On May 11th, the team took a short break from ACRA training to celebrate our accomplishments this season, honor our seniors, and present awards in our annual End of the Year Banquet. Our seniors each received a Vanderbilt oar, a team tradition, and Coach Jon Miller spoke about each senior’s time on the team.
Coaches Jon Miller, Katie Chrisman, and Culver Lau also presented awards for Most Improved and Most Valuable on each squad. The winners of each awards are listed below. The prestigious Commodore Award, which is given to one member of the team each year, was awarded to Justin Stanwyck, president of the team for the 2016-2017 season.
Awards:
Comeback Athlete of the Year: Natalie Gottschlich
Most Improved Frosh Man: Justin Stevens
Most Valuable Frosh Man: Tye Shanklin
Most Improved Varsity Woman: Hannah Stack
Black and Gold Award Varsity Woman (MVP): Karen Sun
Most Improved Varsity Man: Kris Carey
Black and Gold Award Varsity Man (MVP): Andrew Kress
Commodore Award: Justin Stanwyck
Varsity Men’s 4
Varsity Men’s 8
Varsity Men’s Double
Varsity Women’s Pair
Varsity Women’s 4
Novice Men’s Squad
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