INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS Quick Facts ....................... 1 Location: ...................................................................................................... Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama President Dr. Stuart Bell ...... 2 Enrollment: .............................................................................................................. 38,103 Founded: ......................................................................................................... April 12, 1831 On Campus ....................... 3 Conference: ....................................................... Southeastern (Overall Department)/Big 12 (Rowing) Athletics Director Greg Byrne ......... 4 Colors: ........................................................................................... Crimson (PMS 201) & White Athletics Administration Staff ......... 5 Nickname: ......................................................................................................... Crimson Tide INTRODUCTION Introduction to Facilities............ 6-8 President: .................................................................................................... Dr. Stuart R. Bell NCAA Faculty Representative: ............................................................................... Dr. James King ROWING STAFF Athletics Director: ................................................................................................. Greg Byrne Head Coach Glenn Putyrae ........ 9-10 Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator: .............................................. Marie Robbins Assistant Coach James Mulcahy ...... 11 Assistant Coach Grace Barbara ....... 11 Assistant Coach Madison Keaty....... 12 THE PROGRAM Rowing Support Staff .............. 12 Head Coach: Glenn Putyrae Athletic Training Intern: Kelli Lowe Alma Mater, Year: Washington, 1994 Director of Performance Nutrition: THE 2018-19 CRIMSON TIDE Year at Alabama: 2nd Amy Bragg Roster ........................... 13 Phone: (509) 723-5413 E-Mail Address: [email protected] Bios ......................... 14-23 Rowing Strength and Conditioning Staff: Josh Hampton Novice Roster .................... 24 Assistant Coach: Grace Barbara Alma Mater, Year: Indiana, 2014 Rowing Academic Advisor: Sarah Kizzire THE HISTORY Year at Alabama: 2nd Phone: (703) 459-6677 Rowing Marketing and Promotions Assistant: A Brief History of Alabama Rowing ..25-28 E-Mail Address: [email protected] Payne Walker Award Winners/Championship History ..29 Rowing Mailing Address: Conference Recap ..................30 Assistant Coach: Madison Keaty Alma Mater, Year: Gonzaga, 2014 Alabama Rowing All-Time Roster..................31-32 Year at Alabama: 2nd P.O. Box 870308 All-Time Results .................33-39 Phone: (937) 216-7492 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Awards History ................... 40 E-Mail Address: [email protected] Rowing Overnight Shipping Address: University of Alabama Rowing Assistant Coach: James Mulcahy Foster Auditorium Alma Mater, Year: Columbia, 2008 801 6th Avenue Year at Alabama: 4th Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone: (205) 348-7557 JESSICA PARÉ E-Mail Address: [email protected] Facebook – www.facebook.com/AlabamaRow Associate A.D./Athletics Communications Twitter – @AlabamaRow Athletics Communications Contact: Instagram – AlabamaRow AARON JORDAN Allison Koerbel Athletics Communications Director E-Mail Address: [email protected] Phone: (412) 855-4983 ROOTS WOODRUFF Associate Athletics Communications Director Managers: Alex Bartis & Andrew Townsend ZACH RHODES, NATHAN SHEEHAN, Athletic Trainer: Maggie Booher ALEX THOMPSON, HALEY PETERSON Assistant Athletics Communications Director ALLISON KOERBEL MEDIA INFORMATION Athletic Communications Intern ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS SEC VIDEO FEEDS/TELEVISION The Alabama Athletics Communications Office is Participating news affiliates can also select individual ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: located on the ground level of Coleman Coliseum. clips to insert directly into online stories. Television Office Phone: (205) 348-6084 stations also have access to an FTP account to Mailing Address FACILITIES run content on-air. The SEC Affiliate Network is Box 870391 The Alabama rowing team competes and practices managed through XOS Digital. To join, please request Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 on the Black Warrior River. The Crimson Tide rowing a participation form from the program’s director, Shipping Address team’s boathouse is located on the south bank of Anna Marie Neri, at [email protected] or at 407- 323 Bryant Drive the river at Manderson Landing on Jack Warner 670-5049. Coleman Coliseum, Room 170 Parkway. The rowing offices, training room and Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 