Rothstein, Quintet Earn CRCA Central Region Honors
5/26/2009 12:00:00 AM | Rowing
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- University of Michigan rowing head coach Mark Rothstein was named Central Region Coach of the Year by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association on Tuesday (May 26). Furthermore, five of Rothstein's student-athletes received All-Central Region recognition for their athletic achievements, while a quartet of his pupils earned CRCA Scholar Athlete status.
Seniors Laura Dunn(Andover, Mass./Pomfret School, Conn.) and Karen Colwell(Pawcatuck, Conn. /Stonington) and juniors Ashley Kroll(Edmonds, Wash./Kamiak) and Adrienne Mecham(Lake Stevens, Wash. /Lake Stevens) garnered All-Central Region first team laurels, while senior Cate Trumble(Dalkeith, Western Australia/Presbyterian Ladies' College) was tabbed All-Central Region second team. Each of the five Wolverines is now eligible for All-America status. Earlier this spring, Colwell and Trumble were picked for the All-Big Ten first team, while Kroll and Mecham were on the All-Big Ten second team.
The 2009 campaign marks the third in which Rothstein has been chosen as the CRCA Central Region Coach of the Year. He earned the award in consecutive seasons in 2000 and 2001. The criteria for the award includes: outstanding success throughout the season, team improvement from the prior season, fulfilling team potential and demonstrating professionalism and integrity. Ten days ago, the Wolverines captured the Central Region crown at the Central/South Region Sprints. Then on May 19, the Maize and Blue accepted a team bid to the NCAA Championships. Michigan's first varsity eight, which includes Dunn, Colwell, Kroll, Mecham and Trumble, is seeded fourth heading into this weekend's (Fri-Sun., May 29-31) NCAA Championships in Cherry Hill, N.J.
Colwell, junior Margaret Deinek(Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Pointe South), junior Michela Musto(Ada, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) and senior Kate Strzalkowski(St. Catharines, Ontario/St. Catharines Collegiate) met the requirements for CRCA Scholar Athlete standing. Colwell, a physical education major, and Strzalkowski, a history major, are three-time honorees for the distinction; only two other Wolverines in program history have repeated the feat. Deinek and Musto, who are each double majoring -- Spanish and psychology for the former, statistics and sociology for the latter -- are receiving the CRCA Scholar Athlete for the second time each. CRCA Scholar Athletes must be in their second, third or fourth years of eligibility, row in their institution's NCAA eligible boats and have a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average for their career.
CRCA Press Releases(May 26)
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