Rising junior Sam Sullivan of the men’s heavyweight crew team has been named a Empacher-IRCA First-Team All-American by the Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association (IRCA) and rising junior Matt Davis has received Empacher-IRCA Second-Team All-American accolades. Rising senior Ben Rutherford has been selected IRCA Comeback Athlete of the Year.

In their first year under Al Monte, the Nicholas B. Paumgarten Head Coach, the men’s heavyweight crew team won the Clayton W. Chapman Trophy, awarded to the most improved crew team, at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships in early June. All three Eights earned top-12 finishes at IRAs, and the Varsity Eight earned its best placement since 2016. He was also a finalist for the IRCA Division I Coach of the Year Award.

Rising juniors Simon Dubiel and Nathaniel Sass of the men’s lightweight rowing team picked up Empacher-IRCA First-Team All-American honors and rising junior Troy Riesenberger received Second-Team All-American recognition.

Led by Colin Farrell, the Fred W. Leonard Head Coach, the Varsity Eight lightweight crew team earned the bronze medal at the IRA National Championships, the fourth time in the last six Championships that the boat had a top-three finish.

Nominated student-athletes are selected to the First-Team or Second-Team by the IRCA Board of Directors based on strength of finish of the institution’s varsity boat, nomination rank within the institution, and coach’s comments, individual achievements, and erg score. Rowing is the oldest intercollegiate sport in the U.S.