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.