USRowing recently announced that Hobart Rowing Associate Head Coach Katy Ruderman will serve as the 2025 Para PR3 National Team coach. She will lead the PR3 crews representing the United States at the 2025 World Rowing Championships this September.
 
"I'm excited to be coaching the athletes in the PR3 group this summer," Ruderman said. "The program has been incredibly successful in recent years including silver medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics and 2023 World Championships and I'm looking forward to working with returning athletes, promising newcomers, and all of the Para High Performance coaches."
 
Ruderman joined the Statesmen coaching staff in the fall of 2022. In each of her first two seasons, Hobart has won a bronze medal in the third varsity eight at the National Invitational Rowing Championships. Last year, Hobart had a varsity four compete at the IRA Championships. The Statesmen finished 14th at the Head of the Charles Regatta and swept the Cayuga Duels to start their 2024-25 campaign. In her time in Geneva, she has helped mentor 10 IRCA Scholar-Athletes
 
Ruderman previously coached at George Washington University for three seasons as an assistant coach for the women's rowing team. During her tenure, she helped the Colonials achieve second-place finishes at the Atlantic 10 Rowing Championships in 2021 and 2022—tying the program's best result at the regatta. Ruderman also served as the U23 High Performance Coach at Potomac Boat Club.
 
Before joining GW, Ruderman spent nine years coaching at the junior and high school levels, developing a highly competitive team with over 20 nationally ranked boats. Three of her boats qualified for youth nationals, including a lightweight eight that placed sixth in 2019. She also served as head junior men's coach and program director at Dirty Water Boat Club in Boston.
 
"We are excited to welcome Katy to our Para High Performance program," said Ellen Minzner, Director of Para High Performance. "Katy's experience with collegiate and U19/U23 high performance squads is a perfect fit for our PR3 program, where our top rowers will be emerging from the college ranks over the next couple of years."
 
Ruderman earned her bachelor's degree in health and wellness promotion from Cambridge College and holds a Level 3 Coach certification from USRowing.