2016-17 UConn Rowing Media Guide by UConn Divison of Athletics

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of Contents UConn Facts.............................................................................1 Head Coach Jennifer Wendry..................................................2 Assistant Coaches....................................................................3 2016-17 Roster..........................................................................4 2016-17 Schedule.....................................................................4 2017 Spring Preview.................................................................5 UConn Rowing Student-Athletes........................................6-36 All Time Roster..................................................................37-39 All TIme Statistics..............................................................40-42 UConn Rowing and Miami.....................................................43 Team Awards...........................................................................44 Strength and Conditioning/Sports Medicine..........................45 Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes...................45 UConn in the Community.......................................................46 University of Connecticut.................................................. 47-61

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The 2016-17 UConn Rowing Media Guide/Yearbook was produced by Steve Lewis. Photography by Steve Slade and Bob Stowell. Special thanks to the UConn rowing coaching staff for its assistance in the production of this publication.

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Location ............................................... Storrs, CT 06269-3078 Enrollment ..................................................................... 31,624 Founded ............................................................................ 1881 Campus Information ....................................... (860) 486-2000 Nickname ........................................................ Huskies, UConn Colors ............................................ National Flag Blue & White Mascot .................................................... Jonathan Husky Dog Conference ................................American Athletic Conference Affiliation ......................................................... NCAA Division I President ....................................................... Dr. Susan Herbst Director of Athletics .......................................... David Benedict Division of Athletics Phone ................................ 860-486-2725 Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Communications/ Rowing Program Administrator................ Michael Enright Assistant Director/Athletic Communications .Patrick McKenna Assistant Director/Athletic Communications ........ Phil Chardis Rowing Media Contact: .........................................Steve Lewis Email/Office Phone: steven.l.lewis@uconn.edu/860-486-1498 Athetic Communications Assistants Christopher Jones, Jen Greene

Athletic Communications Secretary ........... Christina Buccheri Athletic Communications Phone .................... (860) 486-1498 Athletic Communications Fax ......................... (860) 486-5085

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Jennifer Wendry Head Coach • 20th Season Jennifer Wendry

Jennifer Wendry is in her 20th season as the head coach of the University of Connecticut rowing program in 2016-17. She was named the head rowing coach in the fall of 1997 when women’s rowing became a varsity sport at

UConn. In 2014, she led UConn to a third place finish at the American Athletic Conference Championships at Mercer County Park. The Huskies finished seventh in 2015 and sixth in 2016. Wendry led the team to its most successful season in 2005. The team won the points trophy at the Dad Vail Championship as the varsity eight won, the junior varsity eight finished second, and the novice eight finished third. In 2005 the team also finished fourth at the Big East Championship – its highest finish at that event. The second varsity eight, novice eight, and novice four all finished third, while the varsity eight placed fifth, and the varsity four was sixth. In 2004, Wendry saw the UConn junior varsity eight win the Dad Vail Championship. In 2010, SanfordWendry saw the UConn novice eight win the Dad Vail Championship. Prior to coming to UConn, Wendry was the novice women’s coach at the University of Pennsylvania, where she led the Quaker novice eight to the finals of the Eastern Sprints. In 1996 and 1997, she was the United States Junior National Development Team coach. Wendry, a 1993 graduate of Syracuse University, has been associated with rowing her entire life. She began rowing when she was seven years old and had her first race in a single when she was 10. Her coaching career began at age 16, when she began coaching youth programs for the Syracuse Chargers Rowing Club. After graduating from college, Sanford-Wendry taught elementary school for three years while coaching the Liverpool High School women’s crew. In 1995, her Liverpool High School senior eight won the Scholastic Rowing Association National Championship. In addition to her coaching responsibilities at UConn, she is a member of the Female Athlete Performance

Committee and works with the Female Athlete Peer Group. Wendry comes from a large coaching family. Her father, Bill Sanford, retired in 2002 after coaching the men’s crew at Syracuse University for 37 years. Her sister Kris was the head women’s rowing coach at Syracuse from 1996 to 2010. At Marist College, her cousin Tom Sanford is the Director of Rowing and Head Women’s Coach. Wendry resides in Coventry, Conn. with her husband, Brian, and their sons Will (12), Wyatt (10) and Wade (5).

“Being the head coach of the University of Connecticut women’s rowing team has been tremendously rewarding. I have had the opportunity to see the team grow each year. We ask our student-athletes for three characteristics when they become a member of our program…positive attitude, positive effort and coachability. When those characteristics are present, great things happen. Part of our programs’ success can be attributed to our support staff. Chris West, our strength and conditioning coach, plays a major part in developing creative, yet challenging, workouts for our winter training program. Our academic advisor Becky Bacher offers the support needed to accomplish our academic goals, as shown by our continued success in the classroom. Of most importance, being a member of the UConn rowing team means being a part of a second family, a family that helps you through thick and thin during your college experience and creates friendships that last a lifetime.” – UConn head coach Jennifer Wendry

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Alison Abrams Assistant Coach Fourth Season Alison Abrams is in her fourth season as an assistant rowing coach at UConn in 2016-17 and serves as the team’s recruiting coordinator. Abrams served as San Diego State’s interim head coach since January of 2013 and the team finished second overall at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship in the spring. The varsity four, novice eight and second novice eight all won silver medals while the second varsity eight won a bronze. She was an assistant coach with the Aztecs starting in 2005 and had direct coaching responsibilities for the novice eight and the varsity four. She was also the team’s recruiting coordinator starting in 2011. The San Diego State novice eight and second novice eight won WIRA gold medals in 2008 and the second novice eight won a gold at the Crew Classic the same year. In all, Abrams led boats to two gold medals, one silver and two bronze at WIRA events. Abrams is a 2005 graduate of San Diego State and was a coxswain for the Aztecs as a student-athlete. As a member of the second varsity eight team, the Aztecs won the silver medal at the 2002 WIRA championship and the bronze in 2003. The collegiate eight she led was fifth at the Head of the Charles in Boston in 2005. Abrams was a rowing and kayak instructor at the Mission Bay Aquatic Center in San Diego from 2004-06.

Noah Solomon Graduate Assistant Coach First Season Noah Solomon begins his first year of coaching with the UConn rowing program as a Graduate Assistant. He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., in 2014. Solomon started his rowing career at St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H. He rowed there for three years and developed a real passion for the sport. At Wesleyan, Solomon was a member of the Cardinals varsity rowing team for four years. As a captain his senior year, he helped lead the team to a medal at The Head of the Charles in the Collegiate 8 event. Over the past two years, he has been working at The Gunnery, an independent boarding school in Washington, Conn.. There, he taught psychology, served as head of a junior boys dorm, and coached on both the girls and boys sides of the rowing program. Last year, his JV girls’ boat earned a medal at the Founder’s Day Regatta. Solomon is currently in the UConn Masters program for Sports Management.

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Allyson Zoppa Assistant Coach Ninth Season Allyson Zoppa, a 2008 UConn graduate, is in her ninth season as assistant coach of the UConn rowing program in 2016-17. Zoppa was a four-year member of the Husky team. As a sophomore, she stroked UConn’s lightweights to a silver medal in the second varsity four at the BIG EAST Championship. She was also a member of the Novice 8 that placed third at both the BIG EAST Championship and the Dad Vail Regatta in 2005. A native of East Hartford, Conn., she earned her bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies with minors in English and psychology and her master’s degree in sport management. She has coached rowers of all ages the past 10 years through the Riverfront Recapture Program in Hartford. She continues to row competitively as a member of the Riverfront masters rowing team. At UConn, Zoppa works primarily with the novice/walkon rowers. Her 2009 novice eight placed third at the Dad Vail Regatta. Her 2010 novice eight placed third at the Knecht Cup Regatta, second at the BIG EAST Championship and first at the Dad Vail Regatta.

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2016-17 UConn Rowing Roster Name

Year Hometown

Kervelle Baird Maja Barnouw Caroline Bemis Christine Black Meg Blundy-Jones Taylor Bonadies Kate Boudreau Hayley Brant Maxime Braun Molly Bugos Nicole Chaloux Norelis Collado Jordan Crinieri Kailey Crothers Courtney Dawless Jeanelle De Los Santos Gabriella Dombek Eleanor Dowd Taylor Evangelista Madeline Farrell Kelly Finn Molly Fitzpatrick Anna Fowler Emily George Sydney Gibbs Mae Hanson Alexandra Hill Dolores Kane Lena Karotkin Lauren Knapp Katherine Lavrentios Jenna Light

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Trinidad, W.I. Seattle, Wash. West Hartford, Conn. Amherst, N.H. Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia Tolland, Conn. Madison, Conn. Durham, Conn. Simsbury, Conn. Hartford, Conn. Sandy Hook, Conn. Danbury, Conn. Newburgh, N.Y. Topsfield, Mass. West Greenwich, R.I Bridgeport, Conn. Glastonbury, Conn. Glastonbury, Conn. Halifax, Mass. Westbrook, Conn. Stamford, Conn. Sherman, Conn. Coalport, Pa. Laconia, N.H. Kingston, Wash. Branford, Conn. South Windsor, Conn. Ridgefield, Conn. Stonington, Conn. Trumbull, Conn. Needham, Mass. Sutton, Mass.

Kaitlyn May Sierra Mazur Delaney McGovern Ellen McNiff Bridget Murphy Sara Nelson Sarah Norman Micaela Nowacki Shayla Perez Megan Potter Anna Puleo Michelle Rand Katherine Ratcliffe Madison Ready Caroline Richman Amy Robinson Julia Schnelting

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Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. Arielle Sherman-Golembeski Sr. Rachel Signor Jr. Kathryn Stevens Jr. Jun Takeda Jr. Sara Tavakoli Fr. Katie Ullinger Sr. Katie Wheatley Sr. Lillian Whitmore So. Morgan Wicken Fr. Emily Woodrow Fr. Erika Yao Fr. Megan Zindell Fr. Michela Zunino So.

Simsbury, Conn.. Avon, Conn. Gainesville, Fla. Braintree, Mass. Weston, Conn. Shrewsbury, Mass. South Glastonbury, Conn. Sandy Hook, Conn. Waterbury, Conn. Quechee, Vt. Lebanon, Conn. White Plains, N.Y. Westport, Conn. Dunstable, Mass. Minnetonka, Minn. Middletown, Conn. Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Old Lyme, Conn. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Colchester, Conn. Ridgefield, Conn. Glastonbury, Conn. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Beverly, Mass. Ridgefield, Conn. Norwich, Conn. Ambler, Pa. Trumbull, Conn. New Milford, Conn. Simsbury, Conn.

Head Coach: Jen Wendry (Syracuse ’93) – 20th Season Assistant Coaches: Alison Abrams (San Diego State ’05) – Fourth Season Allyson Zoppa (UConn ’08) – Ninth Season Noah Solomon (Wesleyan ‘14) - First Season

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UConn’s Varsity Four finished in third place at the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championship in Sacramento, Calif.

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University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing The 2017 spring season for UConn rowing looks very promising. The seniors - Katie Ullinger, Kate Boudreau, Arielle Sherman, Sarah Norman, and Katie Wheatley - were strong leaders throughout the fall season, setting great examples of our team culture and encouraging a positive, productive environment. This year’s team has demonstrated that they are stronger and more fit than ever, as they have embraced the training program and are charging forward, posting personal records on a variety of testing components. On the water, the fall racing season was one of the most successful in the program’s 20-year history. The walk-on group from the fall also measures up as one of the strongest walk-on groups, adding many tall, athletic, competitive student-athletes to the roster. The indoor training cycle between January and March will consist of a lot of cross training, erging and competitive scenarios to prepare us for the spring. Sprint racing season will kick off at the end of Spring Break against UCF. The racing season is exciting as the team will compete in large regattas like the Knecht Cup, and continue annual races with UMass, Holy Cross, Wesleyan, Trinity, and Coast Guard. New to the schedule this year is the Women’s Eastern Sprints Championship. This regatta takes place two weeks before the

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American Athletic Conference Championship and will provide competition against some great schools to prepare for the American Championship. The AAC Championship will be in Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida. We are excited to race on this amazing course that will be hosting the 2017 World Championships. The winner of the American Athletic Conference Championship will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. The Huskies will train hard to challenge UCF, Temple, SMU, Tulsa, San Diego State, and Sacramento State for the title that will earn them a ticket to Mercer County, N.J. for the 2017 NCAA Championship.

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Kate Boudreau Senior Madison, Conn. Daniel Hand AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as seven seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Four and Third Varsity Eight; finished the season as five seat of the Third Varsity Eight at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as six seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and six seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight; finished the season in two seat of the Third Varsity Eight that placed second at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as seven seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Daniel Hand High School in Madison, CT...Earned seven varsity letters as a member of the field hockey and softball teams…In field hockey, was team captain, academic all-state, and team was Southern Connecticut Conference Champions in 2010…In softball, was team captain, played in the Scholar Athlete Classic All-Star game, team was Southern Connecticut Conference Champions in 2010 and Hammonasset Division Champions in 2010 and 2013… Senior scholar…National Merit Finalist…Society of Women Engineers Award for Excellence in Mathematics and the Natural Sciences recipient…Southern Connecticut Conference Scholar Athlete of the Month…AP Scholar…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Kate Irene Boudreau…Physiology and Neurobiology and Psychology double major with a minor in Spanish … Born on April 24, 1995…Daughter of Mark and Patricia Boudreau.

