2012 tennessee rowing yearbook

ASCENSION 2010 Conference USA Rowing Champions // 2010 Conference USA Coach of the Year // 2008 NCAA Grand Finals Appearance // 2006 NCAA South-Region Champions

Seven NCAA Championship Appearances in Last Nine Seasons // 3 First-Team All-Americas // 8 Second-Team All-Americas // 34 CRCA All-South Selections // 36 CRCA Scholar Athletes

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PREVIEW2 Season Preview5 Roster & Quick Facts6 Fall Review

COACHES8 Head Coach Lisa Glenn10 Assistant Coach Erika Twedt11 Assistant Coach Sarah Arms12 Administration & Staff

THE LADY VOLS14 Ashley Case and Kristin Coggin15 Hilary Epes and Erika Lauderdale16 Varsity23 Novices25 Phonetic Pronounciations26 Roster Breakdowns

THIS IS TENNESSEE27 This is Tennessee

Editor: Drew Rutherford Page Design: Amanda PruittPhotography: Patrick Murphy-Racey, Wade Rackley, Ruth TedrickCover Photography: Wade RackleyCover Design: Schaffhauser Design

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2 TENNESSEE ROWING /// 2012 YEARBOOK

RELENTLESS TODAYSince arriving on The Hill in

1998, Lisa Glenn has crafted the Tennessee rowing program into a pe-rennial power on the national stage. From the time she arrived, her tire-less work has lifted the program from its infancy to eight NCAA Rowing

Championships appearances, including seven in the last nine years. But her sights

are set a little higher. Her relentless and passionate approach to

training has the Lady Vols primed to make a return to the NCAAs in 2012.

Having only lost four to graduation last year, Tennes-

see will look to the experienced leadership of this year’s seniors: Ashley Case, Kristin Coggin, Hilary Epes and Erika Lauderdale.

Adding to the experience of Tennessee’s four seniors are 25 returners who have experienced both the demands of Glenn’s preparation and the thrill of the success her teams have known.

A strong fall season - including gold medal honors at the Chattanooga Head Race, the Head of the Charles and the Head of the Hooch - has put Tennessee in a position to carry that momentum full force into the spring.

That autumnal success has the Lady Vols ranked at No. 18 in the CRCA/US Rowing preseason coaches’ poll.

VISION2010 Conference Coach of the Year Lisa Glenn has lifted the Lady Vols to national prominence, and she’s just getting started.

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SEASON OUTLOOK

Nestled in the majestic rolling hills of East Tennessee, Melton Hill Lake is a world-class venue located just a few miles from Tennessee’s downtown-Knoxville campus.

The silver-medalist U.S. Olympic Rowing Team used the lake to train prior to the 1996 Atlanta Games.

The course has also hosted the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Asso-ciation Championships, US Nationals, Women’s Nationals, Master’s Nationals and the Pan-American Trials. Melton Hill hosted the NCAA Championships in 2007, and has been home to the C-USA Championships since 2010.

The 2,000-meter course features a straight course that can be buoyed for seven lanes. The ridges that flank both banks protect the lake from wind gusts, adding to its appeal.

The Lady Vols’ schedule features three events on Melton Hill.

March 17-18 Oak Ridge Inv.April 21 SIRA ChampionshipsMay 12 C-USA Championships

FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL

OCT. 22: HEAD OF THE CHARLESLisa Glenn first took Tennessee to Boston in 1998. Since then, the Lady Vols have competed at the world’s greatest regatta 12 more times. Tennessee holds the course record in the club 8 category, having won gold in that event six times since 2001.

MARCH 31: MISSION BAYThe Lady Vols travel to the sun-kissed shores of Mission Bay in San Diego, Calif. for the 39th Annual San Diego Crew Clas-sic. Tennessee has competed in the event four times, never finishing below sixth. The 2003 V8 won gold.

APRIL 28: PRINCETON, N.J.To be considered among the best, you must compete against the best. The Lady Vols annually square off against the top of the Ivy League. This year Tennessee will visit Princeton, N.J., to square off with the Tigers for the third time in program his-tory.

FEARLESS TOMORROWTennessee’s spring schedule offers some unique challenges and oppotunities

for continued success. From the nearby waters of Melton Hill Lake, to Mission Bay in San Diego, the Lady Vols travel in all directions to tackle some fierce competition.

MARCH 17-18: OAK RIDGE CARDINAL INVITATIONAL, MELTON HILL LAKETo open the spring season, the Lady Vols start close to home at the Oak

Ridge Cardinal Invitational. More than 10 teams head to Melton Hill Lake to size up their 2012 crews. The weekend will offer Tennessee the chance to race against some fierce competition, including preseason No. 1 Virginia, as well as C-USA foe Alabama.

MARCH 24: AT CENTRAL FLORIDA, LAKE PICKETT, FLA.After Oak Ridge, the varsity crew heads to Florida for an annual spring break

training excursion. To test the week’s progress, the Lady Vols continue with conference play with a race against C-USA foe Central Florida on Lake Pickett, just east of Orlando.

MARCH 31-APRIL 1: SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIC, MISSION BAYThe Lady Vols travel to San Diego Calif., for the 39th Annual San Diego

Crew Classic on Mission Bay. Past successes highlight the Lady Vols’ previous four trips, including a V8 gold medal in 2003. No Tennessee shell has ever fin-ished worse than fifth at the event, a tribute to UT’s success as the event attracts more than 3,000 athletes from both the east and west coasts every year.

APRIL 4: AT MICHIGAN, BELLEVILLE LAKE, BELLEVILLE, MICH.Ranked ninth in the CRCA/US Rowing preseason poll, the Michigan Wol-

verines provide a great challenge for the Lady Vols. Tennessee will travel to face Michigan on Belleville Lake, southwest of Detroit.

APRIL 21: SIRA CHAMPIONSHIPS, MELTON HILL LAKEMelton Hill Lake has been home to SIRA’s Championship since 1978, and

the Lady Vols have been in on the action since 1996, competing 14 times in the program’s 17-year history. Tennessee has claimed 11 gold medals during that time.

APRIL 28: AT PRINCETON, PRINCETON, N.J. The Lady Vols head to Princeton to challenge the Tigers for the third time.MAY 12: C-USA ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS, MELTON HILL LAKESince 2010, Tennessee has hosted the Conference USA Rowing Champion-

ships at nearby Melton Hill Lake. The Lady Vols won the first event held in Oak Ridge, as well as taking home Coach of the Year, Rower of the Year (Laura Miller) and Newcomer of the Year (Erika Lauderdale) honors.

MAY 25-27: NCAA ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPSLAKE MERCER, WEST WINDSOR, N.J.The 2012 NCAA Championships will be held on Lake Mercer, northeast of

Trenton, N.J. The Lady Vols have made eight all-time appearances at the NCAA Championships, including seven since 2003. The Lady Vols most successful trip came in 2007, as UT’s V8 and V4 both finished third and the 2V8 finished second. As a team, Tennessee finished ninth in 2007.

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HEAD COACH LISA GLENN (MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE 1988)14th season at TennesseeASSISTANT COACH ERIKA TWEDT (TENNESSEE 2002)Second season at TennesseeASSISTANT COACH SARAH ARMS (TENNESSEE 2007)First season at Tennessee

BOATHOUSE MANAGER KARLA SASS (IOWA 1991)GRADUATE ASSISTANT IVY PIERCE (HOWARD 2009)ATHLETIC TRAINER VERONICA CARMUZZI (SAN DIEGO STATE 2008)ATHLETIC TRAINER PAUL PLACZKOWSKI (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2009)MANAGERS: BRADY EVANS, PHILLIP STEVENSON, CHRIS WIBERLEY

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2012 ROSTERName Class Hometown High SchoolArin Anderson Jr. Elizabethton, Tenn. ElizabethtonJessica Anderson Fr. Collierville, Tenn. HoustonNikki Arcamuzi Jr. Memphis, Tenn. White StationKaitlin Aries Fr. Chuluota, Fla. Paul J. HagertyTaylor Athan So. Tampa, Fla. PlantPaige Austin Jr. West Chester, Ohio Lakota WestSarah Axon Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. BeardenJennifer Bailey Jr. Greendale, Wisc. Martin LutherTera Batts Fr. Charlotte, N.C. Southlake ChristianMagan Berman Fr. Goodlettsville, Tenn. Hume-Fogg MagnetMaddie Bishop Fr. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak RidgeJessica Burns So. Phoenix, Ariz. Xavier PrepKatelyn Carr Fr. Hendersonville, Tenn. HendersonvilleAshley Case Sr. Ashland City, Tenn. SycamoreSarah Castilaw Fr. Nashville, Tenn. Father RyanSarah Cavins Fr. Charlotte, N.C. South MecklenburgKatherine Changes So. Woodbridge, Va. WoodbridgeRachel Clagett So. Brentwood, Tenn. RavenwoodKristin Coggin Sr. Pulaski, Tenn. RichlandMaggie Collins Fr. Mount Airy, N.C. Mount AirySarah Copeland Fr. Madison, Tenn. St. Cecilia AcademyEmily Cornelius Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. Hardin Valley AcademyMary-Hannah Daugherty Jr. Chattanooga, Tenn. CSASLiz Dickson So. Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax Grammar SchoolMeagan Eaton Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. SiegelHilary Epes Sr. Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo SeminaryAshley Fichthorn Jr. Madison, Conn. Daniel HandCourtney Fritts So. Orange Park, Fla. Fleming IslandEvelyn Gaddis So. Louisville, Tenn. Maryville ChristianKaelyn Gibson Jr. Pittsford, N.Y. Pittsford MendonMichelle Goodwin So. Ventnor, N.J. Holy SpiritCourtney Henderson Fr. Hohenwald, Tenn. Lewis CountyJessica Herwig Fr. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Grace Christian AcademyMakenzie Hoffmeyer Fr. Cookeville, Tenn. UppermanErika Johnson Jr. Victor, British Columbia Oak Bay SecondaryAndrea Keesecker Jr. Johnson City, Tenn. Science HillErika Lauderdale Sr. Bartlett, Tenn. ArlingtonKayla Lucier Fr. Hamilton, Ontario Westdale SecondaryChristine Luster Fr. Elizabethton, Tenn. Happy ValleySarah McAuliffe Fr. Millis, Mass. MillisAnita McLure Jr. Signal Mountain, Tenn. Red BankSarah Beth Nelius Fr. Tullahoma, Tenn. TullahomaLiza Rader So. Maryville, Tenn. MaryvilleEvelyn Radford Jr. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak RidgeJessie Richardson Fr. Apopka, Fla. Lake BrantleyRebecca Rinehart Fr. Memphis, Tenn. St. Mary’s EpiscopalLeighanne Self Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. Grace Christian AcademyPayton Smith Fr. Ooltewah, Tenn. CSASAllison Toth Fr. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak RidgeLeslie Turner So. Germantown, Tenn. HoustonChiazom Ugo-Obi Fr. Nashville, Tenn. Father RyanRachel Whitaker Fr. Vonore, Tenn. HomeschooledRachel White So. Chattanooga, Tenn. HomeschooledWhitney Wolfe Fr. Seymour, Tenn. Heritage

y SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENTSNIKKI ARCAMUZI | Janet McKinley “Women in Business” ScholarshipJESSICA BURNS | Sandra G. Powell Ath-letics Endowed ScholarshipKRISTIN COGGIN | Georgia Willi Roussin & Robert W. Roussin ScholarshipLIZ DICKSON | Lem & Hilda Keith Women’s Athletics EndowmentHILARY EPES | Grant C. & Ann H. Han-sen Rowing Scholarship

