Martin Stone Named Women's Rowing Coach
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Martin Stone, women's crew coach at the United States
Naval Academy since 1992 and coach of athe Division II national
championship team in 1994, has been named the first women's rowing coach at
Notre Dame.
Rowing becomes a varsity sport at Notre Dame at Notre Dame effective with
the 1998-99 academic year, making it the 13th women's varsity sport
offering and 26th sport overall at the University.
Stone's success at Navy enabled the Mids to cimpere each of the last two
years in the prestigious Eastern Association of Women's Rowing College
(EAWRC).
In '95, he coached the Navy women's squad to a 7-5 record, with the at tje
varsity eight finishing fifth and the second varsity second at the Champion
International Regatta. A year earlier, he watched the Midshipmen claim the
Division II rowing crown by winning the varsity eight title at the Champion
Intercollegiate Rowing Championships and taking first in the first novice
and second novice championship races as well. Those combined effort earned
Navy the Anita DeFrantz Trophy for overall performance by women's crews at
the Champion International Regatta.
In '93, the Mid women finished 6-4, including a sweep of all races at he
Patriot League Championship. Navy's first novice boat later finished first
at the Champion International Collegiate Rowing Regatta. Stone began in '92
by leading Navy varsity eights to its first gold medal at the Dad Vail
Regatta, the east coast's largest crew regatta, that spring. Navy's second
varsity eight alson won a gold medal -- and Navy earned the Seitz Trophy
for overall team performance by women's crews at the Dad Vail for the sixth
straight year.
Prior to taking over the Mids' women's program, Stone served as Navy's
plebe lightweight coach in '91. He was the assistant rowing coach at Saint
Mary's Collge in Moraga, Calif. in 1990, working with both the men's and
women's programs and specifically coaching the varsity and novice women.
Stone is a 1989 graduate of Saint Mary's with a bachelor of arts degree. A
native of Santa Rosa, Calif., he rowed for four years at Saint Mary's,
earning two letters in the heavyweight boat and one in the lightweight
boat. Three times, he was named the most valuable oarsman.
For more information on the Notre Dame Rowing Program Contact Martin Stone.
Phone: (219) 631-3071
E-Mail: Martin.S.Stone.14@nd.edu
