Sue Ela (2011) | UW Athletic Hall of Fame

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Sue Ela

Class
Induction

2011
Sport(s)

Women's Rowing

One of the Founding members of UW-Women's Rowing Club in 1972
Member of the 1975 National Championshp Varsity Eight(First National Championship for the Newly Established UW Women's Athletics Department)
Co-Coached the Varsity Eight to the National Championship in 1986 with Assistant Jane Ludwig
Junior Varsity Eight Boat also won a National Title in 1986
Returned as Interm Head Coach for Spring 2004, during with this Women's Openweights made their first NCAA Championship appearance since 1999
Varsity crews finished in the top four nationally 12 times
Varsity Eight crews were undefeated at 26-0 at the Midwest Rowing Championship; Won two titles at Eastern Sprints, the San-Diego Crew Classic, and the Head of the Charles
Won the Camden County Freeholder Women's overall points trophy at the 1997 IRA Regatta
Won the Sprague Trophy for overall team performance at the 1996 Collegiate National Championship with all boat medalling
Won 2005 World Masters' Games title rowing in Women's Eight on 30th Anniversary of first school National Title with same lineup
2008 Inductee into the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Hall of Fame
Coach of the First US National Women's Lightweight Team that won gold at the 1981 Canadian Henley Rowing Championship
UW Rowing's 'Woman of the Year' in 1989
1977 - 79 Assistant Rowing Coach
1979 - 97 Women's Rowing Coach
1995 Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) Coach of the Year
Ladies Plate Collegiate Eight Champion at Women's Royal Henley in 1995
Coached Ten Olympians and 13 National Team Members
Inducted into the Madison Sports Hall of Fame in 2001