Women's Crew's Naylor, Solberg Earn CRCA All-America Awards
6/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Crew
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University women's crew senior Whitney Naylor has earned CRCA First Team All-America honors, and junior Muriel Solberg has earned CRCA Second Team All-America honors, the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association announced on Monday.
A native of New Canaan, Conn., Naylor gained All-America accolades for the first time while also winning First Team All-Ivy and CRCA First Team All-Region 1 laurels this past spring. A team captain, Naylor rowed in the bow seat of the first varsity eight boat in all 14 races and graduated with a degree in business, entrepreneurship and organizations in May.
Solberg, a native of Rockford, Ill., garnered All-America status for the second time after taking home CRCA First Team All-America honors as a sophomore. This past spring, she collected First Team All-Ivy, CRCA First Team All-Region 1, and CRCA Scholar-Athlete plaudits. She rowed with the first varsity eight in all 14 races and holds a double concentration in chemistry and economics.
The duo helped the Bears' first varsity eight win gold at the 2015 Ivy Championship, giving the crew its ninth Ivy title all-time and first since 2008. The first varsity eight went on to win the petite final at the NCAA Championships, finishing the year with a 36-7 record over 14 total races. The varsity eight's performances aided Brown in placing first at the Ivy Championship and third at the NCAA Championships in the team standings.
General requirements for nominating a student-athlete for CRCA post-season honors include: the student-athlete must meet all eligibility rules as defined by her institution, the student-athlete must have rowed at least 75 percent of the current spring season's races in the varsity boat (before and including May 19, 2015), the student-athlete must be nominated by her institution, and the head coach of the student-athlete's institution must be a member in good standing of the CRCA.
The nominated student-athletes are then selected to first and second teams based on the following criteria: strength of finish of the institution's varsity eight within the country, coach comments, and 2k erg score.
2015 Division I Pocock First Team All America Award Winners
Ashley Bauer – The Ohio State University
Samantha Casto – University of Virginia
Kendall Chase – University of California, Berkeley
Sarah Davis – The Ohio State University
Mera Dickensheets – Indiana University
Gia Doonan – University of Texas, Austin
Jessica Eiffert – University of Michigan
Emily Froehlich – University of Texas, Austin
Fiona Gammond – University of Washington
Inger Kavlie – University of California, Berkeley
Lindsay Meltz, coxswain – University of California, Berkeley
Whitney Naylor – Brown University
Holly Norton – The Ohio State University
Faith Richardson – Princeton University
Kate Roach – Cornell University
Ingvild Roenningen – University of California, Berkeley
Catherine Shields – The Ohio State University
Katie Toothman – Stanford University
Lauren Tracey – Harvard University, Radcliffe Crew
Jordan Watson – Washington State University
Lizzy Youngling – University of Virginia
2015 Division I Pocock Second Team All America Award Winners
Nneka Anyanwu, University of San Diego
Fredericka Archibald – Harvard University, Radcliffe Crew
Hemingway Benton – University of Virginia
Rebecca Braak – University of Minnesota
Sarah Dougherty – University of Washington
Jacinta Edmunds – University of California, Berkeley
Deirdre Fitzpatrick – Syracuse University
Nicole Hare – Washington State University
Pippa Loveard – University of Texas, Austin
Collette Lucas-Conwell, coxswain – University of Virginia
Colleen Maher – Yale University
Kricket Masters – United States Navel Academy
Ellie Parker – Stanford University
Hannah Schwartz – University of Wisconsin
Ailish Sheehan – University of Notre Dame
Alexandra Spaulding – University of Michigan
Muriel Solberg – Brown University
Lauren Still – Oregon State University
Madara Strautmane, University of Southern California
Meghan Wheeler – Princeton University
Alice Wright – Indiana University
