The National Rowing Foundation

National Rowing Hall of Fame Inductees
March 20 - 21, 2010 at Mystic Seaport

PHOTOS OF THE GALA

		James W. Dietz - Men’s Single Jim Dietz was born January, 12, 1949, in New Rochelle, N.Y. He began rowing in 1964 at St. Helena's High School, Bronx, N.Y. and won the 1964 Canadian and U.S. Schoolboy Single Scull Championships. In 1967, after captaining the Northeastern University freshman crew, he won the inaugural NAAO Youth Championships, the inaugural FISA Junior Rowing Championships, and three 1x events at the Canadian Henley. Dietz won more than 30 United States national titles between 1968 and 1983, and 25 Canadian national titles. Dietz competed in two Olympic Games in the single: the 1972 Munich Games, where he took 5th, and the 1976 Montreal Games, where he finished 7th. He was also named to the 1980 U.S. Olympic team in the Men's Double. Dietz was a five-time U.S. World Championships team member in the 1x and the 2x, with an exceptional silver medal in the 1x at the 1974 Lucerne World Championships. Dietz is currently in his 16th season as the Head Coach of the University of Massachusetts Women’s Rowing team. He resides in Amherst, Mass., with his wife Pamela and their two sons James II and Michael.

		Anne Marden Grainger - Women’s Single Anne Marden was born June 12, 1958, in Boston, Mass. She began rowing while a student at the Philips Exeter Academy. Marden comes from a family of rowers. Her uncle, Charles Lund, was one of the first rowers to be inducted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame. He stroked the Harvard 1914 “jv” crew that won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. Marden has competed on 14 U.S. National Teams. She started her National Team career as the stroke of the women’s eight at the 1978 World Championships in New Zealand, and then quickly switched to sculling. For the remaining thirteen years on the National Team Marden, a 1981 graduate of Princeton University, competed as a sculler. Her coaches throughout her career include: Kris Korzeniowski (1977-1981); Jean Pierre Leroux (1985-1988); and Hartmut Buscbacher (1991-1992). One of the hardest working and most driven athletes on the water and off the water, Marden was repeatedly recognized for her ability to juggle rowing with her career as a financial analyst. Her accomplishments as a rower include: Pan American Champion in the women’s double; two time bronze medalist at the World Championships, once in the single and once in the double; and two Olympic silver medals one from the quad in 1984 and one from the single in 1988. Marden has represented the United States as the Women’s Single eight times. In addition to her international achievements, Marden has won the Women’s Championship Single at the Head of the Charles more than any other sculler. Anne is married to Bruce Grainger, a successful rowing coach in the United Kingdom with a great track record at the junior world level. They reside in England with their daughter.

		Karen Rigsby - Women’s Pair Karen Rigsby was born May 3, 1969, in Fremont, Calif. While a student at Cal Poly State-San Luis Obispo from which she graduated in 1991, Rigsby was listed on the dean’s and the president’s honor lists for four consecutive years for academic achievement; she graduated magna cum laude. Rigsby was once named Most Inspirational Athlete of her college crew after picking up the sport as a senior when she failed to make the five other teams she tried out for. Following a silver medal performance at the 1996 Olympic Games (missing the gold by just 0.3 seconds), Rigsby was elected USRowing’s 1996 Female Athlete of the Year. Both she and Missy Ryan were honored again as they were both named the USRowing Female Athletes of the Year in 2000 following a bronze-medal performance at the 2000 Olympic Games. Rigsby’s hobbies include teaching and practicing yoga, journaling, reading, calligraphy, and music. Rigsby is currently coaching at the University of Wisconsin in Madison where she lives with her husband Calvin and their dog, Badge.

		Missy Schwen Ryan - Women’s Pair Missy Schwen Ryan was born July 17, 1972, in Bloomington, Ind. Schwen Ryan began rowing in the summer of 1988 with Indiana University’s club crew program. She started competing in ergometer races on her own. In 1988, she finished second at the C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Rowing Championships and set the record for lightweight junior women. That race marked her fifth time ever on an erg. In only her second year on the national team, Missy rowed the women’s pair and finished with a silver medal at the 1995 FISA World Championships. Schwen Ryan won a silver medal in the 1996 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in the women’s pair.. After the 2000 Olympic Games, Schwen Ryan was subsequently named USRowing’s Female Athlete of the Year along with partner Karen Kraft.. Her silver-medal finish at the 1996 Olympic Games was the best ever U.S. finish in the women’s pair at the Olympics. One month after winning her 1996 Olympic medal, Schwen Ryan donated a kidney to her brother. Schwen Ryan is married to Tim Ryan and resides in Dallas, Texas with their three boys Keith (7), Bach (5) and Hugh (3).

