Annual Spring Banquet Awards
FOUNDERS AWARD
This award is for the rower that exhibits outstanding leadership, initiative, commitment, camaraderie, and spirit during the season.
KELLY MERTZ – Spring 2000
JOHN ROGERS – Spring 2001
JANE LLOYD – Spring 2002
ARTHUR FRANKE – Spring 2003
RYAN BOUCHARD/JESSICA MAKOLIN – Spring 2004
JESSIE TAGGART – Spring 2005
MATT REMSEN – Spring 2006
ERICA MACKE – 2007
ANGELA FRAKES – 2008
COLLEEN MACKE – 2009
MEAGHAN KENNEDY – 2010
CLAIRE BARRETT – 2011
RYAN LINDSTROM – 2012
BRENDAN KENNEDY – 2013
SOFIA FALL – 2014
HALEE MAHONEY – 2016
ANNA SCHMIDT – 2017
JACK HAVILAND – 2018
APOLLO AWARD
To the Varsity Male Athlete who Embodies Excellence, Intelligence, and Leadership in the Sport of Rowing.
JOE KUNDRAT – 2000
ALEX (I-MAC) PAGLIERE – 2001
JEFF POINIER & JOHN ROGERS – 2002
ARTHUR FRANKE – 2003
ZACH RINGO KASOTAKIS – 2004
ERIC WUSTROW – 2005
MARIANO SASTRE – 2006
MATT MAHONY – 2007
IAN GARDINER – 2008
COLIN SHIELDS – 2009
JACOB MERRELL – 2010
ALEC WASHABAUGH – 2011
GEORGE PERRETT – 2012
COLIN DARNTON – 2013
AUSTIN STOUT – 2014
GRAHAM DePRIEST – 2016
RYLAND KOEPP – 2017
JOSH JOYCE – 2018
MINERVA AWARD
To the Female Athlete who is a Helmswoman, Always in Control, who Brings Wisdom and Leadership to the Sport of Rowing.
LEIGH MAKI – 2000
AVIVA MORADY – 2001
KATE BURDICK & MEREDITH HANSCHU – 2002
JESSICA MAKOLIN – 2003
KATE BURDICK & JESSICA MAKOLIN – 2004
GRACE HOLLOWELL – 2005
MOLLY JUNCK – 2006
LAUREN WESTON – 2007
JULIA DARNTON – 2008
JESSICA RAMPTON – 2009
CLAIRE BARRETT – 2010
ANNIKA GAGE – 2011
HANNAH GRAHAM – 2012
RUBY EMBERLING – 2013
ANNA CROLEY – 2014
LAURA McNEIL – 2016
CAMERON NOVAR – 2017
KATE HOLLENBECK – 2018
EPHEBUS AWARD
To the Novice Male Athlete who Displays the Most Promise of a Rower in Training in the Sport of Rowing.
JEFF NERENZ – 2001
DEAN BUSH – 2002
JOEY DOMINO – 2003
RICHARD BOEHNKE- 2004
TYLER SANDERSON-2005
KARL DeBOER – 2006
JACOB MERRELL – 2007
SCOTT BURDICK – 2008
RYAN LINDSTROM – 2009
COLIN DARNTON – 2010
GABE HILLEBRAND – 2011
ERIC OSTERWISCH – 2012
GRAHAM DePRIEST – 2013
RYLAND KOEPP – 2014
MAX BAYER – 2016
JACK BAJCZ – 2017
HANK MURDOCK – 2018
EPHEBA AWARD
To the Novice Female Athlete who Displays the Most Promise of a Rower in Training in the Sport of Rowing.
FRESHMEN 8+2 – JESSICA MAKOLIN, KATE BURDICK, JUILIA BLESSING, LAUREN UNBAHAUN, SARAH ELNER, MARY HENNESSY, ARIEL GROSSCHEUSCH, JESSY MEYERHOFF, AMIRA MARION – 2001
JESSIE TAGGERT – 2002
HEATHER MIEKSTYN – 2003
LAUREN WESTON – 2004
GRACE LUCZAK-2005
JESSICA RAMPTON – 2006
ONA SCHNEIDER – 2007
RACHEL BIELAJEW – 2008
ANNA ANTHONY – 2009
RUBY EMBERLING – 2010
EVA FALL – 2011
ANNA CROWLEY – 2012
HAILEE MAHONEY – 2013
CAMERON NOVAR – 2014
LYDIA SCHAAFSMA – 2016
MOLLY MALOY – 2017
LAURA AKEY – 2018
ARGONAUT AWARD
To the Varsity Coxswain who stays the course and keeps the path.
MIKE ESCHE – 2000
MALLORY JONES – 2001
JESSY MEYERHOFF – 2002
JEFF NERENZ- 2003
JESSY MEYERHOFF – 2004
JULIA LATHIN – 2005
ERICA MACKE – 2006
COLLEEN MACKE – 2007
MEAGHAN KENNEDY – 2008
BIZ KURCZ – 2009
SARA FOSTER – 2010
EMILY BRIGGS – 2011
MARK STRADER – 2012
PATRICIA NEASE – 2013
CHELSEA RACELIS – 2014
CARLY RIEGGER – 2016
JORDAN HUDGINS – 2017
ISABELLE JENKINS – 2018
GEMINI AWARD
To the Novice Coxswain who stays the course and keeps the path.
