May 25, 2004

Freshman Amber Straight and senior Mae Joyce Gay were recently named to the sixth annual Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) All-South Region team. Straight earned first team honors while Gay was a second team selection. Both rowers were members of Duke's Varsity Eight crew this past season.

The All-Region awards are designed to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of female rowers and coxswains during the current season. The nomination criteria include meeting eligibility rules as defined by her institution, participating in at least 75% of the season's races in the varsity boat, and the student-athlete's Head Coach must be a member in good standing of the CRCA. A maximum of four athletes plus one coxswain per institution may be nominated.

The All-Region teams were selected as follows: Teams with Varsity Eight boats that were ranked in the top six regionally as of the final NCAA Regional Ranking had athletes automatically distributed to the All-Region teams. At-large selections (for rowers from teams that have Varsity 8 boats which finished outside the top 6 regionally) were chosen by the Division I Awards committee based on boat performance, 2K erg score and coaches comments. Coxswains were also selected by the Division I awards committee based on boat performance and coaches comments.

SOUTH REGION

FIRST TEAM
               Jennifer Reck            Virginia
               Lindsay Shoop            Virginia
               Genevieve Cauchon-Voyer  Virginia
               Chelsea Pemberton        Tennessee
               Katie Bargreen           Tennessee
               Ruth Stiver              Texas
               Julie Keedy              Texas
              Amber Straight           Duke
               Jenny Krawec             Miami
               Mary Nell Green          Clemson
Coxswain       Betty Shumaker           Virginia

SECOND TEAM
               Margaret Matia           Virginia
               Nicole Bold              Tennessee
               Andrea Bagwell           Tennessee
               Karen Glazebrook         Texas
              Mae Joyce Gay            Duke
               Rachel Clausing          Miami
               Meghan Gaab              Southern Methodist
Coxswain       Erin Artz                Tennessee