Erica Copeland Class: Junior Hometown: Marietta, GA High School: George Walton Height: 5-8 Birthdate: 06/18/1987

AS A SOPHOMORE: Spent much of season with the Irish's top varsity four boat ... appeared with varsity four boat at the NCAA Championships, reaching the Petite Final and earning an 11th-place finish ... helped varsity four boat reach the Grand Final at the Central/South Region Championship ... led varsity four boat to a first-place finish at the BIG EAST Championships (7:32.43), helping the Irish to their fourth straight team title ... sat in first varsity four boat for a third-place finish in race with Virginia "A" and "B" and Princeton ... competed in three races at the Lubbers Cup, placing second with the first varsity eight crew (8:07.56), second with the second varsity "B" crew (8:16.49), and third with the second varsity four "B" crew (9:28.08) ... second varsity four crew placed third behind Michigan State "A" and Michigan while beating Michigan State "B" with a time of 8:22.16 ... sat with the varsity four "B" boat against the Irish's "A" boat and Cincinnati, placing second ... named a National Scholar Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) ... selected to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team ... earned first monogram.

AS A FRESHMAN: Rowed in top novice eight boat throughout the spring ... her boat finished second in all three races to Minnesota in opening-season regatta ... helped her crew to win in novice eight "A" race at Lubbers Cup with a time of 7:37.28 ... was a member of third varsity four "B" boat in the same event that finished with a time of 8:12.12 ... her novice eight boat won the Petite Final at the San Diego Crew Classic with a time of 7:17.90 ... finished second in Grand Finals at BIG EAST Championships in Grand Finals, posting a time of 6:58.92 ... victorious in Petite Finals of Central/South Region Championships with a winning time of 7:24.42 a ninth-place finish at the Head of the Rock in the novice eight with a time of 20:32.01 ... placed 23rd in the open eight race where she sat in the number two seat...novice eight boat took sixth at the Notre Dame Invitational ... part of the fifth place novice eight-b boat that finished in a time of 18:14.43 at the Head of the Elk.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Earned four letters in swimming during her scholastic career ... United States Swimming state qualifier in the 100 and 200 back in both short and long course ... member of National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Beta Club, Community Outreach and Fellowship of Christian Athletes while in high school ... joins high school classmate Megan Grebe on the Irish rowing roster ... daughter of John and Ellen Copeland ... born on June 18, 1987, in Marietta, Ga. ... earned Dean's List recognition in the fall semester ...enrolled as a political science major in the College of Arts and Letters