workout facilities are located across the street from INTERNET the boathouse at the Student Activity Center at Information about University of Alabama athletics Presidential Village. can be found at RollTide.com, the official internet site of the Crimson Tide athletics department. For CREDITS INTERVIEWS information about the University of Alabama, go to The coaching staff is available for interviews in person www.ua.edu. The 2018-19 Alabama Rowing Media Guide is a product of the Crimson Tide’s Athletics Communications or by telephone by prior arrangement. Athletes Department. It was written and edited by Jennifer Smith may not be interviewed on meet day until post- and Nathan Sheehan. Photo credits are due to the meet interviews are granted. Interviews with Alabama Alabama Athletics Photography Department and the rowers must be arranged through Allison Koerbel. Athletics Communications archives. Cover photos by Interview requests should be made at least 24 hours Amelia Brackin. Cover design by Brent Hollingsworth. in advance. Copyright 2018 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama. “Roll Tide,” “Crimson Tide,” “Bama” and the primary and secondary logos are registered trademarks of The University of Alabama. ROLLTIDE.COM 1 On Your Campus... Alabama president dr. Stuart R. bell On June 18, 2015, The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama named Dr. Stuart R. Bell the University’s 29th president. A 30-year veteran of higher education, Dr. Bell had previously served at the Capstone for 16 years as a faculty member and then department head of mechanical engineering. He founded and directed UA’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, an interdisciplinary research center producing new generations of engineers and scientists. Since his return to the Capstone, Dr. Bell has led the University to develop and implement a strategic plan, Advancing the Flagship, which promotes institutional progress with scholarship and teaching, research and creative activity, inclusion and diversity, and the recruitment and retention of highly qualified faculty and staff. Three years after the plan’s launch, UA has seen an increase in both student retention and graduation rates, has increased faculty headcount to support the University’s instruction, research and service goals, and has witnessed the growth of sponsored program awards crucial to the direct learning and experience opportunities for students, and experienced two consecutive historic fundraising years. New interdisciplinary research centers have also been established and join many other centers on campus focused on solving critical, real-world challenges. Under Dr. Bell’s guidance, UA is steadfastly expanding campus facilities and bolstering academic and co-curricular programs, all of which continue to draw exceptional students to Alabama. Prior to becoming UA’s president, Dr. Bell was executive vice president and provost at Louisiana State University and served as both the chief academic officer and the chief operating officer. During his tenure at LSU, Dr. Bell led an expansion of facilities and research and discovery efforts. He was also instrumental in increasing enrollment and retention, and his efforts yielded the largest freshman class in LSU history. Before his time at LSU, Dr. Bell served the University of Kansas as dean of the School of Engineering. He joined UA in 1986 as an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering. He was later named department head, where he led the development of academic programs until accepting the Kansas deanship in 2002. An Abilene, Texas native, Dr. Bell earned a degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M in 1979. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from the same university in 1981 and 1986, respectively. With research interests in combustion engines, he has expertise in fuels for engines, innovative engine designs and modeling of engine and engine processes. It was also at Texas A&M that Dr. Bell met his wife, Susan. They are the proud parents of three adult children, Stuart, Stacy and Stephen and two delightful granddaughters. Both of Dr. Bell’s sons followed his example and are engineers. His daughter Stacy is a UA graduate. ROLLTIDE.COM 2 2 ALABAMA ROWING The University of Alabama knows a thing or two about legends. Legends have been made in our academic halls, on our athletic On Your fields and courts, and through our endeavors to shape a better world through our teaching, research and service. UA legends earn prestigious honors, such as Pulitzer Prizes, Campus... Emmy Awards, Heisman Trophies and Medals of Honor. They wear names like inventor, entrepreneur, best-selling author, pioneer, CEO, founder and national champion. Here are just a few of our legends: Best-selling authors: Harper Lee, “To Kill a Mockingbird”; Winston Groom, “Forrest Gump”;