Sarah Norman Senior South Glastonbury, Conn. Glastonbury AT UCONN: Is in her fourth year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as seven seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and stroke of the Open Four ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and seven seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Eight and First Varsity Four; finished the season in three seat of the First Varsity Four that placed third at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as three seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and three seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight; finished the season in three seat of the Third Varsity Eight that placed second at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as four seat of the Varsity Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront and two seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2013-14: Competed as a member of the first Novice Eight; finished the season as two seat of the Third Varsity Eight at the American Athletic Conference Championship. Also competed as two seat of the Second Varsity Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Glastonbury High School…Earned varsity letters as a member of the rowing team…Competed as a coxswain from freshman through fall of junior year…Competed as a rower during spring of junior year and senior seasons…Earned most improved award…Earned a varsity letter as a three-year member of the ski racing team…Was team captain…Also competed in moguls during the winter season…Skis and coaches at Stratton Mountain…High honor student during senior year. PERSONAL: Sarah Jenny Norman…Social Studies/History Education major…Born on November 18, 1994…Daughter of Tom and MaryBeth Norman.

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Arielle Sherman-Golembeski Senior Old Lyme, Conn. Lyme-Old Lyme AT UCONN: Is in her fourth year as a member of the team and is team captain. FALL 2016: Competed as seven seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second and three seat of the Open Four ‘A’ that placed third at the Head of the Riverfront, three seat of the club Four at the Head of the Charles, and seven seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First Varsity Eight; finished the season as seven seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as three seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront, stroke of the Championship Four at the Head of the Charles, and seven seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Eight and First Varsity Four; finished the season in bow seat of the Second Varsity Eight at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as three seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2013-14: Competed as a member of the First Varsity Four and Second Varsity Eight; finished the season as five seat of the Second Varsity Eight that placed third at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as stroke of the Second Varsity Eight ‘A’ that placed first and two seat of the varsity four ‘B’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and stroke of the Club Eight at the Head of the Charles and the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Lyme-Old Lyme High School…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the rowing team…Won petite final of NEIRA in women’s four…Was team captain in junior and senior years…Two-year member of the basketball team…Honor roll student…Excellence in concert chorus award recipient…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Arielle Rose Sherman-Golembeski…Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies double major… Born on February 10, 1995…Daughter of Dean Golembeski and Arlene Sherman.

Katie Ullinger Senior Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Spackenkill

AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team and is team captain … a transfer from University of Rhode Island. FALL 2016: Competed as two seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and bow seat of the Open Four ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront, bow seat of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and five seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Eight; finished the season in two seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as three seat of the Open Four ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and four seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Four; finished the season in three seat of the Third Varsity Four that placed third at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as three seat of the Novice Eight that won the Head of the Riverfront. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Spackenkill High School…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the rowing and swimming teams…National-meet qualifier for USA Swimming, Junior Olympic Qualifier, Speedo Super Sectionals qualifier…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Katie Rose Ullinger … Comprehensive Special Education major … Born on March 25, 1995 ... Daughter of Mark and Mariaelena Ullinger.

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Katie Wheatley Senior Beverly, Mass. Beverly AT UCONN: Is in her fourth year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as stroke of the Open Eight ‘B’ and three seat of the Open Four ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront and stroke of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Eight and First Varsity Four; finished the season as stroke of the First Varsity Four that placed third at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as two seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront, bow seat of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and two seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight and Third Varsity Four; finished the season in four seat of the Third Varsity Eight that placed second in the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as five seat of the Varsity Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront and five seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2013-14: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Four and Novice Fours; finished the season as bow seat of the Third Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Beverly High School…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the gymnastics team…Won three conference championships in three perfect seasons …Placed second at state championships and fourth at New England Championships in 2012…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the field hockey team…Won two conference championships…Earned a varsity letter as a member of the spring track team…Was Northeast Conference All-Star for javelin in 2013…Honor roll student...John and Abigail Adams Scholarship recipient…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Katherine Janet Wheatley…Physiology and Neurobiology major…Born on May 4, 1995…Daughter of Tim and Laura Wheatley.

Kervelle Baird Junior Trinidad, W.I. Naparima Girls’ High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed in bow seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Novice Four and the Fourth Varsity Four. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Naparima Girls’ High School in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. PERSONAL: Kervelle Reesa Baird … Environmental Science/Geoscience major … Born on May 15, 1995 … Daughter of Richard Baird and Jennifer Hospedales-Baird … Has one brother, Kern, and one sister, Kernesha.

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Christine Black Junior Amherst, N.H. Souhegan High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team … a transfer from University of New Hampshire. FALL 2016: Competed as two seat of the Open Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight; finished the season in bow seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Souhegan High School…Member of the swim team and rowing team…Was captain of swim team in senior year…Top 6 in New England…Holds three school records and one state record…Seven-time finalist at Northeast Sectionals. PERSONAL: Christine Black…Psychology major…Born on November 17, 1994 …. Daughter of Phil and Beth Black … Has one sister, Liz, and one brother, Philip.

Hayley Brant Junior Durham, Conn. Coginchaug Regional High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as four seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and bow seat of the Open Four ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and two seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight; finished the season in seven seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as five seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Coginchaug Regional High School…Four-year letterwinner as a member of the volleyball team and served as team captain. PERSONAL: Hayley M. Brant…Landscape Architecture major…Born on July 25, 1996…Daughter of James and Lisa Brant…Has one sister, Sydney.

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Nicole Chaloux Junior Sandy Hook, Conn. Newtown High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team … a transfer from Eastern Connecticut State University. FALL 2016: Competed as three seat of the Open Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront and four seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Newtown High School in Sandy Hook, CT…Earned three varsity letters as a member of the swimming team…Held highest GPA in major in class at Eastern Connecticut. PERSONAL: Nicole Louise Chaloux…Biology major…Born on June 4, 1996…Daughter of Stephen and Lisa Chaloux…Has one sister, Danielle.

Norelis Collado Junior Danbury, Conn. Danbury High School AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as coxswain of the Open Four ‘B’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront, and the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as coxswain of the Third Varsity Eight. In the fall, competed as coxswain of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront. 2014-15: Competed as coxswain of the Third Varsity Four and Third Varsity Eight; finished the season as coxswain of the Third Varsity Eight that placed second at the American Athletic Conference Championship. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Danbury High School…Was a member of the varsity cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams…Was team captain in senior year…High honor roll student…AP Scholar…Athletic Scholar Award recipient…Varsity Sportsmanship Award recipient…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Norelis Collado…Biology major…Born on February 29, 1996…Daughter of Reyna Collado.

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Courtney Dawless Junior West Greenwich, R.I. La Salle Academy AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as stroke of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second, stroke of the Open Four ‘A’ that placed third, and in the Open Double that placed first at the Head of the Riverfront, stroke of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and Stroke of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First Varsity Eight; finished the season in bow seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as five seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and seven seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Four and Third Varsity Eight; finished the season in two seat of the Second Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as four seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended La Salle Academy in Providence, RI…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams…Honor roll student…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Courtney Morgan Dawless …Material Science and Engineering major…Born on March 22, 1996…Daughter of Bill and Maribeth Dawless.

Jeanelle De Los Santos Junior Bridgeport, Conn. Trumbull High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Was a member of the novice team. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Trumbull High School. PERSONAL: Jeanelle Unique De Los Santos…Animal Science major…Born on March 9, 1996…Daughter of Carlos De Los Santos and Jeanette Laureano.

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Gabriella Dombek Junior Glastonbury, Conn. Glastonbury High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team … a transfer from Eastern Connecticut State University. FALL 2016: Competed as six seat of the Open Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Glastonbury High School … earned five varsity letters … was a two-year member of the rowing team … held record for best 2000m erg time … was a three-year member of the basketball team and was team captain in senior year … team won CCC Championship three years in a row … made AllConference team and was Most Improved Player in senior year … also played soccer in freshman year and softball in freshman and sophomore years … All Academic … honor roll student … National Honor Society member … Science National Honor Society member … Mu Alpha Theta member. PERSONAL: Gabriella Nina Dombek…Biology major…Born on June 19, 1996…Daughter of Damon Dombek and Rosa Fornarelli…Has one brother, Angelo.

Mae Hanson Junior Branford, Conn. Pomfret School AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as five seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and three seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First Varsity Eight, Second Varsity Four, and Third Varsity Eight; finished the season as two seat of the Second Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as two seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and bow seat of the Open Four ‘B’ at the Head of the Riverfront, three seat of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and stroke of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Eight, First Varsity Four, and Second Varsity Four; finished the season in three seat of the Second Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as seven seat of the Novice Eight that won the Head of the Riverfront and three seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Pomfret School…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the rowing team…High honor roll student…Earned National Latin Exam perfect score in 2011, Summa Cum Laude in 2012 and 2013, and Maxima Cum Laude in 2014. PERSONAL: Mae McAllister Hanson…Biology major…Born on March 18, 1996…Daughter of Eric and Tracy Hanson.

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Allie Hill Junior South Windsor, Conn. South Windsor High School AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as six seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and three seat of the Open Four ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and four seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Eight and First Varsity Four; finished the season as four seat of the Second Varsity Eight at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as bow seat of the Open Four ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and six seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Four; finished the season in bow seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as five seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended South Windsor High School...Was a four-year member of the basketball team, team was state finalist in 2014…Was a member of the field hockey team, team was CCC North Conference Champions in 2012 and 2013… NFHCA High School National Academic Team member…All-Academic team…Connecticut State Scholar…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Alexandra C. Hill…Exercise Science major…Born on January 4, 1996…Daughter of George Hill and Nancy Yario.

Lena Karotkin Junior Stonington, Conn. The Bromfield School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Spent the fall season recovering from an injury. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight and Third Varsity Four; finished the season as two seat of the Third Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as six seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended The Bromfield School…Earned varsity letters as a member of the women’s rowing and swimming teams…Served as the captain of the swim team. PERSONAL: Lena Marin Karotkin…Human Development and Family Studies major…Born on July 31, 1996… Daughter of Fred and Elisabeth Karotkin…Has one brother, Daniel.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

Kate Lavrentios Junior Needham, Mass. Kent School AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as five seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and two seat of the Open Four ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and three seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First and Second Varsity Fours; finished the season in three seat of the Second Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as seven seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and stroke of the Open Four ‘A’ at the Head of the Riverfront, five seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Charles, and five seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Eight, First Varsity Four, and Second Varsity Four; finished the season in stroke of the First Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as four seat of the Varsity Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and four seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Needham High School in Needham, MA and Kent School in Kent, CT…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the rowing team at Kent…Placed second at New England Regionals. PERSONAL: Katherine Lavrentios…Communications major…Born on August 18, 1995…Daughter of Charles and Kathleen Lavrentios.

Sierra Mazur Junior Avon, Conn. Avon High School AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as five seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second and two seat of the Open Four ‘A’ that placed third at the Head of the Riverfront, and six seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First Varsity Eight; finished the season in four seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as four seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and three seat of the Open Four ‘B’ at the Head of the Riverfront, two seat of the Championship Four at the Head of the Charles, and five seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the First Varsity Four, Second Varsity Four, and the Third Varsity Eight; finished the season in three seat of the First Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as seven seat of the Varsity Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront and bow seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Avon High School…Earned six varsity letters as a member of the rowing team…Was a member of the state champion Novice Eight as a freshman and the second place varsity four as a senior…Held team records for 6000m and 2000m erg tests…Scholar-athlete…High honor roll student. PERSONAL: Sierra Steele Mazur…English major…Born on January 23, 1996…Daughter of Josepth and Helen Mazur. 2016-17 UConn Rowing

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Sara Nelson Junior Shrewsbury, Mass. Shrewsbury High School AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as stroke of the Open Eight ‘C’ and Open Four ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and stroke of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Four; finished the season as stroke at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as stroke of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Four; finished the season in the stroke seat of the Third Varsity Four that placed third at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as stroke of the Novice Eight that won and six seat of the Varsity Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and two seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Shrewsbury High School…Earned eight varsity letters as a member of the rowing team, won silver medal at the 2014 Massachusetts Public Championships, team MVP, Coaches Award recipient and was team captain…Member of the basketball team…Honor roll student…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Sara Michelle Nelson…Environmental Engineering major…Born on June 29, 1995…Daughter of Michael and Dawn Nelson…Has two sisters, Elisabeth and Jenna, and one brother, Matthew.

Shayla Perez Junior Waterbury, Conn. Crosby High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team … a transfer from UConn Avery Point Campus. FALL 2016: Was a member of the novice team. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Crosby High School in Waterbury, CT…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the basketball team and was team captain…Sportsmanship Award recipient…Member of the Waterbury PAL AAU basketball team…Also played basketball at UConn Avery Point…First honor roll student…National Honor Society member…Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation scholar…Crosby High School JRTOC cadet…US Army Reserve Soldier. PERSONAL: Shayla Ines Perez…Allied Health major…Born on November 26, 1995…Daughter of Kevin Perez and Jacqueline Negron…Has four brothers, Kevin, Michael, Nathan, and Jonathan.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

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Megan Potter Junior Quechee, Vt. Hartford High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team … a transfer from the University of California-Davis. FALL 2016: Competed as stroke of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Hartford High School in White River Junction, VT…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the lacrosse team and was team captain…Vermont Rising Stars team member…Marble Valley League Lacrosse second team…Earned three varsity letters as a member of the track team and was team captain…Earned one varsity letter as a member of the soccer team in senior year…Was team goalkeeper… Scholar-Activity Award recipient, Director’s Award recipient, US Achievement Academy…National Honor Society member…National Society of High School Scholars…AP Scholar…President’s Education Awards Program. PERSONAL: Megan Elizabeth Potter…Animal Science major…Born on August 29, 1996…Daughter of Corey and Maybe Potter…Has one brother, Kyle.

