June 2, 2005
Los Angeles, CA (June 2, 2005) -- The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) announced its All-America teams for the 2005 season on Thursday and Loyola Marymount University senior Vanessa Glendenning was named to the second team.
The awards, presented by Pocock, recognize the outstanding accomplishments of female rowers and coxswains for the spring season. Forty-five student-athletes were honored, 20 first-team selections and 25 second-team selections.
In addition, Glendenning was also on the 2005 All-Region team. The awards recognized the outstanding accomplishments of female rowers and coxswains this season. Thirty-nine schools are represented on the first and second-team All-Region, led by eight institutions that placed five rowers each. Varsity 8+ boats ranked in the top six regionally received automatic selections for their respective nominees.
Glendenning was named first-team All-West Coast Conference in April and has led the Lions' Varsity 8 to a second place and third place finish in the overall standings of the WCC the last two seasons. She was a first-team All-WCC and All-WIRA selection in 2004 and was a second-team CRCA Academic All-West region selection.
The New England Region produced the most All-America selections with 13, including five first-team honorees. The West Region produced the most first-team selections with seven. The Central Region produced 10 All-Americans, including five on the first team. The South Region had seven All-America choices, while the Mid-Atlantic Region had four.
2005 Pocock First-Team All-America Selections
Diana Albrecht - The Ohio State University
Meg Anderson - Brown University
Kristin Bixel - UCLA
Caryn Davies - Harvard-Radcliffe
Jelena Djukic - University of California, Berkeley
Janelle Dubbins - Washington
Anna Goodale - Syracuse
Rachael Jeffers - Yale
Leah Ketcheson - University of Michigan
Nikki Lennart - University of Wisconsin
Caroline Lind - Princeton University
Samantha Magee - Stanford
Margaret Matia - University of Virginia
Carolyn McMillan - University of Virginia
Iva Obradovic - University of California, Berkeley
Amanda Purcell - The Ohio State University
Erin Robertson - Michigan State University
Maria Stevens - Yale University
Kaylan Vander Schilden - University of California, Berkeley
Remy Hitomi (coxswain) - University of California, Berkeley
2005 Pocock Second-Team All-America Selections
Andrea Bagwell - University of Tennessee
Miriam Barsalou - Northeastern University
Ashlee Brown - Clemson University
Amelia Buhts - Louisville
Tara Coleman - Columbia
Kate Davison - Dartmouth College
Mollie Durkin - Harvard-Radcliffe
Annabell Fago - The Ohio State University
Missy Fiesler - Stanford University
Shannon Gedman - University of Wisconsin
Vanessa Glendenning - Loyola Marymount
Lea Jakobsen - UMass
Laura Lazaridis - Indiana
Maureen Lynch - Colgate
Kelly McGrorey - Syracuse
Brittany McMahon - San Diego State
Claire Norsetter - Yale University
Chelsea Pemberton - University of Tennessee
Amanda Polk - University of Notre Dame
Brett Sickler - University of Michigan
Catherine Starr - Brown University
Jody Thomas - Washington State University
Katrina Wechselberger - Princeton University
Jacqueline Zider - Princeton University
Launa Forehand (coxswain) - University of Virginia
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