STORRS, CT (October 1) — University of Connecticut women’s rowing assistant coach Cindy Biles was named the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Regional Rowing Assistant Coach of the Year. Biles was voted as the New England representative in the award’s first year.

Biles enters her second season with the Connecticut rowing program. Biles works primarily with the team’s novice squads, while assisting seventh-year head coach Jen Sanford-Wendry.

The 2003 Regional Assistant Coaches of the Year are Pam Mork (University of Notre Dame) in the Central Region, Jim Mitchell (West Virginia University) in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Biles (University of Connecticut) in the New England Region, Kara McPhillips (University of Virginia) and Kelly Lynch (Clemson University) (tie) in the South Region and Eleanor McElvaine (University of Washington) in the West Region.

The CRCA Assistant Coach of the Year award is designed to honor a member CRCA Assistant Coach who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to his/her program, has had a significant impact on the success of his/her program, and who has demonstrated a high level of professionalism and integrity as a coach