June 2, 2004

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Three members of Cal's varsity eight boat were named to the CRCA All-America Team today. Senior co-captain Martha Helgeland and sophomore Kaylan Vander Schilden were named to the first team, while junior Laura Terheyden was named to the second team.

Helgeland led the Golden Bears to an undefeated regular season and their first ever Pac-10 team title. With Helgeland, the varsity eight won its second straight Jessop-Whittier Cup and also defeated Washington for the first time in 13 years. At the NCAAs, the Bears finished sixth in the varsity eight grand final and placed fourth overall.

Vander Schilden rowed in the five seat for the Bears this season. She has been a member of the varsity eight since coming to Cal as a freshman last year. This this is the second straight year that she has been named to the All-America Team; last year she was named to the second team.

Like Vander Schilden, Terheyden has been an integral part of the varsity eight since her freshman year. The junior from Colma rowed in the six seat for the Bears this season and helped the varsity eight win its first Pac-10 title since 1979.

CRCA All-America Team
First Team
Diana Albrecht             Ohio State
Ashley Brzozowicz          Yale
Hannah England             Princeton
Tatiana Grigorieva         Ohio State
Sandra Hangan              Washington
Martha Helgeland           California
Stacey Hicks               Michigan State
Andrea Korom               USC
Leah Ketcheson             Michigan
Natalie Ladine             Notre Dame
Lis Lambert                Harvard
Caroline Lind              Princeton
Heather Mandoli            Michigan
Chelsea Pemberton          Tennessee
Karen Prazar               Brown
Jennifer Reck              Virginia
Lindsay Shoop              Virginia
Maria Stevens              Yale
Ruth Stiver                Texas
Kaylan Vander Schilden     California
Marie Walcott              Brown
Erika Faires (Coxswain)    Brown

Second Team
Katie Bargreen             Tennessee
Maria Bokulich             Gonzaga
Genevieve Cauchon-Voyer    Virginia
Kara Eiber                 Boston University
Annabell Fago              Ohio State
Missy Fiesler              Stanford
Susan Francia              Pennsylvania
Anna Goodale               Syracuse
Kari Harmon                Wisconsin
Julie Keedy                Texas
Jenny Krawec               Miami
Stefanie Levner            Harvard
Simone Manhold             USC
Katie O'Brien              Massachusetts
Erin Patterson             Washington State
Melissa Roche              Minnesota
Yvonneke Stenken           Washington
Amber Straight             Duke
Kim Taggart                Princeton
Laura Terheyden            California
Julie White-Hoppe          Oregon State
Michelle Paris (Coxswain)  Princeton