KAELYN GIBSON | Blalock Family Scholar-ship EndowmentMICHELLE GOODWIN | Jack Hughes-Hollingsworth Hughes Trust Women’s Athletics EndowmentERIKA LAUDERDALE | Packaging Insights Rowing ScholarshipRACHEL WHITE | Wayne Basler Rowing Team Athletic Scholarship Endowment

TENNESSEE QUICK FACTS

y GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Knoxville, Tenn.Founded: 1794Enrollment: 27,107Nickname: Volunteers, Vols or Lady VolsColors: Orange and WhiteConference: Conference USA (rowing only)UT Knoxville Chancellor: Dr. Jimmy CheekVice Chancellor/Director of Athletics: Dave Hart

y MEDIA RELATIONSRowing SID: Drew Rutherford (Tennessee 2010)Office: (865)974-4669 | Email: [email protected]: @DrewRutherford

y PROGRAM INFORMATIONFirst Year of Rowing: 1995NCAA Appearances: V4 - 2007, V8 - 2003, V8 - 2004, V8 - 2005, 2006*, 2007*, 2008*, 2010*Best NCAA Team Finish: Ninth - 2007Preseason 2012 Ranking: 18Final 2011 Ranking: 20Conference Championships: 2010 *Qualification for NCAA Championships changed to a team format in 2006.

y STAY CONNECTEDWebsite: UTSports.com | UTLadyVols.comFacebook: www.Facebook.com/LadyVolCrewTwitter: @LadyVol_RowingYouTube: www.YouTube.com/UTsportsTV


Lady Vols Strike Gold, Again and Again

The fall season offered the Tennessee row-ing team the opportunity to work out some kinks, make some improvements and build some momentum heading into the spring. Not satisfied with checking off only one or two of those items, they pulled the hat trick and did all three.

Beginning with the Chattanooga Head Race, Lisa Glenn’s team shook the dust off the oars and shells and set out for competition for the first time since 2011’s season ended.

However, there was no time to waste as the second outing of the fall was at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. Two days in Bean Town offered the Lady Vols a measuring stick of sorts, as thousands of col-legiate rowers descend on the event every year.

To punctuate the fall season, the team stayed close to home for the Head of the Hooch Re-gatta in Chattanooga. The final fall race fea-tured one last opportunity to finalize the hard work and effort in the fall training process.

CHATTANOOGA HEAD RACEBefore the race, Glenn said this event was

all about “working out the kinks,” after a long off-season. By all accounts, there couldn’t have been many kinks to work out as the Lady Vols cruised to six medals, including three gold.

Tennessee’s V8, V4 and pair all scored gold medals while another V4 scored a silver and UT took the top three spots in the pair. HEAD OF THE CHARLES

Almost every collegiate rower dreams of competing at the Head of the Charles Regatta. For Tennessee rowers, that dream is realized ev-ery year as the Lady Vols have been to Boston 13 times since Lisa Glenn took the reigns of Tennessee’s program.

The Lady Vols hold a HOCR course record in the club 8 event, a category they won five times before this season’s trip.

Chalk one more up for Tennessee. The Lady Vol shell coxed by freshman Jessie Richardson,

and including Maddie Bishop, Mary-Hannah Daugherty, Ashley Case, Liz Dickson, Jessica Burns, Rachel White, Evelyn Radford and Tay-lor Athan claimed UT’s sixth all-time club gold at the Head of the Charles with a 17-minute 41.48-second mark in 2011. UT’s V8 scored an 11th-place finish to close out another trip to Boston.

HEAD OF THE HOOCHThe Lady Vols had a fairly successful fall

season prior to the Head of the Hooch, held on the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanoo-ga. The final regatta of the fall, however, proved to be one of the most successful campaigns of the UT’s fall schedule.

With several of the nation’s top programs, as well as more than a few C-USA foes, among those competing, Tennessee charged ahead for a gold medals in the V8 and V4 categories.

FALL REVIEW

FALL RECAPS

MEDAL COUNTThe Lady Vols won 10 medals during the fall sea-son at three different regattas:y GOLDV8 (Krison (cox), Lauderdale, Epes, Gibson, Bai-ley, Keesecker, Coggin, Johnson, McLure)

Chattanooga Head Race (10/19/11) 16:55.50V4 (Clagett (cox), Lauderdale, Epes, Gibson, McLure)

Chattanooga Head Race (10/19/11) 17:42.90Pair (White, Radford)

Chattanooga Head Race (10/19/11) Club 8 (Richardson (cox), Bishop, Daugherty, Case, Dickson, Burns, White, Radford, Athan)

Head of the Charles (10/22/11) 17.41.48V8 (Fichthorn (cox), White, Johnson, Epes, Lau-derdale, Dickson, Gibson, Coggin, Radford)

Head of the Hooch (11/5/11) 16:04.20V4 (Clagett (cox), Epes, Johnson, Dickson, Lau-derdale)

Head of the Hooch (11/5/11) 17:50.50

y SILVERV4 (Krison (cox), Coggin, Keesecker, Bailey, Johnson)

Chattanooga Head Race (10/19/11) 17:48.30Pair (A. Anderson, Dickson)

Chattanooga Head Race (10/19/11)

y BRONZEPair (Burns, Smith)

Chattanooga Head Race (10/19/11)

y RACHEL CLAGETT


During her 14 years at the helm of the University of Tennessee women’s rowing team, Head Coach Lisa Glenn has helped the 14-year-old program mature into a national power. Now in her 14th season, Glenn has led the Lady Vols to seven appearances at the NCAA Championships, including three con-secutive full-team selections in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Glenn helped propel the Lady Vols to new heights this past season, leading the Orange and White to its first-ever Conference-USA rowing championship. Glenn was also named C-USA Coach of the Year for her efforts in helping Tennessee achieve this historic feat.Under Glenn’s tutelage, senior Laura Miller was named the C-USA rower of the year, while three other Lady Vols captured All-Conference honors.

At the 2008 NCAA Championships, the three-time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Associ-ation (CRCA) South Region Coach of the Year guided the Orange and White to its first-ever appearance in a grand final, as the second var-sity eight took fifth to record UT’s best event finish at the NCAA regatta.

The team has excelled under Glenn’s watch at the sport’s largest event, the Head of the Charles Regatta, held every fall in Boston, Mass. Glenn’s entries in the Club 8+ race have captured five golds, including three consecu-tive victories in the event from 2005-07. The Championship 8+ crews have made their mark over the years as well, claiming top-10 finishes three times, and top-15 marks seven times, including a program-best fifth-place finish in 2007. In 2009, the Champ 8+ from Tennessee finished 12th out of 34 overall, placing it in the top eight among universities.

Only the second coach in Lady Vol row-ing history, Glenn has a strong track record of producing stellar student-athletes, both on the water and in the classroom. Five Lady Vols have taken home All-America accolades under Glenn’s tutelage. After the 2010 season, Laura Miller was selected as a second team CRCA All-American. Former rower Erin-Monique Shelton collected second-team honors for the third consecutive year in 2008, joining Chelsea

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AWARDS2010 C-USA Coach of the Year2006 CRCA South-Region Coach of the Year2004 CRCA South-Region Coach of the Year2003 CRCA South-Region Coach of the Year

C-USA CHAMPS2010 C-USA Team Championship

NCAA SOUTH REGION CHAMPS2006 NCAA South Region Championship

NCAA APPEARANCES: 72003 (V8 - 16th), 2004 (V8 - 10th), 2005 (V8 - 8th), 2006 (Team - 12th), 2007 (Team - 9th), 2008 (Team - 11th), 2010 (Team - 16th)

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Alma Mater: Mount Holyoke College (1988)Hometown: Clarkston, Mich.

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Pemberton as the only Tennessee rowers to earn All-America distinction three times. The 2005 squad saw Andrea Bagwell and Pemberton both named to the second team, while in 2004, Pem-berton picked up first-team honors and Kaitlin Bargreen garnered a second-team selection. In 2003, the All-American duo was flip-flopped, with Bargreen taking first-team status and Pem-berton earning a second-team selection.

Glenn’s leadership and guidance extends well beyond the realm of coaching, motivating her squad to hit the books as well. Overall, 24 Or-ange and White-clad athletes have collected 36 CRCA National Scholar-Athlete honors during Glenn’s tenure. Under Glenn, the UT program has seen two of its athletes picked to back-to-back ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District IV squads. Most recently, Libuse Bruncvíkova’ earned a place on ESPN The Magazine Academ-ic All-District IV second-team. Bargreen also picked up second-team accolades from the Col-lege Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in both 2004 and 2005, while Kacey Montgomery garnered the honors in 2002 and 2003. Montgomery grabbed a spot on the Co-SIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team both years and received the Edsouth Lady Vol Scholar-Athlete of the Year award in 2002. Marissa Allen was presented with the Helen B. Watson Award, given to the Lady Vol athlete with the highest GPA, in both 2004 and 2005. This past season, four athletes found themselves named to the Southeastern Conference Fresh-man Academic Honor Roll, while 18 had their names added to the Academic All-SEC list. In 12 years, Glenn has coached a total of 240 SEC Academic Honor Roll members.

Prior to her move to Knoxville, Glenn served as an assistant rowing coach from 1994-98 at the University of Iowa, developing the novice program while assisting in recruiting and overall team development. She helped guide the Var-sity 4+ to a fourth-place finish at the inaugural NCAA Championships in 1997, and her novice

squad secured two Midwest Rowing Champi-onship titles, two Central Regional Champion-ship titles, a Champion International Collegiate Regatta title and a bronze medal at the U.S. Rowing Collegiate National Championship. One of her highlights at Iowa included upset victories at the Midwest Rowing Champion-ships in 1995 and 1998 over Wisconsin and Ohio State, respectively.

In 1993, she served as the assistant devel-opment coach for the U.S. Junior National Team and was tabbed the squad’s head coach the following year. Prior to her current appoint-ment on the NCAA Championship committee, Glenn also held a seat on the USRowing Board of Directors from 1996-98.

Before coaching at Iowa, she acted as a graduate assistant coach for Syracuse University while pursuing her master’s degree in public communications at the acclaimed Newhouse School of Communications. In 1991, Glenn re-ceived her master’s degree and stayed on board with the Orange as a full-time assistant rowing coach. As head of the novice program, she led SU to its best-ever performance, with her novice squads earning silver and bronze medals at the Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Col-leges Sprints.

Glenn, a 1988 graduate in American stud-ies at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., was the school’s varsity rowing captain for two years and a varsity letterwinner from 1985-88. She won three Seven Sisters’ Cham-pionship titles and a gold medal at the Head of the Connecticut, later becoming the recipient of the Outstanding Senior Athlete Award from Mt. Holyoke.

A Clarkston, Mich., native, Glenn has coached rowers of all ages and levels. While at Syracuse, she worked with junior girls at Liv-erpool High School. Her crews won two gold medals and one silver in the 1990 Empire State Games. She also has coached competitive to elite level master’s women, ages 27 and over.