Michelle Rand Junior White Plains, N.Y. The Ursuline School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Was a member of the novice team. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, NY…National Honor Society member… National Art Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Michelle Marie Rand…Communications major…Born on April 14, 1996…Daughter of John and Jenny Rand…Has three brothers, Steven, Paul, and Lucas.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

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Amy Robinson Junior Middletown, Conn. Old Saybrook High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as three seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and five seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight; finished the season in three seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as seven seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Old Saybrook High School…Earned varsity letters as a member of the track team… Track team took home the title at the 2013 Shoreline Conference Championship…Won the high jump at the 2014 Shoreline Conference Championship and came in second at 2014 Class S States…Valedictorian of class of 2014…Recipient of the Presidential Scholarship…2013 PSAT Semi-Finalist…2013 CT Governor’s Scholar. PERSONAL: Amy Robinson…Electrical Engineering major…Born on October 17, 1995…Daughter of Samuel and Ruthann Robinson…Has two sisters, Corey and Jessica.

Rachel Signor Junior Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Saratoga Springs High School AT UCONN: Is in her third year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as six seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second and in the Open Double that won the Head of the Riverfront, and five seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First and Second Varsity Eights; finished the season as five seat of the First Varsity Eight at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as five seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and two seat of the Open Four ‘A’ at the Head of the Riverfront, two seat of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and three seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2014-15: Competed as a member of the First Varsity Eight; finished the season in three seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as five seat of the Varsity Eight ‘A’ and two seat of the Varsity Four ‘A’ that both won the Head of the Riverfront, two seat of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and stroke of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Saratoga Springs High School…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the rowing team... New York State Champion and Scholastic National Champion in the Second Varsity Eight...Fourth place in the Head of the Charles Youth Four in 2013...New York State Champion and Scholastic National Champion in the Varsity Eight in 2014... Most Improved award and Hammer Award recipient…Earned three varsity letters as a member of the basketball team, Saratogian Dream Team Honorable Mention ..Respect and Academic Awards recipient…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Rachel Elizabeth Signor…Communications major…Born on April 15, 1995…Daughter of Chris and Deana Signor.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

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Kathryn Stevens Junior Colchester, Conn. Bacon Academy AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as two seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and bow seat of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight and Third Varsity Four; finished the season as three seat of the Third Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as four seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Bacon Academy…Member of the National Honor Society…Valedictorian of class of 2015…AP scholar with distinction. PERSONAL: Kathryn Mary Stevens…Physiology and Neurobiology and Human Rights major...Born on January 19, 1996 ...Daughter of Russell and Mary Stevens…Has one brother and one sister.

Jun Takeda Junior Ridgefield, Conn. Kent High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team … a transfer from Macalester College. FALL 2016: Competed as coxswain of the Open Four ‘A’ that placed third at the Head of the Riverfront, coxswain of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and coxswain of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as coxswain of the First Varsity Eight; finished the season as coxswain of the First Varsity Eight at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as coxswain of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront, coxswain of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Charles, and coxswain of the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Kent High School where she earned two varsity letters as a member of the women’s rowing team…Coxed for three years…Placed second at the 2012 and 2013 NEIRA’s…Raced at 2012, 2013 and 2014 Head of the Charles…Member of the squash team...High honors student. PERSONAL: Jun Kristina Takeda…Pre-education major…Born on November 17, 1994…Daughter of Novio and Yoon Takeda…Has one brother, Ken.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

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Maja Barnouw Sophomore Seattle, Wash. Roosevelt High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as bow seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second and bow seat of the Open Four ‘B’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront, and bow seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First Varsity Eight, Second Varsity Eight, and First Varsity Four … finished the season in two seat of the First Varsity Four that placed third at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as four seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront, bow seat of the Championship Four at the Head of the Charles, and five seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Roosevelt High School…Won the state championship in soccer and earned All-City MVP for soccer in 2014…Honor roll student. PERSONAL: Maja F. Barnouw…Exploratory major…Born July 27, 1997…Daughter of Peter and Peggy Barnouw…Has one brother, Hayden.

Caroline Bemis Sophomore West Hartford, Conn. William H. Hall High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team.

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FALL 2016: Competed as coxswain of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of

2015-16: Competed as coxswain of the Second Varsity Eight. In the fall, competed as coxswain of the Open Four ‘B’ at the Head of the Riverfront, coxswain of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and coxswain of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended William H. Hall High School…Honor roll student…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Caroline FuRen Bemis…Environmental Science major…Born May 21, 1997…Daughter of Cynthia Bemis.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

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Taylor Bonadies Sophomore Tolland, Conn. Tolland High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as four seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and six seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight; finished the season in six seat at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as stroke of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Tolland High School…Earned eight varsity letters in soccer, track and tennis…Was a member of the All-Academic teams…Holds the record in the Class M Connecticut State Meet 4x800 meter relay…Honor roll student…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Taylor Nicole Bonadies…Exploratory major…Born on January 1, 1997…Daughter of Bryan and Colleen Bonadies…Has one sister, Brooke and two brothers, Jordan and Ethan.

Molly Bugos Sophomore Hartford, Conn. Conard High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Spent the fall season recovering from an injury. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First and Second Varsity Eights; finished the season in five seat of the Second Varsity Eight at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as bow seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and two seat of the Open Four ‘B’ at the Head of the Riverfront, stroke seat of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and stroke of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Conard High School…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the women’s rowing team…Honor roll student…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Molly Barbara Bugos…Business Management major…Born on July 30, 1997…Daughter of Mark and Lisa Bugos…Has two sisters, Grace and Annie.

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Madeline Farrell Sophomore Westbrook, Conn. Westbrook High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as coxswain of the Open Four ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront. 2015-16: Competed as coxswain of the Third Varsity and Novice Fours; finished the season as coxswain of the Third Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Westbrook High School…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the soccer, basketball, and track and field teams…Captain of the soccer team…Set the school record for pole vaulting … Member of the National Honor Society. PERSONAL: Madeline Catherine Farrell…Individualized major in Genetics and Psychological Development … Born on April 25, 1997…Daughter of Michael and Marie Farrell…Has one sister.

Molly Fitzpatrick Sophmore Sherman, Conn. New Fairfield High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as two seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended New Fairfield High School…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the crosscountry team and was team captain…Was SWC champion in 2015…All-Academic Team…SWC Leadership Award recipient in 2015…Also played lacrosse for three years…High honor roll student…National Honor Society member…UConn Academic Excellence Scholarship recipient. PERSONAL: Molly Ann Fitzpatrick…Biology major…Born on January 11, 1997…Daughter of Peer and Deirdre Fitzpatrick…Has two brothers, Jack and Ryan.

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Emily George Sophomore Laconia, N.H. St. Paul’s School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as three seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and two seat of the Open Four ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and four seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First and Second Varsity Fours; finished the season in bow seat of the Second Varsity Four at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as two seat of the Open Four ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront, and three seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended St. Paul’s School … Earned varsity letters as a member of the women’s rowing team … Graduated Magna Cum Laude. PERSONAL: Emily Ann George … Pre-Med, Physiology and Neurobiology major … Born on April 28, 1997 … Daughter of Charles and Heather George … Has three sisters; Katie, Molly and Sophie.

Sydney Gibbs Sophomore Kingston, Wash. Bainbridge High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as coxswain of the Open Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Riverfront and the Club Eight ‘A’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as coxswain of the First Varsity Four that placed third at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as coxswain of the Open Four ‘A’ at the Head of the Riverfront, coxswain of the Championship Four at the Head of the Charles, and coxswain of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Bainbridge High School…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the women’s rowing team…Came in 9th place at the 2014 U.S. Rowing Youth Nationals in the women’s lightweight eight… Earned varsity letters as a member of the women’s basketball team…Honor roll student Recipient of the Washington State Honors Award. PERSONAL: Sydney Mae Gibbs…Exploratory major…Born on May 7, 1997…Daughter of Shawn Gibbs.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

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Bridget Murphy Sophomore Weston, Conn. Weston High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as three seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second and three seat of the Open Four ‘B’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront, and three seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Second Varsity Eight and First Varsity Four; finished the season as stroke of the Second Varsity Eight at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as two seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront, two seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Charles, and seven seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won and two seat of the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Weston High School…Earned a second-place finish at the 2014 San Diego Crew Classic in the second varsity four ... Finished second in the second varsity eight and first in the second varsity four at the 2014 US Rowing Northeast Regional Championship ... Took home a bronze medal at the 2014 Head of the Charles Regatta in the varsity four ... Was third at the Women’s Pair U.S. Rowing Youth Nationals in 2015.

PERSONAL: Bridget Michelle Murphy…Economics major…Born August 20, 1997…Daughter of Greg and Michelle Murphy…Has one brother, James, and two sisters, Kathleen and Lizzy.

Micaela Nowacki Sophomore Sandy Hook, Conn. Newtown High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as bow seat of the Open Four ‘A’ that placed third at the Head of the Riverfront and two seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the First Varsity Four and Third Varsity Eight; finished the season as bow seat of the First Varsity Four that placed third at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as two seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Newtown High School … Earned varsity letters as a member of the track and field team…Selected to the All-Conference, All-State and All-New England teams…Captain of varsity squad… Named the MVP…Placed first in conference, second in state and sixth in New England in individual events… Member of the basketball and cross country teams as well…Member of the National Honor Society…Honored with the Scholar Athlete Award…Had a spot on the All-Conference Academic Team…Graduated in top 5% of class. PERSONAL: Micaela Marie Nowacki…Exercise Science major…Born on February 10, 1997…Daughter of David and Laura Nowacki…Has two brothers, John and Ben, and one sister, Sarah.

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Anna Puleo Sophmore Lebanon, Conn. Lyman Memorial High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as four seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Lyman Memorial High School in Lebanon, CT…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the tennis team…ECC First Team All-Star…Team was undefeated in regular season in 2014 and 2015…Qualified for State Open in 2014 and 2015…Earned three varsity letters as a member of the volleyball team…ECC First Team All-Star…Team won ECC Small Division Championship 2011-2014…Team was Class S State Championship Runner-Up in 2013…CIAC Scholar Athlete 2014-2015…Excellence in Academic Achievement Award for being in top 10 of class all four years. PERSONAL: Anna J Puleo…Accounting major…Born on August 31, 1997…Daughter of Steve and Regina Puleo…Has one brother, Russell.

Katherine Ratcliffe Sophomore Westport, Conn. Staples High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as two seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second and stroke of the Open Four ‘B’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront. 2015-16: Competed as five seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront, seven seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Charles, and six seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Staples High School…Earned varsity letters as a member of the women’s rowing team…Team was undefeated for three seasons…Won the 2015 Youth National Championship and 2014 Head of the Charles. PERSONAL: Katherine Ratcliffe…Communications major…Born on July 4, 1996…Daughter of Richard and Jennifer Ratcliffe…Has one sister, Imi.

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Madison Ready Sophmore Dunstable, Mass. Groton-Dunstable Regional High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team … a transfer from Bridgewater State University. FALL 2016: Was a member of the novice team. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Groton-Dunstable Regional High School in Groton, MA…Earned two varsity letters as a four-year member of the field hockey team…Earned the Coaches Award in senior year…Also played field hockey for the Granite State Elite club team…Earned a varsity letter as a member of the track and field team in freshman year…Ran the 400m, 4x400m, and competed in the long jump…Competed in district championship in 4x400m race. PERSONAL: Madison Leigh Ready…Allied Health Science major…Born on June 17, 1997…Daughter of Sean and Kellie Ready…Has one brother, Garrett.

Julia Schnelting Sophomore Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Staedtisches Maedchengymnasium Essen-Borbeck AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team … a transfer from Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. FALL 2016: Competed as four seat of the Open Eight ‘A’ that placed second and two seat of the Open Four ‘B’ that placed second at the Head of the Riverfront, two seat of the Club Four at the Head of the Charles, and six seat of the Championship Eight at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Staedt. Maedchengymnasium Essen-Borbeck in Essen, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany…Member of the rowing team…Won first place in North-Rhine Westphalia regional championship in 2014…Placed second in German Sprint Championships in 2014. PERSONAL: Julia Sophie Schnelting…Resource Economics major…Born on February 6, 1998…Daughter of Dieter and Barbara Schnelting…Has one sister, Linda.

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Lillian Whitmore Sophomore Ridgefield, Conn. Ridgefield High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team … a transfer from American University. FALL 2016: Competed as four seat of the Open Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront and the Club Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Ridgefield High School…Earned a varsity letter as a member of the cross country team and was team captain…Presidential Service Award recipient…Global Honors Scholar, American Literature Honors Scholar, Biblical and Mythological Allusions Honors Scholar…Mount Holyoke Book Award recipient…National Honor Society Member…National Society of High School Scholars member. PERSONAL: Lillian O’Neil Whitmore…Secondary Education major…Born on September 11, 1996…Daughter of James and Lee Whitmore…Has one sister, Grace.

Michela Zunino Sophomore Simsbury, Conn. Simsbury High School AT UCONN: Is in her second year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Spent the fall season recovering from an injury. 2015-16: Competed as a member of the Third Varsity Eight; finished the season as stroke at the American Athletic Conference Championship. In the fall, competed as seven seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront and four seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that won the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Simsbury High School…Earned three varsity letters as a member of the women’s rowing team…Was named most improved member of the team…Honor roll student. PERSONAL: Michela Celine Zunino…Psychology major…Born on June 21, 1997…Daughter of Mark and Rachel Zunino…Has one brother, Alexander.

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Meg Blundy-Jones Freshman Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia Geelong College AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended The Geelong College in Victoria, Australia … was a member of the rowing team and competed in the first eight … was vice captain of boats … also a member of the netball and tennis teams. PERSONAL: Meg Blundy-Jones…Human Rights major…Born on January 21, 1999…Daughter of Tracey Blundy and Greg Jones….Has one brother, Jesse, and one sister, Laura.

