UCD Mens Crew Roster 2023-24
Desmond Stahl | Head Coach
In his first stint with the Aggies, he led the team to 6 Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association gold medals and a gold medal in the 2nd Varsity 8 at the inaugural American Collegiate Rowing Association championships in 2008. He built the program into a regional and national power in 8 seasons at UC Santa Barbara (2008-2016). The Gauchos earned two Cal Cup wins at the San Diego Crew Classic, numerous medals at WIRA, and the 3rd most medals of any program in the history of ACRA up to that point. In the three years back at UC Davis prior to the Covid shutdown, Coach Stahl moved the Aggies into the top 12 programs at ACRA.
Coach Des has been named WIRA coach of the year twice, ACRA West region coach of the year three times, and ACRA national coach of the year once in 2016. He served as President of ACRA for four years (2013-2017), leading the organization and helping run the championship regatta for over 1500 athletes yearly. Three of his athletes have gone on to represent the United States internationally.
Coach is a Sacramento native, who obtained a degree in Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University, and an additional masters degree in Kinesiology from Sacramento State.
Meet The Team
Varsity - Coxswain
Kat Richardson
Height: 5'4"
Year: 4th
Hometown: Los Altos, CA
Major: Industrial Design
AJ Burke
Height: 5'2"
Year: 2nd
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Major: International Relations + Art History; Emphasis in Architectural History
Varsity - Rower
Alexander Miller
Position: Port
Height: 5'11"4/4
Year: 2nd
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Major: English, Cinema and Digital Media
Daniel Rocha
Position: Both
Height: 5'10"
Year: 2nd
Hometown: Hilmar, CA
Dylan Burfoot
Position: Starboard
Height: 5'11"1/2
Year: 3rd
Hometown: Portola Valley, CA
Major: Environmental Engineering
Edward Hoffman
Position: Both
Height: 5'10"
Year: 3rd
Hometown: Oakland
Major: Economics
Evan Hermes
Position: Starboard
Height: 6'3"
Year: 2nd
Hometown: Rohnert Park, CA
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Francisco Prado-Cuevas
Position: Both
Height: 5'6"
Year: 3rd
Hometown: Oakland
Major: Biological Science
Grant Askins
Position: Starboard
Height: 6'0"
Year: 3rd
Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jonathan Schurr
Position: Starboard
Height: 6'5"3/4
Year: 4th
Hometown: Alamo, CA
Major: Biological Sciences
Jonathan Joseph
Position: Starboard
Height: 5'10"
Year: 2nd
Hometown: San Jose
Major: Neurobiology, Physiology, and Pathology
Jonathan Crutcher
Position: Starboard
Height: 6'0"
Year: 4th
Hometown: Sebastopol, CA
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Joshua Booth
Position: Port
Height: 6'0"
Year: 3rd
Hometown: Scotts Valley
Major: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Matthew Helkey
Position: Starboard
Height: 5'11"
Year: 4th
Hometown: Santa Barbara
Major: Computer Science
Michael Swinton
Position: Port
Height: 6' 2"
Year: 5th
Hometown: Orinda, CA
Major: Computer Engineering
Ray Rigisich
Position: Starboard
Height: 6'2"
Year: 4th
Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA
Major: International Relations
Reid Rizk
Position: " I can do both but I normally row starboard, except for that one time where i rowed port when edward was sick"
Height: 5'11"1/2
Year: 3rd
Hometown: Annandale, VA
Major: International Relations
Robert Engelhorn
Position: Port
Height: 5'10"
Year: 2nd
Hometown: Pacific Grove
Major: Sustainable Environmental Design
Sebastian Najbjerg
Position: Coxswain & Port
Height: 5'10"
Year: 2nd
Hometown: Redwood City, CA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Tommy Cumbelich
Position: Starboard
Height: 6' 0"
Year: 3rd
Hometown: Alamo, CA
Major: Psychology
Coxswain - Novice
Anna Ermoshkin
Height: 5' 5"
Year: 1st
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sabrina Knauss
Height: 5' 1"
Year: 1st
Hometown: San Marcos, CA
Major: Undeclared
Rower - Novice
Alexander Rexelle
Position: Both
Height: 5'10"
Year: 4th
Hometown: Stockton
Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ben Ramirez
Position: Port
Height: 6' 1"
Year: 3rd
Hometown: San Diego
Major: Global Disease Biology
Brandon North
Position: Starboard
Height: 6' 1"
Year: 3rd
Hometown: Redondo Beach
Major: Communications
Isaiah Garcia
Position: Port
Height: 6'1"
Year: 1st
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Major: Molecular and Medical Microbiology
Jack Sperow
Position: Starboard
Height: 5' 10"
Year: 1st
Hometown: San Diego
Major: International Relations
James Lewis
Position: Port
Height: 6' 2"
Year: 1st
Hometown: Los Angeles
Major: Managerial Economics
Liam Boyle
Position: Port
Height: 6’2”
Year: 1st
Hometown: Redwood City
Major: Marine Science
Logan Sloan-Randall
Position: Port
Height: 5'8"
Year: 2nd
Hometown: Santa Rosa
Major: Political Science
Logan Wong
Position: Both
Height: 5'7"
Year: 1st
Hometown: Reedley, CA
Major: Mechanical Engineering
London Yeh
Position: Port
Height: 5’9”
Year: 1st
Hometown: Sacramento
Major: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Michael Warnes
Position: Port
Height: 6' 3 "
Year: 1st
Hometown: Roseville
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Nash Young
Position: Starboard
Height: 6’ 5"
Weight: 295 lb
Year: 3rd
Hometown: Portland
Major: Undeclared
Niko Stratigos
Position: Starboard
Height: 6' 4"
Year: 1st
Hometown: Novato, CA
Major: Civil Engineering
Samuel Gregories
Position: Starboard
Height: 5"9
Year: 1st
Hometown: Aleppo
Major: Molecular and Medical Microbiology
Sebastian Barnhart
Position: Starboard
Height: 6' 2"
Year: 2nd
Hometown: Adelanto, CA
Major: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Simon Lysek
Position: Port
Height: 6’ 2”
Year: 1st
Hometown: Santa Barbara
Major: Undeclared
Tobias Frieser
Position: Port
Height: 6’5”
Year: 3rd
Hometown: Bakersfield
Major: Data science
Viral Bhadeshiya
Position: Starboard
Height: 6’0”
Year: 1st (Masters)
Hometown: Gujarat, India
Major: Computer science