Only 12 schools have more NCAA Championship appearances than Tennessee since 2003SCHOOL NCAA APPEARANCES SINCE 20031. Brown, Cal, Princeton, Ohio State, Washington, Yale 97. Michigan State, Southern Cal, Virginia 810. Tennessee, Harvard, Michigan, Stanford, Wisconsin 715. Washington State 616. Clemson 417. Notre Dame 318. Dartmouth, Texas, UCLA 219. Boston, Minnesota, Oregon State, Syracuse 1

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The Lady Vols have captured six gold medals at the Head of the Charles during Lisa Glenn’s tenure at Tennessee.

Glenn has produced 37 CRCA All-South Region Rowers since 2001

Six Lady Vols have earned 11 All-America honors, the most recent was Laura Miller in 2010.

Lisa Glenn’s rowers have earned 36 CRCA National Scholar-Athlete honors at UT.

SEC Academic Honor Roll Selections in 2010-11.

Tennessee placed 39 Lady Vols on the C-USA Honor Roll, with 14 earning the Commissioner’s Medal.


Erika Twedt joined the Tennessee women’s rowing program as an assistant coach in Au-gust 2010. Her responsibilities include assist-ing in all areas of the program with emphasis on recruiting, coxswain development, and the V4 boats.

A 2001 UT graduate, Twedt competed for the Lady Volunteers as a coxswain from 2000-01. She comes to Knoxville from Missoula, Mont., where she served as Director of Devel-opment and Alumni Relations for the Univer-sity of Montana Foundation.

A law degree recipient, Twedt earned her J.D. from the Hamline University Law School in St. Paul, Minn., in 2008. While in the North Star State, she also began her coaching career as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Boat Club’s competitive team. On her watch, the team successfully defended its first-place finish at the Head of the Charles Regatta, set-ting a new course record in the process.

“Erika brings many attributes to the table: her strong communication skills, broad experi-ence, intellect, and motivation to be the best are requirements for this position,” Glenn said. “I’m excited to help her utilize these strengths to take our fours, and our program, into new competitive territory.”

After graduating from UT in 2001, Twedt’s career path has taken her all over the world. Prior to heading up Development and Alumni Relations at Montana, she worked in Colorado and Minnesota. From 2004-05, she lived in Togo, West Africa as part of the Peace Corps, where she worked as a Community Health and AIDS Prevention Volunteer. She also studied abroad in Norway and Israel from 2006-07.

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COACHING EXPERIENCEUniversity of Tennessee Assistant Coach (2010-Present)Minnesota Boat Club Assistant Coach (2008-10)

ATHLETIC EXPERIENCEUniversity of Tennessee (2000-01) Coxswain University of Iowa (1998-2000) Coxswain

QUICK FACTS:

Alma Mater: Tennessee (2001)Hometown: Prairie Farm, Wis.

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COACHING EXPERIENCEUniversity of Tennessee Assistant Coach (2011-Present)Smoky Mountain Rowing Center Head Coach (2008-2011)

ATHLETIC EXPERIENCEUniversity of Tennessee (2003-07) 3 NCAA Championships

QUICK FACTS:Alma Mater: Tennessee (2007)Hometown: Orlando, Fla.

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Former Tennessee standout rower Sarah Arms returns to The Hill for her first season as an assistant coach for the Lady Vols. Her primary responsibilities include developing the novice crew and assisting with the varsity and recruiting.

A four-year letterwinner at Tennessee, Arms returns to UT after spending four years coach-ing both juniors and masters rowers as the head coach at the Smoky Mountain Rowing Center. While there, she was responsible for training both adult and junior rowers, coaching both the novice and varsity crews, as well as recruit-ing new rowers to the program and promoting rowing throughout East Tennessee.

While competing at UT, Arms was part of the program-best ninth-place team finish at the 2007 NCAA Championships. She competed at the 2004 NCAAs, as well as helping the Lady Vols to a 10th-place finish in their first team appearance in 2006.

Arms graduated from Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in animal science with a con-centration in management and a business mi-nor in 2007.

Originally from Orlando, Fla., Arms and her husband Jacob live in Maryville, Tenn.

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The University of Tennessee named Dave Hart vice chancellor and director of athletics on Sept. 5, 2011.

Hart, who was the director of athletics at Florida State University for 12 years from 1995-2007, previously served as Executive Director of Athletics at the Univer-sity of Alabama, where he led day-to-day op-

erations of the department.Comprehensive athletic success exemplified Hart’s

tenure as the Florida State athletic director, as a com-bined 35 ACC Championships were won by 10 different Seminole athletic programs during his tenure. Addi-tionally, the Seminole football team won nine ACC titles and appeared in four national championship games, winning the 1999 BCS National Championship with a Sugar Bowl victory over Virginia Tech.

The men’s outdoor track and field also claimed two national championships during that time, while the baseball program appeared in the College World Series five times and the softball program won nine ACC titles while playing the 2002 Women’s College World Series. During Hart’s last full year at Florida State, the Semi-noles finished 15th in the Directors’ Cup, an all-time high for the institution.

Additionally, during Hart’s three years at Alabama, the Crimson Tide claimed the 2009 BCS National Cham-pionship and the individual athletic teams posted a combined eight top three finishes nationally over the last three years. He has 20 years of service as a director of athletics, including eight at East Carolina (1987-95), an athletic program he joined in 1983 after coaching and teaching at the high school following his gradua-

tion from Alabama.“It is a privilege to be named Vice Chancellor and Di-

rector of Athletics at the University of Tennessee,” Hart said. “To be entrusted to lead one of the nation’s elite athletic programs is an exciting opportunity.

“I want to thank Chancellor Cheek, and all of those involved in this process for their confidence and com-mitment. I am anxious to demonstrate my passion for Tennessee and the Volunteer Nation.”

Highly respected as a visionary and industry leader, Hart’s career has featured service as the president of both the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athlet-ics and the Division 1A Athletics Directors’ Association. A former recipient of the Robert R. Neyland Award honor-ing lifetime achievement, Hart has also been named by his colleagues as the Athletic Director of the Year for the Southeast Region in both 2000 and 2005, one of a few se-lect individual to receive the honor multiple times.

During his 13 years at Florida State, Hart negotiated unprecedented, multi-million dollar contracts for the department totaling in excess of $175 million. He also devised and executed an extensive and comprehensive facilities master plan for athletics that eclipsed the $150 million mark. Hart initiated a multi-faceted Student De-velopment/Life Skills program for all student-athletes at FSU, an endeavor recognized nationally as a “Pro-gram of Excellence” by the Division I-A Athletics Direc-tors’ Association. He spearheaded the rewriting of the department’s mission statement to put the student-athlete at the core of athletic department priorities in its goal to build comprehensive excellence throughout all components of the department.

Hart met his wife, the former Pam Humble, while at Alabama. Pam is a 1970 graduate of The University of Alabama, and the couple has three children: Rick, who serves currently as the athletic director at UT Chatta-nooga, Jamie and Kelly. The Harts are the grandparents of five grandchildren: Trevor, Caroline, McKinley, Olivia and Kingsley.

Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek began serving as chan-cellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville on February 1, 2009.

Early in his tenure, Dr. Cheek worked closely with the uni-versity’s constituents to develop the strategic priorities for the cam-pus, which he’s worked closely with others to advance. In response

to a challenge from Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, the chancellor set in motion the process to bring UT Knoxville into the ranks of the top 25 public research universities within 10 years.

Central to advancing the university to Top 25 stature are goals for expanding graduate education, improv-ing retention and graduation rates, increasing research awards and expenditures and the ability to attract, sup-port and retain high caliber faculty.

He came to UT after more than 33 years at the Univer-sity of Florida where he was an award-winning professor, dean and most recently the senior vice president for agri-culture and natural resources.

Dr. Cheek earned a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Education from Texas A&M University, a master’s from Lamar University (in Beaumont, Texas) and a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Education, also from Texas A&M.

He is first member of his family to attend college and has a life-long affection for learning. Much of his re-search has focused on education and learning and he’s authored or co-authored nearly 200 publications.

In his spare time, he’s a gardener and nature enthusi-ast. He and his wife, Ileen, have two grown children and two grandchildren.

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FALL 2011 - SENIOR:Won gold at the prestigious Head of the Charles Re-gatta in the Club 8... At the Chattanooga Head Race, finished seventh in the Collegiate 4 and eighth in the Collegiate 8... Took eighth in the Championship eight at the Head of the Hooch Regatta... Also at Head of the Hooch, placed 11th in the Championship 4...

2010-11 - JUNIOR:Took second in the V4+ against Minnesota.. Raced in the 3V8+ against Louisville... Competed in the 2V4+ at the Conference-USA regatta, taking third place... Earned a gold medal in the Collegiate 2- with freshman Katherine Changes at the Chattanooga Head Race...Also finished sixth as a member of the Collegiate 8+ shell at the CHR...Finished 21st in the C8+ at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...

2009-10 - SOPHOMORE:Named to the 2010 SEC Spring Honor Roll...Compet-ed primarily with the V4+ during the spring season...

FALL 2011 - SENIOR:Began season with gold medal in the Collegiate 8 at the Chattanooga Head Race... Also took gold at the Head of the Hooch in the Championship 8... Earned silver medal at Chattanooga Head Race in the Collegiate 4... Finished 11th in the Championship 8 at the Head of the Charles... 2010-11 - JUNIOR:Raced in the V8+ against Minnesota, winning first place. Rowed 4 seat in the V8+ and finished second against Louisville... At the Lake Natoma Invitational in California, raced in 4 seat of the V8+, taking two second place finishes, and winning one... Against Princ-eton, took fourth place in the V8+... Raced in 2 seat at the Conference USA regatta and finished in second place... Finished the fall with two medals and three top-six finishes...Wrapped up a solid fall season with a gold medal at the Head of the Hooch Regatta as part of the C8+ boat...Opened the 2010-11 season with a bronze

Helped propel her boat to first-place finishes over both Dartmouth and Alabama on March 27 in the first-ever double dual meet held on Lake Loudoun...Was a part of the V4+ shell that finished second in the B Final of the 2010 Lake Natoma Invitational...Guided the V4 to a sixth-place finish at the 2010 South/Central Aramark Sprints...Helped Tennessee earn the inaugural Confer-ence USA Rowing Championship and earn a id to the NCAA Championships...At NCAAs, led her boat to a 4th place finish in the C Final...Participated in two rac-es during her first semester as a varsity crew member...Rowed in the shell that finished 24th in the 8+ division at the Head of the Hooch...Helped her 8+ boat to an eighth-place showing in the Rivanna Romp...

2008-09 - FRESHMAN:Spent her freshman year as a member of the novice team...Placed third with the N8+ shell at the Head of the Tennessee race, followed by an eighth-place finish at the Head of the Hooch regatta...Rounded out the fall season by taking fifth at the Rivanna Romp with the N8+ crew...Rowed with the top novice shell in its second-place showing against Alabama...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Sycamore High School...

