Vanessa Tavalero

Lead Coach Women's U17/U19

Vanessa Tavalero has coached for UCBerkeley,  UCDavis, Sac State and Capital Crew.  Tavalero was a member of the U.S. Junior National team from 1994-95.   She is a graduate and former rower at Washington, where she also was an assistant coach from 2010-11.  She rowed on the Husky varsity eight boat beginning in her sophomore campaign.
Rowing as a senior in 2000, Tavalero led the Huskies to a second-place team finish at the NCAA Championships, also claiming second in the varsity eight grand final. That boat also won the 2000 Pac-10 Championship and was victorious at the Henley Regatta. The conference championship was the third of three straight Pac-10 titles for Tavalero and the Huskies in the varsity eight.  During her freshman season, Tavalero also won the Pac-10 championship in the freshman eight.
Tavalero’s efforts at Washington helped the Huskies garner back-to-back team NCAA Championships in 1997 and 1998, her freshman and sophomore seasons.
A native of Fair Oaks, Calif., Tavalero graduated from Washington in 2000 with a degree in metals and jewelry.

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