Indiana University Athletics
13 Hoosiers Named CRCA Scholar-Athletes
7/21/2023 3:24:00 PM | Women's Rowing
BLOOMINGTON – A program-record 13 Indiana rowing student-athletes were named College Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athletes by CRCA on Friday (July 21).
To qualify, an athlete must meet both academic and athletic requirements, being in at least their second year of eligibility and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. Additionally, student-athletes must have rowed in their institution's NCAA or IRA (lightweight) eligible boats for a minimum of 75% of the current spring races or race in an NCAA Boat at their conference championship/NCAA Championship.
Six of the athletes were members of the Indiana University's record Big Ten Distinguished Scholar class, which saw 115 IU student-athletes receive the distinction by maintaining a 3.70 GPA: Madeline Anderson, Abbey Armstrong, Jessica Bastos, Sophie Carmosino, Lily Haupt, Avery Thorpe. Twelve total IU rowers were members of that list.
Indiana rowers made history in the classroom while making history on the water. At the Big Ten Championships, IU earned a program-record third-place finish. Scholar-athletes Phoebe Inall, Laura Feinson and Ruby Leverington were members of the Varsity Eight crew that recorded a silver-medal performance, also a program record.
Indiana then returned to the NCAA Rowing Championships for the seventh time in nine full seasons and for the first time since 2019. IU finished No. 17 in the nation.
CRCA Scholar-Athletes
Madeline Anderson
Abbey Armstrong
Jessica Bastos
Sophie Carmosino
Laura Feinson
Lily Haupt
Erin Heapy
Phoebe Inall
Libby Krueger
Ruby Leverington
Mikayla Messinger
Ellie Pedersen
Avery Thorpe
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To qualify, an athlete must meet both academic and athletic requirements, being in at least their second year of eligibility and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. Additionally, student-athletes must have rowed in their institution's NCAA or IRA (lightweight) eligible boats for a minimum of 75% of the current spring races or race in an NCAA Boat at their conference championship/NCAA Championship.
Six of the athletes were members of the Indiana University's record Big Ten Distinguished Scholar class, which saw 115 IU student-athletes receive the distinction by maintaining a 3.70 GPA: Madeline Anderson, Abbey Armstrong, Jessica Bastos, Sophie Carmosino, Lily Haupt, Avery Thorpe. Twelve total IU rowers were members of that list.
Indiana rowers made history in the classroom while making history on the water. At the Big Ten Championships, IU earned a program-record third-place finish. Scholar-athletes Phoebe Inall, Laura Feinson and Ruby Leverington were members of the Varsity Eight crew that recorded a silver-medal performance, also a program record.
Indiana then returned to the NCAA Rowing Championships for the seventh time in nine full seasons and for the first time since 2019. IU finished No. 17 in the nation.
CRCA Scholar-Athletes
Madeline Anderson
Abbey Armstrong
Jessica Bastos
Sophie Carmosino
Laura Feinson
Lily Haupt
Erin Heapy
Phoebe Inall
Libby Krueger
Ruby Leverington
Mikayla Messinger
Ellie Pedersen
Avery Thorpe
Follow Indiana Rowing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
#GoIU
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