PERSONAL:Majoring in journalism and electronic media with a mi-nor in communication studies... What she loves most about rowing is the comradeship of the team... She loves Tennessee for its school spirit... Has achieved SEC honor roll three times... Rows both port and starboard sides... Her 2K erg time is 7:41.5... Ashley Rebecca Case, daughter of Jeff and Wendy Case, was born on June 25, 1990, in Clarksville, Tenn...

medal in the C8+ and a sixth-place finish in the C4+ at the Chattanooga Head Race...

2009-10 - SOPHOMORE:Was a stronghold in the 2V8+ boat all spring season... Opened the spring by helping her shell record three consecutive head-to-head victories over Minnesota, Dartmouth and Alabama... At the 2010 Lake Natoma Invitational, guided the Big Orange to a second-place finish in the petite final of the 2V8+, as well as a fourth-place team finish...Was a member of the 2V8+ shell that brought home the Conference USA Champion-ship at the 2010 Aramark Sprints... Took part in the 2010 NCAA Championships as a member of the 2V8+ shell... In her first season as a member of the varsity squad, she helped pace her shell to a bronze-medal fin-ish at the Chattanooga Head Race... Part of the cham-pionship 8+ crew that took 13th- and 7th-place times in the Head of the Hooch and Rivanna Romp races, respectively...

2008-09 - FRESHMAN:Rowed in the top novice 8+ shell for the fall...Took bronze at the Head of the Tennessee with the novice 8+ boat... Raced with the 2V8+ in the spring... Helped her shell to a win over Alabama on March 28... Won the B Finals at the Lake Natoma Invitational... Recorded first- and third-place finishes at the Charles River Chal-lenge...Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll...

HIGH SCHOOL:Ranked seventh in her 2008 graduating class from Richland High School...Placed second in the National HOSA competition for two consecutive years....Won the Student Athlete Award of Merit for having the high-est GPA...

PERSONAL:What she loves most about rowing is the competitive-ness, the fun they have, and the closeness of the team... She loves Tennessee because of the school spirit... She rows on both port and starboard sides... Her 2K erg is 7:26.5... Her brother, Kevin Coggin, 19, also attends UT... Kristin Coggin was born on May 18, 1990, in Pu-laski, Tenn.... Her parents are Jeff and Diane Coggin...

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FALL 2011 - SENIOR:Claimed four gold medals... Started season with two wins in Collegiate 4 and C8 at the Chattanooga Head Race... Won Championship 4 and C8 at Head of the Hooch Regatta... Placed 11th in Championship 8 at the Head of the Charles Regatta...

2010-11 - JUNIOR:Won gold in V8+ against Minnesota... Took home sec-ond in the V8+ against Louisville... At Lake Natoma In-vitational, stroked V8+ to one first place finish and two second place finishes... At C-USA regionals, finished second in the V8+... Won Effort=Achievement award... SEC Honor Roll... Won three fall medals...Ended fall on a high note, capturing gold with Collegiate 8+ boat at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...Started off fall in style winning gold medal with the eights and a bronze medal with the fours at Chattanooga Head Race... SEC Honor Roll...

2009-10 - SOPHOMORE:Spent spring rowing with 2V8+ ...Opened season with wins over Minnesota, Alabama and Dartmouth...Helped push 2V8+ to second place finish at Lake Nato-ma Invitational...Took home C-USA championship as part of 2V8+ at Aramark Sprints...A member of 2V8 shell that won C Final at NCAA Championships...In the fall, earned a silver and two bronze medals in Cham-pionship 8+ divisions...SEC Honor Roll...

2008-09 - FRESHMAN:Rowed primarily in top varsity eight shell during spring season...Part of crew that beat Alabama by 12 seconds...Took home six medals during spring campaign...Helped push 2V8+ boat to win in B Finals at South/Central Aramark Sprints...Led rookies with five fall medals...Earned silver in champ 8+, bronze in champ 4+ and silver in pair in first collegiate action at Chattanooga Head Race...Took silver again in championship 8+ at Head of the Tennessee...Teamed with Paula Coughlin to collect bronze in pair at Head of the Tennessee...SEC Honor Roll...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Buffalo Seminary in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2008...A three-year rowing letterwinner...Served one year as a captain...Won gold in junior 4+ at scholas-tic nationals as a junior...Took home silver in senior 4+ at scholastic nationals in Oak Ridge, Tenn.... Named varsity crew MVP as a junior and a senior...Earned first-team all-state honors in 2007...Earned bronze medals in the junior 8+ and junior 4+ events at U.S. Club Nation-als in 2007...Part of the sixth-place women’s youth 8+ shell at the 2007 Head of the Charles...Also earned two varsity letters in swimming...

PERSONAL:Several former teammates competing at other colleges including Frances McGuire of Cornell and Sasha Bai-ley of Buffalo... Aspires to work with poor children in Africa after graduation... Loves Lady Vol Rowing be-cause of competitiveness, commitment and teamwork. Her favorite thing about Tennessee is the school spirit... Rows on the port side... Her 2K erg time is 7:15.1... Has two siblings, Calder, 22 and Robin, 17... Hilary Morgan Epes was born on May 6, 1990, in Buffalo, N.Y., to Charles Epes and Amy Lund...

FALL 2011 - SENIOR:Won four gold medals... Took first in both Collegiate 4 and C8 at Chattanooga Head Race... Part of Cham-pionship 8 that finished 11th at Head of the Charles Regatta... Finished season with gold medals in both Championship 4 and C8 at Head of the Hooch Re-gatta...2010-11 - JUNIOR:Won first place in V8+ against Minnesota… At Lake Natoma Invitational, raced in the V8+, bringing home one first place finish, and two second place finishes… Against Princeton, finished in fourth place with the V8+… Took home second place at Conference USA in the V8+ racing... Picked up where she left off at the end of the 2010 season, capturing three gold medals...Part of first-place eight boat at Head of the Hooch Regatta...Rowed C8+ to 10th-place finish at Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston...Opened season in style, taking home two gold medals at Chattanooga Head Race, in the eights and fours...

2009-10 - SOPHOMORE: Named to CRCA All-South Region first team...Tapped as 2009-10 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year...Named to SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll...Spent entire spring season in top V8 boat...Helped Orange and White record victories over Minnesota and Ala-bama...Part of V8+ shell that won petite final at the 2010 Lake Natoma Invitational...Earned a Conference USA Championship with V8 at Aramark Sprints...Part of eights that competed at 2010 NCAA Champion-ships...Finished her first semester as a member of varsity team with two bronze medals in four races...Helped her C8+ and Champ 4+ crews to third-place times at the Chattanooga Head Race...Earned a 24th-place finish with C8+ shell at Head of the Hooch and then capped the season with eighth-place showing in the Rivanna Romp...2008-09 - FRESHMAN: Spent fall season rowing with novice 8+ crew and spring campaign with second varsity four boat...Helped 2V4+ shell garner two runner-up finishes and a third-place finish in dual-races...Member of crew that took silver in D Finals of the 2V4+ race at South/Central Aramark Sprints...Won a bronze medal with novice eight boat at Head of the Tennessee race, then followed with a 16th-place performance at Head of the Hooch...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Arlington High School in Arlington, Tenn... Earned four varsity letters and spent one year as captain of soccer team...Took soccer team to four con-secutive district and regional titles... Named to TACA All-State Soccer Team in 2005-06 season, and was voted Best Defensive Player for 2007-08 season...Earned one varsity letter in basketball..

PERSONAL: Plans to graduate with a degree in exercise science...Has a sister Kelsey...Erika Brooke Lauderdale was born on March 1, 1990, in Memphis, Tenn...Her parents are John and Carol Lauderdale...


NIKKI ARCAMUZIJUNIOR /// MEMPHIS, TENN.

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Finished sixth in the Collegiate 8 at the Chattanooga Head Race...

2010-11 - SOPHOMORE:Stroked 2V8+ vs. Minnesota to second place... Led 2V8+ as stroke seat to first place vs. Louisville... Rowed in V8+ at Lake Natoma Invite to a first-place and two-second place finishes... Stayed in V8 for remainder of spring, taking fourth against Princeton, second at the C-USA regatta... Won Most Improved Award... Earned one medal during fall...Third place with Collegiate 8+ boat and sixth-place finish with Collegiate 4+ boat at Chattanooga Head Race...

2009-10 - FRESHMAN:Worked up to Varsity 4+, starting at Lake Natoma Invi-tational...Helped boat to second place in B final there...Propelled shell to third place at C-USA, enabling UT to win first-ever conference title...Competed in V4+ at 2010 NCAAs...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from White Station High School in Memphis... Earned three varsity letters in swimming... Received Cum Laude honors on National Latin Exam...

PERSONAL:Majoring in Nuclear Engineering at Tennessee... Wants to work at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) after graduating... A high school teammate of cur-rent Lady Vol swimmer Brooke Watson... What she loves most about rowing is that it teaches her strict discipline, and her favorite thing about UT is all of the new and interesting people she meets... Nikki rows port side, and her 2K erg is 7:25.9... Has four siblings, Alex, Stephanie, Samantha and Harry...Chose Tennessee over Michigan State...Nikki Anne Arcamuzi, the daughter of Annie and Michael Arcamuzi was born on July 2, 1991 in Barrington, Fla....

TAYLOR ATHANSOPHOMORE /// TAMPA, FLA.

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Won gold in the Club 8 at Head of the Charles Regatta... Finished seventh in the Collegiate 4 at the Chattanooga Head Race... Also took eighth in the Collegiate 8 at Chat-tanooga Head Race... Finished eighth in the Championship 8 at the Head of the Hooch...

2010-11 - FRESHMAN:As 3 seat in 2V4+, won first vs. Minnesota... As bow seat in 2V8+, finished second vs. Louisville... At Lake Natoma Invitational, in 2V4+, took home two second place finishes as 3 seat, and third as stroke seat... In 2V8+, finished third... At C-USA regionals, helped 2V8+ shell finish second... Opened college career with a sixth-place finish in Collegiate 8+ at Chattanooga Head Race...Also a member of C8+ shell that finished 16th at Head of the Hooch regatta...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Plant High School in Tampa, Fla., where she received three varsity letters in rowing...Helped lead her team to regional championships in 2009 and 2010...Won the state championship in 2009...Was a member of the Zeta Service Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Students Against Drunk Driving...

PERSONAL:Enrolled in College of Arts and Sciences... Enjoys playing music and the beach when she’s not rowing... Has five high school teammates rowing collegiately at various schools... Chose Tennessee over UMass and Fordham... What she loves most about rowing is the sense of unity it gives her... She loves Tennessee because of the mountains, food and hospitality... She won superior at piano competitions for eight years growing up... Taylor rows port side... Her 2K erg time is 7:43... Has two older sisters, Alexandra, 24, and Alyssa, 22...Taylor Angelica Athan, daughter of Dee Ann and Stephan Athan, was born on April 3, 1992 in Tampa, Fla....

PAIGE AUSTINJUNIOR /// WEST CHESTER, OHIO

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Finished eighth in both the Collegiate 4 and 8 at the Chat-tanooga Head Race...

2010-11 SOPHOMORE:Against Minnesota, stroked 2V4+ to first... Was 2 seat in the V4+ vs. Louisville, finishing first... Rowed 3 seat in V4+ at Lake Natoma Invitational, finishing in second... Stroked V4+ against Princeton, finishing third, and in V4+ at C-USA, taking second... Finished ninth in Collegiate 4+ at Chattanooga Head Race...Took home a 21st-place finish in Collegiate 8+ at Head of the Hooch Regatta...

