May 29, 2008
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Five North Carolina rowers have earned national honors from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA). Senior Lisy McIntee has been named to the CRCA All-South Region first team, and four Tar Heels have been named CRCA National Scholar Athletes.
McIntee, a senior from Bala Cynwyd, Pa., earned all-region honors for third time in her career. She was a second-team selection in 2006 as a sophomore and has been named to the first team the last two years. She went on to earn second-team All-America honors in 2007. A peace, war and defense major and three-time All-ACC selection, McIntee graduated from UNC in May.
Diane Reynolds, Chandler Sours, Katie Wood and Ruby Woodside were named CRCA Scholar Athletes. Reynolds, a rising junior from Shelby, N.C., is majoring in business. Sours, a rising senior from Atlanta, is working toward a double major in biology and psychology. Wood, a rising senior from Cornelius, N.C., is majoring in business. Woodside, a rising senior from Natick, Mass., is majoring in chemistry.
The award requires a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better and is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Sours and Woodside also were honored in 2007.
2008 CRCA All-South Region Teams:
First team: Jennifer Cromwell, University of Virginia; Kelsie Chadoin, University of Virginia; Lauren Hutchins, University of Virginia; Suzanne Van Fleet, Clemson University; Jessica Leidecker, Clemson University; Erin-Monique Shelton, University of Tennessee; Libuska Bruncvikova, University of Tennessee; Kristin Falovo, University of Louisville; Laura Cordner, University of Miami; Krystina Sarff, University of Central Florida; Lisy McIntee, University of North Carolina; Caitlin Mixter (coxswain), University of Virginia
Second team: Katrin Sydlik, University of Virginia; Elizabeth Robb, Clemson University; Meg Bendik, Clemson University; Kendra Warren, University of Tennessee; Mallory Hamman, University of Louisville; Bryn Crawford, University of Alabama; Danielle Reed-Hudson, Stetson University; Elise Roenick (coxswain), Clemson University
