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05/25/2012 Bucknell Women's Rowing's Dan Wolleben Earns Mid-Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year Award for Third Straight YearFifth-Year Bison Assistant Honored by Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 02/28/2012 Bucknell Women's Rowing Assistant Coach Dan Wolleben Inducted into Fordham Athletic Hall of FameFifth-Year Bison Assistant Helped Rams to Three Dad Vail National Titles Dan Wolleben is in his fifth year at Bucknell. In his first year he worked primarily with the novice group of rowers, while the last three campaigns have seen him acting as the varsity assistant coach. In his first year, Wolleben helped the novices finish the season with the largest squad in recent memory with two eights and a four. Throughout the spring, each of the three novice boats turned in great performances, including an inspiring outing by the novice eight against Ohio State and Michigan. The Bison led the first half of the race and finished third behind the second-place Buckeyes by just one-half of a second. At the Dad Vail Regatta, Wolleben led the novice eight to a third-place finish and a bronze medal, marking the best performance in program history. Later in the year at the Eastern Sprints the novice eight once again made history, defeating Navy. It was the first-ever victory for the Bison novice eight over the Mids. The last three years, Wolleben has worked with head coach Stephen Kish and the varsity squad throughout the fall and winter, and then primarily with the novice eight and lightweight eight throughout the spring season. Highlights during the 2009 spring season for the novice eight were a win at the ECAC Metro League Championship, wins over Patriot League rival Navy at the Murphy Cup and Patriot League Challenge, along with victories over national powers Radcliffe, Ohio State and Michigan State. Highlights for the lightweight eight under Wolleben's tutelage included a win at the Murphy Cup and Bucknell's second-ever victory at the Dad Vail Regatta. The 2011 seaon saw Wolleben grab his second Mid-Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year Award during his tenure at Bucknell. Wolleben was an accomplished rower at Fordham, where he graduated in 2004. He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012. The two-year team captain helped lead the Rams to three Dad Vail Regatta gold medals, one ECAC National Championship varsity lightweight eight gold and three New York State Championships first-place finishes. He also posted a victory at the Senior Men's Lightweight Four at U.S. Rowing Nationals. Additionally, he helped Fordham's open four and varsity four to a pair of top-six showings at the IRA Regatta. Following graduation, Wolleben spent three years as the head men's rowing coach at the Fordham Prep School. In his time at the helm of the program, he helped the squad to four top-three finishes at the New York State High School Championship and the 4+ to a ninth-place showing at Scholastic Nationals. Wolleben was an assistant coach with Fordham's women's rowing team at the same time he headed the Fordham Prep School program. His first year he was an assistant novice women's rowing coach, while the final two years he was the head novice women's rowing coach and recruiting coordinator. During that time Wolleben's main responsibility was to coach the novice eight and second varsity eight, while also assisting the head coach with the varsity eight. |
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