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Clemson's Brown, Giannini Honored by the CRCA
Tiger rowers All-Region selections for 2005

Brown was named to the first-team All-Region

May 20, 2005

The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) announced its 2005 All-Region selections Friday. The awards, presented by Pocock, recognize the outstanding accomplishments of female rowers and coxswains this season. Thirty-nine schools are represented on the first and second-team All-Region, led by eight institutions that placed five rowers each. Varsity 8+ boats ranked in the top six regionally received automatic selections for their respective nominees.

Clemson rowing, which finished 10th overall and third in the region at last weekend's Aramark Central/South Sprints, produced All-Region selections in senior Ashlee Brown and freshman Elizabeth Giannini. A Greenville, SC native, Brown was a CRCA National Scholar Athlete as a junior in 2003-04 and is a three-time selection to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. She was named to the first-team All-Region. She also was an All-ACC selection this spring. Giannini, a native of Jacksonville, FL and varsity 8+ coxswain this spring, was honored as the second-team All-Region coxswain.

California, the nation's #1 ranked varsity 8+, was one of the eight schools that produced five All-Region selections. The Golden Bears, who took over the top spot in the latest CRCA/US Rowing poll this past week, had four first-team selections (Kaylan Vander Schilden, Jelena Djukic, Iva Obradovic, coxswain Remy Hitomi). Yale, Princeton, Brown, Virginia, Stanford, Wisconsin, and Syracuse were the other schools to produce five All-Region selections. A coxswain was selected from each region for both first and second-team representation.

The 2004-05 Regional Coaches of the Year were also selected. The award is intended to recognize a coach from each region that had outstanding success during the 2005 season, or demonstrated great team improvement from the 2004 season, and demonstrated a high level of professionalism and integrity. The five coaches selected were Dave O'Neil (California) from the West Region, Lori Dauphiny (Princeton) from the Mid-Atlantic Region, Will Porter (Yale) from the New England Region, Matt Weise (Michigan State) from the Midwest Region, and Kevin Sauer (Virginia) from the South Region.

2005 First-Team All-Region Selections Student-Athlete Region Institution Kaylan Vander Schilden West California Jelena Djukic West California Iva Obradovic West California Samantha Magee West Stanford Missy Fiesler West Stanford Janelle Dubbins West Washington Kristen Bixel West UCLA Jody Thomas West WSU Sarah Dubrasich West Oregon State Laura Harder West Sacramento St. Remy Hitomi West California (coxswain) Caroline Lind Mid-Atlantic Princeton Katrina Wechselberger Mid-Atlantic Princeton Jackie Zider Mid-Atlantic Princeton Anna Goodale Mid-Atlantic Syracuse Kelly McGrorey Mid-Atlantic Syracuse Tara Coleman Mid-Atlantic Columbia Elizabeth Peters Mid-Atlantic Columbia Amy Becht Mid-Atlantic Navy Maureen Lynch Mid-Atlantic Colgate Margaret Arbuthnot Mid-Atlantic Princeton Rachel Jeffers New England Yale Maria Stevens New England Yale Claire Norsetter New England Yale Meg Anderson New England Brown Catherine Starr New England Brown Caryn Davies New England Harvard Molly Durkin New England Harvard Caitlin Durkin New England BU Miriam Barsalou New England NE Kate Davison New England Dartmouth Leah Jacobsen New England UMass Tess Casey New England Boston College Jehan Budak New England Yale (coxswain) Andrea Bagwell South Tennessee Chelsea Pemberton South Tennessee Kaitlin Bargreen South Tennessee Carolyn McMillan South Virginia Margaret Matia South Virginia Amelia Spence South Louisville Brooke Spence South Louisville Tanya Kleisher South UCF Ashlee Brown South Clemson Pam Painter South Texas Laura Forehand South Virginia Diana Albrecht Central Ohio State Annabelle Fago Central Ohio State Amanda Purcell Central Ohio State Nikki Lennart Central Wisconsin Shannon Gedman Central Wisconsin Brett Sickler Central Michigan Leah Ketcheson Central Michigan Erin Robertson Central Michigan State Cheryl Wick Central Minnesota Michelle Tranner Central Iowa Laura Lazaridis Central Indiana Amanda Polk Central Notre Dame Meg Bradshaw Central Wisconsin (coxswain)

2005 Second-Team All-Region Selections Student-Athlete Region Institution Laura Terheyden West California Susan BeVille West Stanford Stephanie Morrison West Stanford Allison De Palma West Washington Elizabeth Pallos-Jacobs West UCLA Vanessa Glendenning West LMU Brittany McMahon West SDSU Kelly Garneski West Stanford (coxswain) Kristin Haraldsdottir Mid-Atlantic Princeton Shawna O'Brien Mid-Atlantic Syracuse Cat Henry Mid-Atlantic Syracuse Jessica Mullin Mid-Atlantic Columbia Sarah Atwell Mid-Atlantic Navy Amy Birsak Mid-Atlantic Rutgers Laura beaufort Mid-Atlantic Delaware Makiko Muraoka Mid-Atlantic Syracuse (coxswain) Jane Moore New England Yale Deborah Dryer New England Brown Gillian Almy New England Brown Erin Barringer New England Harvard Stephanie Miller New England BU Katherine Glessner New England NE Ursula Henwood New England U Conn Mira Mehta New England Brown (coxswain) Dana Forbes South Tennessee Katie Yrazabal South Virginia Catelyn Coyle South Virginia Beth Daunhauer South Louisville Amy Price South UCF Meghan Gaab South SMU Elizabeth Giannini South Clemson(coxswain) Ninett Kossowsky Central Ohio State Jennifer Tuffree Central Wisconsin Julie Quoss Central Wisconsin Crystal Culp Central Michigan Christine Brown Central Michigan State Elizabeth Ratterman Central Minnesota Tara Medina Central Michigan (coxswain)

2005 Regional Coaches of the Year Coach Region Institution Dave O'Neil West California Lori Dauphiny Mid-Atlantic Princeton Will Porter Yale New England Matt Weise Midwest Michigan State Kevin Sauer South Virginia