Vita Scaglione begins her sixth year at Oregon State, serving as an assistant coach and as the program's recruiting director. Scaglione and head coach Emily Ford have worked together for much of the past decade. In that time, Scaglione has filled many roles, from team captain to working as an assistant coach at Michigan and now at Oregon State. "Vita's main responsibilities at Oregon State are coaching the Second Varsity 8 and recruiting," Ford said. "She has done an exceptional job with both of these roles. In 2008, the 2V8 earned a silver medal at Pac-10's which marked the first time the team has finished in the medals since 2005. And, I couldn't ask for a better person to be heading up the recruiting efforts. Vita is one of those coaches that draws people in. We've had some great recruits sign with Oregon State since Vita has been on-board." Scaglione's 2V8 got off to a great start in 2007 with a second place finish at the San Diego Crew Classic. Later in the season, the 2V8 recorded victories over Iowa, Stanford and Washington State. The Beavers' ended the season with a fifth-place finish at the Pac-10 Championships. Scaglione was recognized at the conclusion of the 2007 by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association as the 2007 West Region's Assistant Coach of the Year. The 2008 season brought more success for OSU when Scaglione's 2V8 earned the silver medal at the Pac-10 Championships. The Beavers' 2V8 also tallied victories over Washington State, Columbia, Gonzaga and University of Victoria through the course of the season. Scaglione was honored by the U.S. Rowing National Team program when she was selected to coach at the 2008 U.S. Junior Development Camp. In her third season at Oregon State, the 2V8 squad raced to a fifth-place finish at the Pac-10 Championships and concluded the year with a strong 14th-place finish at the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships. Scaglione spent her student-athlete years at Michigan, where she joined the women's rowing program as a sophomore. She began as a walk-on and finished her rowing career as team captain. Upon exhausting her eligibility, Scaglione stayed on at Michigan as a volunteer coach. In 2001, Scaglione was hired as the head novice coach at Washington State University. In the spring of 2002, Scaglione's Cougars won the San Diego Crew Classic and earned a second place finish at the Pac-10 Championships. Along the way the first varsity eight secured a bid to the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history. In 2003, Scaglione helped lead WSU to another victory at the San Diego Crew Classic and its first team appearance at the NCAA Championships. The Cougars finished 11th at the 2003 NCAA Regatta. In 2004, Scaglione and the Cougars reached the NCAA Championships for the third consecutive year. WSU went on to finish ninth in the nation. In 2004, the Michigan native returned to coach the Wolverines' novices, leading them to victory at the Central/South Regional Championships. Her 2005-06 crew finished second at the same regatta. Scaglione is a 1999 graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in Biology and a minor in English. |
 
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