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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 2014 In Review Season Results .................................................................15 UCLA Rowing History Awards and Honors ........................................................17 All-Time Letterwinners ...................................................18 Pac-12 Championships .................................................19 UCLA’s Rowing Tradition ..............................................22 About UCLA Media Information ...........................................................23 Athletic Administration ..................................................24 QUICK FACTS Location ...................................................J.D. Morgan Center ................................................................ 325 Westwood Plaza ........................................................... Los Angeles, CA 90095 Athletics Phone .........................................(310) 825-8699 Chancellor ................................................................Gene Block Director of Athletics ......................................Dan Guerrero Senior Women’s Administrator ................. Petrina Long Faculty Athletic Representative ...............Michael Teitell Home Facility .................. Marina del Rey/Ballona Creek Enrollment .......................................................................40,500 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..............Justin Price, Victoria Burke 2014 Pac-12 Team Finish ...............................................4th 2014 Pac-12 Varsity Eight Finish .................................5th 2014 NCAA Championships ........................................12th Women’s Rowing SID ....................................Alex Timiraos SID E-mail .............................. [email protected] SID Phone ....................................................(310) 206-0524 SID Fax ..........................................................(310) 825-8664 Athletics Web Site............................www.uclabruins.com UCLA Boathouse Directions The Aquatic Center is located at the end of Fiji Way, behind the Villa Venetia From UCLA: Apartment Complex. CREDITS Take the 405 South (San Diego Freeway). Take the 90 West (Marina del Rey Freeway). Parking at the boathouse is available The 2015 UCLA women’s rowing media guide Follow the 90 to its end (turns into surface street). on non-race days only. Arrangements was written, designed and edited by Alex Timiraos, Make a LEFT on “Mindanao.” must be made with the UCLA Marina del Assistant Director in the UCLA Sports Information Make a LEFT on “Lincoln Blvd.” Rey Aquatic Center - (310) 823-0048. Office. Photography by Don Liebig (ASUCLA Make a RIGHT on “Fiji Way.” Parking is also available off Fiji Way at the Fisherman’s Village (five min. walk Campus Studio). Other photography courtesy Jack Address: 14001 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 from boathouse) and at Dock 52 (15 Hamann. Special thanks to Getty Images, ASUCLA min. walk). Photography, Berliner Studios, Andrew Bernstein, Ruth Chambers and the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau. 2015 UCLA Rowing Spring Schedule Day Date Opponent/Event Location Time Sat. March 7 vs. San Diego State (scrimmage) Marina del Rey, Calif. 8:15 a.m. Sat. March 14 vs. Loyola Marymount Marina del Rey, Calif. 7:45 a.m. Sat.-Sun. March 28-29 San Diego Crew Classic San Diego, Calif. All Day Sat. April 11 vs. USC Marina del Rey, Calif. 4:50 p.m. Sat.-Sun. April 18-19 Clemson Invitational Clemson, S.C. All Day Sat. May 2 vs. Oregon State, Washington State Dexter Lake, Ore. TBD Sat. May 16 Pacific Coast Rowing Championsihps Rancho Cordova, Calif. TBD Sun. May 17 Pac-12 Championships Rancho Cordova, Calif. All Day Fri.