Four Rowers Earn All-America Honors

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CHARLOTTESVILLE – Desiree Burns and Jennifer Cromwell were named Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association first team All-Americans, while Amanda Chase and Augusta Stratos earned second team honors, the organization announced Friday.

Burns, a junior from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., rowed with the Varsity Eight that finished as the runner-up at the NCAA Championships and was the regional champion. She was also a first team all-south region honoree. It is her first All-America honor.

Chase, a co-captain, hails from Woodbridge, Va. She was named to the All-ACC team following Virginia’s second-place finish at the conference championships and rowed with the Varsity Eight that finished second at NCAAs and won the South/Central Region. A first team all-south selection, it is Chase’s first All-America honor.

Cromwell, a junior out of Bellevue, Wash., stroked the Varsity Eight that won the South/Central Region and was the runner-up at NCAAs. This is her second All-America honor, as she was named to the first team last season in addition to being a repeat selection to the all-region team. In 2007, she was the ACC Rookie of the Year.

Stratos, a local product out of Charlottesville, Va., and a senior co-captain, rowed with the regional champion and NCAA second-place finisher Varsity Eight. She was named a second team all-south region selection and an All-ACC selection this season. It is her first All-America honor.

Virginia finished the season ranked No. 2 in the CRCA’s national poll after finishing fourth as a team at the 2009 NCAA Championships. The Varsity Eight finished second, while the Second Varsity Eight and Varsity Four each finished sixth. UVa was one of four schools (NCAA Champion Stanford, California and Yale were the others) to qualify for each of the grand finals.

2009 First Team All-America
Liene Bertasjus – University of Southern California
Desiree Burns – University of Virginia
Jennifer Cromwell – University of Virginia
Emily Dreissigacker – Dartmouth College
Adrienne Fritsch – Stanford University
Tess Gerrand – Yale University
Sara Hendershot – Princeton University
Susi Herbrand – Ohio State University
Ame Hicks – Oregon State University
Lou Kinder – University of California, Berkeley
Ashley Kroll – University of Michigan
Jessica Leidecker – Clemson University
Jenna Levy, coxswain – Stanford University
Esther Lofgren – Harvard University, Radcliffe Crew
Elle Logan – Stanford University
Hannah Malvin – Brown University
Adrienne Martelli – University of Washington
Meredith Mead – Columbia University
Iva Obradovic – University of California, Berkeley
Taylor Ritzel – Yale University
Erika Roddy – Stanford University
Sarah Schmidt – Michigan State University
Theresa Shields – University of Wisconsin
Jessica Stage – Brown University

2009 Second Team All-America
Amanda Chase – University of Virginia
Karen Colwell – University of Michigan
Hillary Cumbest – Clemson University
Brittany Cummings – Clemson University
Peta Leigh Dakyns – Ohio State University
Alison Fishman – Princeton University
Annie Gayman – Princeton University
Elena Humphreys – University of California, Berkeley
Laura Huppert – Harvard University, Radcliffe Crew
Jenny Kossowsky – Oregon State University
Grace Luczak – Stanford University
Kayleigh Mack – University of Washington
Adrienne Mecham – University of Michigan
Katy Milton – University of California, Berkeley
Lauren Nowinski – University of California, Berkeley
Eleanor Pascall – Dartmouth College
Christina Person – Yale University
Emily Regan – Michigan State University
Anna Specjalska – University of Southern California
Augusta Stratos – University of Virginia
Ashlee Vilmo – University of Minnesota