Maxime Braun Freshman Simsbury, Conn. Simsbury High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as two seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Simsbury High School…Earned three varsity letters as a member of the rowing team and was team captain…Was a member of the varsity eight that placed second at Connecticut Public Schools Championship and fourth at NEIRAs in 2015...Also earned four varsity letters as a member of the swim team and was team captain…Record holder for 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay…Honor roll student…National Honor Society member…Spanish Honor Society member…Earned the Simsbury Scholar Award in 2014. PERSONAL: Maxime A. Braun…Physiology and Neurobiology major…Born on November 25, 1997…Daughter of Marc and Nicole Braun…Has two brothers, Corben and Xavier.

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University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

Jordan Crinieri Freshman Newburgh, N.Y. Our Lady of Lourdes High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as coxswain of the Open Eight ‘C’ at the Head of the Riverfront. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, NY…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the rowing team…Was team MVP in 2013 and 2014…Lightweight eight placed third at New York Scholastic Championship in 2014…Coxed the women’s junior eight that won the Philadelphia Youth Regatta in 2015…Was rower of the year in 2015…Competed at Royal Canadian Henley and the Head of the Charles… Honor roll student…Principal’s Club member. PERSONAL: Jordan Dorothy Crinieri…Exploratory major…Born on July 24, 1998…Daughter of Jim and Danielle Crinieri…Has one brother, Andrew.

Kailey Crothers Freshman Topsfield, Mass. Masconomet Regional High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as five seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Masconomet Regional High School in Boxford, MA…Earned two varsity letters… Was a four-year member of the basketball team and was Agganis All-Star in 2015-16…Was a two-year member of the cross country team and a one-year member of the lacrosse team. PERSONAL: Kailey Marie Crothers…Management and Engineering for Manufacturing major…Born on December 12, 1997…Daughter of Patrick and Maurene Crothers.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

Eleanor Dowd Freshman Glastonbury, Conn. Glastonbury High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as stroke of the Open Eight ‘D’ and bow of the Novice Four at the Head of the Riverfront, and stroke of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters as a member of the rowing team…Was a member of the first varsity eight that placed first in the petite final at NEIRAs in 2016, third at state championship in 2015 and 2016, and third at Junior National Scholastic Regatta in 2016…Placed first in age division in 2015 Hartford Half Marathon… High honor roll student…AP scholar…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Eleanor J. Dowd…Nursing major…Born on April 28, 1998…Daughter of Jeffery Dowd and Jennifer Jalbert…Has one brother, Samuel.

Taylor Evangelista Freshman Halifax, Mass. Silver Lake Regional High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as four seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston, MA…Was a member of the soccer and basketball teams ...Honors student…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Taylor Nicole Evangelista…Allied Health Sciences major…Born on April 11, 1998…Daughter of Brian and Sheila Evangelista…Has one brother, Cameron.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

Kelly Finn Freshman Stamford, Conn. Westhill High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Was a member of the novice team. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Westhill High School in Stamford, CT…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the soccer team…Team was West Division champions in 2014…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the track team and was two-time captain…Was state Class LL qualifier and two-time FCIAC qualifier…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the lacrosse team…Was leading point scorer in junior year…Student-Athlete Award recipient in 2014…Wendy’s High School Heisman state qualifier…AP Scholar with Distinction… Syracuse University Book Award recipient…National Honor Society Vice President...UConn Day of Pride Scholarship Winner. PERSONAL: Kelly Tiffany Finn…Finance major with a minor in Environmental Economics and Policy…Born on October 24, 1998…Daughter of Thomas Jr. and Gloria Finn…Has one sister, Angela, and two brothers, Thomas and Dylan.

Anna Fowler Freshman Coalport, Pa. Glendale High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Was a member of the novice team. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Glendale Junior/Senior High School in Flinton, PA…Earned three varsity letters as a four-year member of the cheerleading team and was team captain…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the basketball team…Was rebound leader and assist leader…Team was Moshannon Valley League Champion in 2016…Earned three varsity letters as a member of the softball team…Was Defensive MVP in 2014 , MVP, ICC All Star in 2015 and 2016, Altoona Mirror Second Team in 2015, Progressland All Star in 2015 and 2016, and Broke the Home Run Record in 2016…Honor Roll Student…National Honor Society member… Dubois Business College Business Student of the Year Award recipient. PERSONAL: Anna Mary Fowler…Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences major…Born on November 26, 1997…Daughter of Dan and Beth Fowler…Has one brother, John.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

Dolores Kane Freshman Ridgefield, Conn. Ridgefield High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as bow seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Ridgefield High School…High honor roll student. PERSONAL: Dolores Anastazja Kane…Physiology and Neurobiology major…Born on March 10, 1998… Daughter of Edward and Rosa Kane…Has two sisters, Lina and Nell.

Lauren Knapp Freshman Trumbull, Conn. Trumbull High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as five seat of the Open Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront and six seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Schuylkill . HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Trumbull High School…Rowed for Great River Rowing and was team captain…Invited to and attended Women’s National Junior Sculling Selection camp…Honor roll student…Spanish Honor Society member…Tri-M Music Honor Society treasurer…National Honor Society member…Graduated in top 10% of class. PERSONAL: Lauren E. Knapp…Management and Engineering for Manufacturing major…Born on July 28, 1998…Daughter of John and Patricia Knapp…Has two sisters, Sarah and Erin.

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University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

Jenna Light Freshman Sutton, Mass. Sutton High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as three seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Sutton Memorial High School…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the cross country team and was two-time League All-Star...Team was league champion…Earned four letters as a member of the indoor track team and was team captain and four-time League All-Star…Team was fourtime league champion and two-time regional champion…All-Class Champion in 4x400…Two-time Coach’s Award recipient and Sportsmanship Award recipient…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the outdoor track team and was team captain and four-time League All-Star...Team was four-time league champion and regional champion…All-Class Champion in 4x400…Two-time Coach’s Award recipient…Earned one varsity letter as a member of the volleyball team…Team was regional champion…Honor roll student…Springfield College Book Award recipient. PERSONAL: Jenna Marie Light…Exploratory major…Born on February 25, 1998…Daughter of Daniel and Dawn Light…Has two brothers.

Kaitlyn May Freshman Simsbury, Conn. Simsbury High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as bow seat of the Open Eight ‘B’ and stroke of the Novice Four at the Head of the Riverfront, and seven seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Simsbury High School…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the rowing team… Was a member of the varsity eight all four years…Boat was CPSRA champions in 2014 and second in 2015 and 2016…Team was state champion in 2015 and 2016…Boat won first in the petite final at NEIRA in 2014, second in 2015, and third in 2016…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the swim team…200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay record holder for co-ed swim team in 2013 and 2014 as a freshman and sophomore…Four-time CCC All-Academic Team...Honor roll student…National Honor Society member…2016 Simsbury Rotary Club Athletic Scholar award recipient. PERSONAL: Kaitlyn Rose May...Nursing major…Born on January 4, 1998…Daughter of Laurie May…Has a sister, Olivia, and a twin sister, Alli.

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Delaney McGovern Freshman Gainesville, Fla. Homeschooled/Santa Fe College AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team.

the Schuylkill.

FALL 2016: Competed as six seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ and three seat of the Novice Four at the Head of the Riverfront, and five seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of

HIGH SCHOOL: Rowed for Gainesville Area Rowing…Junior Eight placed third in Florida State…Novice Four placed fifth in Southeast Region…Placed fifth overall as a novice in Varsity 500 meter erg and third in Novice 200m erg at Southern Sprints. PERSONAL: Delaney McGovern…Exploratory major…Born on May 5, 1998 … Daughter of Joseph and Prudence McGovern.

Ellen McNiff Freshman Braintree, Mass.. Braintree High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as seven seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Braintree High School…Earned two varsity letters as a four-year member of the volleyball team…Was BayState Conference second team All-Star in 2015…Team MVP…Earned a varsity letter as a member of the track team…Graduated in top 5 percent of class…Academic and Athletic Excellence Award recipient…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Ellen Ruth McNiff…Biomedical Engineering major…Born on November 12, 1997…Daughter of Kevin and Elizabeth McNiff…Has one brother, Bobby, and one sister, Rose.

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University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

Caroline Richman Freshman Minnetonka, Minn. Minnetonka High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as seven seat of the Open Eight ‘C’ and two seat of the Novice Four at the Head of the Riverfront, and bow seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Minnetonka High School…Member of the rowing team…Boat tied for first at the Head of the Mississippi in 2015…Placed first in Minnesota Powerpull in 2016…Placed in top 10 in event at DECA Internationals…Earned IB diploma…Earned two academic letters…Graduated Summa Cum Laude. PERSONAL: Caroline Kate Richman…Business major…Born on July 2, 1998…Daughter of Kurtt and Barb Richman…Has one sister, Katherine, and two brothers, Hayes and William.

Sara Tavakoli Freshman Glastonbury, Conn. Glastonbury High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Was a member of the novice team. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Glastonbury High School…Earned four varsity letters as a member of the rowing team and was two-time team captain…Placed third in First Varsity Eight at CPSRA and NSRA, and seventh at NEIRA in 2016…Hartwell Award for sportsmanship and leadership recipient…GHS Crew Spirit Award recipient…Placed seventh in age group in the 2015 Hartford Half Marathon…High honor roll student… CT Science Fair finalist in 2015…Lou Dakas Varsity Athlete Scholarship recipient…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Sara Tavakoli…Physiology and Neurobiology major…Born on September 26, 1998…Daughter of Shawn and Mina Tavakoli…Has one sister, Sheela.

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University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

Morgan Wicken Freshman Norwich, Conn. Ledyard High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as six seat of the Novice Eight ‘B’ at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Ledyard High School…Earned varsity letters as a member of the lacrosse team and was team captain…All-state second team…Super Juniors defensive alternate…Connecticut All-Star Team alternate…Earned varsity letters as a member of the swim team and was two-time team captain…Tri-M musical honor society secretary…National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Morgan Amber Wicken…Engineering and Spanish major…Born on June 1, 1998…Daughter of Shane and Dara Wicken…Has two sisters, Raagan and Baylee.

Emily Woodrow Freshman Ambler, Pa. Mount Saint Joseph Academy AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as coxswain of the Novice Four at the Head of the Riverfront and coxswain of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Flourtown, PA…Earned three varsity letters as a member of the rowing team. PERSONAL: Emily Catherine Woodrow…Business (Management) major…Born on May 19, 1998…Daughter of Tim and Michele Woodrow…Has two sisters, Lauren and Julia.

2016-17 UConn Rowing

University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

Erika Yao Freshman Trumbull, Conn. Trumbull High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as coxswain of the Open Eight ‘D’ at the Head of the Riverfront. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Trumbull High School…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the rowing team... High honor roll student. PERSONAL: Erika Chenfon Yao…Environmental Science major…Born on August 12, 1998…Daughter of Michael and Allison Yao…Has two brothers, Andrew and Matthew.

Megan Zindell Freshman New Milford, Conn. New Milford High School AT UCONN: Is in her first year as a member of the team. FALL 2016: Competed as three seat of the Novice Eight ‘A’ that placed second at the Head of the Schuylkill. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended New Milford High School…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the field hockey team…Was all-academic…Earned two varsity letters as a member of the lacrosse team. PERSONAL: Megan Louise Zindell…Engineering major…Born on October 22, 1998…Daughter of Joseph and Renée Zindell.

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University of Connecticut 2016-17 University of Connecticut Rowing

All Time UConn Rowing Roster Aekus, Natasha 2009-10 Alvarado, Anna 2014-16 Andersen, Erin 2003-07 Anderson, Kaitlin 2012-14 Angell, Kylie 2008-10 Armas, Tiffany 2011-12 Atkins, Heather 1998-02 Babbitt, Karen 1998-02 Baez, Ruthy 2011-12 Baird, Kervelle 2015-present Bajguz, Dominika 2011-14 Baker, Caroline 2000-04 Barnouw, Maja 2015-present Barrett, Adrienne 2009-13 Bartie, Erin 2002-06 Basior, Allison 1997-98 Batcho, Megan 1997-98 Beasley, Kathleen 2004-08 Beasley, Kristen 2006-10 Beckwith, Abbey 2002-04 Beebe, Cathryn 2012-13 Bemis, Caroline 2015-present Berkley, Erin 2000-01 Bernard, Elizabeth 2008-09 Berner, Jessica 2011-13 Berriker, Rachel 2002-03 Berry, Molly 2005-06 Berube, Claire 2006-07 Bey, Madeline 2004-08 Black, Christine 2015-present Blaicher, Dana 2011-12 Blaschke, Alicia 1998-99 Blood, Briana 2000-04 Biggs, Apriel 1997-98 Bonadies, Taylor 2015-present Bond, Samantha 2002-04 Boudreau, Kate 2014-present Brant, Hayley 2015-present Braun, Maxime 2016-present Brazauskas, Katherine 2003-04 Bryant, Stephanie 2005-08 Bucher, Kathryn 2000-01 Bugos, Molly 2015-present Burness, Ashley 2009-10 Burton, Leslie 2000-03 Cabrey, Deanna 2009-12 Cairns, Alicia 2006-07 Calabro, Rachel 2015-16 Calhoun, Robin 2007-08 Calise, Julia 2013-15 Calzone, Kylie 2006-08 Cannon, Heather 2002-06 Carlone, Natalie 2010-14 Caron, Bethany 2003-05

