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 16 UCLA’s Rowing History Awards & Honors 17 2017 in Review 18 All-Time Letterwinners 20 Pac-12 History 22 UCLA’s Rowing Tradition 26 About UCLA Pac-12 Conference 26 Athletic Administration 27 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 2017 Pac-12 Team Finish 6th 2017 Pac-12 Varsity Eight Finish 7th Most Recent NCAA Championships 2014 Rowing Media Contact Alex Timiraos Timiraos’ E-mail [email protected] Timiraos’ Phone (310) 206-0524 Athletics Web Site www.uclabruins.com UCLA Boathouse Directions The Aquatic Center is located at the end of CREDITS From UCLA: Fiji Way, behind the Villa Venetia Apartment Complex. The 2018 UCLA women’s rowing information guide Take the 405 South (San Diego Freeway). Take the 90 West (Marina del Rey Freeway). Parking at the boathouse is available on was written, designed and edited by Alex Timiraos, Follow the 90 to its end (turns into surface street). non-race days only. Arrangements must be Associate Director in the Athletic Communications Office. Make a LEFT on “Mindanao.” made with the UCLA Marina del Rey Aquatic Photography by Don Liebig (ASUCLA Campus Studio). Make a LEFT on “Lincoln Blvd.” Center – (310) 823-0048. Other photography courtesy Jack Hamann. Special thanks Make a RIGHT on “Fiji Way.” Parking is also available off Fiji Way at the to Getty Images, ASUCLA Photography, Berliner Studios, Address: 14001 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey, CA Fisherman’s Village (five min. walk from 90292 boathouse) and at Dock 52 (15 min. walk). Andrew Bernstein and Ruth Chambers. 2018 UCLA Rowing Spring Schedule Day Date Opponent/Event Location Time Sat. March 3 vs. San Diego State and Stanford Marina del Rey, Calif. 9:30 a.m. Sat. March 10 vs. Loyola Marymount (scrimmage) Marina del Rey, Calif. 7 a.m. Sat. March 17 vs. Oregon State Marina del Rey, Calif. 9:30 a.m. Sat.-Sun. March 24-25 San Diego Crew Classic San Diego, Calif. All Day Sat. April 14-15 Clemson Invitational Clemson, S.C. All Day Sat. April 28 at USC San Pedro, Calif. TBD Sun. May 13 Pac-12 Championships Gold River, Calif. All Day Fri.-Sun. May 25-27 NCAA Championships Sarasota, Fla. All Day 2 2018 ROSTER Name Yr. Position Ht. Hometown (Previous School) Meagan Abbey Jr. Port 5-7 Novato, Calif. (Marin Catholic HS) Leila Bernstein Fr. Starboard 5-7 London, England (Mossbourne Community Academy) Josie Beyer So. Port 5-6 Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley HS) Sierra Bronkhorst Sr. Port 6-2 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan [Canada] (St. Joseph HS) Caitlin Buckley Fr. Port 5-9 Santa Clarita, Calif. (Alemany HS) Saskia Budgett Jr. Port 5-10 Lausanne, Switzerland (International School of Lausanne) Claire Cannon Fr. Port 5-11 Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach HS) Allison Carr Fr. Port 5-10 Walnut Creek, Calif. (Carondelet HS) Jillian Chellis Fr. Port/Starboard 6-0 Snoquamlie, Wash. (Bellevue Christian School) Kimmi Chin Fr. Port/Starboard 5-9 Palo Alto, Calif. (Palo Alto HS) Emily Chung So. Port 5-9 Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Peninsula HS) Libby Costello Jr. Starboard 5-7 Madison, N.J. (Mountain Lakes HS) Irene Davila Mejia So. Starboard 5-9 Bogota, Colombia (Swiss School of Bogota) Sophia Denison-Johnston Sr. Port 5-5 Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley HS) Sharon Doyle Fr. Port/Starboard 5-9 Rye, N.Y. (Rye HS) Kyra Edwards Jr. Starboard 5-11 Nottingham, England (George Spencer Academy) Hannah Elder Sr. Starboard 6-2 Huntington Beach, Calif. (Edison HS) Jasmine English Sr. Starboard 5-10 Belfast, Northern Ireland (Methodist College Belfast) Clare Fina Jr. Coxswain 5-3 Sacramento, Calif. (Sacramento Country Day School) Juliette Frank Fr. Port 5-7 Wyckoff, N.J. (Ramapo HS) Shalyn Fullerton Jr. Coxswain 5-1 Redding, Calif. (Enterprise HS) Audrey Goodman Fr. Starboard 5-8 Pleasanton, Calif. (Foothill HS) Valia Gregory Fr. Coxswain 5-1 New Rochelle, N.Y. (New Rochelle HS) Fiona Harlan Buzzard So. Port 5-9 Big Sur, Calif. (Pacific Valley School) Mikayla Hart Sr. Port/Starboard 5-10 Hermosa Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Suzannah Henderson Jr. Starboard 5-7 Valley Center, Calif. (Valley Center HS) Abby Hile Fr. Port 5-10 Walpole, Mass. (Walpole HS) Alli Hinmon Fr. Port 5-2 Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) Samantha House Fr. Starboard 5-7 Oceanside, Calif. (Oceanside HS) Lucy Jepson Jr. Port 5-9 Melbourne, Australia (Carey Baptist Grammar School) Maya Jones Fr. Coxswain 4-11 La Quinta, Calif. (La Quinta HS) Kaylee McCord Fr. Starboard 