Rowing Brief: May 7, 2007
Here is the rowing brief about the annual team banquet.
Monday, May 7th, 2007
Several rowers honored at annual team banquet
Two seniors took home the top awards at the Kansas rowing team’s annual banquet Friday night.
Senior rower Lindsey Miles won the Oarswoman of the Year award, and senior coxswain Samira Naji won the Nikia Rosenberger Coxswain award.
Other award winners included senior rower Alia Bober, Senior Award; sophomore rower Megan Heacock, Most Improved Oarswoman; freshman rower Lindsey Lawrence, Outstanding Newcomer; and sophomore rower Valerie Jackson, Most Improved Newcomer.
Four awards had multiple winners. Nine seniors were recognized with the Senior Oarswoman Award, including Miles, Naji, Ashley Broockerd, Jelayna Da Silva, Whitney Fasbender, Tiffany Jeffers, LlynnAnn Laugesen, Tricia Sawtelle and Annie Sims. Five of them were recognized with the Senior Academic Award: Da Silva, Fasbender, Jeffers, Miles and Sims. Miles and Sims also won the “Class of 2000” Team Academic Award.
The team’s captains — Miles, Naji, Sims and junior rower Kara Boston — were also recognized.
The rowing team didn’t compete last weekend but will make a final push at the South-Central Regionals in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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