Becca Carlton Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Second Year

Becca Carlton enters her second year with the Stanford Women's Rowing program as a volunteer assistant coach.

She comes to The Farm after serving as assistant coach the past three years at the University of Minnesota. Last season, Carlton coached Minnesota's Varsity Four to a fifth place finish at the Big Ten Championships. In 2010, Carlton guided the Gophers' Varsity Four to a seventh-place regional finish and Petite Final win at South/Central Sprints. Her Second Varsity Four went undefeated during the championship season, winning gold at the 2010 Big Ten Championships.

Carlton began her coaching career as the novice coach at Wellesley College in the fall of 2005. As the novice coach, Carlton led the Novice Eight to second-place finishes at the 2006 and 2007 NEWMAC Conference Championships. In 2008, the Novice Eight finished first at the NEWMAC Conference Championship, which helped Wellesley Crew win their first ever NEWMAC Team Championship. She led the 1N8 to a bronze medal at the New England Championships and a silver medal at the ECAC Championships.

Carlton competed collegiately at Lewis & Clark College where she was a four-year varsity rower and a three-year captain. A first-team All-American, Carlton was also named Lewis & Clark's Woman of the Year in 2005. She graduated in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in history. In 2011, Carlton completed her masters degree in kinesiology: sport & exercise science in 2011.