Coach Matthew Chapman is currently coaching Elite and Pre-Elite (under-23 year old / collegiate) athletes at the California Rowing Club in Oakland, California for a US National Team Training Camp. He was recently asked to participate as an assistant to Mike Teti and Steve Gladstone, but has been given full responsibility of the camp during the coming weeks.
The camp focuses on developing collegiate athletes who have an interested in pursuing a career on the US National Team Elite squad, which competes in the annual World Cup and World Championship Regattas.
Junior Ryan Hasvold was recently selected as a member of the PAC-10 Men’s All-Conference Team. A recognition of Ryan’s hard work and difference making ability on the water.
Two days before the San Diego Crew Classic, Ryan broke his ankle. That injury left the young USC Varsity Crew lean on experience as they raced through the heart of the season, including the Hillen Cup duel against UCLA. But his late season return made his contribution all the more apparent.
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Hello All USC Men’s Crew Supporters,
The USC Men’s Crew 2009 End of the Year Banquet was a grand ceremony. A wonderful chance for the Men’s Crew parents, alumni, friends, and athletes to celebrate and thank the students and supporters who have given their time, energy, and many gifts. The evening was hosted at the Ports-o-Call Restaurant, and saw a great celebration with the help of the world renowned USC Marching Band!
A special thank you also goes out to Sue Cook and Mike Cook. Sue did a wonderful job organizing the banquet and putting together the beautiful centerpieces. Mike was a great MC for the evening, and kept everyone laughing and on their guard. Thank you both very much.
The SPRINT to the Banquet was an outstanding campaign, raising $15,000 for the USC Men’s Crew! Thank you to all who gave.
The Banquet’s Major awards were bestowed on Four Year student-athletes Kevin Stanek, Lee McAuliffe, Taylor Coats, and Jon Brown; who were honored with a commemorative oar-blade for their incredible commitment and sacrifice for the Men’s Crew and the University of Southern California.
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Greetings USC Men’s Crew Supporters!
Our ‘SPRINT to the May 14th Banquet’ capital campaign has been an exciting race. We set a goal of matching a $5,000 donation from ZipZap Inc., and have raised $6,380 over the course of our week email campaign (each stroke is worth $100).
This puts the Trojans in a position to win the race and break into open water inside the last 500 meters!
Let’s not settle for a close win. Help the Men’s Crew continue to walk away from the Golden Bears with your contribution. Join the Crew, take the rate up as we SPRINT TO THE BANQUET. Let’s bring the Trojans a finishing flourish and collect victory for USC by trying to reach $15,000! Read more »
Good evening Trojans, here is an update on the “Spring to the Banquet”
We received a $1000 donation from the Stanek family and a $500 donation from the Proctor’s! Light and quick; we are out of the blocks with a good start! Those pesky Cal Bears are putting up a good fight, but the Trojans are out on top.
But the race is not over!
Tomorrow we hope to make a move toward the thousand meter mark and that is when every rower begins to feel the pain. We are in this for the long haul and need your help!
Send in your donations now and we will win the race!
Sincerely,
Adam Fish
USC Crew Captain ‘06-’08
All,
Here is a re-broadcast of an e-mail that should be reaching all of your inboxes by this evening:
Good afternoon Trojan Friends and Family,
Thanks so much for all of your support this year, especially to those who have very generously contributed to the Founder’s Fund. We have raised over $145,000 so far this year in total giving, despite the economic climate, and we are not done yet! Our fiscal year closes June 30 and we will have more updates as we go along.
To those who haven’t had the chance to give yet, here’s an opportunity!
We have are happy to announce a challenge proposed by one of our Board Members who has agreed to put up a $5,000 matching contribution on behalf of his new company, ZipZap, to kick off the First Annual “Sprint to the Banquet” … We have one week to match it, or lose it!
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Thank you for visiting the updated website for the USC Men’s Crew
Take a moment and take a look through the updated website, read through our latest posts, and enter your information into our Parent or Alumni Contact forms. The Crew hopes the updated site will be a great place for athletes, parents, alumni, recruits, and friends to learn about crew news and events. We hope it will serve as a great asset to the team and especially its supporters. Check back frequently to see our most up to date site content. Please be patient as we continue to archive older photos and older news items.
We would also like to invite you to be a part of the website experience, by registering with the website (by pressing the ‘Register’ button on the left hand sidebar). This will allow you to gain access to website dashboard, and will provide the Men’s Crew with a great opportunity to ask for your own news or editorial submissions to the website.
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The end of the year banquet is coming up soon!
Please join the USC Men’s Crew, Parents, Alumni, and Friends
to honor the great student-athletes of the USC Men’s Crew.
Ports-O-Call Restaurant
Berth 76
San Pedro, CA 90731
Thursday, May 14, 2009
6:30 PM Cocktails, 7:00 PM Dinner and Awards
If you would like to attend the banquet, please RSVP to this email, by phone (949-677-6355) or email to Coach Chapman (mtchapma@usc.edu) by May 7th. Invitations are going out by mail next week, but if you RSVP to this email, we can save on postage.
Hello USC Men’s Crew Alumni, Parents and Friends,
Since the Crew Classic the Varsity team has matured, gained new confidence, and developed trust within the squad. Our practices have been focused and executed with clear purpose- to beat UCLA. This past weekend our Trojan’s blasted off the line, stroke for stroke with the nationally ranked UCLA boat. The Crews were even at the 500-meter mark and we had 1 seat lead by the 1000. This was the best first thousand our squad has ever had.
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