HIGH SCHOOL:Attended Lakota West High School in West Chester, Ohio... Graduated with a 4.0 GPA... Named an Elite Athlete Aca-demic Scholar... Member of the National Honor Society, Latin Club, Math Club, Student Government Association, Senior Board, Impact 21 Leadership Program and Down Syndrome Association... Was a four-year letterwinner in swimming, where she set three school records...Helped lead her school to the state meet in 2008 and 2009...

PERSONAL:Majoring in Animal Science with a minor in Biology... Chose Tennessee because of her love for the South and its strong academic programs in her areas of interest... Wants to open her own veterinary clinic... What she loves most about rowing is the unity that the team has, and the determination to be the best they can be... She loves Tennessee because of the Southern hospitality, warm weather and mountains... Achieved SEC honor roll... Paige rows starboard side... Her 2K erg is 7:39.1... Has one brother, Jarred, 22...Chose UT over Clemson, Kentucky and Georgia...Paige Taylor Austin, daughter of Claire and Michael Austin, was born on Jan. 10, 1991, in West Chester, Ohio...

ARIN ANDERSONJUNIOR /// ELIZABETHTON, TENN.

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Earned silver medal in pair with Liz Dickson at Chatta-nooga Head Race... Finished sixth in the Collegiate 8 at Chattanooga Head Race...

2010-11 - SOPHOMORE:Took third place against Minnesota as 2 seat in the V4+… Helped her shell finish in third place against Louisville in the 3V8+... Missed the entire fall schedule due to injury...

2009-10 - FRESHMAN:Member of the Novice 8+ boat for most of her freshman campaign...Took home a fifth-place finish in the A final of the SIRA Regatta on April 17...Also part of the shell that finished fifth in the petite final at the 2010 South/Cen-tral Aramark Sprints...Posted second-place finishes against Dartmouth and Alabama on March 27... Won the Lil Smokey Award...HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton, Tenn... Was a four-year letterwinner in track and field and a three-year letterwinner in basketball...Served as captain for one year during her basketball career...Reached the TSSAA State Tournament in basketball and placed fourth in the state in shotput...

PERSONAL:What she loves most about rowing is that the team is like her family, and UT is her home away from home... Arin rows starboard side... Her fastest 2K erg is 7:25.4... Pursu-ing a degree in kinesiology...Desires to become an athletic trainer or physical therapist... Attending Tennessee was a life-long dream of hers...

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JENNIFER BAILEYJUNIOR /// GREENDALE, WIS.

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Won gold in the Collegiate 8 at the Chattanooga Head Race... Earned silver medal in the Collegiate 4 at the Chat-tanooga Head Race... Part of Lady Vol Championship 8 that took 11th at the Head of the Charles Regatta...

2010-11 SOPHOMORE:Took home two medals during fall...Was a part of eights that competed at Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, finishing 10th overall...Began fall with pair of gold medals at Chattanooga Head Race...

2009-10 - FRESHMAN:Competed in 2V8+ during spring...Part of shell that earned victories over Minnesota, Dartmouth and Alabama...Helped push UT to fourth-place team finish at Lake Natoma Invitational...Was part of 2V8+ shell that finished first among C-USA schools at Aramark Sprints...Rowed in 2V8+ for NCAAs...Collected two medals during first colle-giate fall...Was part of crew that finished eighth in champi-onship 8+ at Chattanooga Head Race and Rivanna Romp...Teamed with Mary-Hannah Daugherty to take gold in pairs in Chattanooga and bronze medal at the Romp...

HIGH SCHOOL:Attended Martin Luther High School... Was a four-year letterwinner in track and field...Gained rowing experience with Milwaukee Rowing Club, where she helped her shell take bronze in junior 8+ at Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in 2008...Part of 12th-place youth 8+ shell at prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta...

PERSONAL:Pursuing a degree in nutrition and exercise science with a minor in business administration...Aspires to represent the USA in the Olympic Games...Has two siblings, Katherine, 22, and Joshua, 16...The daughter of Andrew and Susan Bailey, Jennifer Elizabeth Rose Bailey was born on April 3, 1991, in Grosse Pointe, Mich....

MADDIE BISHOPFRESHMAN /// OAK RIDGE, TENN.

FALL 2011 - FRESHMAN:Won gold in Club 8 at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta... Finished seventh in the Collegiate 4 and eighth in the Collegiate 8 at the Chattanooga Head Race... Finished eighth in the Championship 8 at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Oak Ridge High School... Rowed star-board at Atomic Rowing... Rowed bow seat in the 4+ at the Chattanooga Head Race, as well as 5 seat in the 8+... Rowed in Atomic Rowing’s club 8 at the Head of the Charles... Raced in both the 8+ and 4+ at the Secret City Head Race and Head of the Hooch regattas... Won the Coaches Award in 2010 with Atomic Rowing, was freshman all-district in 2007 in soccer, first all-district in 2008-2009, and first team all-region soccer in 2009... Was a member of the National Honor Society...

PERSONAL:Majoring in Journalism and Electronic Media... After grad-uating, she strives to make movies, primarily documenta-ries... What she loves most about rowing at Tennessee is the atmosphere, location, and competitiveness of the team... She loves the school because there is orange everywhere and the people are friendly... Outside of rowing, Maddie’s big-gest accomplishment was her regional soccer game in 2009 versus Bearden High in double overtime, and winning sec-ond place in a video competition...

JESSICA BURNSSOPHOMORE /// PHOENIX, ARIZ.

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Won gold in Club 8 at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta... Earned a bronze medal in the Collegiate Pair with Payton Smith at the Chattanooga Head Race... Finished sixth in the Collegiate 8 at Chattanooga Head Race... At the Head of the Hooch Regatta, took eighth in the Cham-pionship 8 and 11th in the Championship 4...

2010-11 FRESHMAN:As 2 seat in the V8+, took first place against Minnesota... In the same crew took second against Louisville in the V8+... Rowed in the 2V4+ at the Conference-USA regatta at 2 seat, winning third place... Took home a bronze medal at the Chattanooga Head Race as part of the Collegiate 8+ boat...Also part of the C8+ shell that finished 16th at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Xavier College Prepatory School in Phoe-nix, Ariz....

PERSONAL:Majoring in Psychology... After graduating, she would like to become a psychologist and work with people... What she loves most about rowing is the team aspect, the coach, the Tennessee River and the program as a whole... She loves that Tennessee has beautiful weather and she enjoys all of the school spirit at UT... Her 2K erg is 7:15.6... First Lady Vol rower ever from Arizona...Member of the National Honor Society... Trained with Tempe Junior Crew, compet-ing mainly in the pairs and fours events...

SARAH CAVINSFRESHMAN /// CHARLOTTE, N.C.

FALL 2011 - FRESHMAN:Did not compete in the fall...

HIGH SCHOOL:Sarah graduated from South Mecklenberg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina... Rowed with Charlotte Youth Rowing... Rowed stroke seat in the quad and 4 seat in the 8+ at the Head of the Hooch Regatta... Made it to Region-als in 2011 in the quad, finishing in third place, and Na-tionals in the quad, finishing 18th overall... Was a member of the National Honor Society and Beta...

PERSONAL:What she loves about Tennessee is the friendliness and the team spirit presented... She loves Lady Vol rowing because her teammates are so nice... She can row on both port and starboard sides...

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FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Won gold medal at Head of the Charles in the Club 8... Finished seventh in the Collegiate 4 and eighth in the C8 at the Chattanooga Head Race... Finished eighth in the Head of the Hooch Regatta in the Championship 8, followed by an 11th-place finish in the C4...

2010- 11 - SOPHOMORE:Finished second in 2V8+ against Minnesota... Took second vs. Louisville in 2V8+... Finished second twice in 2V8+ at Lake Natoma... At C-USA regionals, finished second in 2V8+... Earned silver medal in Collegiate 2 at Chattanooga Head Race...Also finished sixth with C8+ shell...Member of C8+ shell that finished 21st at Head of the Hooch Regatta...

2009-10 - FRESHMAN:Part of V4+ shell that finished runner-up to Princeton on May 1...In the fall, rowed in the top eight shell for two rac-es...Also competed in the pairs, alongside Kaelyn Gibson, notching first and second-place finishes in the Head of the Hooch Regatta and Rivanna Romp, respectively...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Chattanooga School for Arts and Sci-ences...Served as student body president and chair of com-munity service team...Four-year member of Chattanooga Junior Rowing Club...Competed with 4+ crew, taking gold at Dogwood Regatta-State Championships and Southeast Jr. Championships...Part of shell that claimed eighth in ju-nior women’s 4+ event at Youth National Championships...

PERSONAL:Enjoys outdoor sports, baking and spending time with fam-ily... What she loves most about rowing at Tennessee is the motivation and support she’s given to always be the best... She loves Tennessee because of the tradition and spirit of the school... Rows on port side... Has three brothers, Nick, Hunter and Chase... Mary-Hannah Daugherty was born on June 16, 1991 in Chattanooga, Tenn., to Kim Daugherty....

LIZ DICKSONSOPHOMORE /// HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Earned three gold medals... First came in Club 8 at Head of the Charles Regatta... Won two golds at the Head of the Hooch in the Championship 4 and C8... Earned a silver medal with Arin Anderson in the Collegiate Pair at the Chattanooga Head Race... Also took sixth in C8...

2010-11 - FRESHMAN:Finished second against Minnesota, racing as 5 seat in the 2V8+... Took first place in the 2V8+ against Louisville in 5 seat... Raced in the 2V8+ at the Lake Natoma Invitational, finishing first in one race, and second in two races... Against Princeton, finished third racing in the 2V8+... At Confer-ence USA regionals, raced in 2 seat, and won a gold medal in the Open 4+... Finished ninth in the Collegiate 4+ at the Chattanooga Head Race in her first-ever collegiate rowing completion on Oct. 9...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Halifax Grammar School in Halifax, Nova Scotia...Received a high school diploma with honors, as well as an International Baccalaureate diploma...Was a member of Girl Guides, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Student Coun-cil...Received the Duke of Edinburgh award...Played bas-ketball at HGS, serving as captain for her senior year...Led the squad to a Provincial championship in 2010...

PERSONAL:Majoring in engineering... Would like to be a biomedi-cal engineer and ultimately attend medical school... Lists Sally Ride and Roberta Bondar as persons she admires... Has played the piano for six years... Chose UT because of its academic and athletic opportunities... Her favorite thing about Lady Vol rowing is the team atmosphere and what she loves about Tennessee is the color orange... Rows on port side... Her 2K erg is 6:59... Has an older brother, An-drew Dickson... Elizabeth Jane Dickson, the daughter of Sara Jane Snook and James M. Dickson was born on April 15, 1992 in Halifax, Nova Scotia...

RACHEL CLAGETTSOPHOMORE /// BRENTWOOD, TENN.

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Guided the Collegiate 4 to a gold medal at the Chattanooga Head Race... Also coxed Collegiate 8 to a sixth-place finish at the Chattanooga Head Race... Led the Championship 8 to eighth at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...