-Sun. May 29-31 NCAA Championships Gold River, Calif. All Day 2 2015 ROSTER Name Year Height Position Hometown (Previous School) Maddie Alden Sr. Coxswain 5-0 Princeton, N.J. (Princeton HS) Sierra Bronkhorst Fr. Port 6-2 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan [Canada] (St. Joseph HS) Ellie Burg Fr. Coxswain 5-2 Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue HS) Angela Chang Jr. Port/Starboard 5-9 Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica HS) Eliza Daniels So. Port 5-9 Hingham, Mass. (Hingham HS) Alice Darry Fr. Starboard 5-11 West Melton, New Zealand (St. Margaret’s College) Sophia Denison-Johnston Fr. Port 5-5 Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley HS) Sarah Dierksen Sr. Starboard 6-0 La Verne, Calif. (St. Lucy’s Priory) Hannah Elder So. Starboard 6-2 Huntington Beach, Calif. (Edison HS) Jasmine English Fr. Starboard 5-10 Belfast, Northern Ireland (Methodist College Belfast) Stephanie Florie Jr. Starboard 5-10 Salem, Conn. (East Lyme HS) Vanessa Foust Fr. Coxswain 5-2 Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Mikayla Hart Fr. Port/Starboard 5-10 Hermosa Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Marie Jacquet So. Port 5-8 Chalon-sur-Saone, France (Lycée Emiland Gauthey) Aleda Kawalek Jr. Port/Starboard 5-10 Welleland, Ontario [Canada] (E.L. Crossley Secondary) Catherine Kidder Jr. Port 6-1 Moorpark, Calif. (Moorpark HS) Chloe Kojima Sr. Coxswain 5-1 Redondo Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Kate Miller Sr. Port 5-9 Walnut Creek, Calif. (Los Lomas HS) Victoria Miraldi So. Port 5-11 Grass Valley, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) Kendal Mitchell Sr. Port 6-0 San Mateo, Calif. (St. Ignatius College Prep) Emma Murray Sr. Starboard 5-8 Roswell, Ga. (Blessed Trinity HS) Alexa Nelson Fr. Starboard 5-9 Modesto, Calif. (Modesto Christian HS) Christina Nelson Sr. Port/Starboard 5-10 Westlake Village, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Briani Perez So. Starboard 5-6 Granada Hills, Calif. (Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences) Madeleine Pont Fr. Starboard 5-10 Menlo Park, Calif. (Menlo-Atherton HS) Lauryn Robinson So. Starboard 5-8 Valencia, Calif. (Culver Academies [Ind.]) Alexandra Rusbarsky Fr. Starboard 6-0 Woodland Hills, Calif. (Chaminade HS) Molly Schoenfeld Sr. Port 6-0 Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Madison Schrock Fr. Starboard 6-1 Moorpark, Calif. (Moorpark HS) Grace Smith Fr. Starboard 5-9 Newton, Mass. (Newton South HS) Cathy Stolitzka Sr. Starboard 5-10 Los Altos, Calif. (Homestead HS) Alexandra Sung-Jereczek So. Port/Starboard 5-8 Piedmont, Calif. (Piedmont HS) Cassidy Szarnicki Fr. Port 5-10 San Francisco, Calif. (Wherry Academy) Victoria Vander Poel Sr. Starboard 5-9 Los Banos, Calif. (Los Banos HS) Katie Ware Fr. Port 5-7 Lafayette, Calif. (Acalanes HS) Avery Warwick Fr. Port 5-10 Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) Logan Warwick Jr. Coxswain 5-4 Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) Alice White Jr. Port 5-9 Hamilton, New Zealand (Hillcrest HS) Annie Williams So. Port 5-11 Livermore, Calif. (Granada HS) Caroline Williams So. Port/Starboard 6-0 Vienna, Va. (James Madison HS) Bailey Wood Fr. Starboard 5-11 Chattanooga, Tenn. (Girls Preparatory School) KC Yeagley Fr. Starboard 5-10 Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (Torrey Pines HS) Coaching Staff Amy Fuller Kearney Head Coach 14th season Justin Price Assistant Coach 6th season Victoria Burke Assistant Coach 3rd 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 five seasons 14th Season • Has seen the Bruins advance to each of the previous three NCAA Tournaments UC Santa Barbara ’90 • Guided the Bruins to their first team trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 Amy Fuller Kearney • Coached UCLA to a school-record 8th-place overall finish at NCAA Championships in 2012 enters her 14th season • Saw UCLA’s varsity eight crew finish first in the Petite Final in the 2013 NCAA Championships at the helm of the • Responsible for the development of six first-team CRCA All-America selections UCLA women’s rowing • Has produced 20 CRCA All-West Region selections since the spring of 2002 program in 2014-15 and has established the • In 13 seasons as head coach, 48 Bruins have secured CRCA National Scholar-Athlete honors Bruins as a consistent national competitor. • Has seen her student-athletes secure 79 total Pac-12 All-Academic Team selections After making a successful transition from a club team to a varsity program in 2001-02, • Developed two three-time All-Pac-12 Team selections (Britta Syverson and Vanessa Teff) UCLA earned its first-ever team bid to the • Helped UCLA transition from club team to NCAA varsity status in 2001-02 NCAA Championships in 2010. The Bruins have advanced to the NCAA Championships UCLA