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Carter, Lauren 2002-03 Chaloux, Danielle 2013-14 Chaloux, Nicole 2016-present Chames, Jessica 2008-12 Champ, Caitlin 2004-05 Chan, Lauren 2004-07 Chartier, Elizabeth 1997-00 Chernak, Jennifer 1999-00 Chesser, Deborah 2006-07 Chivers, Stephanie 2002-06 Cizik, Adrienne 2002-04 Clarke, Kaitlyn 2009-12 Colello, Lauren 2004-05 Collado, Norelis 2014-present Collins, Amanda 2009-10 Collins, Kathryn 2000-02 Comstock, Jenifer 1999-00 Congdon, Rebecca 1999-03 Connolly, Sarah 2002-03 Conrad, Brenna 2013-16 Cooley, Jennifer 1999-03 Cooper, Madeline 2014-15 Corbeil, Stefanie 2002-03 Cosgrove, Elizabeth 1999-00 Cosker, Laurie 1998-99 Cote, Allison 2007-08 CotĂŠ, Amanda 2007-11 Cotter, Christina 2002-06 Coults, Alexandra 2012-16 Cournoyer, Grace 2011-13 Cournoyer, Tess 2011-13 Cox, Shannon 2014-present Crinieri, Jordan 2016-present Crispino, Amber 2011-13 Crothers, Kailey 2016-present Crowley, Kate 1999-03 Cruz, Ashley 2002-04 Curesky, Kimberly 1998-99 Czupi, Sylvia 2007-10 Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Anna, Kali 2000-01 Dahlstrom, Kristy 2000-04 Dargie, Elizabeth 2006-08 Davies, Brynne 2006-07 Davis, Elaine 1998-00 Dawless, Courtney 2014-present DeCambra, Nicole 2001-05 Decher, Nora 1999-02 Dell, Cortney 1997-99 De Los Santos, Jeanelle 2016-present DeMarco, Lauren 2005-06 DePoi, Brittany 2009-13 Devonshuk, Katie 2002-06 Diamanti, Daniela 1999-00 Dineen, Kimberly 2014-15

Dobbins, Kathryn 2004-07 Dombek, Gabriella 2016-present Donahue, Danielle 2010-11 Donnelly, Danielle 2010-12 Donoho, Kendell 1998-02 Donovan, Katelyn 2007-08 Doolittle, Andriel 2008-12 Dorsey, Monica 2012-13 Dowd, Eleanor 2016-present Draper, Isabella 2007-08 Druehl, Victoria 2010-12 Durham, Olivia 2013-14 Dusault, Lynn 2007-08 Duva, Megan 2012-16 Dwyer, Heather 2005-08 Dwyer, Kelly 2005-07 Eberson, Ashley 2001-02 Edreira, Rosanna 2008-09 Edwards, Tracy 2002-03 Eelman, Elizabeth 1997-99 Efthimiou, Efmorfia 2007-11 Eklund, Jane 2014-15 Elmo, Alison 2002-06 Esposito, Kristen 2015-16 Evangelista, Taylor 2016-present Famiglietti, Lyn 1999-00 Farrell, Madeline 2015-present Fecko, Lindsey 2014-15 Fedoruk, Kristina 1998-02 Fellows, Johnna 1999-00 Fennell, Sarah 2005-06 Fernald, Kathleen 1999-00 Ferrick, Heather 2002-05 Fetteroll, Anna 2013-15 Filipek, Diana 2008-12 Finn, Kelly 2016-present Fitzpatrick, Molly 2016-present Flatley, Elizabeth 2008-09 Flood, Cailtin 2006-07 Flora, Leslie Ann 2002-03 Flynn, Jennifer 2000-03 Foote, Kristie 2003-04 Forman, Kara 2004-06 Fowler, Anna 2016-present Fowler, Mary 2009-10 Freeland, Mackenzie 2013-14 Fudge, Abigail 2015-16 Fuller, Cady 1998-02 Fuller, Kelly 2010-11 Galloway, Allison 2000-01 Galpin, Michelle 1997-98 Garges, Kali 2003-07 Gauger, Mara 2009-13 Gates, Heather 2005-08

George, Emily Gerlando, Alyssa Gibbs, Sydney Gillen, Kimberley Gilletti, Heather Gilnack, Laura Glomb, Elizabeth Gold, Abbie Grauer, Brooke

2015-present 2000-02 2015-present 2012-14 1997-99 2004-05 2001-05 2001-02 2002-06 Greatsinger, Katelin 2013-14 Grunske, Sara 1999-00 Gryszkiewicz, Diana 2011-15 Haddad, Dana 2008-10 Haggett, Mary Grace 2008-12 Hammeke, Taylor 2012-13 Hands, Alexis 2001-02 Hanson, Mae 2014-present Harrington, Kristen 2012-13 Harrington, Tracy 1998-99 Harsley, Elizabeth 2006-10 Hart, Sabine 1997-00 Held, Rachael 2004-05 Hemphill, Bethany 1998-99 Henry, Havalee 1997-01 Henry, Nicole 2011-12 Henwood, Ursula 2001-05 Hill, Alexandra 2014-present Hipplewitz, Rachel 2010-11 Hoagland, Margaret 2007-08 Hodgkins, Amy 1998-99 Hoige, Taylor 2007-10 Hope, Jodi 2001-05 Hopson, Alyssa 2012-16 Hudkins, Kristin 1998-99 Hudson, Mikayla 2012-16 Huffman, Melissa 1999-01 Hughes, Kathryn 2011-15 Humphrey, Louise 1999-00 Jacobson, Jennifer 2013-14 Joly, Courtney 2000-03 Joseph, Enolda 2011-13 Joubert, Kristan 2005-06 Judge, Carolyn 2009-10 Jureller, Kate 2004-06 Kalinauskas, Ashley 2008-11 Kane, Dolores 2016-present Karotkin, Lena 2015-present Kasok, Sarah 2000-01 Kelley, Audrey 2012-16 Kelley, Charlotte 2010-14 Kenneson, Heather 1998-99

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All Time UConn Rowing Roster Kennison, Claire 2013-15 Kessler, Amy 2008-09 Kielty, Megan 2006-07 Kimball, Meghan 2000-01 Kish, Grace 1998-00 Knapp, Lauren 2016-present Koether, Brittany 2007-08 Kohanski, Kendra 2011-13 Konstantino, Julie 2006-09 Koreiwo, Jamie 2000-03 Kronschnabel, Kiersten 2013-15 LaChance, Gabrielle 2003-07 Laidlaw, Nikoline 2014-16 Lally, Meghan 2012-13 Lamothe, Stephanie 2006-07 Landon, Meghan 1998-99 Laptew, Jennifer 2001-02 Laska, Allison 2014-15 Laska, Kelly 2014-15 Lassow, Avital 2010-11 Latona, Christine 2012-15 Laughery, Charisse 2007-08 Lavrentios, Katherine 2014-present Lee, Elaine 1999-02 Legere, Stephanie 2002-03 Les, Katherine 2005-09 Levitsky, Rachel 1999-00 Levy, Rebecca 2000-01 Light, Jenna 2016-present Likar, Rebecca 2006-10 Littlewood, Elizabeth 2007-11 Litty, Amanda 2011-15 Lowry, Abigail 2010-14 Mackay, Lindsay 2006-07 MacKenzie, Lauren 1997-01 Macko, Kelly 2009-10 Mahan, Kellyn 2005-06 Mairson, Samantha 2014-15 Malinn, Meredith 2009-10 Mangual, Maria 1997-98 Martin, Jessica 1999-00 Masopust, Leah 2006-10 May, Kaitlyn 2016-present Mazur, Sierra 2014-present McCabe, Casey 2002-03 McCann, Kaitlyn 2013-14 McCarthy, Meghan 2009-10 McCormick, Elise 2011-15 McDonough, Kayte 2002-03 McGary, Kelly 2004-07 McGovern, Delaney 2016-present McGunnigle, Katherine 1997-98 McNiff, Ellen 2016-present

McQuoid, Megan 2000-01 Medina, Sofia 2007-08 Meisinger, Caitlin 2004-06 Migliorini, Alyssa 2014-15 Minor, Marissa 2012-14 Mirabile, Courtney 1998-99 Mocko, Kerri 2003-07 Mohr, Christine 1997-98 Mokwuah, Chisom 2013-16 Moravek, Cherilyn 1997-99 Morel, Kate 1999-03 Mosure, Sarah 2013-14 Motowidlo, Cara 2002-04 Motta, Jessica 2009-11 Mounce, Erin 2010-14 Muhammad, Ayesha 2002-03 Mulligan, Tracy 2001-04 Murphy, Bridget 2015-present Murphy, Kelly 2006-07 Mrazik, MaryKate 1999-00 Nelson, Sara 2014-present Nishino, Emiko 2011-13 Nolan, Theresa 2006-09 Norman, Sarah 2013-present Norris, Heather 2013-16 Nowacki, Micaela 2015-present Nystrom, Ellen 1997-99 O’Connor, Katie 1999-00 O’Connor, Kathryn 1999-01 O’Doherty, Meaghan 2003-04 Off, Abigail 2001-05 Omasta, Melissa 1998-99 O’Rourke, Shannon 2002-04 Ortuso, Jackie 2007-08 Ottone, Cori 1997-98 Owoye, Sade 2006-07 Panosky, Jennifer 2011-13 Park, Sage 1997-98 Parker, Monica 2004-08 Parsons, Freida 2013-15 Patros, Kellyn 2011-12 Pence, Taylor 2007-08 Percy, Hayley 2006-08 Perez, Shayla 2016-present Person, Katelynn 2012-14 Peterson, Whitney 2004-06 Phoenix, Nicole 2002-04 Pfisterer, Lydia 2015-16 Pikor, Michelle 1999-02 Pirsig, Meghan 2012-13 Poff, Laura 2010-11 Porzio, Taryn 2002-04 Potter, Megan 2016-present

Powers, Emily Powers, Kyana

2012-16 2011-12 Pszczolkowski, Briana 1999-00 Puleo, Anna 2016-present Raetz, Kimberly 2004-06 Ramirez, Diana 2008-09 Rand, Michelle 2016-present Rapp, Nicole 2003-07 Ratcliffe, Katherine 2015-present Rauscher, Kathryn 2006-10 Rauss, Kate 1999-00 Ready, Madison 2016-present Reardon, Cara 2002-03 Reilly, Nicole 1998-00 Reinold, Brittanie 2008-12 Reynolds, Jennifer 2006-10 Richman, Caroline 2016-present Riester, Mollie 2007-08 Riley, Katharine 1997-99 Robenhymer, Katherine 1997-00

Roberge, Olivia Robinson, Amy Rogers, Jennifer Rosa, Hailey Ross, Jaclyn Roth, Julia

2014-15 2015-present 2002-05 2007-09 2001-02 2011-14 Rubenstein, Renee 2007-08 Ruddy, Emily 2013-14 Ruggiero, Michelle 1997-00 Rule, Sarah 2000-02 Ryan, Beth 2010-11 Salai, Victoria 2016-present Salcius, Rhiannon 1998-02 Salmonsen, Hanna 2014-15 Sandusky, Nicole 2011-12 Sanon, Manouchka 2007-08 Santos, Jessica 2014-15 Sarant, Elizabeth 2009-13 Scafariello, Melissa 2000-03 Schipani, Olivia 2013-14 Schnelting, Julia 2016-present Schramm, Brittany 2007-08 Seder, Jennifer 2005-07 Setevage, Kristen 1999-00 Sevick, Michael-Ann 2007-10 Shakley, Brittany 2012-13 Sharabun, Myra 2011-12 Sharpe, Alyssa 2002-04 Sherman-Golembeski, Arielle 2013-present Shiely, Arielle 2004-07 Shimono, Pamela 1999-00 Sibley, Amanda 2008-12

Siegman, Caitlyn 2015-16 Signor, Rachel 2014-present Siracusa, Katherin 2008-09 Smey, Laura 1998-01 Smith, Erica 2013-14 Smith, Jennifer 1997-98 Smith, Julie 2005-06 Smith, Megan 1998-99 Snajder, Kathleen 2013-15 Sokolich, Jenna 2002-03 Solovyova, Olga 2005-08 Soucie, Hanna 2013-14 Soucie, Melissa 2009-13 Spagnoli, Tina 2002-05 Sponza, Holly 2011-12 Squire, Audrey 2007-11 Starzecki, Teresa 2011-15 Stathers, Michelle 2003-07 Steffen, Rosie 2009-10 Steinnecker, Amanda 2000-02 Stern, Gretchen 2007-11 Stevens, Kathryn 2015-present Stevens, Peri 2012-14 Stokes, Bethany 2009-10 Strizzi, Jenna 2002-03 Sullivan, AnnaMarie 2012-13 Sullivan, Melissa 1997-98 Surkis, Julia 2013-14 Sutherland, Lindsay 2009-10 Swallow, Caitlin 2011-13 Sweeney, Kirstin 1998-99 Sweeney, Nicki 2002-03 Takeda, Jun 2015-present Tape, Brandi 2002-03 Tavakoli, Sara 2016-present Taylor, Jana 1998-99 Terrill, Anna 2012-13 Themig, April 1997-98 Thieling, Karen 1997-01 Thurner, Allison 1997-98 Tibbetts, Julie 2007-08 Tomasco, Elizabeth 2011-15 Tomeo, Kristen 1997-98 Torkelson, Aleksandra 2014-15 Travis, Amanda 2007-08 Trevisani, Sara 2008-12 Tubbs, Nicole 1998-99 Ullinger, Haley 2011-15 Ullinger, Katie 2014-present Urcinas, Elizabeth 2002-03 Valyo, Allison 2011-12 Vance, Kelly 1997-98

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All Time UConn Rowing Roster Varanelli, Stephanie 2012-15

Viner, Abigail 2011-15 Visentin, Katie 2009-12 Voorhees, Valerie 2002-06 Walters, Madelyn 2010-11 Walters, Mai 2013-16 Warhola, Tracy 1999-00 Weber, Kimberly 2007-11 Webster, Laura 2012-16 Weiss, Amyra 1999-00 Weiss, Brittany 2007-08 West, Ashley 2010-14 Wheatley, Katherine 2013-present Wheeler, Tegan 2002-04 Whitmore, Lillian 2016-present Wicken, Morgan 2016-present Wiles-Lafayette, Hillary 2009-13 Willhoft, Sarah 2006-10 Williams, Kathryn 1998-99 Williams, Mary Ann 1997-98 Wilson, Emily 2012-13 Winslow, Virginia 2005-06 Woodrow, Emily 2016-present Worthington, Christy 1997-98 Wrana, Kristy 2011-13 Wrubel, Danielle 2013-14 Yamamoto, Linda 1999-00 Yao, Erika 2016-present Yolen, Laura 2004-05 Youkhaneh, Shamira 1998-99 Zabel, Chelsea 2010-14 Zindell, Megan 2016-present Zoppa, Allyson 2004-08 Zunino, Michela 2015-present

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All Time UConn Rowing Statistics Championship Bests American Athletic Conference (2014-present) Boat: Year Place Team 2014 Third 1st Varsity 8+ 2014 Third 2nd Varsity 8+ 2014 Third 1st Varsity 4+ 2016 Third 2nd Varsity 4+ 2015 Fourth 3rd Varsity 8+ 2015 Second 3rd Varsity 4+ 2015 Third Big East Conference (2001-2013) Boat Year Place Team 2005 Fourth 1st Varsity 8+ 2005, 08 Fifth 2nd Varsity 8+ 2005 Third 1st Varsity 4+ 2013 Fourth 2nd Varsity 4+ 2006 Second 3rd Varsity 8+ 2012 Third 3rd Varsity 4+ 2012 Second Novice 8+ 2010 Second Novice 4+ 2010 Third* 2nd Novice 8+ 2004 Third *Also finished third in 2001 and 2005.

