Hamilton College Women's Crew

Weber is in his third season as the head men's and women's rowing coach at Hamilton College. Weber's athletes have received three all-America honors, including a second award for a coxswain in 2015-16. His women's Varsity 8 finished last season ranked 10th in the USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Division III Top 15 poll. Weber guided the men's and women's Varsity 8 to their respective grand final at the New York State Collegiate Championships -- the first time both had competed in the grand final since 2012. One men's rower and one women's coxswain earned spots on the NESCAC all-conference team. Twelve of Weber's athletes made the 2016 NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team and five women were deemed national scholar-athletes by the CRCA. Weber also had an active summer of 2016 away from the Hamilton programs. He coached with the Princeton Training Center (U.S. national team training center), the women's 8+ that won the Remenham Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta and the U.S. women's 4- that won a silver medal at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam. Weber guided the women's team to their most successful season ever in 2014-15. The Continentals received their first bid to the NCAA championships, took the bronze medal in the Varsity 8 grand final and finished fourth in the team standings. The women were ranked third in the season's final Top 15 coaches poll -- the program's highest ranking ever. The Continentals boasted a pair of first-team all-Americans and captured the gold medal in the women's Varsity 8 grand final at the New York State Championships for their first state title. Weber coached three rowers to NESCAC all-conference team honors. Weber was the head rowing coach at Franklin & Marshall College from 2010 to 2014 and was an assistant coach at the school from 2008 to 2010. He was selected the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference Men's Coach of the Year in 2012. Weber coached the U.S. women's 4- to a gold medal at the 2015 World Championships in Aiguebelette, France. He has served as a volunteer assistant coach at the USRowing Princeton Training Center each of the past four summers. He coached the U.S. Women's Senior National Team straight four to a gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Chungju, South Korea, and a silver medal at the 2014 World Championships in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Weber was the women's U23 head coach for the Pennsylvania Athletic Club Rowing Association during the summers of 2011 and 2012. Prior to his time at Franklin & Marshall, Weber was the men's novice coach at Savannah College of Art & Design in 2006-07 and the women's varsity and novice coach for the College of William & Mary Rowing Club in 2005-06. Weber is a member of the CRCA and he was a Division III pollster in 2014. He has been on the NCAA Division III Rowing National Committee and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee since 2011. Weber graduated magna cum laude from Wabash College and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest honor society. He holds master's degrees from the University of Kentucky and William & Mary.

Ricker is in her second season as an assistant coach with the Hamilton College men's and women's rowing programs. Ricker has more than 17 years of competitive rowing experience, including as an open and masters rower with small boat success since 2008. She has a USRowing Level III coaching certification. Ricker had been the director of community outreach for the Three Rivers Rowing Association in Pittsburgh, Pa., for a year before she arrived at Hamilton. Ricker was head coach for the Three Rivers Rowing Association's inner city girls' program and their adaptive rowing program, and she was a supportive coach to many others. She also wrote grants that supported approximately 20 percent of the association's multi-million dollar budget. Ricker's most recent coaching experience was at Vassar College, where she was the head coach from 2010 to 2014 and developed the program from its inception. She continues to serve as the consulting coach and sport development specialist for the Bahamas Rowing Club -- a position she has held since 2013. She works with the Bahamas Rowing Club executive board in order to form the first national team. Prior to her time at Vassar, Ricker was a founding consultant and coach of the Saginaw Rowing Association in Michigan. She has also been the head coach for Bay County High School Rowing and the Detroit Women's Rowing Association and an assistant novice coach at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich. Ricker's rowing career began in high school and continued as a four-year member of the varsity at Grand Valley State and another year at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. She has earned medals in multiple events at the state, regional and national levels. Ricker has a bachelor's degree from Grand Valley State and her master's degree from Barry.