Indiana University Athletics
Ellie Benson Earns Second Team All-America Honors
6/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
June 10, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana freshman rower Ellie Benson was named to the 2008 Division I Pocock All-American Second Team on June 6, becoming the second All-American in IU rowing history. She joins Laura Lazaridis, who earned All-America status in 2005 and 2006, as the only All-America rowers at Indiana.
"Ellie worked extremely hard for us this year," head rowing coach Steve Peterson said. "To be able to come in as a freshman and be among the nation's best collegiate rowers is a tremendous honor and we are very proud of her."
Benson, a native of Kensington, Md., was a member of the Varsity Eight during the 2007-08 season for the Hoosiers, and led them to wins over Dayton and Eastern Michigan. She also received First Team All-Central Region accolades last week to make her eligible for the All-American team.
Athletes are eligible to be named All-Americans if they have first been named to their respective All-Region First team. From there, the athletes are evaluated using boat performance, individual achievements, 2k erg score, nomination rank and coach's comments.
