IRCA ANNOUNCES 2022 SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

The Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association is excited to announce our 2022 IRCA Scholar Athletes. We are proud to offer our congratulations to these rowers and coxswains who have demonstrated what it truly means to be a "student-athlete".

In order to be named a "scholar athlete", rowers and coxswains must have met the following criteria:

• Athletes from all IRCA Member Schools are eligible

• Athletes must be in second year or more of eligibility

• Athletes must have competed in their program’s top 3 boats during the current season or raced at the 2022 IRA Championship.

• Athletes must have, at least, a 3.50 cumulative GPA through fall semester.

As we celebrate the end of the IRCA's inaugural year, below are some numbers that further highlight these achievements.

• There were 525 rowers and coxswains who met the criteria set by our Awards & Polling Committee (detailed above), a 30% increase over last year’s 403 honorees. They represent 44 teams (43 heavyweight and 7 lightweight) from the 54 member programs.

• The average GPA was a 3.75. The highest GPA was a 4.193 from Oliver Diamond ‘23 of Wesleyan University. Oliver also held the top spot on last year’s list as well.

• The highest number of scholar athletes from a single team came from the Harvard University heavyweights with 23, followed by Williams College with 22. The highest number from one program came from Harvard University with 41 combined scholar-athletes from their heavyweight and lightweight teams, followed by MIT with 38 from their combined heavyweight and lightweight teams.

The full list can be seen in the spreadsheet below, which you can also view here or view/download as a Google Sheet here.