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Brown's Murphy, Cornell’s Gehman Earn 2010 EAWRC Awards
Courtesy of Brown Sports Information Cornell Athletic Communications
CAPE COD, Mass. -- The Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges (EAWRC), an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), has named Cornell's Hilary Gehman its 2010 Head Coach of the Year and Brown’s Phoebe Murphy as its 2010 Assistant Coach of the Year.
Gehman, Cornell's Staley Head Coach of Women’s Rowing,
receives her second coaching accolade following the 2010 season as
she was named the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association
Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year this past summer. Murphy has earned
her sixth EAWRC Assistant Coach of the Year Award (formerly known
as the Novice Coach of the Year Award).
“It’s nice to be recognized by the EAWRC, but our
success last season was a total group effort,” said Gehman.
“We had a dedicated group of athletes and a great support
staff and that allowed us to move the program in the right
direction. Winning this award is a sign that other coaches
recognize that progress.”
In just her fourth season at the helm of the program, Gehman
guided the Big Red to a fourth-place finish in the Willing Point
Trophy, given to the team with the most total points at the 2010
EAWRC Sprints. The Big Red received bronze medals in the Third
Varsity 8 and Varsity B Four events. Cornell also finished in sixth
place of the Varsity 8, fifth in Second Varsity 8 and fourth in the
Third Varsity 4.
Gehman also directed the Big Red to its first national ranking
since May 5, 2004, when the team came in at No. 20 in the
USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association NCAA Division I
Coaches poll on April 15. The rankings are based on the results of
the Varsity 8, Second Varsity 8, and Varsity 4 crews.
Murphy assisted in guiding the Bears to a second-place Willing
Point Trophy finish at the 2010 EAWRC Sprints. The Bears received
gold medals in the Third Varsity Four, Third Varsity Eight and
Varsity B Four events at the 2010 EAWRC Sprints. In addition,
Brown finished in first place in the Third Varsity C Four, second
in the Second Varsity Eight and third in the Varsity Eight
events.
At the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Division I Women’s Rowing Championships, Brown received gold
in the Second Varsity Eight event. The Bears placed fifth in the
Varsity Four and came in second place in the Varsity Eight Petite
Final.
Gehman and Murphy will receive their 2010 EAWRC Coach of the Year
and Assistant Coach of the Year awards at the 2011 EAWRC Sprints
Coaches meeting on Saturday, May 14 at the Cooper River (Camden
County, N.J.).
