, S.C. All Day Sat. April 30 vs. USC Marina del Rey, Calif. TBD Sun. May 14 Pac-12 Championships Gold River, Calif. All Day Fri.-Sun. May 26-28 NCAA Championships West Windsor, N.J. All Day 2 2017 ROSTER Name Year Position Height Hometown (Previous School) Meagan Abbey So. Port 5-7 Novato, Calif. (Marin Catholic HS) Audrey Adam Fr. Port/Starboard 5-9 Santa Maria, Calif. (St. Joseph HS) Josie Beyer Fr. Port 5-6 Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley HS) Sierra Bronkhorst Jr. Port 6-2 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan [Canada] (St. Joseph HS) Saskia Budgett So. Port 5-10 Lausanne, Switzerland (International School of Lausanne) Michelle Carter Fr. Starboard 5-10 Valley Center, Calif. (Classical Academy HS) Emily Chung Fr. Port 5-9 Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Peninsula HS) Libby Costello So. Starboard 5-7 Madison, N.J. (Mountain Lakes HS) Caroline Coyle Fr. Coxswain 5-3 Sacramento, Calif. (St. Francis HS) Irene Davila Mejia Fr. Starboard 5-9 Bogota, Colombia (Swiss School of Bogota) Sophia Denison-Johnston Jr. Port 5-5 Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley HS) Kyra Edwards So. Starboard 5-11 Nottingham, England (George Spencer Academy) Hannah Elder Sr. Starboard 6-2 Huntington Beach, Calif. (Edison HS) Jasmine English Jr. Starboard 5-10 Belfast, Northern Ireland (Methodist College Belfast) Clare Fina So. Coxswain 5-3 Sacramento, Calif. (Sacramento Country Day School) Emily Foss So. Starboard 5-7 Merced, Calif. (Merced HS) Vanessa Foust Jr. Coxswain 5-2 Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Shalyn Fullerton So. Coxswain 5-1 Redding, Calif. (Enterprise HS) Delaney Goodman Fr. Port/Starboard 5-9 Arcata, Calif. (Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts) Fiona Harlan Buzzard Fr. Port 5-9 Big Sur, Calif. (Pacific Valley School) Mikayla Hart Jr. Port/Starboard 5-10 Hermosa Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Suzannah Henderson So. Starboard 5-7 Valley Center, Calif. (Valley Center HS) Claire Housley Fr. Port 5-8 Gilbert, Ariz. (Campo Verde HS) Marie Jacquet Sr. Port 5-8 Chalon-sur-Saone, France (Lycée Emiland Gauthey) Lucy Jepson So. Port 5-9 Melbourne, Australia (Carey Baptist Grammar School) Xena Martinez Fr. Starboard 5-9 Escondido, Calif. (San Pasqual HS) Irene McLaughlin Fr. Port 6-1 Darien, Conn. (Darien HS) Sarina Morales Fr. Port 6-0 Los Angeles, Calif. (Cleveland HS) Quincey Mulligan Fr. Port 5-9 Oakland, Calif. (Head-Royce School) Shannon Nelson Fr. Coxswain 5-4 Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) Erin O’Donohue So. Starboard 5-10 Toronto, Ontario [Canada] (Branksome Hall) Lauren O’Donohue So. Starboard 5-11 Toronto, Ontario [Canada] (Branksome Hall) Nicole Ott Fr. Starboard 5-10 Livermore, Calif. (Granada HS) Michaela Protenic Fr. Port 5-11 Danville, Calif. (San Ramon Valley HS) Natalie Puente So. Starboard 6-0 Greenwich, Conn. (Convent of the Sacred Heart) Waveley Qiu Fr. Port/Starboard 5-9 Sunnyvale, Calif. (Homestead HS) Alexandra Rusbarsky Jr. Starboard 6-0 Woodland Hills, Calif. (Chaminade HS) Nina Segedin Fr. Starboard 5-9 Greenbrae, Calif. (Redwood HS) Megan Slabbert So. Port/Starboard 5-11 Richmond, England (Greenwich HS [CT]) Jillian Solberg So. Port/Starboard 5-8 Torrance, Calif. (Chadwick School) Gray Strandberg So. Coxswain 5-2 Berkeley, Calif. (Bishop O’Dowd HS) Rachel Sweetnam So. Port/Starboard 5-8 Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Peninsula HS) Cassidy Szarnicki Jr. Port 5-10 San Francisco, Calif. (Wherry Academy) Haley Tong Fr. Coxswain 5-1 Greenbrae, Calif. (Redwood HS) Lanea Tuiasosopo So. Port/Starboard 5-10 Tucson, Ariz. (Ironwood Ridge HS) Payton Walker Fr. Port 5-8 Windermere, Fla. (West Orange HS) Carlisle Wheeler So. Port 6-0 Brewster, Mass. (Nauset Regional HS) Bailey Wood Jr. Starboard 5-11 Chattanooga, Tenn. (Girls Preparatory School) Maria Wothe Fr. Port 5-9 Jacksonville, Fla. (Episcopal School of Jacksonville) Jacqueline Yago So. Coxswain 5-2 Gilroy, Calif. (Sobrato HS) KC Yeagley Jr. Starboard 5-10 Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (Torrey Pines HS) UCLA’s Coaching Staff Amy Fuller Kearney Head Coach 16th season Previn Chandraratna Assistant Coach 2nd season Anthea Barnett Assistant Coach 1st season Iva Obradovic Assistant Coach 1st season 3 COACHING STAFF AMY FULLER KEARNEY Amy Fuller Kearney’s Key Accomplishments at UCLA HEAD COACH • Led UCLA to four NCAA Tournament appearances in the last seven seasons 16th Season • Helped the Bruins advance to each of three consecutive NCAA Tournaments (2012-14) UC Santa Barbara ’90 • Guided the Bruins to their first team trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 Fuller Kearney enters • Coached UCLA to a school-record 8th-place overall finish at NCAA Championships in 2012 her 16th season at • Saw UCLA’s varsity eight crew finish first in the Petite Final in the 2013 NCAA Championships the helm of the UCLA • Responsible for the development of six first-team CRCA All-America selections women’s rowing • Has produced 22 CRCA All-West Region selections