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Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2022
The 2000 Brown Women’s Crew team picked up where the 1999 team left off, repeating as NCAA National Team Champions. The Bears edged out Washington in the Varsity 8 and Junior Varsity 8 races at the NCAA Championship. The Varsity 4 crew finished second to the Washington Huskies. In total, Brown accumulated 59 points to repeat as Champions.
For the second straight season, Brown’s top-three crews finished first at the Eastern Sprints to pick up the Charles G. Willing, Jr. Team Trophy as well as the Ivy League title. During the regular season, all three of Brown’s crews were unbeaten in dual races for the second straight year. The Varsity 8 crew earned First Team All-Ivy honors following the first-place finish at the Eastern Sprints.
The accolades did not end with the student-athletes in 2000 as head coach John Murphy was named the NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year, the CRCA National Coach of the Year, the CRCA Regional Coach of the Year, and the EAWRC Coach of the Year. Phoebe Murphy was honored as the 2000 EAWRC Novice Coach of the Year.
Coach John Murphy stated that his rowers “really closed the deal in 2000 when the JV won by 20 seconds, which is an unheard-of margin.” Murphy concluded in reference to both championship teams, “if we had the members of these two teams back today and got them fit, they still might be the fastest in the country - even now 20 years later! They were exceptional athletes and exceptional individuals.”
2000 Women’s Crew Team:
Coaches - Loyalty Chair for Women’s Crew John Murphy, Associate Head Coach Phoebe Murphy ‘82, Assistant Jonathan Mekinda. Boatman. Mark Schofer
Team - Anda M. Adams, Rachel E. Anderson, Sarah L. Baird, Frances M. Betancourt, Rosemary H. Branson Gill, Anne H. Carter, Eleanor H. D’Ambrosio, Julie A. Derderian, Eleanor Dodson-Kasper, Sara A.D. Ferree, Chandra N. Glick, Caroline G. Grogan, Nina F. Hanlon, Liane M. Keister, Christina F. Mair, Portia J. McGee, Hadley Hosea Michalowski, Sarah Mudge, Lucy C. Nguyen, Jessica D. Rome, Katherine R. Saul, Maria P. Schnobrich, Erin K. Schoneveld, Kelly E. Turley, Kellie L. Walker.