Year-By-Year Final Team Standings 2016: May 14: Lake Natoma, Sacramento, CA 1. Central Florida 213 2. Tulsa 183 3. Temple 149 4. Sacramento State 141 5. San Diego State 128 6. UConn 101 7. SMU 48

2011: May 1: Mercer Lake, West Windsor, NJ 1. Notre Dame 114 2. Louisville 109 3. Georgetown 95 4. Syracuse 73 5. UConn 65 6. Rutgers 59 7. West Virginia 54 8. Villanova 32

2015: May 17: Mercer Lake, West Windsor, NJ 1. Central Florida 198 2. Tulsa 189 3. Sacramento State 160 4. Temple 107 5. SMU 91 6. San Diego State 88 7. UConn 70 8. Villanova 52

2010: April 25: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA 1. Notre Dame 121 2. Georgetown 93 3. Syracuse 84 4. Louisville 80 5. UConn 70 6. West Virginia 63 7. Rutgers 54 8. Villanova 36

2014: May 18: Mercer Lake, West Windsor, NJ 1. Louisville 158 2. Central Florida 136 3. UConn 111 4. Temple 109 5. Rutgers 101 6. Villanova 69 7. SMU 52 2013: May 19: Mercer Lake, West Windsor, NJ 1. Notre Dame 151 2. Louisville 129 3. Syracuse 128 4. Rutgers 94 5. Georgetown 85 6. UConn 82 7. Villanova 56 2012: May 13: Mercer Lake, West Windsor, NJ 1. Notre Dame 111 2. Syracuse 97 3. Louisville 87 4. Georgetown 69 5. UConn 60 6. Rutgers 55 7. West Virginia 54 8. Villanova 30

2009: April 25: Cooper River, Camden, NJ 1. Notre Dame 112 2. Syracuse 97 3. Louisville 92 4. Georgetown 85 5. Rutgers 56 6. UConn 52 7. Villanova 46 8. West Virginia 38 2008: April 27: Melton Lake, Oak Ridge, TN 1. Notre Dame 123 2. Louisville 105 3. Syracuse 92 4. Georgetown 85 5. Rutgers 67 6. UConn 64 7. Villanova 44

West Virginia

2007: April 29: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA 1. Notre Dame 118 2. Louisville 101 3. Syracuse 101 4. Cincinnati 69 5. Rutgers 66 6. UConn 66 7. Georgetown 34 8. Villanova 29 9. West Virginia 29

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All Time UConn Rowing Statistics 2006: April 30: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA 1. Notre Dame 122 2. Louisville 103 3. Syracuse 76 4. Rutgers 73 5. UConn 63 6. Cincinnati 62 7. Georgetown 47 8. Villanova 45 9. West Virginia 21

2002: April 28: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA 1. Syracuse 117 2. Notre Dame 109 3. Boston College 87 4. Georgetown 67 5. Rutgers 64 6. Miami 61 7. Villanova 49 8. UConn 47 9. West Virginia 20

2005: April 24: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA 1. Notre Dame 116 2. Boston College 92 3. Rutgers 90 4. UConn 76 5. Syracuse 75 6. Georgetown 45 7. Villanova 44 8. West Virginia 40

2001: April 29: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA 1. Syracuse 107 2. Notre Dame 93 3. Rutgers 79 4. Boston College 75 5. Georgetown 74 6. Miami 57 7. Villanova 54 8. UConn 42 9. West Virginia 28

2004: April 25: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA 1. Notre Dame 116 2. Miami 92 3. Syracuse 82 4. Rutgers 74 5. Georgetown 73 6. Boston College 70 7. UConn 46 8. Villanova 40 9. West Virginia 31 2003: April 27: Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA 1. Syracuse 112 2. Notre Dame 110 3. Rutgers 89 4. Boston College 77 5. Georgetown 69 6. Miami 64 7. West Virginia 52 8. Villanova 47 9. UConn 41

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All Time UConn Rowing Statistics Year-By-Year Finishes By Boat 1st Varsity 8+ Year Place 2016 Sixth/7 2015 Eighth/8 2014 Third/7 2013 Sixth/7 2012 Seventh/8 2011 Seventh/8 2010 Sixth/8 2009 Sixth/8 2008 Fifth/6 2007 Sixth/9 2006 Sixth/9 2005 Fifth/6 2004 Eighth/9 2003 Ninth/9 2002 Eighth/9 2001 Eighth/9 2nd Varsity 8+ 2016 Sixth/7 2015 Fifth/8 2014 Third/7 2013 Sixth/7 2012 Fourth/8 2011 Fifth/8 2010 Sixth/8 2009 Fourth/8 2008 Sixth/6 2007 Sixth/6 2006 Fifth/6 2005 Third/5 2004 Seventh/9 2003 Ninth/9 2002 Fifth/8 2001 Seventh/8 1st Varsity 4+ 2016 Third/7 2015 Seventh/8 2014 Fifth/6 2013 Fourth/7 2012 Fifth/8 2011 Fifth/8 2010 Sixth/7 2009 Seventh/8 2008 Sixth/6 2007 Sixth/9 2006 Eighth/8 2005 Sixth/6 2004 Fifth/8

2nd Varsity 4+ 2016 Fifth/6 2015 Fourth/8 2014 Sixth/6 2013 Fourth/4 2012 Fifth/5 2011 Fifth/5 2010 Fourth/5 2008 Sixth/6 2007 Fifth/5 2006 Second/5 3rd Varsity 8+ 2016 Fourth/6 2015 Second/4 2014 Fifth/5 2013 Fourth/5 2012 Third/4 2011 Fourth/6 Novice 8+ 2010 Second/7 2009 Seventh/8 2008 Sixth/6 2007 Third/8 2006 Sixth/6 2005 Third/6 2004 Sixth/8 2003 Fourth/9 2002 Seventh/9 2001 Sixth/8

All-American Athletic Conference First Team 2016 Laura Webster 2015 Kathryn Hughes 2014 Charlotte Kelley All-American Athletic Conference Second Team 2016 Emily Powers 2014 Natalie Carlone, Erin Mounce All-Big East Conference First Team 2013 Julia Roth 2012 Mary Grace Haggett 2011 Brittany DePoi 2010 Gretchen Stern All-Big East Conference Second Team 2013 Kendra Kohanski 2012 Andriel Doolittle 2011 Hillary Wiles-Lafayette 2010 Sarah Willhoft

2nd Novice 8+ 2004 Third/3 2003 Sixth/6 3rd Varsity 4+ 2016 Sixth/6 2015 Third/4 2014 Fifth/5 2012 Second/3 Novice 4+ 2010 Third/4 2005 Third/3 2002 Fifth/5 2001 Third/6

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he UConn rowing team has been a regular Miami Beach visitor since taking its first South Florida training trip in January 1999. Since 2006, the team has made two Miami Beach trips each season – once in January during winter break, then again in March during spring break. The winter break trip is strictly training, while the spring break trip includes both training and racing. The Huskies typically open their spring racing season against the hometown Miami Hurricanes. The team’s home base in Miami is the Ronald W. Shane Center on scenic Indian Creek. The “creek”, actually a large protected waterway, leads into several canals and the Biscayne Bay, allowing for miles of rowing in all directions. “I can’t think of a better place to bring the team for winter rowing than Miami,” says UConn head coach Jennifer Wendry. “We can always count on warm temperatures, and given the amount of water access there, we can always find good water to practice on. The Shane Watersport Center is a well run training facility that has been very hospitable to us year after year. Having the opportunity to race the Miami Hurricanes in March, in addition to scrimmaging other collegiate teams that train there, completes the experience.”

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COACHES AWARD

THE HUSKY AWARD An award voted on by teammates for qualities of leadership, friendship and dedication Arielle Sherman-Golembeski 2016 Diana Gryszkiewicz 2015 Natalie Carlone 2014 Brittany DePoi 2013 Kaitlyn Clarke 2012 Lizzie Littlewood 2011 Rebecca Likar 2010 Leah Masopust 2009 Monica Parker 2008 Katie Beasley 2007 Stephanie Chivers 2006 Jodi Hope 2005 Tracy Mulligan 2004 Courtney Joly 2003 Kendell Donoho 2002 Karen Thieling 2001 Sabine Hart 2000 Michelle Ruggiero 2000 Meg Smith 1999 Jen Smith 1998 \

TEAM CAPTAINS Alyssa Hopson Audrey Kelley Diana Gryszkiewicz Elise McCormick Haley Ullinger Natalie Carlone Chelsea Zabel Natalie Carlone Caitlin Swallow Kaitlyn Clarke Andriel Doolittle

2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2013 2013 2012 2012

Morfia Efthimiou Gretchen Stern Kim Weber Kristen Beasley Leah Masopust Katie Rauscher Kathy Les Julie Konstantino Leah Masopust Katie Beasley Monica Parker Allyson Zoppa Katie Beasley Kerri Mocko Nicole Rapp Stephanie Chivers Valerie Voorhees Jodi Hope Ursula Henwood Caroline Baker Briana Blood Kristy Dahlstrom Kate Crowley Kate Morel Karen Babbitt Cady Fuller Michelle Pikor Cady Fuller Karen Theiling Sabine Hart Karen Theiling Heather Gilletti Sabine Hart Megan Batcho Heather Gilletti

2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2000 2000 1999 1999 1998 1998

Mikayla Hudson 2016 Chi Mokwuah 2016 Teresa Starzecki 2015 Class of 2014 2014 Melissa Soucie 2013 Andriel Dootlittle 2012 Class of 2011 2011 Sarah Willhoft 2010 Mikey Sevick 2009 Allyson Zoppa 2008 Gabbey LaChance 2007 Alison Elmo 2006 Abbey Off 2005 Briana Blood 2004 Kate Crowley 2003 Kendell Donoho 2002 Nora Decher 2001

DRIVE AWARD An award given to the student-athlete who excelled in winter training Emily Powers Haley Ullinger Mikayla Hudson Kendra Kohanski Ashley West Lizzie Littlewood Gretchen Stern Kathy Les Kathy Les Kathy Les Kerri Mocko Ursula Henwood Tracy Mulligan Caroline Baker Jodi Hope Courtney Joly

2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2003 2003

Cumulative Academic Achievement (As of Spring 2016) Over a 3.0 GPA Katherine Wheatley Kervelle Baird Maja Barnouw Hayley Brant Emily George Alexandra Hill Sierra Mazur Sara Nelson Sarah Norman Lydia Pfisterer Arielle Sherman-Golembeski Jun Takeda Katie Ullinger

3.5 or Higher GPA Abigail Fudge Taylor Bonadies Madeline Farrell Molly Bugos Amy Robinson Rachel Calabro Kate Boudreau Katie Stevens Shannon Cox Micaela Nowacki

Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-Region Team Laura Webster 2014 1st Team All-Central Julia Roth 2013 2nd Team All-New England

Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National New England Region ScholarAthlete Brenna Conrad 2015 Kate Hughes 2015 Kathleen Snajder 2015 Charlotte Kelley 2014 Julia Roth 2014 Chelsea Zabel 2014 Adrienne Barrett 2013 Kate Hughes 2013 Charlotte Kelley 2013 Julia Roth 2013 Ashley West 2013 HillaryWiles-Lafayette 2013 Adrienne Barrett 2012 Kaitlyn Clarke 2012 Charlotte Kelley 2012 Brittanie Reinold 2012 Sara Trevisani 2012 Ashley West 2012 HillaryWiles-Lafayette 2012

American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award Kate Hughes 2015 Julia Roth 2014

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Sport Performance Chris West is currently the Associate Head Coach for Strength and Conditioning at the University of Connecticut working directly with men’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer and rowing. Prior to his appointment at University of Connecticut he served as an Athletic Trainer at Saint Louis University and was later appointed as Strength and Conditioning Coordinator. Coach West also has experience serving strength and conditioning and athletic training internships with the Oakland Raiders and Los Angeles Kings and a graduate assistantship with the Seattle Seahawks. West earned his Bachelor’s Degree from California State University at Long Beach in Physical Education and Masters Degree in Exercise and Movement Science from the University of Oregon. Coach West has held certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association as Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, the National Athletic Training Association as a Certified Athletic Trainer, and the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Performance Enhancement Specialist.