		Thomas Bohrer - Individual Tom Bohrer was born August 6, 1963, in West Islip, N.Y. A 1986 graduate of the Florida Institute of Technology, Bohrer is an eight-time National Team member, two-time Olympic silver medalist (1988, M4-; 1992, M4-) and a three-time World Championships medalist (silver, 1989, M4-; silver, 1991, M4-; bronze, 1993, M4-). Bohrer was named USRowing's Athlete of the Year in 1989 and served as Olympic Team Captain for the Banyoles Games in 1992. Bohrer has coached high school, collegiate, masters, and international/elite crews in his more than 20 years of highly successful experience behind the megaphone. He is certified as both a personal trainer (CPT) and a strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS), and founded TBfit.com, a Web site providing guidance in using rowing as the basis for a fitness program. Bohrer is currently in his second season as head coach of the Boston University Men's Crew program. Bohrer continues to be competitive on the water as well, winning the Men's Masters Singles at the Head of the Charles in 2008 and 2009. He lives in Concord, Mass., with his wife, CB Sands, a two-time lightweight world champion and member of the National Rowing Hall of Fame, and their three children, Sally, Sabrina and Si.

		Amy Fuller Kearney - Individual Amy Fuller Kearney was born May 30, 1968, in Inglewood Calif. Fuller Kearney has won seven World Championship medals. One of her biggest achievements to date came in 1995, when she helped the U.S. women’s eight to its first world title in 11 years. Fuller’s six other medals earned at the World Championships are silver, as is her Olympic medal which she won as part of the American four in 1992. In her other Olympic appearance, she was a member of the women’s eight that placed fourth in Atlanta (1996) and sixth in Sydney (2000). In 2000, Amy also set the world record on the ergometer at the CRASH B sprints in Boston. In the spring of 1995, Fuller Kearney was a starboard grinder with the America3 all-women’s crew that competed for the America’s Cup. In 1993, Fuller Kearney was selected USRowing Female Athlete of the Year by her coaches and teammates and was a finalist for the Sullivan Award in 1995. Fuller Kearney is entering her ninth season as the head coach of the women’s rowing program at UCLA. Under Fuller Kearney’s guidance UCLA has sent a varsity eight to the NCAA Championships in three consecutive seasons. She resides in California with her husband, Joe, and daughter, Shannon.

		Andrew Sudduth - Individual Andy Sudduth was born Nov. 21, 1961, in Baltimore, Md. He began his rowing career while a student at Philips Exeter Academy. His rowing achievements are plentiful and came at some of rowing’s highest-profile events, including: being a member of eight National and Olympic teams; earning a silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games; winning four medals at the World Rowing Championships, including a silver in the legendary race where, as a young upstart, he almost beat Pertti Karpinnen in 1985., was a part of the never-repeated triumphs of the 1985 Harvard crew at Sprints, Nationals and the Grand Challenge at Henley; earning three victories at the CRASH-B sprints and five victories in the Championship single at the Head of the Charles. Sudduth was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2005 and passed away at age 44 on July 15, 2006, in Marion, Mass. USRowing posthumously honored him with the Jack Kelly Award in 2006, an honor given to outstanding individuals who represent the ideals that Jack Kelly exemplified—including superior achievement in rowing, service to amateur athletics, and success in their chosen profession.