2010-11 - FRESHMAN:Coxed the Novice 8+ shell, placing third against Minne-sota... Finished second in the Novice 8+ against Louisville... At the SIRA regatta in Oak Ridge, Tenn., finished fourth overall in the Novice 8+. At the Conference USA regional regatta, coxed the Novice 8+ to a sixth place finish... Coxed the Novice 8+ to a second place finish at the Secret City Head Race, and a sixth place finish overall at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tennessee...

PERSONALMajoring in Graphic Design... Hopes to work in a graphic design firm, and possibly some freelance work... She loves the opportunities that Tennessee has athletically, academi-cally and artistically... What she loves most about rowing is the unity and team building... Her greatest accomplishment is being in the honors program at UT...

KATHERINE CHANGESSOPHOMORE /// WOODBRIDGE, VA.

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Did not compete in the fall...

2010-11 - FRESHMAN:Raced in the 3V4+ against Minnesota, finishing second... Was in 3 seat of the V4+ against Louisville, winning first place... Raced in 3 seat in the 2V4+ at the Conference USA regatta, winning a bronze medal... Earned a gold medal at the Chattanooga Head Race, teaming up with Ashley Case in the Collegiate 2-...Also a member of the C8+ shell that finished sixth at the Chattanooga Head Race...Capped off the fall with a 21st-place finish in the Collegiate 8+ at the Head of the Hooch...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Woodbridge High School in Woodbridge, Va... During her freshman year, she helped stroked the varsity quads to a silver medal finish at the state champi-onships, a fourth-place finish at nationals and a bronze at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta... During her junior season, she was a member of the state championship crew, and the bronze and silver medal-winning crews at the Stotesbury Regatta and National Championships, respectively...

PERSONAL:Loves everything that Tennessee has to offer, and loves the intensity of rowing... Outside of rowing, she is proud of earning her internship with the U.S. Government in Cus-toms and Border protection in Washington D.C. every summer... Achieved SEC honor roll during the 2010-11 school year... Rows on the port side... Her 2K erg time is 7:28... Changes was named Rower of the Year by the Po-tomac News and Messenger in 2008...

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ASHLEY FICHTHORNJUNIOR /// MADISON, CONN.

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Coxed Championship 8 to win at Head of the Hooch, as well as leading the C4 to 11th place... Guided the Champi-onship 8 to 11th place at the Head of the Charles Regatta... Took Collegiate 4 to 12th at the Chattanooga Head Race...

2010-11 - SOPHOMORE:Coxed V4+ to third place vs. Minnesota… Won against Louisville in 2V8+… At Lake Natoma Invitational, coxed V8+ to first place and two second place finishes… In V8+, took home fourth vs. Princeton… Finished second at C-USA regionals in V8+... Coxed shells to two medals during the fall season...Began fall with bronze in Collegiate 8+ and a gold medal in Collegiate 4+ at Chattanooga Head Race...Recorded 16th-place finish in eights at Head of the Hooch Regatta on Nov. 6... Won the most inspirational award...

2009-10 - FRESHMAN: Coxed Novice 8+ boat in inaugural season... Led her boat to a fifth-place finish in petite final of 2010 Aramark South/Central Sprints...Also posted fifth-place finish in A final of SIRA Regatta on April 17...Recorded second-place finishes against Dartmouth and Alabama on March 27...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Daniel Hand High School in Madison, Conn...Played softball and ran indoor and outdoor track...Served as softball captain during junior year...Had a role in the school production of The Wiz...

PERSONAL: Majoring in Nursing...Chose Tennessee because of nursing program, school spirit and rowing program...Aspires to be a pediatric oncology nurse... She loves rowing for the sup-portive team atmosphere, and she loves Tennessee because of the school spirit… Is the only current coxswain that started out rowing as a novice… Has three older siblings, Christi, 26, Amy, 26, and Andy, 24...Ashley Ann Fichthorn was born on July 4, 1991 to Nancy and Phillip Fichthorn...

COURTNEY FRITTSSOPHOMORE /// ORANGE PARK, FLA.

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Coxed Collegiate 4 to eighth at the Chattanooga Head Race...

2010-11 - FRESHMAN: Coxed the 3V4+ to a second place finish against Minneso-ta… Finished third against Louisville in the N4+… Coxed the Open 4+ to a gold medal at the Conference USA re-gional regatta...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Fleming Island High School in Fleming Island, Florida… Earned four varsity letters in swimming... Captain of the swim team her senior year… Editor of the yearbook, The Talon, her junior and senior year, and mem-ber of the National Honor Society… Graduated in the top six percent of her class...

PERSONAL:Majoring in Sports Journalism with a minor in Commu-nication Studies… Chose Tennessee because she grew up as a Volunteer fan, and has extended family lives in east Tennessee... After graduating, she would like to work in me-dia relations for a sports team, possibly working for ESPN eventually... What she loves about rowing is being a part of something bigger than herself... As a coxswain, she loves taking control of her crew and helping them be the fast-est crew they can be... She loves Tennessee for its history and athletics... SEC Honor Roll... She has one sister, Lacey, 22... Courtney Danielle Fritts, daughter of Troy and Cindy Fritts, was born on April 20, 1992 in Jacksonville, Fla....

EVELYN GADDISSOPHOMORE /// MARYVILLE, TENN.

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Won Helen B. Watson Female Scholar Athlete of the Year Award at Volscars... Took eighth in both the Collegiate 4 and C8 at the Chattanooga Head Race...

2010-11 – FRESHMAN:Against Minnesota, raced in the bow of the N8+… Won first place in bow seat of the N8+ against Louisville… Raced in bow seat of the N8+ at the SIRA regatta in Oak Ridge, Tenn., finished fourth overall… At the Conference USA regional regatta, was in bow seat of the Novice 8+, finishing in sixth place... Raced in bow seat of the 2N8+ at the Secret City Head Race, taking home third… Raced in the 2N8+ at the Head of the Hooch regatta...

HIGH SCHOOL:Homeschooled in high school through Maryville Christian School...

PERSONAL:Majoring in nursing, after graduating, she wants to work as a nurse in medical missions, and be a mother... Achieved the SEC honor roll her freshman year… Evelyn won the UTK Athletics Board Recognition of Academic Achieve-ment for Achieving a Superior Cumulative GPA among student-athletes her freshman year… What she loves about Lady Vol Rowing is her teammates and her coaches… She loves Tennessee because of her family, friends, the Smoky Mountains and the river… Her proudest accomplishment is being a National Merit Semi-Finalist... Evelyn is the oldest of fourteen siblings… She rows on both port and starboard sides…

KAELYN GIBSONJUNIOR /// PITTSFORD, N.Y.

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Took first place in both the Collegiate 4 and 8 at the Chat-tanooga Head Race... Won the Championship 8 at the Head of the Hooch Regatta... Finished 11th in the Cham-pionship 8 at the Head of the Charles Regatta...

2010-11 SOPHOMORE:Finished second in 2V8+ vs. Minnesota… Won gold vs. Louisville in 2V8+… Finished fourth in 2V8+ at Lake Natoma Invitational… Finished second at C-USA in 2V8+... Took first place as part of C8+ shell at Head of the Hooch Regatta...Began year with gold medal in eights and a bronze medal in fours at Chattanooga Head Race...

2009-10 FRESHMAN: Won races in 2V8+ vs. Minnesota, Alabama and Dart-mouth... Finished second in 2V8+ in B Final at Lake Nato-ma Inv....Won C-USA 2V8+ title... Won C Final in 2V8+at 2010 NCAA Championships...Took third at Chattanooga Head Race in both Championship 8+ and C2 boats...Fin-ished in 24th in C8+ at Head of the Hooch and eighth in season-ending Rivanna Romp...

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year hoops letterwinner, two-year captain... Led team to 2008 section title game... Earned All-Greater Rochester honors...Class-A All-Star in 2007, 2008... Won gold medal as sophomore, silver as junior at Empire State Games... 1,000-point scorer... Rowed with Pittsford Crew... Col-lected club 8+ gold at 2007 state rowing championships...

PERSONAL: Chose Tennessee because of strong rowing team and highly respected women’s athletic programs...Father, Cliff played football at Oregon... Loves Tennessee for its pride and spirit... Rows on starboard side, her 2K erg time is 7:09... Has one sister, Lindsay...The daughter of Cliff and Karen Gibson, Kaelyn Lydia Gibson was born on Oct. 21, 1990, in San Francisco, Calif....

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ANDREA KEESECKERJUNIOR /// JOHNSON CITY, TENN.

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Won gold in the Collegiate 8 and silver in the C4 at the Chattanooga Head Race... Part of Lady Vol crew to finish 11th in the Collegiate 8 at the Head of the Charles Re-gatta... Took eighth in the Championship 8 at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...

2010-11 - SOPHOMORERowed in 2V8+ vs. Minnesota and Louisville, finishing in second in both… At Lake Natoma Invitational, won one gold medal and two silver in V8+… Finished fourth against Princeton in V8+… At C-USA, finished second... Took home bronze medal at Chattanooga Head Race, compet-ing with Collegiate 8+ shell...Member of C8+ boat which finished 16th at Head of the Hooch...

2009-10 FRESHMAN: Member of Novice 8+ boat for most of freshman cam-paign... Took home fifth-place finish in A final of SIRA Regatta... Finished fifth in petite final at 2010 South/Cen-tral Aramark Sprints...Posted second-place finishes against Dartmouth and Alabama...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Science Hill High School... Finished in the top ten percent of her class with 4.0 GPA... Received three varsity letters in softball, serving as captain for one year...Led Science Hill to an undefeated softball season in 2008...

PERSONAL: Enrolled in college of Arts and Sciences... Lists current teammate Erika Lauderdale and former teammate Laura Miller as her biggest sports influences... What she loves about rowing is that there is so much support and competi-tion among the athletes… She loves Tennessee because it is one big family… She rows on starboard side… Her 2K erg time is 7:26.... Has two sisters, Amber, 22, and Allison, 18... Andrea Leigh Keesecker, daughter of Debbie and Alan Keesecker, was born Jan. 22, 1991 in Johnson City, Tenn....

KAYLA LUCIERFRESHMAN /// HAMILTON, ONTARIO

FALL 2011 - FRESHMAN:Finished 12th with the Collegiate 4 at the Chattanooga Head Race...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada… Won first place in 2009 in the Junior Women’s Heavy Eight at the Canadian Secondary School Regatta (Schoolboys). She also took home a second place finish at the Senior Women’s Heavy Eight in 2010… Won the MVP of her Women’s Rowing Team in the 2010-2011 season… Was an Ontario Scholar Honours recipient all four years of high school...

PERSONAL:Majoring in Biology, after graduating, she would like to be an emergency room doctor… What she loves about Tennes-see rowing is the coaching staff and the color orange… She loves Tennessee because of the friendly people and the warm weather in the winter… She rows on port side… Her 2K erg time is 7:29. Outside of rowing, her greatest accom-plishment is graduating summa cum laude in high school...

ERIKA JOHNSONJUNIOR /// VICTORIA, B.C.

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Won gold in Collegiate 8 and silver in C4 at the Chatta-nooga Head Race... Finished 11th in Collegiate 8 at Head of the Charles Regatta...