Counseling Program For Intercollegiate Athletes

Athletic Training Andrew Landry, an Assistant Athletic Trainer at UConn, works with the rowing team on every day health and wellness concerns at practice and during races. He has worked at UConn since September of 2015. Prior to his time in Storrs, Landry was an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Gardner Webb University from 2013-15 with men’s soccer and wrestling. From 2011-13, he was at Syracuse working as a graduate assistant with field hockey and men’s soccer. Landry graduated from Catawba College in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training. Following his graduation, he worked at Presbyterian College with the football and softball teams.

In 2013, he earned a master’s in exercise science from Syracuse Rebecca Bacher has been a counselor in the Counseling Program University. Landry is originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. for Intercollegiate Athletes since October of 2002, working primarily with the men’s soccer, men’s ice hockey, men’s golf and women’s rowing teams. Prior to joining the staff at CPIA, Bacher was an assistant registrar at UConn, having served in the role of degree audit and NCAA certification since February of 1998. Becky spent time at the University of Utah and the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in similar roles before coming to Connecticut. A native of Massachusetts, she earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts in sport management in 1994 and her master’s degree in higher education administration from UConn in May 2001

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Rowing team members spend time volunteering with local elementary schools.

Kate Hughes, former rowing team member and graduate of 2015, reads to students at the Hebron Elementary School.

The University of Connecticut Division of Athletics believes that the responsibilities of student-athletes reach beyond the classrooms, libraries, field and courts. Community service is an integral part of the UConn experience as Husky student-athletes contribute countless hours each year to a number of worthy causes. Much of this community service is coordinated through the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. The Committee consists of representatives from each of UConnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intercollegiate teams. In addition to community service, the SAAC promotes fellowship and camaraderie between student-athletes from different sports. The UConn rowing team has a long tradition of being involved in SAAC and performing community service. The rowing team is one of the highest represented teams in SAAC, usually having over half the team participating in various events. This year, rowers have helped with food, coat, and toy drives, and have also spent time reading in elementary school classrooms. Members of the rowing team are also involved in the Goal Line program that works with East Hartford Middle School girls. Most recently, the rowing team took on a community service project of its own. Each student-athlete raised money for the Jump Rope for Heart program and spent time jump roping with children from Coventry Grammar School.

Members of the UConn rowing team work with student-athletes from other sports to gather toys and books from drives at Husky basketball games.

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The University of Connecticut

he University of Connecticut is a national leader among public research universities, with students pursuing answers to critical questions in labs, lecture halls, and the community. UConn’s campuses, where more than 30,000 students are enrolled in over 100 undergraduate majors and 86 graduate fields of study, are situated in prime locations between New York and Boston. In recent years, the University has been busy racking up high-profile nods from organizations like U.S. News & World Report for the quality of its education and initiatives. UConn’s main campus in Storrs is admitting the highest-achieving freshmen in University history. Student diversity continues to increase, as does the number of honors students, valedictorians, and salutatorians who consistently make UConn their top choice. The rise of the University over the last two decades has been astounding, as UConn achieves new heights of academic success – doubling research grants, attracting top students, and offering programs that continue to grow in prestige. Next Generation Connecticut, an unprecedented investment by the State of Connecticut, demonstrates UConn’s commitment to comprehensive research and education and ensures that we attract internationally renowned faculty and the world’s brightest students. These scholars enrich the University’s expertise in areas like environmental stability, digital media, science and engineering, language and culture, and health. With annual research expenditures in excess of $200 million, collaborative research is carried out within the departments of our 14 schools and colleges and at our more than 100 research centers and institutes. UConn offers distinct value to industry with an increasing volume of commercially viable innovations as the University transforms itself through research facilities and faculty in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields. A tradition of coaching winning athletes ensures UConn is a standout in Division I sports and fuels our academic spirit. As a vibrant, progressive leader, UConn fosters a diverse and dynamic culture that meets the challenges of a changing global society.

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PRESIDENT

SUSAN HERBST S

usan Herbst was appointed as the 15th President of the University of Connecticut by its Board of Trustees in December of 2010, and arrived on campus in June of 2011. She is the first female president of the University, which was founded in 1881. Since that time, she has led multiple initiatives to strengthen teaching, research and service at the University. Chief among them is her four-year plan, approved by the University’s Board of Trustees in December 2011, to hire 300 new tenured or tenure-track faculty members at UConn – above and beyond filling vacancies – to significantly enhance course offerings and the University’s research capability. The initiative has resulted in new faculty hires across multiple disciplines, including both the sciences and humanities, building on existing faculty strengths as well as investing in emerging fields. President Herbst has also led the implementation of two recent major state investments in UConn: Next Generation Connecticut and Bioscience Connecticut, both of which were passed by the Connecticut state legislature and signed into law by Governor Dannel P. Malloy in 2013 and 2011, respectively. Next Generation Connecticut is a more than $1.5 billion endeavor that will expand educational opportunities, research, and innovation in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines at UConn over the next decade, as well as add new faculty in the humanities. The cornerstone of this effort is a major increase in the University’s enrollment, the expansion of our faculty – in addition to UConn’s current faculty hiring initiative – and new and updated facilities to accommodate enhanced STEM research and teaching, as well as UConn’s growing population. It also will support the academic missions, and the expansion of critical programs, at UConn’s Hartford and Stamford campuses. Bioscience Connecticut is an $864 million initiative that is revitalizing the UConn Health enterprise, expanding enrollment in the medical and dental classes, building new business incubators, creating centers of excellence with neighboring institutions, and more. Expansion plans include building a new world-class patient tower, an outpatient ambulatory center, and parking garages. Existing facilities will undergo major renovation, making room for updated infrastructure, state-of-the-art research laboratories, and modern educational spaces. Through Bioscience Connecticut, business incubator space at the University will double. Additional prominent clinician-scientists will also be recruited to the faculty to contribute toward UConn Health’s academic, clinical, and research programs. Bioscience Connecticut was critical to attracting The Jackson Laboratory to create a new billion-dollar personalized medicine laboratory on the UConn Health campus in Farmington as part of a new partnership with the University. In addition, President Herbst announced in 2012 that UConn would relocate one of its regional campuses, currently located in suburban West Hartford, back to downtown Hartford, where it was initially located in 1939 before being moved out of the city in the 1970s. In June 2014, it was announced that the new campus would be located and constructed at the site of the former Hartford Times building on

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Prospect Street. The $115 million project will house 2,300 students and 250 employees, and be designed as a neighborhood campus anchored by a main building in the heart of downtown with other spaces located throughout the area. Classes are expected to begin in fall 2017. One of President Herbst’s other priorities is dramatically increasing the level of philanthropic giving to UConn through the UConn Foundation. Along with Joshua Newton, who began as president of the UConn Foundation in 2013, she has set the goal of eventually raising at least $100 million in new gifts per year, with a long-term goal of reaching an endowment value of $1 billion. Prior to her appointment at UConn, President Herbst served as executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer of the University System of Georgia, where she led 15 university presidents and oversaw the academic missions for all 35 public universities in Georgia. Before arriving in Georgia, she was provost and executive vice president at the University at Albany (SUNY), and also served as officer in charge of the university from 2006 to 2007, upon the death of Kermit L. Hall. She previously served as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University. Born in New York City and raised in Peekskill, N.Y., Herbst received her B.A. in Political Science from Duke University in 1984, and her Ph.D. in communication theory and research from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles in 1989. Herbst spent 14 years at Northwestern University, joining the faculty in 1989 and serving until her departure to Temple in 2003. At Northwestern she held a variety of positions including professor of political science and chair of the department. She is a scholar of public opinion, media, and American politics, and is author of four books and many articles in these areas, most recently, Rude Democracy: Civility and Incivility in American Politics (2010). Along with Benjamin Page, Lawrence Jacobs, and Adam Berinsky, she edits the University of Chicago Press series in American Politics. She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education.

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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

DAVID BENEDICT

avid Benedict is in his first year as the Director of Athletics at the University of Connecticut and began his duties in March 2016. Prior to joining the Connecticut staff, Benedict served as the Chief Operating Officer for the athletics department at Auburn University for two years. Benedict is a highly-experienced athletic administrator who served as Deputy Athletic Director at Minnesota (2012-14) and in leadership positions at Virginia Commonwealth (2010-12), Long Beach State (2007-10) and Arizona State (19962006). Benedict brings to UConn a national reputation in athletic administration focused on student-athlete success in competition and academically, long-range strategic planning, donor development and fundraising and sound fiscal management. Benedict directed all the day-to-day operations of the Auburn athletic department, with particular emphasis in operational planning, resource allocation, budget development and strong financial management. He led the department in developing strategic longrange plans for a $120-plus million budget, facilities, staffing and accomplishing strategic goals. He coordinated a five-year strategic plan for Auburn athletics, which featured initiatives for strategic priorities and goals. Benedict directed a team of staff members and coaches in creating a facility master plan and the initiation of a game-day master plan. Benedict led a feasibility study to make renovations to Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium that initiated a $150-$180 million project. He negotiated a unique nine-year extension with Under Armour that included both product, cash and $10 million worth of stock. Benedict provided ongoing support for the administration of the Auburn football program and was the men’s basketball sport administrator. At Minnesota, Benedict held a similar position as he identified areas to increase external support and provided stewardship for sponsors and major donors. He worked with the University of Minnesota Foundation to create the largest athletics campaign in school history. Benedict directed a number of contracts and relationships that helped increase the Gophers’ revenue intake. Benedict was the Executive Associate Athletic Director at VCU during his time there and also served as Interim Athletic Director for several months. At VCU, he increased annual giving, tickets sales and sponsorship revenues each year. While serving as Interim AD, Benedict led the school’s transition from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Atlantic 10. In his role at Long Beach, he administrated all external areas of the department and restructured the entire fundraising process. Benedict was also the baseball sports administrator. He was the Associate Athletic Director for Development at Arizona State and streamlined all areas of external relations.

A native of Tempe, Ariz., Benedict, age 44, is a 1995 graduate of Southern Utah, where he was a linebacker on the football team. He earned a master’s degree from New Mexico Highlands in 1996, where he also was a graduate assistant football coach. Benedict and his wife, the former Lisa Zeis, have 13-year old twin boys – Jake and Sam. Lisa was a four-time gymnastics AllAmerican and two-time NCAA champion at Arizona State.

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PROMINENT UCONN ALUMNI Matthew Adiletta

Intel Senior Fellow in Data Center Group, Director of the Center of Innovation Intel Corporation

Rick Baran ’93 Law

CEO, CFO and President, MediaShift

Alan Bennett ’69

Noted pharmaceutical and medical device attorney

Andy Bessette ’75 Mike Aresco ’76 Law

Former men’s track and field AllAmerican Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Doug Bernstein ’85

Founder Melissa and Doug Toys, LLC

Zeljko Bogetic ’90 Ph.D.

Lead Economist For The World Bank

Suzanne Bona ‘95

Host and Executive Producer, Sunday Baroque, National Public Radio

Kevin Bouley ’80

President and CEO Nerac, Inc.

Roy L. Brooks ’72

Andy Bessette ’75

Warren Distinguished Professor of Law University of San Diego

Jackie Burns ’02

Broadway actress, “If/Then,” “Wicked,” “Rock of Ages” and “Hair”

Martin Buzas ’58

Curator of Benthic Foraminifera (Emeritus), department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

James Calhoun ’89 Suzanne Bona ’95

Former President and CEO Converse, Inc.

Michael J. Callahan ’95 Law

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary LinkedIn

Douglas Casa ’97 PhD

COO, Korey Stringer Institute University of Connecticut

Scott Case ’92

Co-Founder and CEO, Main Street Genome, and Co-Founder of Priceline.com

Franklin Chang-Diaz ’73

Retired NASA astronaut who is a veteran of seven space flights

Robert Cizik ’53

Former Chairman of the Board/ Chief Executive Officer of Cooper Industries Inc.

Dale R. Comey ’64

Former UConn basketball player Executive Vice President ITT Corporation (retired)

Carol Ann Conboy ‘69

Associate Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court

Bill Congdon ’75

Former Publish and Chief Revenue Officer, Popular Mechanics Magazine; Adjunct Professor, UConn

Joe Courtney ’78 Law

United States Congressman Second District – Connecticut

Scott Cowen ’68

Former UConn football player Retired President, Tulane University

Marc D’Amelio ’91

President, Level 4 Collective Showroom

Dawn Denvir ’81

Former Chief of Organizational Learning and Development Division of Human Resources, UNICEF

Bill Finch ’79

Former Mayor City of Bridgeport, Conn.

Robert Fiondella, ’68 Law

Chief Executive Officer (Retired) Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. Founding Principal JEROB Enterprises, LLC

Mark E. Freitas ‘81

Founder, Mark Edward Partners LLC Former men’s ice hockey player

Patricia Gallup ’79

Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of PC Connection, Inc.

Sam Gejdenson ’71

Former United States Congressman, 2nd District, Connecticut

Roger A. Gelfenbien ’65

Former Chairman, University of Connecticut Board of Trustees Managing Partner of Andersen Consulting, Inc. (retired)

David Grimaldi ’79

Curator of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History New York, N.Y.

John DeStefano ’77, ’80

Eunice Groark ’65

Robert Diamond ’77 MBA

Richard J. Grossi ’57

Chris Donovan ‘69

Lubbie Harper Jr. ’67 M.S.W., ’75 Law

Former Mayor, City of New Haven, Connecticut Former Chief Executive Office Barclays Bank (England)

Television Producer Emmy nominee for “Party of Five” and “Home Improvement” Golden Globes and Daytime Emmys Producer

Kathleen Dudzinski ’89 Founder, Dolphin Communication Project

Charles Duelfer ’74

Noted United Nations and CIA Weapons Inspector

Herb Dunn ’61

Senior Vice President, SmithBarney Co. (retired)

Greg Economou ‘89

Executive Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer at Guggenheim Media/Dick Clark Productions

Doug Elliot ‘82

President Commercial Markets The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

First female Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1991-95) President and CEO United Illuminating (Ret.)