		Anita DeFrantz - Patron Anita L. DeFrantz was born October 4, 1952, in Philadelphia, Pa. She began rowing while attending Connecticut College. After graduation from Connecticut College in 1974, she moved to Philadelphia to attend law school at the University of Pennsylvania and began rowing at Vesper Boat Club. DeFrantz was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1977 and practiced law at the Juvenile Law Center. DeFrantz was a member of six National Teams, including the 1976 and 1980 United States Olympic Teams. She was a bronze medalist and team captain at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. She was a finalist four times at the World Rowing Championships, winning a silver medal in 1978. In addition to her international success as a rower, DeFrantz won six National Championships. DeFrantz became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1986. With her appointment to the IOC, DeFrantz became the fifth woman to serve as a member of the IOC as well as the first American woman and the first African American to serve on the IOC. In addition to her work in the Olympic Movement, DeFrantz is the president of the LA84 Foundation of Los Angeles, whose mission is to serve youth through sports and to increase knowledge of sport and its impact on people’s lives. In her role as vice president of FISA, DeFrantz is involved in making the sport of rowing a universally practiced and globally relevant sport.

		Mike Teti - Coach Mike Teti was born September 20, 1956, in Darby, Pa. He was a 12-time national team member, a three-time Olympian, and a member of the National Rowing Hall of Fame prior to becoming a coach. The list of successful crews coached by Teti is long and includes the following boats: 1996 Bronze Medal Lwt 4- Atlanta Olympics; 1995 Gold Medal 4+ World Championships; 2002 Bronze Medal World Championships; 2003 Silver Medal World Championships; and 2008 Bronze Medal 8+ Beijing Olympics. In 2004, Teti led the men’s eight to a world record in the heat and a gold medal in the final at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The victory marked the first time the U.S. had won the Olympic title since 1964. In 2005 in Gifu, Japan, Teti once again led his men’s eight to a world championship. It marked the fifth time his eight had won gold in the event in the past nine years. Teti was named USRowing’s head men’s sweep coach after the Olympic Games in 1996 and head men’s coach following the 2000 Olympics. He was the coach of the only men’s eight in U.S. history to win three consecutive world championship titles, from 1997 to 1999. The feat garnered him three consecutive National Coach of the Year honors to accompany the Developmental Coach of the Year title he won in 1996. Additional coaching honors include; USOC Coach of the Year in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003 and 2004; and the first U.S. coach to win the FISA Coach of the Year in 2004. Teti is currently the head coach of the Men’s Rowing team at University of California-Berkeley. He is married to Kay Worthington and together they have a son John.

2004 Athens Olympic Eight

As the U.S. Eight sat at the start line of the grand final at the Athens Olympics, its nine members had already won 20 World Championship medals, including 12 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze. None of them had ever won an Olympic medal. They all had scores to settle. Their incredible start, poise and conditioning won them the first Olympic gold medal for any U.S. men’s crew in the 40 years since U.S. crews won the eight and pair with events in Tokyo in 1964. The members of this Hall of Fame Crew and their individual career accomplishments are:

BOW - Jason Read: Read preceded his gold in Athens with a silver medal in the eight at the 2003 World Championships.
2 - Wyatt Allen: Following his gold in Athens, Allen won his second Olympic medal, a bronze, in the U.S. eight in Beijing.
3 - Chris Ahrens: In six Olympic and World Championship appearances, Ahrens has won five gold medals, including an Olympic gold and three consecutive World golds at the 1997, 1998 and 1999 World Championships.
4 - Joseph Hansen: Hansen’s gold medal in Athens followed his bronze and silver medals in the eight at the 2002 and 2003 World Championships.
5 - Matt Deakin: Deakin’s FISA career began with a gold medal in the four with cox at the 2003 Worlds. Then, after his gold in Athens, he earned gold and bronze medals in the eight at the 2005 and 2006 Worlds.
6 - Dan Beery: Beery’s FISA career began with a gold medal in the pair with cox at the 2003 Worlds. He followed his Athens gold in 2004 with a gold at the 2005 Worlds in the eight.
7 - Beau Hoopman: Following his gold medal in Athens, Hoopman has won a bronze medal in the eight at the Beijing Olympics, following his World gold and bronze medals in the eight in 2005 and 2006. Hoopman was also a member of the U.S. eight at the 2009 Worlds in Poznan, where he won the bronze medal.
STROKE - Bryan Volpenhein: In addition to Volpenhein’s gold medal performance in the stroke seat in Athens, his 11-year FISA career includes an Olympic bronze medal in the eight in Beijing, three golds in the eight at the 1998, 1999 and 2005 Worlds, and silver and bronze medals in the eight at the 2003 and 2002 Worlds. As remarkable as those achievements are, just as impressive is the fact that in Volpenhein’s 10 event appearances at the Olympics and Worlds between 1998 and 2008, he made the “A” finals every time.
COX - Peter Cipollone: Cipollone’s long and distinguished career as cox of U.S. boats boasts nine Worlds and Olympic appearances. In those appearances, he garnered Olympic gold in Athens, three World golds in the eight in back-to-back-to-back years from 1997 to 1999, another gold in the four with at the 1995 Worlds, World silver medals in the pair with in 1994 and the eight in 2003, and a World bronze in the 2002 eight. Like Volpenhein, Cipollone’s boats have never failed to make the “A” finals, and he has medaled in eight of his nine Worlds and Olympic appearances.

