Women's Rowing
Ongun, Melisa
Melisa Ongun
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- melongun@uw.edu
- Phone:
- (773) 425-6121
Melisa Ongun joined the Washington coaching staff in July of 2016. Now in her second year with the Huskies, Ongun's first season was full of accomplishments.
In 2017, the Huskies won the NCAA Championship in unprecedented fashion, sweeping all three grand finals for the first time in the 21-year history of the event. It was the fourth NCAA title in UW history and the Huskies' first since 2001.
Washington's women also won their first Pac-12 Championship since 2003, winning all five finals, and the UW coaching staff was named the Division I Coaching Staff of the Year by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA).
Ongun coaches the Huskies' third varsity eight, which won the Pac-12 championship last year, and also directs the walk-on program.
Ongun completed her outstanding career as a rower at Michigan in 2013. In 2009, she was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and finished her tenure with the Wolverines as a Pocock All-America first-team selection in 2013.
As a junior in 2012, she stroked the Michigan varsity eight to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships. Since completing her undergraduate and master's degrees, she worked with the Michigan program. She has also worked as a coach in the U.S. junior national team selection camp.
In 2017, the Huskies won the NCAA Championship in unprecedented fashion, sweeping all three grand finals for the first time in the 21-year history of the event. It was the fourth NCAA title in UW history and the Huskies' first since 2001.
Washington's women also won their first Pac-12 Championship since 2003, winning all five finals, and the UW coaching staff was named the Division I Coaching Staff of the Year by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA).
Ongun coaches the Huskies' third varsity eight, which won the Pac-12 championship last year, and also directs the walk-on program.
Ongun completed her outstanding career as a rower at Michigan in 2013. In 2009, she was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and finished her tenure with the Wolverines as a Pocock All-America first-team selection in 2013.
As a junior in 2012, she stroked the Michigan varsity eight to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships. Since completing her undergraduate and master's degrees, she worked with the Michigan program. She has also worked as a coach in the U.S. junior national team selection camp.
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