Kristen Wilhelm - Women's Rowing Coach - Indiana University Athletics

Kristen Wilhelm

Title:
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Email:
kpbrownl@indiana.edu
Phone:
(812) 855-3145

Wilhelm is in her fifth season with Indiana Rowing in the 2020-21 season and works directly with the Second Varsity Eight. In 2020, she was promoted to Associate Head Coach.

In her four seasons, the Hoosiers continue to have national success as the Second Varsity 8 improved on its seeding at the NCAA Championships in 2019 with an 11^th place finish in the petite final and a third-place finish at Big Ten Championships. In 2018, the First Varsity Four placed fifth at Big Ten Championships while finishing 10^th at NCAA Championships. In her first season in 2017, she helped the First Varsity Four to a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships and a 14th place finish at the NCAA Championships

Brownlee, a native of Tampa, Florida, spent the 2015-16 season as an intern assistant coach at the University of Washington where she coached the Third Varsity 8+ for the men’s rowing program. She helped guide them to an undefeated regular season, a PAC-12 Championship and a third-place finish at IRA’s. In addition, she led coxswain coaching and development for the varsity and freshman teams for the Huskies.

Prior to joining Washington, she served as an intern assistant coach with the men’s lightweight rowing program at Harvard. She was responsible for coaching walk-ons as well as assisting with the third and fourth varsity crews.

In 2015, she completed her work towards an Advanced Certificate in Rowing Leadership at the Institute for Rowing Leadership at Community Rowing Inc., in Boston.

A 2014 graduate of Yale, she earned her degree in architecture while also serving as a coxswain for four years. Over the course of her career at Yale, she won three silver medals and one bronze medal at the Ivy League Championships and raced in both the first and second varsity 8+ at the NCAA Championships. She earned All-New England First Team and All-Ivy League Second team accolades and was named a 2012 CRCA Scholar-Athlete.

Before attending Yale, she was active with USRowing National Team at various levels. She was selected for the 2009 Junior National High Performance Team that raced in Berlin, Germany and was part of the 2008 Development Camp where she took first place in the Junior Women’s 8+ at Club Nationals.