HANOVER, N.H. Wendy Levash, who had been an assistant coach at Prrinceton for the past four seasons, has been named the women's rowing coach at Dartmouth. The Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) Novice Coach of the Year in 2002, Levash led her Tiger freshman crews to undefeated seasons and gold medals at the Eastern Sprints in 2002 and 2004. Her 2003 freshmen captured a silver medal at the Sprints.
"I am excited about joining the Dartmouth community. In the short time I've spent with the women on the team, I've been impressed by their dedication to their sport and to their teammates, and by their eagerness to succeed on a higher level. I can't wait to get started," said Levash.
"When we began canvassing coaches around the league for rising stars, Wendy's name appeared at the top of everyone's list. We think she's a great fit for our women's crew program," said Dartmouth director of athletics Josie Harper.
Prior to her stint with the Tigers, Levash spent three years molding the Cornell first novice eight into a championship crew. During her final season in Ithaca in 2001, she was named the EAWRC Novice Coach of the Year after leading her crew to an undefeated season and a gold medal at the Eastern Sprints.
A standout rower in her own right, Levash captained the 1998 Princeton crew. She won a gold medal at the Eastern Sprints in 1995 as a member of the first novice eight and struck gold again at the Sprints in 1997 as a member of the first varsity eight. Levash also competed in the first two NCAA championship regattas in 1997 and 1998.
A 1998 magna cum laude graduate of Princeton with a B.A. in ecology and evolutionary biology, Levash won the Leslie K. Johnson Memorial Award for outstanding senior thesis work in 1998.