June 7, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association has bestowed Second-Team All-America honors upon recent Naval Academy graduate Lindsey Spiese (Camp Lejeune, N.C.).

A four-year member of the crew team, Spiese competed with Navy's varsity boat throughout the 2006-07 season. She helped the crew achieve the best finish in program history at last fall's Head of the Charles Regatta (11th place) and win the Playfair Cup (between Navy, Boston University and George Washington) for the first time in its eight-year existence, while placing second at the Patriot League Championship and 12th at the Eastern Sprints Championship.

In addition to this national honor, Spiese also garnered First-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region accolades from the CRCA, as well as All-Patriot League honors for her efforts this spring.

The CRCA began its awards program nearly a decade ago, with Anne Gibbon in 2002 being the lone previous Mid to earn All-America honors. Like Spiese, Gibbon also was named to the organization's second team that year.