2010-11 – SOPHOMORE: Finished second in Open 4+ vs. Minnesota… Stroked V4+ to win vs. Louisville… At Lake Natoma Invitational, stroked V4+ to second twice, and 2V8+ to second… Fin-ished fourth in V8+ vs. Princeton… Finished second in 2V8+ at C-USA regatta... Missed entire fall due to injury... SEC Honor Roll and C-USA Academic Medal winner...

2009-10 - FRESHMAN: SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll... Spent all year on varsity squad... Helped her shell beat Minnesota and rival Alabama... Won gold in petite final of Lake Natoma Inv.... Member of V8 shell that won C-USA crown... Rowed with top boat at 2010 NCAA Championships... Won gold with C8+ shell, silver in C4+ at Chattanooga Head Race... Fin-ished 12th with C8+ at Head of the Charles Regatta... Won silver at Head of the Hooch and bronze at Rivanna Romp...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Oak Bay Secondary... Won British Co-lumbia Championships in track and field from 2006-09 and cross country in 2009...Member of two-time swim-ming and synchronized swimming Island Championship squads...Named Oak Bay Female Athlete of the Year in 2009 and Most Outstanding Relay Runner in 2008 and 2009...Holds two school track records and is amongst Brit-ish Columbia’s top-10 all-time runners in the 200m...

PERSONAL: Majoring in biology and plans to attend medical school...Chose UT over Stanford, Loyola Marymount and Santa Clara... Has a brother, Jason, 15...Erika Marie Johnson was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on July 6, 1991...Her parents are Kim and Melanie Johnson...

MICHELLE GOODWINSOOPHOMORE /// VENTNOR, N.J.

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Finished 12th in the Collegiate 4 at the Chattanooga Head Race...

2010-11 FRESHMAN: Rowed 2 seat in the V4+ against Minnesota, finishing third… Raced as 4 seat in the 2V8+ against Louisville, fin-ishing in second place… At the Lake Natoma Invitational, raced in 4 seat of the 2V8+, bringing home one first place finish and one second place finish… Stroked the 2V4+ against Princeton, finishing in third place… At the Confer-ence USA regional regatta, was 5 seat in the 2V8+, finishing in second overall... At her collegiate debut, finished sixth in the Collegiate 8+ at the Chattanooga Head Race...Also finished fifth in the Collegiate 2- at the CHR...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, N.J., in 2010...Helped lead her school to a third-place finish in the 2V8+ at the Philadelphia City Regatta in 2007...Led Holy Spirit to a first-place showing in the V8+ at the Atlan-tic County Championships in 2009...Rowed for coach Joe Welsh in high school...

PERSONAL: Studying history and education...A high school teammate of Ohio State’s Meghan Birkbeck... Career aspiration is to become a teacher...... Says her parents were her biggest ath-letic influences... She loves Lady Vol Rowing because the team is her family… Outside of rowing, her greatest ac-complishment was going to the Junior Olympics for swim-ming… Achieved SEC Freshman Honor Roll… Rows on both port and starboard sides… Her 2K erg time is 7:18... Has a brother, Tim and a sister, Annie...Michelle Christine Goodwin, daughter of Jim and Chris Goodwin, was born Nov. 12, 1991 in Pomona, N.J....

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ANITA MCLUREJUNIOR /// SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TENN.

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Won gold in both Collegiate 4+ and C8+ at Chattanooga Head Race... Coxed Championship 8+ to 11th place at the Head of the Charles... Guided Championship 8+ to eighth and C4+ to 11th at Head of the Hooch...

2010-11 – SOPHOMORE:Raced in Open 4+ against Minnesota, taking a second… Won in V4+ against Louisville in bow seat… At Lake Nato-ma Invitational, raced in V4+, bringing home three second place finishes… At Princeton, raced in bow seat of V4+, finishing in third… At C-USA regionals, raced in bow seat of V4+, finishing second overall... Took home bronze medal at Chattanooga Head Race as part of Collegiate 8+ ...Part of C8+ that finished 16th at Head of the Hooch Regatta...

2009-10 - FRESHMAN: Member of Novice 8+ boat for most of freshman cam-paign... Finished fifth at SIRA Regatta...Finished fifth in petite final at 2010 South/Central Aramark Sprints...Posted second-place finishes against Dartmouth and Alabama...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Red Bank High School...Was class saluta-torian...Finished with a 4.0 GPA... Played volleyball, track, cross country and basketball... Served as captain for both the track and cross country team during her senior year... Led her team to region cross country championships from 2007-09...

PERSONAL: Majoring in biomedical engineering... Chose Tennessee over Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech and Mercer... Was a high school teammate of former Lady Vol track legend Phoebe Wright... What she loves most about Lady Vol rowing is the challenge it gives her and the team atmosphere… She loves Tennessee because of the fall and spring weather… She rows on port side… Her 2K erg time is 7:50... Has three siblings: Matthew, 22, Abigail, 17, and Nathan, 15...

LIZA RADERSOPHOMORE /// MARYVILLE, TENN.

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Did not compete during the fall...

2010-11 – FRESHMAN:Won in 2V4+ against Minnesota in bow seat… Raced in 2V8+ against Louisville, finishing in second… Finished in third place at Princeton in 2V4+… Stroked gold-medal-winning boat at C-USA regionals in Open 4+... Finished ninth in Collegiate 4+ at Chattanooga Head Race...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Maryville High School...Was a member of the East Tennessee Rowing Organization from 2006-10...Served in Habitat for Humanity...Was a peer mentor to younger students...Received her school’s Citizenship Award...

PERSONAL: Majoring in Psychology at Tennessee... Aspires to become a leader, a better athlete and develop skills to take into the business world... Has been a Tennessee fan since birth... What she loves most about rowing at Tennessee is the team, and the beautiful, smooth water of the Tennessee River… She loves Tennessee because of the colors orange and white, football, mountains, and the fall leaves… Liza rows on the starboard side… Her 2K erg time is 7:27.9... Has one sister, Tori, 21... Anne Elizabeth Rader, daughter of Leslie and David Rader, was born on July 17, 1992 in Nashville, Tenn....

EVELYN RADFORDJUNIOR /// OAK RIDGE, TENN.

FALL 2011 - JUNIOR:Won Club 8+ title at Head of the Charles Regatta... Won gold in the Championship 8+ at Head of the Hooch Re-gatta... Won gold in College Pair with Rachel White at the Chattanooga Head Race... Finished sixth with the C8+...

2010-11 – SOPHOMORE:Raced 3 seat in V4+ against Minnesota, finishing in third… Was 6 seat of 3V8+ against Louisville, finishing second to Tennessee’s 2V8+… Took home fourth in 2V8+ against Princeton… Finished second at C-USA regionals in 2V8+ ... Took home pair of bronze medals at Chattanooga Head Race...Helped Collegiate 8+ cross the finish line in third place...Also finished third in Collegiate 2...Member of C8+ shell that took 21st at Head of the Hooch regatta... Received Most Improved Award in the fall... SEC Honor Roll...

2009-10 - FRESHMAN: Rowed varsity during spring...Competed with V4+ at Lake Natoma Invitational, finishing second in petite final...Member of V4+ shell that helped secure Tennessee’s 2010 C-USA title...Got first taste of NCAA Championship com-petition with fours at 2010 NCAA Championships...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Oak Ridge High School... Rowed with the Atomic Rowing Club in Oak Ridge and traveled to Boston for Head of the Charles Regatta in 2008...

PERSONAL: A biology major... Chose Tennessee because it was the per-fect combination of an academically-challenging program and strong athletics program... High school teammate of current Michigan rower Bryna Oleshansky... She loves rowing at Tennessee because the competitive atmosphere and opportunity for all rowers to succeed… She rows on starboard side… Her 2K erg is 7:48… Two older siblings, Simon and Rachel Fisher... Born on Jan. 17, 1991 in On-tario, Canada...

JESSIE RICHARDSONFRESHMAN /// APOPKA, FLA.

FALL 2011 - FRESHMAN:Coxed Club 8+ shell to gold medal at Head of the Charles Regatta... Guided Collegiate 4+ to seventh and C8+ to eighth at Chattanooga Head Race... Coxed Championship 8+ to eighth at Head of the Hooch...

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Lake Brantley High School in Orlando… Coxed her club’s Champ 8+ at Head of the Charles Re-gatta… Coxed V4+ shell to fourth place overall at Head of the Hooch Regatta… Won state championship with row-ing club in 2010-11 season... City Champions in 2010 and went to nationals in 2010 in the Junior 8... Was captain of her team in the 2010-11 season… Won Most Team Spirited award… Achieved high school honor roll multiple years, graduated her high school as a student of distinction… Was a member of the National Honor Society...

PERSONAL:Majoring in Psychology… Loves everything about Tennes-see, and loves the atmosphere of the rowing team… Out-side of rowing, her greatest accomplishments have been being a member of the screen actors guild, and she opened up for Blake Shelton singing at the Zelwood Corn Festival in Florida…

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JESSICA ANDERSONFRESHMAN /// COLLIERVILLE, TENN.

KAITLIN ARIESFRESHMAN /// CHULUOTA, FLA.

PERSONAL: Graduated with honors from Paul J. Hagerty High School... Four-year letterwinner in weightlifitng, track and wres-tling... Finished fith in state wrestling championships and seventh in weightlifting... Majoring in kinesiology... Wants to become a prosthetist... Her favorite part about rowing at Tennessee is how it helps her to exceed her expectations...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Houston High School... Majoring in ki-nesiology... Wants to become a physician’s assistant and do medical missions... Her favorite part of rowing at Tennessee is seeing the results of her hard work... Qualified for state track and field championships in the pentathalon...

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PAYTON SMITHFRESHMAN /// OOLTEWAH, TENN.

FALL 2011 - FRESHMAN:Finished sixth at the Chattanooga Head Race with the Col-legiate 8+... Won bronze in the Collegiate Pair with Jessica Burns at the Chattanooga Head Race...

HIGH SCHOOL:Graduated from Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sci-ences... Competed with Chattanooga Junior Rowing... Won gold in mixed-double pair at the 2010 Head of the Hooch... Took another gold in the lightweight pair at 2010 Southeastern Youth Regionals... Won gold at Lake Lanier Sprints in the lightweight pair... Finished seventh in ligh-weight double at 2011 Youth Nationals... Award 2011 Best Female Sculler award, and 2011 Best Lightweight Female Rower... Excelled in cross country at CSAS... 2010 All-State Cross Country honoree... 2010 Best Female Runner Award recipient... Won Patriot CC Award in 2007, ‘08 and ‘09... Honored in 2009 for academic achievements... Received several distinctions for her academic accomplishments in the subjects of English, French, physics and world studies...

PERSONAL:Majoring in kinesiology, with aspirations of becoming a doctor or physical therapist... Loves Tennessee because of the mountains...

RACHEL WHITESOPHOMORE /// CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

FALL 2011 - SOPHOMORE:Won three gold medals... Claimed gold at Head of the Charles Regatta in the Club 8+... Won Collegiate Pair with Evelyn Radford at the Chattanooga Head Race... Won the Championship 8+ at the Head of the Hooch... Finished sixth in the Collegiate 8+ at the Chattanooga Head Race...

