NCAA Division II rowing championship

NCAA Division II rowing championship
Current season, competition or edition:; 2019 NCAA Division II Rowing Championship
Sport	College rowing
Founded	2002
No. of teams	6
Country	United States
Most recent; champion(s)	Western Washington (9)
Most titles	Western Washington (9)
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division II Rowing Championship is a rowing championship held by the NCAA for Division II women's heavyweight (or openweight) collegiate crews.^[1]

The reigning champions are Western Washington, who won their ninth team national title in 2024.

The most successful program has been Western Washington, with nine titles. The most successful conference has been the GNAC, producing 15 of the 22 champions (though not all occurred while in the conference).

UC Davis has made the transition to Division I, and despite winning the first two Division II championships back-to-back, cut their rowing team in 2010 due to the financial crisis.^[2]

Mercyhurst will make the transition to Division I following the 2023-24 season. It is the only independent school to have won the tournament, and their new rowing conference in Division I is TBA.

Format

The NCAA Division II Women's Rowing Championships comprise 68 total competitors (86 including spares) and two events, varsity eights and fours. Four teams are selected, each of which is required to field an eight and a four. Two additional at-large schools are selected to field only an eight. The following criteria are used in selecting teams and individual boats:

Regional ranking; regional championship results.
Results against regionally ranked teams; results against teams already selected; results against common opponents.
Head-to-head competition; late-season performance.
Eligibility and availability of student-athletes.

Scoring

Eights: 1st-12pts, 2nd-9pts, 3rd-6pts, 4th-5pts.
Fours: 1st-8pts, 2nd-6pts, 3rd-4pts.^[3]

Results

NCAA Division II Rowing Championships
Year	Site (Host Team)	Team Results				Individual Results
Year	Site (Host Team)	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Score	Fours	II Eights	I Eights
2002 Details	Indianapolis, IN	UC Davis	50	Western Washington	45	Not held	UC Davis	UC Davis
2003 Details	Indianapolis, IN	UC Davis (2)	20	Western Washington	15	UC Davis	Not held	UC Davis (2)
2004 Details	Gold River, CA	Mercyhurst	18	Humboldt State	17	Humboldt State		Mercyhurst
2005 Details	Gold River, CA	Western Washington	20	Mercyhurst	12	Western Washington		Western Washington
2006 Details	West Windsor, NJ	Western Washington (2)	20	Barry	15	Western Washington (3)		Western Washington (2)
2007 Details	Oak Ridge, TN	Western Washington (3)	20	UC San Diego	15	Western Washington (4)		Western Washington (3)
2008 Details	Gold River, CA	Western Washington (4)	20	UC San Diego	15	Western Washington (5)		Western Washington (4)
2009 Details	Cherry Hill, NJ	Western Washington (5)	18	Mercyhurst	13	Nova Southeastern		Western Washington (5)
2010 Details	Gold River, CA	Western Washington (6)	20	Seattle Pacific	11	Western Washington (6)		Mercyhurst (2)
2011 Details	Western Washington (7)	20	Mercyhurst	13	Western Washington (7)	Western Washington (6)
2012 Details	West Windsor, NJ	Humboldt State	20	Western Washington	13	Humboldt State (2)		Humboldt State
2013 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Nova Southeastern	20	Barry	15	Nova Southeastern (2)		Nova Southeastern
2014 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Humboldt State	16	Nova Southeastern	15	Western Washington (8)		Humboldt State (2)
2015 Details	Gold River, CA	Barry	20	Mercyhurst	15
2016 Details	Gold River, CA	Barry (2)	20	Central Oklahoma	15
2017 Details	West Windsor, NJ	Western Washington (8)	17	Central Oklahoma	16
2018 Details	Sarasota, FL	Central Oklahoma	18	Western Washington	14
2019 Details	Indianapolis, IN^[4]	Central Oklahoma (2)	30	Florida Tech	23
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Details	Sarasota, FL	Central Oklahoma (3)	20	Mercyhurst	15		Not held
2022 Details	Sarasota, FL	Mercyhurst (2)	30	Western Washington	19
2023 Details	Pennsauken, NJ (Temple)	Cal Poly Humboldt (3)	30	Central Oklahoma	25
2024 Details	Bethel, OH (Marietta)	Western Washington (9)	22	Mercyhurst	21
2025 Details	West Windsor, NJ (Ivy & MAAC)
2026 Details	Gainesville, GA (North Georgia)

Team champions

Team	#	Years
Western Washington	9	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2024
Cal Poly Humboldt	3	2012, 2014, 2023
Central Oklahoma	3	2018, 2019, 2021
Barry	2	2015, 2016
Mercyhurst	2	2004, 2022
UC Davis	2	2002, 2003
Nova Southeastern	1	2013

