Laura Cordner Garners All-American Honor

June 10, 2008

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A week after earning an all-regional honor, University of Miami junior rower Laura Cordner has been named to the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) 2008 Division I Pocock All-American Second Team. Cordner is one of 43 student-athletes recognized on either the first or second team for their outstanding performances this season at NCAA Division I institutions. <?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>

“We are all proud of Laura’s accomplishments this year,” head coach Robbie Tenenbaum said. “She is a true team player and this honor is just another indication of how important she is to our program. She makes everyone around her better with her leadership, hard work and relentless drive to succeed.”

Cordner, a native of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was also recently named to CRCA’s All-South Regional team. She has been a key part of UM’s 1^st Varsity Eight crew that earned wins over Indiana and Eastern Michigan earlier in the spring before placing fourth at the 2008 ACC Championship in  Clemson, S.C.

At last month’s 2008 Aramark Sprints/Central and South Region Championships in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Cordner led the Varsity Eight crew to a win in the “C” championship race in a time of 6:51.200. The crew placed 13th overall in a field of 22, moving up four spots from the crew’s 17^th place finish last year at the sprints.

This past season, Cordner rowed alongside teammates Shira Kharrazi (coxswain), Louise Parry (stroke), Kelly Amsler, Emily Wingrove, Sarah Medland, Bethany Krawec, Monika Sajincic and Tara Eddings (bow) in the Varsity Eight boat.

All-American athletes were selected from those already named CRCA First-Team All Region. Criteria considered for selection include: boat performance, nomination rank, coach’s comments, individual achievements, and 2k erg score. One coxswain is named to each team.

Cordner was also named to the All-ACC team earlier this season for the season straight year.

CRCA All-American First Team

Rowers

Gabriele Albertaviciute, Ohio State University

Mara Allen, University of California at Berkeley

Jennifer Barnes, University of Minnesota

Liene Bertasjus, University of Southern California

Kelsie Chaudoin, University of Virginia

Karen Colwell, University of Michigan

Anne Cowan, Michigan State University

Jennifer Cromwell, University of Virginia

Tess Gerrand, Yale University

Kristin Haraldsdottir, Princeton University

Ashley Jones, University of Washington

Anna Kendrick, Harvard University, Radcliffe Crew

Laura Lea Larsen-Strecker, Harvard University, Radcliffe Crew

Steph Morrison, Stanford University

Irena Neffeova, Washington State University

Taryn O’Connell, University of California at Berkeley

Emma Olson, Brown University

Amanda Polk, University of Notre Dame

Jessi Reel, Stanford University

Taylor Ritzel, Yale University

Krystina Sarff, University of Central Florida

Jessica Stage, Brown University

Suzanne Van Fleet, Clemson University

Coxswain

Sarah Wu, Brown University

CRCA All-American Second Team

Rowers

Ellie Benson, Indiana University

Karin Brevick, Washington State University

Joanna Brown, Michigan State University

Laura Cordner, University of Miami

Ally Doodeman, Syracuse University

Kristin Falovo, University of Louisville

Corey Finnerty-Ludwig, Brown University

Lori Gordon, University of Michigan

Lauren Hutchins, University of Virginia

Jessica Leidecker, Clemson University

Elisabeth McIntee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Hanna McClintock, Gonzaga University

Candice Rediger, University of California at Berkeley

Erin-Monique Shelton, University of Tennessee

Vanessa Teff, University of California, Los Angeles

Kaylie Towne, Oregon State University

Emily Tvetenstrand, Columbia University

Lauren Wilkinson, Princeton University

Coxswain

Krista Ellis, University of California at Berkeley