University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Receive Post-Season Awards
6/2/2009 12:00:00 AM | Rowing
Senior rower Ashlee Vilmo was named to the All-Central Region First Team, announced by Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. It was the first honor for Vilmo and the team's fifth-straight year a Golden Gopher has landed first-team all-region honors. Vilmo was one of 11 members on the first team from the Big Ten Conference.
Along with all-region honors, the Gophers also had nine student-athletes as a CRCA Scholar Athlete. In order to become a CRCA Scholar Athlete, rowers must meet the following criteria: has met all eligibility rules as defined by her institution, in her second, third, or fourth year of eligibility, rowed in her institution's NCAA or IRA eligible boat(s) for a minimum of 75% of the current spring races or racing in a regional conference event and had a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher for her career (through the fall semester/quarter for the current competition year). Minnesota's honorees were Rebekah Brzozowski, Christine Cira Allison Fisher, Shannon Gates, Kristin Haag, Molly Kalmoe, Erica Niemiec, Michele Peterson and Linnea Trandem.
First Team All-Central Region
Karen Colwell - University of Michigan
Laura Dunn, coxswain - University of Michigan
Ashley Kroll - University of Michigan
Adrienne Mecham - University of Michigan
Sarah Schmidt - Michigan State Univeristy
Emily Regan - Michigan State University
Theresa Shields - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Maggie Galloway - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Susanne Herbrand - Ohio State University
Jessica Novack - University of Iowa
Ashlee Vilmo - University of Minnesota
Rebekah Brzozowski
Christine Cira
Allison Fisher
Shannon Gates
Kristin Haag
Molly Kalmoe
Erica Niemiec
Michele Peterson
Linnea Trandem
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