Event champions

Fours

Year	Winning Team	Crew	Time
2003	UC Davis	Laura Syms Sarah Anderson Joan Silva Dawn Leppert Michelle Seymour (cox)	7:47.03
2004	Humboldt State	Jolie Smith Winnie Bell Jessica Lev Lisa McDonnell Melanie Rowsey (cox)	7:57.5
2005	Western Washington	Jordan Tobler Tanya Kaufman Samantha Marikis Courtney Moeller Elisabeth Johnson (cox)	7:46.82
2006	Western Washington (2)	Hilary Gastwirth Katie Saelens Katrina Anderson Kirsten Mathers Coree Naslund (cox)	8:24.155
2007	Western Washington (3)	Jordan Tobler Gina Auriemma Katie Saelens Hilary Gastwirth Robin Fitzpatrick (cox)	8:08.72
2008	Western Washington (4)	Katie Tipton Casey Mapes Julia Munger Hilary Gastwirth Samantha Oberholzer (cox)	7:57.54
2009	Nova Southeastern	Lauren McElhenny Claire Kurlychek Ashley Lofria Jessica Sutter Heather Clayton (cox)	7.53.64
2010	Western Washington (5)	Carson MacPherson-Krutsky Hannah Gallagher Stephanie Bluhm Kelsey Baker Kelsey McFarland (cox)	7.25.35
2011	Western Washington (6)	Kelsey Baker Mariana Cains Alyssa Dewey Lauren Fleming Kelsey McFarland (cox)	7:50.72
2012	Humboldt State (2)	Kaitlyn Shanle Amanda Nelson Shenae Bishop Julia Smith Ka’ena Sado (cox)	7:42.96
2013	Nova Southeastern (2)	Megan O’Donnell Caitlin Mooney Emily Harrington Amber Morrell Courtney Berger (cox)	7:43.85
2014	Western Washington (7)	Audra Massey Jenny Chang Olivia Gangmark-Strickland Katya Hewitt Kate Nelson (cox)	7:59.304
2015	Barry	Jelena Momirov Eva Patyi Bethany Desmond Mandy Carper Angela Dasch (cox)	7:49.155

II Eights

Year	Winning Team	Crew	Time
2002	UC Davis	Sara Miller Kelly Sweerus Alison Prehn Marisa Obrian Ashley Raasch Amy Mackey Chrissy Twomey Dawn Lep Katie Borg (cox)	7:17.98

I Eights

Year	Winning Team	Crew	Time
2002	UC Davis	Analise Zoller Brooke Fornaciari Julie Maosen Kerry Byrne Brooke Roberts Sara Deleon Shelly Best Sabrina Litton Sarah Whipple (cox)	7:06:64
2003	UC Davis (2)	Kari Harris Ashley Montross Becky Anderson Kalie Benson Brooke Fornaciari Shelley Best Kerry Byrne Cassie Protman Katie Borg (cox)	6:51.74
2004	Mercyhurst	Naomi Petendra Kerri Kanaley Courtney Oke Chelsea Boothe Meg Bryant Megan Holloway Kristin Best Kristen Ficorilli Jill Natale (cox)	7:02.9
2005	Western Washington	Stephanie Parker Amelia Whitcomb Gail Lumsden Metta Gilbert Kailyn McGrath Lindsay Mann-King Staci Reynolds Julia Gamache Krissy Whaley (cox)	6:48.72
2006	Western Washington (2)	Staci Reynolds Julia Gamache Jordan Tobler Lindsay Mann-King Rebecca Willms Metta Gilbert Samantha Marikis Amelia Whitcomb Elisabeth Johnson (cox)	7:17.64
2007	Western Washington (3)	Staci Reynolds Lindsay Mann-King Meghan Woodman Amelia Whitcomb Samantha Marikis Metta Gilbert Audrey Coon Lila Scaife Kristy Theodorson (cox)	7:03.80
2008	Western Washington (4)	Staci Reynolds Metta Gilbert Meghan Woodman Gina Auriemma Samantha Marikis Amelia Whitcomb Audrey Coon Madeleine Eckmann Kristy Theodorson (cox)	6:53.20
2009	Western Washington (5)	Casey Mapes Audrey Coon Jean Piette Heather Kelly Katie Woolsey Megan Northey Madeleine Eckmann Kate Berni Kristy Theodorson (cox)	6.52.60
2010	Mercyhurst (2)	Annie Schiller Alexandra Salen Alicia Peterson Sally O’Briend Rachel Beste Bethany Brun Leah Niecgorski Amanda Carlyon Lindsey Crosby (cox)	6:42.53
2011	Western Washington (6)	Stephanie Bluhm Kate Berni Siri Carlson Casey Mapes Carson MacPherson-Krutsky Megan Northey Jean Piette Katie Woolsey Samantha Oberholzer (cox)	6:50.46
2012	Humboldt State	Katie Lepley Molly Fisher Anna Wagner Alex Torquemada Ashley Frakes Edi Sullivan Jacki McPherson Chyna Balonick Katie Harris (cox)	6:48.84
2013	Nova Southeastern	Lauren Boudreau Tori Torrisi Stephanie Hauck Amanda Craig Taylor Van Horn Kelly Scott Sarah Patterson Camille Evans Amanda Hudon (cox)	6:42.74
2014	Humboldt State (2)	Jamie Larrabee Ripley McChesney Maggie Wilhelm Kayley Weber Maddy Guillaume Samantha Morford Kate Dedrick Mariah Smither Katrina Rehrer (cox)	7:13.405
2015	Barry	Anais Foppoli Paola Girotto Ellie Hartman Rosita Boncheva Paula Klak Macarena Liano Abascal Virginia Diaz Rivas Sara Rus Alba Stephanie Dinkel (cox)	7:11.548

References

^ "Division II Rowing Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
^ "Search | UC Davis". www.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/rowing_champs_records/2015/DIIChamps.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "NCAA rowing championships: Washington, Central Oklahoma, Bates crowned this weekend". Ncaa.com.

External links

NCAA Division II Rowing

[1] "Division II Rowing Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 31, 2016.

[2] "Search | UC Davis". www.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[3] ttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/rowing_champs_records/2015/DIIChamps.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[4] "NCAA rowing championships: Washington, Central Oklahoma, Bates crowned this weekend". Ncaa.com.

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