CLAIRE FRIEDMAN – 2000
JESSY MEYERHOFF – 2001
ELLIE NELSON – 2002
RACHEL GOODMAN & MARIA PRINCEN – 2003
ERICA MACKE – 2004
GRACE HAN – 2005
COLLEEN MACKE – 2006
MCKENZIE GARDULESCU – 2007
ZACHARY ACKERMAN – 2008
EMMA JACKSON – 2009
EMILY BRIGGS – 2010
GABRIELLA SANFORD – 2011
CHELSEA RACELIS – 2012
CARLY RIEGGER – 2013
ALLY OSTERWISCH – 2014
ZACHARY ROCHMAN – 2016
NATALIE UYTINGCO – 2017
TALIA ZAKALIK – 2018
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
ALICIA ALAMAR – 2003
ALEX HEGYI – 2004
PHOEBE GOLDBERG AND JESSIE TAGGART – 2005
MOLLY JUNCK & MATT REMSEN – 2006
ERICA MACKE & LOIUS GELINAS- 2007
KRISTEN HAGEMEISTER & JOSH FOSTER – 2008
COLLEEN MACKE & WARREN MORNINGSTAR – 2009
SARA FOSTER & MAX JIN – 2010
RACHEL BIELAJEW & ALEC WASHABAUGH – 2011
RYAN LINDSTROM AND ANNIE OLDANI – 2012
SAM BLACKBURN, RUBY EMBERLING, AND ABBY KLEINHEKSEL – 2013
CHELSEA RACELIS, SARAH XIE. BRINDA YARLAGADDA, AND AUSTIN STOUT – 2014
ROXANNE PINKSY AND MATT FERRARO – 2016
JORDAN HUDGINS AND JAMIE NORTON – 2017
KATE HOLLENBECK AND JOSH JOYCE – 2018
MOST IMPROVED FEMALE ROWER
PHOEBE GOLDBERG – 2003
JULIA AGER – 2004
INGE ZWAANENBURG – 2005
EMILY SMALLIGAN – 2006
SUSAN MURPHY – 2007
MORGAN UTT – 2008
KELSEY PHILLIPS – 2009
ZOE PSAROUTHAKIS – 2010
VICTORIA LLOYD – 2011
LEXI LOSSACO – 2012
AVITAL SMOTRICH-BARR – 2013
EMILY PETERSON – 2014
SARAH LANCASTER – 2016
ALLY EINHAUS – 2017
HELENA YAMBRICK – 2018
MOST IMPROVED MALE ROWER
DAVID ELNER & DOUG WEBSTER – 2004
TYSON GERSH – 2005
JOSH FOSTER – 2006
IAN GARDINER – 2007
ADAM KING – 2008
ZACHARY MILLER – 2009
ALEC WASHABAUGH – 2010
BO PENG – 2011
ADAM PSAROUTHAKIS – 2012
GRIFFIN ROY – 2013
MATTHEW FERRARO – 2014
JOSH JOYCE – 2016
ROB SNYDER – 2017
JACOB SENDRA – 2018
SPIRIT AWARD
MEGAN THOMAS – 2003
JULIA LATHIN – 2004
HEATHER MIEKSTYN – 2005
IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
For unswerving devotion to the team. Given to athletes who distinguish themselves by outstanding achievement and leadership.
KATE BURDICK – 2004
JESSIE TAGGART – 2005
GRACE HOLLOWELL – 2006
THE HAMMER
Awarded to those who break 6:45/7:00 L/7:45 2K
TYLER SANDERSON – 2007
JULIA DARNTON – 2007
EMILY SMALLIGAN – 2007
JACOB MERRELL, 6:39.1, – 2008
COLIN SHIELDS, 6:41.0 – 2008
IAN GARDINER, 6:43.6 – 2008
JULIA DARNTON 7:41.5 – 2008
EMILY SMALLIGAN 7:41.0 – 2008
RILEY LINEBAUGH 7:42.6 – 2008
COLIN SHIELDS, 6:31.2 – 2009
RILEY LINEBAUGH 7:44.8 – 2009
SCOTT BURDICK – 6:35.0 – 2010
GEORGE PERRETT – 6:4 – 2010
HANNAH GRAHAM – 7:45.0 – 2010
RACHEL BIELAJEW – 7:44 – 2010
ALEC WASHABAUGH – 6:37.1 – 2011
GEORGE PERRETT – 6:37.5 – 2011
RACHEL BIELAJEW – 7:42.9 – 2011
ANNIKA GAGE – 7:43.6 – 2011
RUBY EMBERLING 7:41.1
GABE HILLEBRAND – 6:30.4 – 2012
ROB HINER – 6:42.6 – 2012
SAM BLACKBURN – 6:59.7 – 2012
BRENDAN KENNEDY – 6:59.3L – 2012
RYAN LINDSTROM – 6:55.7L – 2012
JACK MCKARNS – 6:57.1L – 2012
COLIN DARNTON – 6:53.6L – 2012
LAURA AKEY – 7:43.7 – 2018
MAX BAYER – 6:42.9 – 2018
JOSH JOYCE – 6:39.4 – 2018
JACOB SEGAL – 6:58.2 (L) – 2018
JAMES WISHART – 6:38.1 – 2018
THE MAUL
Awarded to those who break 6:30/7:35 on 2K erg test
JACOB MERRELL, 6:27.8, – 2009
SCOTT BURDICK, 6:26.1 – 2009
JACOB MERRELL – 6:24.0 – 2010
GABE HILLEBRAND – 2012
THE SLEDGE
Awarded to those who break 6:20/7:25 on 2K erg test
GEORGE PERRETT – 6:18.9 – 2012