2010-11 - FRESHMAN:Rowed in V8+ during the spring... Part of V8+ that beat Minnesota and finished second to Louisville... Finished sec-ond at C-USA Regatta... Placed fourth against Princeton... Had an extremely impressive debut at Rocky Top, taking home three gold medals...Capped off her strong fall cam-paign with a first-place finish in the Collegiate 8+ at the Head of the Hooch Regatta...Made the trip to Boston to compete with the eights at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Oct. 24, taking home a 10th-place finish...Captured two gold medals in her first-ever collegiate race, the Chat-tanooga Head Race....

HIGH SCHOOL: Homeschooled...

PERSONAL: Member of the Chattanooga Youth Orchestra...Lists paint-ing and being with her family among her hobbies...Was boat partners with Joanna Poinsatte, who currently rows at Notre Dame...Her father and grandfather attended Tennes-see...Lists Eric Liddel as an athlete who she idolizes...Has six siblings, Hannah, Luke, Gracie, Calvin, Addie and Ellie...Rachel Faith White, daughter of Jon and Patte White, was born on Dec. 6, 1991 in Knoxville, Tenn....

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SARAH AXONFRESHMAN /// KNOXVILLE, TENN.

MAGAN BERMANFRESHMAN /// GOODLETTSVILLE, TENN.

SARAH CASTILAWFRESHMAN /// NASHVILLE, TENN.

MAGGIE COLLINSFRESHMAN /// MOUNT AIRY, N.C.

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TERA BATTSFRESHMAN /// CHARLOTTE, N.C.

PERSONAL: Graduated with honors from Southlake Christian High School... Played varsity basketball and softball... Major-ing in Spanish... Wants to own her own Spanish-translator business... Her favorite thing about rowing at Tennessee is her teammates and their Volunteer pride ...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Bearden High School... Four-year varsity tennis letterwinner and captain as a senior... Majoring in marketing... Her favorite thing about rowing is the friend-ships she has made and the competitive atmosphere... She loves UT because of the outgoing students and plentiful opportunities...

KATELYN CARRFRESHMAN /// HENDERSONVILLE, TENN.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Hendersonville High School... Played var-sity lacrosse, was captain and MVP her senior year... Was lacrosse Rookie of the Year in 2008... Majoring in recreation and sport management and wants to be a program director for youth sports... Has an internship with Disney... Favorite thing about rowing at Tennessee is how her team is like family

PERSONAL: Graduated from Hume-Fogg High School... Competed in cross country... Majoring in business... Wants to be an ac-countant or have a career in business after she graduates... Her favorite thing about rowing at Tennessee is the new friends she has made and being close to home...

HAYLEY CLARKFRESHMAN /// SEYMOUR, TENN.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Seymour High School... Lettered in volley-ball, basketball, swimming and track... Part of three district or regional basketball championships... Studying recreation and sport management... Aspires to work in UT Athletics... Her favorite thing about rowing at UT is being with good friends...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Father Ryan High School... Participated in varsity swimming... Top Female Scholar Athlete... Wants to become a physician’s assistant... Her favorite thing about rowing is all the friends she has made... She loves Tennessee because of the Southern hospitality and friendliness of the people...

SARAH COPELANDFRESHMAN /// MADISON, TENN.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Saint Cecilia Academy... Won Most Im-poved Award in tennis... Majoring in nursing... Her favorite thing about rowing is her teammates and she loves Tennes-see because of all the opportunities...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Mount Airy High School... Earned all-conference honors in soccer... Majoring in animal science... Wants to become a veterinarian... She loves rowing because of her teammates and her favorite thing about UT is the pride people take in Tennessee...


CHRISTINE LUSTERFRESHMAN /// ELIZABETHTON, TENN.

SARAH BETH NELIUSFRESHMAN /// TULLAHOMA, TENN.

SARAH MCAULIFFEFRESHMAN /// MILLIS, MASS.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Millis High School... Track MVP from 2009-11... Tri-Valley League Track All-Star... Won most improved award in 2008-09... Studying sport management and wants to work for a college or pro sports team after college... Her favorite thing about rowing at UT is the hard work and her teammates...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Happy Valley High School... Majoring in business management... Wants to become an attorney... Her favorite thing about rowing is the opportunity to meet new people and become a better athlete...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Tullahoma High School... Qualified for state cross country meet... Majoring in psychology... Her favorite thing about rowing is the friendships and she loves UT because of the mountains and fresh air...

EMILY CORNELIUSFRESHMAN /// KNOXVILLE, TENN.

JESSICA HERWIGFRESHMAN /// OAK RIDGE, TENN.

MEAGAN EATONFRESHMAN /// MURFREESBORO, TENN.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Siegel High School... Played four years of varsity softball where she was named all-district in 2008, 2011, all-district tournament in 2009, MTSCA Second-Team in 2009 and an MTSCA All-Star in 2011... Major-ing in political science and aspires to be an attorney... Her favorite thing about rowing at UT is the hometown feel...

PERSONAL: Third in her graduating class at Hardin Valley Academy... Three-year basketball letterwinner and a captain... Studying kinesiology and wants to become a pediatrician... She loves rowing at UT because of the people and the school spirit...

COURTNEY HENDERSONFRESHMAN /// HOHENWALD, TENN.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Lewis County High School... Majoring in psychology... Wants to go into politics after graduating from UT... Her favorite part about rowing is her team-mates... She loves Tennessee because of the people and what the school stands for...

MAKENZIE HOFFMEYERFRESHMAN /// COOKEVILLE, TENN.

PERSONAL: Graduated with honors from Upperman High School... Studying animal science with aspirations of becoming a veterinarian... Her favorite thing about rowing is the op-portunity to compete and the spirit of the team... She loves UT because of the academic programs and opportunities...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Grace Christian Academy... Majoring in nutrition and wants to work with children... Her favorite thing about rowing is the unity of the team... She loves UT because of the pretty campus...

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LEIGHANNE SELFFRESHMAN /// KNOXVILLE, TENN.

CHIAZOM UGO-OBIFRESHMAN /// NASHVILLE, TENN.

ALLISON TOTHFRESHMAN /// OAK RIDGE, TENN.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Oak Ridge High School...

PERSONAL: Graduated from Grace Christian Academy... Earned all-district and all-region in volleyball in 2009... All-district honorable mention in 2010... Studying public relations... She loves Tennessee because it’s home... She loves rowing because it keeps her in the best shape...

RACHEL WHITAKERFRESHMAN /// VONORE, TENN.

PERSONAL: Homeschooled... Placed second at the Southeastern Re-gional Mountain Biking Championships and third in the Tennessee State Mountain Biking Championships... Major-ing in mechanical engineering... Her favorite thing about rowing is getting stronger and the competition... She loves UT because of the mountains and blue skies...

PERSONAL: Graduated cum laude from Father Ryan High School... Studying communications and on a pre-med path... Her favorite thing about rowing is the friendships... She love Tennessee because of the wide range of events and activities to attend on campus...

EMILY WIDELOCKFRESHMAN /// LEBANON, TENN.

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PERSONAL: Homeschooled... Tennessee State Gymnastics Floor Cham-pion in 2009-10... Tennessee State Gymnastics Beam Champion in 2008-09... Majoring in food science with as-pirations of becoming an orthopedic surgeon... Her favorite thing about rowing is the great friends she’s made... She loves UT because of all the things to do and places to go...

y HOW DO YOU SAY?

y Nikki Arcamuzi (ar-ka-MOO-zee)

y Sarah Castilaw (CAST-ill-awe)

y Rachel Clagett (CLAGG-it)

y Hilary Epes (epps)

y Ashley Fichthorn (FITCH-thorn)

y Andrea Keesecker (KEY-seck-ur)

y Kayla Lucier (LOO-see-ay)

y Sarah McAuliffe (mick-awe-LIFF)

y Sarah-Beth Nelius (NELL-yus)

y Chiazom Ugo-Obi (CHIZ-za)

WHITNEY WOLFEFRESHMAN /// SEYMOUR, TENN.

PERSONAL: Graduated fifth in her class at Heritage High School... Four-year letterwinner in basketball... Majoring in math-ematics... She wants to become a dentist after college... Her favorite thing about rowing is being part of a team that pushes her to be better... She loves UT because of the mountains...

MANAGERS

WHITNEY WOLFE

BRADY EVANS

PHILLIP STEVENSON

CHRISTIAN WIBERLY


ASHLAND CITYAshley Case

BARTLETTErika Lauderdale

BRENTWOODRachel Clagett

CHATTANOOGAMary-Hannah DaughertyRachel White

COLLIERVILLEJessica Anderson

COOKEVILLEMakenzie Hoffmeyer

ELIZABETHTONArin AndersonChristine Luster

GOODLETTSVILLEMagan Berman

HENDERSONVILLEKatelyn Carr

HOHENWALDCourtney Henderson

JOHNSON CITYAndrea Keesecker

KNOXVILLESarah AxonEmily CorneliusLeighanne Self

LEBANONEmily Widelock

MADISONSarah Copeland

MARYVILLEEvelyn GaddisLiza Rader

MEMPHISNikki Arcamuzi

MURFREESBOROMeagon Eaton

NASHVILLESarah CastilawChiazom Ugo-Obi

OAK RIDGEMaddie BishopJessica HerwigEvelyn RadfordAllison Toth

OOLTEWAHPayton Smith

PULASKIKristin Coggin

SEYMOURHayley ClarkWhitney Wolfe

SIGNAL MOUNTAINAnita McLure

TULLAHOMASarah Beth Nelius

VONORERachel Whitaker

GOOD OLE ROCKY TOP: 36 LADY VOLS CALL TENNESSEE HOMEARIZONA

Jessica Burns, PhoenixCONNECTICUT

Ashley Fichthorn, MadisonFLORIDA

Kaitlin Aries, ChuluotaTaylor Athan, TampaCourtney Fritts, Orange ParkJessie Richardson, Apopka

OHIOPaige Austin, West Chester

MASSACHUSETTSSarah McAuliffe, Millis

NEW JERSEYMichelle Goodwin, Ventnor

NEW YORKHilary Epes, BuffaloKaelyn Gibson, Pittsford

NORTH CAROLINATera Batts, CharlotteSarah Cavins, CharlotteMaggie Collins, Mount Airy

VIRGINIAKatherine Changes, Woodbridge

WISCONSINJennifer Bailey, Greendale

CANADABRITISH COLUMBIA

Erika Johnson, VictoriaNOVA SCOTIA

Liz Dickson, HalifaxONTARIO

Kayla Lucier, Hamilton

LADY VOLS BY STATE

THIS IS TENNESSEE

GATEWAY TO THE SMOKIESNature-lovers love Knoxville, as it sits nestled in

the Tennessee River Valley just 45 minutes from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Rocky Top is also surrounded by seven TVA lakes. HEART OF THE SOUTH

UT’s campus is at the crossroads of three major in-terstate system and is within a 6-hour drive of several major Southern cities, including Atlanta, Birming-ham, Charlotte, Memphis, Nashville and Richmond.BY THE NUMBERS

According to Forbes Magazine, Knoxville is 10th on a list of “Best Places for Business and Careers,” and fourth among “Best Cities for Relocating Families.”

THIS IS KNOXVILLE

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