5-9 La Cañada, Calif. (Pasadena Poly) Shelby Meksto Fr. Port 6-0 San Diego, Calif. (La Jolla HS) Quincey Mulligan So. Port 5-9 Oakland, Calif. (Head-Royce School) Erin O’Donohue Jr. Starboard 5-10 Toronto, Ontario [Canada] (Branksome Hall) Lauren O’Donohue Jr. Starboard 5-11 Toronto, Ontario [Canada] (Branksome Hall) Nicole Ott So. Starboard 5-10 Livermore, Calif. (Granada HS) Natalie Puente Jr. Starboard 6-0 Greenwich, Conn. (Convent of the Sacred Heart) Micah Ralston Fr. Port/Starboard 5-9 Mountain View, Calif. (Mountain View HS) Alexandra Rusbarsky Sr. Starboard 6-0 Woodland Hills, Calif. (Chaminade HS) Nina Segedin So. Starboard 5-9 Greenbrae, Calif. (Redwood HS) Hannah Shepherd Fr. Starboard 5-11 Chico, Calif. (Pleasant Valley Senior HS) Megan Slabbert Jr. Port/Starboard 5-11 Richmond, England (Greenwich HS [CT]) Jillian Solberg Jr. Port/Starboard 5-8 Torrance, Calif. (Chadwick School) Gray Strandberg Jr. Coxswain 5-2 Berkeley, Calif. (Bishop O’Dowd HS) Sophie Sutton Fr. Port 5-9 Melbourne, Australia (Geelong Grammar School) Raleigh Tarver Fr. Port/Starboard 5-8 Arvin, Calif. (Arvin HS) Haley Tong So. Coxswain 5-1 Greenbrae, Calif. (Redwood HS) Lanea Tuiasosopo Jr. Port/Starboard 5-10 Tucson, Ariz. (Ironwood Ridge HS) Ava Van Natta Fr. Starboard 5-7 San Francisco, Calif. (Galileo Academy of Science and Technology) Annie Whalen Fr. Port 5-9 Mill Valley, Calif. (Tamalpais HS) Carlisle Wheeler Jr. Port 6-0 Brewster, Mass. (Nauset Regional HS) Bailey Wood Sr. Starboard 5-11 Chattanooga, Tenn. (Girls Preparatory School) Whitney Wood Fr. Starboard 5-6 Glendora, Calif. (Glendora HS) KC Yeagley Sr. Starboard 5-10 Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (Torrey Pines HS) Coaching Staff Amy Fuller Kearney Head Coach 17th season Previn Chandraratna Assistant Coach 3rd season Anthea Barnett Assistant Coach 2nd season Iva Obradovic Assistant Coach 2nd season 3 COACHING STAFF AMY Amy Fuller Kearney’s Key Accomplishments at UCLA FULLER KEARNEY • Led UCLA to four NCAA Tournament appearances in the last eight seasons HEAD COACH • Helped the Bruins advance to each of three consecutive NCAA Tournaments (2012-14) 17th Season • Guided the Bruins to their first team trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 UC Santa Barbara ’90 • Coached UCLA to a school-record 8th-place overall finish at NCAA Championships in 2012 Fuller Kearney enters her • Saw UCLA’s varsity eight crew finish first in the Petite Final in the 2013 NCAA Championships 17th season at the helm • Responsible for the development of six first-team CRCA All-America selections of the UCLA women’s • Has produced 23 CRCA All-West Region selections since the spring of 2002 rowing program in 2017- • In 16 seasons as head coach, 55 Bruins have secured CRCA National Scholar-Athlete honors 18 and has established the Bruins as a consistent • Has seen her student-athletes secure 95 total Pac-12 All-Academic Team selections national competitor. After making a successful • Developed two three-time All-Pac-12 Team selections (Britta Syverson and Vanessa Teff) transition from a club team to a varsity program in • Helped UCLA transition from club team to NCAA varsity status in 2001-02 2001-02, UCLA earned its first-ever team bid to the NCAA Championships in 2010. In addition, the Bruins advanced to the NCAA Championships in 2012, 2013 UCLA posted its two highest team finishes at the Championships, placing higher than any Pac-12 and 2014. NCAA Championships in back-to-back seasons. The program in the Petite Final. Bruins finished eighth in 2012 and were ninth in UCLA’s three consecutive NCAA berths helped to 2013. UCLA’s varsity eight crew finished first in the UCLA’s previous NCAA Championship appearances produce consistently top marks and strong results Petite Final (places 7-12) at each of those two NCAA included varsity eight at-large selections in 2005, for the women’s rowing program. In addition to Championships. Britta Syverson capped her four-year 2006 and 2007. The eight crew’s highest finish in that three consecutive team appearances at NCAA career in 2013 by becoming UCLA’s second three-time three-year span was a 12th-place finish in 2006. Championships, UCLA has routinely been ranked All-America selection, along with Vanessa Teff. among the nation’s top 20 programs in weekly CRCA Fuller Kearney led the Bruins’ top two varsity eights collegiate polls. The Bruins have finished as high as The Bruins’ 2012 squad not only secured the to the Pac-10 Championship Grand Final from 2004 third at Pac-12 Championships (2012) and have program’s best-ever finish at NCAA Championships through 2007.