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James Sands is in his second season serving as the freshmen coach at the George Washington University. In his first season with the Colonials, Sands' mostly novice freshman eight notched an unprecedented 8-1 record in dual racing, and finished 14th overall at the 2008 Eastern Sprints. As GW heads into its third year in the EARC, Sands has brought in a powerful recruiting class and appears poised to build on last years' successes.
A 2007 graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Sands coxed the freshman eight in his first year with the Badgers and went undefeated in dual racing that year. Sands spent his next three years as an oarsman, no small feat for an overgrown coxswain on a nationally ranked heavyweight squad. As the `saltiest' member of the fourth varsity eight, Sands prided himself on pressing his teammates to new heights. In the process, he captured several Midwest Championship titles as an oarsman.
A four year coxswain at Leon High School in Tallahassee, Florida, Sands coxed the men's lightweight eight at Youth Nationals in Cincinnati before taking over the varsity eight for his next three years. Sands led the Lions' varsity eight to the Florida State Scholastic Championship title in 2001, 2002, and 2003, and in 2002 went on to take third at Scholastic Nationals in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Sands graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor's degree in political science.
Sands resides in Washington, DC.