Retired Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

Edward A. Horrigan, Jr. ’50 President and CEO of R.J. Reynolds (retired) Former football player

Michael Jann ‘80

Writer, The Tonight Show

Ned Kahn ’82

Nationally-prominent sculptor and scientist

Robert Kaplan ‘73

National Correspondent, Atlantic Monthly, Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (Staffer)

Joette Katz ’77 J.D.

Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Children and Families

Bob Kaufman ‘74

President, Bob’s Discount Furniture

Tom Keegan ’84

Co-producer of Broadway show “Little Women” Animator, “Blues Clues”

Gerald Krell ’57

Documentary Film Producer Public Broadcasting System

Wally Lamb ’72, ’77 Best-selling author

John M. Lasala ’83 M.D.

Director of Interventional Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine

David M. Lee ’55 (Graduate) 1996 Co-Winner of Nobel Prize for Physics

Georgina I. Lucas ’70

Former Vice President Travelers Insurance Company

Lynn Malerba ’08 Masters Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut

Jerold Mande ’78

Senior Advisor, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services U.S. Department of Agriculture

David P. Marks ’69, ’71

Executive VP and Chief Investment Officer at Cuna Mutual Group and President of MEMBERS Capital Advisors

Myles Martel ’65

President, Martel and Associates, Villanova, Pa. Highly-recognized leadership communication advisor

Michael Maslin ’76

Cartoonist, New Yorker magazine

Richard Mastracchio ’82

Retired mission specialist for NASA; flew three missions, the last in 2010

Anita Bevacqua McBride ‘81

Executive in Residence, School of Public Affairs at American University; former assistant to the President of the United State and Chief of Staff for the First Lady

Aaron Ment ’58

Chief Court Administrator (retired) of the Connecticut Judicial System

Irina Moore ’04 MBA Managing Director of Quantitative Modeling, GE Capital

Bobby Moynihan ‘99

Actor, Saturday Night Live

Roy Brooks ’72

James Calhoun ’89

Doug Elliot ’82

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Mark E. Freitas ’81

Wally Lamb ’72, ’77

Bobby Moynihan ’99

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PROMINENT UCONN ALUMNI Christopher Murphy ’02 Law US Senator – Connecticut

Kathleen Murphy ’87 J.D.

President Fidelity Personal Investment, Inc.

Randal Nardone ’80

CEO and Co-Founder Fortress Investment Group, LLC

Denis J. Nayden ’76

Managing Partner Oak Hill Capital, Inc. Member of University of Connecticut Board of Trustees

Kevin O’Connor ’92 Law Former Associate Attorney General of the United States

Pedro Segarra, ’85 JD, ’99 MSW Former Mayor City of Hartford, Conn.

John C. Severino ’59

Former UConn football player Former President of CBS Television Stations

Patrick J. Sheehan ’67 Senior Vice President, Stifel Nicolaus

President, Shenkman Capital Management, Inc.

Timothy Shriver, ‘97

Chairman and CEO, Special Olympics International

William Simon ’83, ‘88

Les Payne ’64

Paula R. Singer ‘76

Nationally-known columnist Pulitzer Prize Award Recipient

Morris Pleasure ‘86

Former President, CEO Walmart, U.S.

President and CEO, Laureate Global Products and Services Group Walden University

Renowned multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Robert Skinner ‘93 Co-Founder and Partner Joseph W. Polisi ’69 Luminous Capital, Inc. President of the Juilliard School New York City

Molly Qerim ‘06

ESPN Host/Personality

David J. Stockton ‘76

Former Chief Economist United States Federal Reserve

Narissa Ramdhani ’90 M.A.

Austin Stowell ‘07

Gen. Robert RisCassi ’58

Peter Tesei ’91

Thomas D. Ritter ’77

Huw Thomas ’86 (Ph.D.)

Chief Executive Officer Ifa Lethu Foundation Groenkloof, South Africa

Retired Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army Former Speaker of the House of Representatives State of Connecticut Member of University of Connecticut Board of Trustees

William P. Robinson ’71

(Master’s) Associate Justice Rhode Island Supreme Court

Stuart Rothenberg, ’72, ‘77 Editor and publisher, The Rothenberg Political Report

Ronald Roy ‘65

Children’s mystery book author

Philip Rubin ’75 Ph.D.

Former Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Office of Science and Technology Executive Office of the President of the United States

Former world editor, Miami Herald; Executive Board Chairman of International Press Institute

Dona D. Young ’80 Law

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (Ret.)

UConn AlUmni in ProfessionAl And College AthletiCs A number of UConn alumni, some of who are former student-athletes, have established prominent careers working in the sports industry.

Mark R. Shenkman ’65

Eric Owles ‘98

Senior Staff Editor for DealBook, New York Times

John Yearwood ’86

Actor in Academy-award nominated films Bridge of Spies and Whiplash First Selectman City of Greenwich, Conn. Dean, Tufts University School of Dentistry

William Trueheart ’66

Former President of Bryant College, Smithfield, R.I.

Paige Turco ’88

Television and film actress, currently on The 100

David Ushery ’89

Anchor and Reporter WNBC-TV, New York

Dr. Mark Weidenbaum, ‘77 Director of orthopedic spine surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Lih-Chyi Wen ’93, ’96

Deputy Director of Green Trade Project Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan

James Abromaitis ’82

Director of Athletics, Albertus Magnus (Conn.) College

Glenn Adamo ’77

Vice President of Broadcast, Production and Media Operations NFL

Mike Aresco ’76 Law

Commissioner, American Athletic Conference

Scott Burrell

Head Men’s Basketball Coach Southern Connecticut State University

Celia Bobrowsky ’80

Director of Community Affairs Major League Baseball

Janna Blais ’93

Deputy Director of Athletics (Student-Athlete Welfare), Northwestern University, former UConn softball player

Leigh Ann Curl ’85

Head Team Orthopedic Surgeon Baltimore Ravens Former UConn women’s basketball student-athlete

John Dorsey ’84

General Manager, Kansas City Chiefs, Former UConn AllAmerican linebacker

Jamelle Elliott ’96, ‘97

Head Women’s Basketball Coach University of Cincinnati

Charlie Eshbach ’74

President - Portland (Maine) Sea Dogs (Double-A Affiliate of Boston Red Sox) Former President, Eastern League

Kirk Ferentz ’78

Head Football Coach University of Iowa

Bill Geist ’92 MBA

Senior Vice President, Finance Programming and Ad Sales – ESPN, Bristol, Conn.

David Rudman ’85

Bill Holowaty ’67

Former Head Baseball Coach Four-Time NCAA Division III Champion Eastern Connecticut State University

Molly Qerim ‘06

Dan Iassogna ’91

Major League Baseball Umpire

Matt Kenny ’97

Vice President, Field Sales Disney and ESPN Media Networks

Doug Knuth ‘94

Director of Athletics, University of Nevada, Reno

Rebecca Lobo ’95

Former women’s basketball All-American and Academic All-American ESPN Announcer Member, UConn Board of Trustees

David Ushery ’89

Donyell Marshall

Head Men’s Basketball Coach

Leigh Montville ’65

Nationally known sportswriter and author

Dave Ogrean ’74 Executive Director USA Hockey

Steve Pikiell ’90

head basketball coach, Rutgers University

Jim Reynolds ’91

Paige Turco ’88

Major League Baseball Umpire

Jennifer Rizzotti ’96

Head Women’s Basketball George Washington University

Chris Sienko ’88

Vice President and General Manager, Connecticut Sun, WNBA

Michael Soltys ’81

Vice President for U.S. Network Communications ESPN

Judy Walden Scarafile ’71 Former President Cape Cod Baseball League

Jackie Burns ‘02

Voice of many characters on TV’s Sesame Street

Carolyn Runowicz ‘73 Former President American Cancer Society

Harriet Sanford ’79 (Master’s) President/Chief Executive Officer National Education Association Foundation

Jay ’91 and Liz ’91 Scott Founders, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Kathleen Murphy ’87 JD

Denis J. Nayden ’76

Morris Pleasure ’86

Mark R. Shenkman ’65

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CLOSE TO

STORRS

In addition to all that the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut has to offer, the region within two hours of Storrs is ripe with cultural and entertainment possibilities.

SPRINGFIELD (47 miles)

NEW YORK CITY (142 miles)

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located less than an hour from Storrs in Springfield, Mass., just minutes from the YMCA where Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891. A must-see for any fan of the hardwood, the Hall of Fame reopened in the fall of 2002 in a $45 million home just off of Interstate 91 in Springfield. The pinnacle of any basketball career, the Hall’s long list of inductees includes former UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun, a 2005 inductee, and women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, a 2006 inductee. Once you finish your tour of the Hall of Fame, Springfield’s neighboring suburb of Agawam is the home of Six Flags New England, the region’s largest amusement park.

The largest city in the country and the “media capital of the world” is a UConn city. New York City is located approximately two hours from Storrs and when the Huskies are in town, they make their presence known. The UConn men’s basketball team returns to Madison Square Garden this December to play Syracuse and won the 2014 NCAA East Regional in the World’s Most Famous Arena on their way to the national championship. The UConn women’s basketball team has played in MSG seven times as it attracts the largest crowds for the sport in the Metropolitan area. The Husky football team made its Big Apple debut in 2014 when it played at Yankee Stadium and the men’s ice hockey team played last year in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center.

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BOSTON (86 miles) The birthplace of the American Revolution, Boston’s historic Freedom Trail is a living history textbook, covering everything from the Battle of Bunker Hill to the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Meanwhile, the city blends its old world charm with a cosmopolitan new world attitude that is evidenced by some of the trendier shops and restaurants that line both historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace and the Back Bay’s Newbury Street. One of the world’s foremost centers of education, Boston is home to over 50 colleges and universities; perhaps the entire world’s most concentrated collection of colleges. The greater Boston area also includes the summer beach resorts on Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. A hub of sporting activity, the 2004, 2007 and 2013 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox have called fabled Fenway Park home since 1912. A hub of sporting activity, the Boston Red Sox have called fabled Fenway Park home since 1912 while other offerings include the Celtics of the NBA and the Bruins of the NFL and the NFL’s New England Patriots in nearby Foxboro.

PROVIDENCE (51 miles) Rhode Island’s capital city shows that one of the nation’s smallest states also has plenty to offer its visitors. The multi-cultural capital city, which dates back to 1636, is the Ocean State’s centerpiece. The best known hamlet on the Rhode Island shore, the ocean town of Newport is world famous for its mansions and is a popular vacation destination for those seeking aquatic activities. Newport’s renowned music festival is also a well-attended annual event.

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UCONN ATHLETIC

FACILITIES

PRATT & WHITNEY STADIUM AT RENTSCHLER FIELD

Home of UConn football

MARK R. SHENKMAN TRAINING CENTER

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THE BURTON FAMILY FOOTBALL COMPLEX

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HARRY A. GAMPEL PAVILION Home of men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball

XL CENTER

Home of men’s and women’s basketball

Home of men’s ice hockey

WERTH FAMILY UCONN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS CENTER

MARK EDWARD FREITAS ICE FORUM

Home of women’s ice hockey

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ATHLETIC FACILITIES

JOSEPH J. MORRONE STADIUM

RIZZA FAMILY SOCCER COMPLEX

J.O. CHRISTIAN FIELD

THE BURRILL FAMILY FIELD AT THE CONNECTICUT SOFTBALL STADIUM

Home of men’s and women’s soccer

Home of baseball

Future Home of UConn men’s and women’s soccer

Home of softball

J.O. CHRISTIAN FIELD

Future Home of Baseball

THE BURRILL FAMILY FIELD AT THE CONNECTICUT SOFTBALL STADIUM

Future Home of softball

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ATHLETIC FACILITIES

UCONN TENNIS COURTS

Home of men’s and women’s tennis

GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX

WOLFF-ZACKIN NATATORIUM

Home of men’s and women’s swimming and diving

HUGH GREER FIELD HOUSE

Home of men’s and women’s indoor track

Home of men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, field hockey and women’s lacrosse

COVENTRY LAKE

Home of rowing

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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

ATHLETICS

UConn was just one of three schools nationally in 2015-16 to play in a football bowl game and the NCAA men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball tournaments. CBSSports.com ranked UConn 14th nationally among all athletic programs for overall success in 2015-16. UConn finished eighth in the women’s standings for the CapitalOne Cup, which recognizes overall athletic excellence. Since 2014, UConn is the only school in the country to have a first round NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB Draft pick. UConn has had 15 first round draft picks in the NBA, WNBA, NFL, MLB, MLS, NHL and CFL since 2014 – the most of any school in the nation.

Photos this page – clockwise from top right: The men’s and women’s soccer team both took part in NCAA tournament play. The football team played in the St. Petersburg Bowl, the sixth bowl trip in school history. The women’s field hockey team played in the NCAA national semifinals for the third-straight year after winning the Big East championship. First-round NHL Draft pick Tage Thompson led the men’s ice hockey through a successful second season in Hockey East. Photos Left page – clockwise from top right: Diver Alexandra Butera represented UConn at the NCAA Championships. Craig Hunter earned All-America honors for the UConn track and field team. The men’s basketball team won the American tournament in dramatic fashion and once again played in the NCAA tournament. The women’s track and field team won the American indoor championship. The baseball team won the American championship and played in the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in the past seven years. The women’s basketball team won its fourth-consecutive and records-setting 11th NCAA Championship.

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