June 5, 2017

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Five members of the Virginia rowing program were recognized with Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-Region 3 awards.

Seniors Erin Briggs (Orono, Minn.) and Georgia Ratcliff (Falls Church, Va.) were named to the CRCA All-Region 3 first team, while seniors Colette Lucas-Conwell (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Ellen Pate (Lafayette, Calif.) and junior Jane Hudson (Sandy, Utah) were recognized on the second team.

Ratcliff and Lucas-Conwell earned all-region honors for the third consecutive season. Briggs earned her second straight All-Region 3 first-team honor.

Ratcliff, Briggs, Lucas-Conwell, Hudson and Pate were part of the UVA Varsity Eight that claimed an ACC championship on placed 10th at the NCAA Championships.

CRCA All-Region 3 First Team
Shannon Barry, Texas
Erin Boxberger, Notre Dame
Erin Briggs, Virginia
Gia Doonan, Texas
Kristi Harrison, Louisville
Carljin Hutter, Oklahoma
Ljiljana Josic, Texas
Nicole Lane, Alabama
Katherine Maitland, Duke
Treasa O’Tighernaigh, Notre Dame
Georgia Ratcliff, Virginia
Miriam Soufi, Texas
Hattie Taylor, Syracuse

CRCA All-Region 3 Second Team
Gretchen Bruggeman, Notre Dame
Noelle Dykmann, Kansas State
Lexi Gill, Syracuse
Jane Hudson, Virginia
Colette Lucas-Conwell, Virginia
Philippa Loveard, Texas
Maegan Neihart, Oklahoma
Ellen Pate, Virginia
Caitlin Yaccarino, Boston College