June 2, 2005

The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) announced its All-America teams for the 2005 season on Thursday. The awards, presented by Pocock, recognize the outstanding accomplishments of female rowers and coxswains for the spring season. Forty-five student-athletes were honored, including 20 first-team selections. Clemson rower Ashlee Brown was named a second-team All-American.

Brown's latest honor adds to a growing list of accomplishments for the senior from Greenville, SC. She was named All-ACC at the conclusion of the conference championship in April. In May, she was named a first-team All-South Region rower as well as CRCA National Scholar Athlete.

Twelve schools had multiple selections, led by California-Berkeley with four. Virginia, Ohio State, Princeton, and Yale each had three. Thirty-three of the 45 student-athletes were participants at the NCAA Championships last weekend, including all 20 first-team selections. The national champion Golden Bears produced four first-team selections, more than any other school.

The New England Region produced the most All-America selections with 13, including five first-team honorees. The West Region produced the most first-team selections with seven. The Central Region produced 10 All-Americans, including five on the first team. The South Region had seven All-America choices, while the Mid-Atlantic Region had four.

2005 Pocock First-Team All-America Selections
Diana Albrecht        The Ohio State University
Meg Anderson        Brown University
Kristin Bixel        UCLA
Caryn Davies        Harvard-Radcliffe
Jelena Djukic        University of California, Berkeley
Janelle Dubbins        Washington
Anna Goodale        Syracuse
Rachael Jeffers        Yale
Leah Ketcheson        University of Michigan
Nikki Lennart        University of Wisconsin
Caroline Lind        Princeton University
Samantha Magee        Stanford
Margaret Matia        University of Virginia
Carolyn McMillan        University of Virginia
Iva Obradovic        University of California, Berkeley
Amanda Purcell        The Ohio State University
Erin Robertson        Michigan State University
Maria Stevens        Yale University
Kaylan Vander Schilden        University of California, Berkeley
Remy Hitomi (coxswain)        University of California, Berkeley

2005 Pocock Second-Team All-America Selections
Andrea Bagwell        University of Tennessee
Miriam Barsalou        Northeastern University
Ashlee Brown        Clemson University
Amelia Buhts        Louisville
Tara Coleman        Columbia
Kate Davison        Dartmouth College
Mollie Durkin        Harvard-Radcliffe
Annabell Fago        The Ohio State University
Missy Fiesler        Stanford University
Shannon Gedman        University of Wisconsin
Vanessa Glendenning        Loyola Marimount
Lea Jakobsen        UMass
Laura Lazaridis        Indiana
Maureen Lynch        Colgate
Kelly McGrorey        Syracuse
Brittany McMahon        SanDiego State
Claire Norsetter        Yale University
Chelsea Pemberton        University of Tennessee
Amanda Polk        University of Notre Dame
Brett Sickler        University of Michigan
Catherine Starr        Brown University
Jody Thomas        Washington State University
Katrina Wechselberger        Princeton University
Jacqueline Zider        Princeton University
Launa Forehand (coxswain)        University of Virginia