		Jason Read Jason Read was born on December 24, 1977, in Flemington, N.J. He began rowing in 1992 at The Hun School of Princeton. He has rowed on 10 National Teams and is currently training at the Princeton Training Center for the World Championships.. Read is the only person from USRowing to be named “Man of the Year” twice. He was a finalist for the 2001 Sullivan Award, recognizing the top amateur athlete in the United States. He also received the Arête Lifetime Achievement Award in Sport for his response to Ground Zero following the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11. Read is the first American fire/rescue chief to win an Olympic gold medal. In addition to his rowing experience, Read has been a National Team Coach on the Under-23 team.

		Wyatt Allen Wyatt Allen was born January, 11, 1979, in Baltimore, Md. He began rowing in 1997 at the University of Virginia. He has rowed on eight National Teams. Allen's career highlights include setting a world record in the eight in 2004, winning gold in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games and bronze in the eight at the 2008 Olympic Games. In 2005, Wyatt won the coveted Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta. He was named USRowing's Male Athlete of the Year in 2007. Allen is currently an assistant coach of Men’s Rowing at University of California-Berkeley.

		Christian Ahrens Chris Ahrens was born July 24, 1976, in Iowa City, Iowa. He began rowing in 1991 at the Milwaukee Rowing Club and continued successfully at Princeton University. Ahrens was named USRowing’s 1999 Male Athlete of the Year. He was one of 10 finalists for the 1999 Sullivan Award, given to the nation’s top amateur athlete. Ahrens stroked the U.S. eight to three consecutive world titles from 1997-99. Ahrens’ career highlights include setting a world record in the eight in 2004 and winning gold in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games.

		Joseph Hansen Joey Hansen was born August 13, 1979 in Reno, Nev. He began rowing in 1997 at Oregon State University. Hansen competed on four National Teams. Hansen’s career highlights include setting a world record in the eight in 2004 and winning gold in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games. He is currently living in Flagstaff, Ariz. with his wife and two children.

		Matthew Deakin Matt Deakin was born May 20, 1980, in San Francisco, Calif. He began rowing in 1994 at the Pacific Rowing Club. Deakin competed on seven National Teams. His rowing achievements include setting a world record in the eight in 2004 and winning gold in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games.

		Daniel J. Beery Dan Beery was born January 4, 1975, in Vincennes, Ind.. He began rowing in 1997 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Beery has competed on six National Teams, and his rowing achievements include setting a world record in the eight in 2004 and winning gold in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games.

		Beau Hoopman Beau Hoopman was born October 1, 1980, in Sheboygan, Wisc.. He began rowing in 2000 at the University of Wisconsin. Hoopman has competed on eight National Teams. In addition to setting a world record in the eight in 2004, and winning gold in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games, Hoopman was a bronze medalist in the 2008 Olympic Games.

		Bryan Volpenhein Bryan Volpenhein was born August 18, 1976, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began rowing in 1994 at The Ohio State University. Volpenhein has rowed on 10 National Teams and won medals in two Olympics. He stroked the eight that set a world record in the eight in 2004, and won gold in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games.

		Peter M. Cipollone Pete Cipollone was born February 5, 1971, in Marietta, Ohio. He began rowing in 1984 at Penn Athletic Club. Cipollone coxed on 13 National Teams. He has coxed four World Championship gold medal crews, as well as two silver medal crews and a bronze medal crew. Setting a world record in the eight in 2004, and winning gold in the eight at the 2004 Olympic Games was the highlight of his international experience.

PHOTOS OF THE GALA