The NCAA Division III rowing championship is the annual rowing regatta hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the champions of women's collegiate heavyweight (or openweight) rowing among its Division III member programs in the United States.
The most successful program has been Williams, with nine titles.
Tufts are the defending champions, winning their third national title in 2026.
Format Each championship tournament consists of eight teams, and each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain.
The following are the berths that are allocated: Pool A – four (Pool A consists of conferences that have been awarded automatic qualification ("AQ")): Liberty League Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Pool B/C – four (Pools B and C include independents, institutions from conferences that do not meet automatic-qualification standards, and Pool A institutions that did not receive their conference’s AQ). Independents and institutions from conferences that do not meet AQ standards are: Massachusetts Maritime Academy D’Youville College Sarah Lawrence College State University of New York Maritime College Lewis & Clark College Mills College Pacific University Pacific Lutheran University University of Puget Sound
Results NCAA Division III Rowing ChampionshipsYear Site(Host Team)Team ResultsChampionScoreRunner-upScore2002 Details Indianapolis, INWilliams9Colby112003 DetailsColby10Puget Sound122004 Details Gold River, CAIthaca7Smith 102005 Details Ithaca (2)10 Smith102006 DetailsWest Windsor, NJWilliams (2)21 Ithaca152007 DetailsOak Ridge, TNWilliams (3)18 Trinity (CT)162008 DetailsGold River, CAWilliams (4)25 Trinity (CT)212009 DetailsCherry Hill, NJWilliams (5)24 Bates192010 Details Gold River, CAWilliams (6)26 Bates192011 DetailsWilliams (7)19 Bates162012 DetailsWest Windsor, NJWilliams (8)42Bates372013 Details Indianapolis, INWilliams (9)43Bates352014 DetailsTrinity (CT)40Williams332015 Details Gold River, CABates39 Trinity (CT)382016 Details Wellesley40 Bates362017 Details West Windsor, NJ Bates (2) 39 Williams 382018 DetailsSarasota, FL Bates (3) 56 Wellesley 452019 DetailsIndianapolis, IN Bates (4) 46 WPI 412020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 DetailsSarasota, FL Bates (5) 42 Hamilton 332022 Details Wellesley (2) 51 Bates 502023 Details Pennsauken, NJ(Temple)Wellesley (3)54Wesleyan452024 Details Bethel, OH(Marietta)Tufts54Wesleyan, Williams472025 Details West Windsor, NJ(Ivy & MAAC)Tufts (2)56Williams492026 Details Gainesville, GA(North Georgia)Tufts (3)56Bates45
Notes In 2005, Ithaca and Smith tied in total points for the team title, which was awarded to Ithaca based on a better overall finish in the Varsity 8+ race. In 2006 and 2008, Williams won the team title by placing second and third in the grand final. In 2015, total points for team title was awarded to Bates, but Trinity won the Varsity 8+ grand final. In 2017, Bates again won the team title, although Williams placed first in the Varsity 8+ grand final. In 2022, Wellesley won the team title, despite WPI winning the Varsity 8+ grand final. In all other years, the winner of the Varsity 8+ race also won the NCAA Division III team title.
Champions Team Titles Years 92002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 52015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 32024, 2025, 2026 32016, 2022, 2023 22004, 2005 12014 12003
Individual events Varsity 8+ Year School Crew2026 Tufts Rose Tinkjian (8), Sami Haynes (7), Josie Monroe (6), Sydney Barr (5), Sonia Haynes (4), Aubyn Mackey (3), Saskia Petitt (2), Emma Lyle (1), Hannah Jiang (Cox), Head Coach: Lily Siddall2025 Tufts Rose Tinkjian (8), Sami Haynes (7), Stella Shen (6), Emma Lyle (5), Lucy Howell (4), Reilly Uiterwyk (3), Josie Monroe (2), Sydney Barr (1), Hannah Jiang (Cox), Head Coach: Lily Siddall2024 Tufts Rose Tinkjian (8), Janna Moore (7), Shira Roberts (6), Emma Mahoney (5), Summer Maxwell (4), Samara Haynes (3), Karen Dooley (2), Emma Lyle (1), Hannah Jiang (Cox), Head Coach: Lily Siddall2023 Wellesley Anya Hanichak (8), Anneka Hallstrom (7), Katherine Moeser (6), Kaitlyn Severin (5), Sage Gilbert-Diamond (4), Hannah Bates (3), Emma Anghel (2), Kaylee Liu (1), Isabella Santos (Cox), Head Coach: Tessa Spillane2022 WPI Melissa Bazakas-Chamberlain (8), Alexandra Heline (7), Megan Tupaj (6), Caitlin Kean (5), Jillian Early (4), Maren Cork (3), Emily Adams (2), Ashley Schuliger (1), Logan Rinaldi (Cox)2021 Bates Grace Bake (8), Carla Guichard (7), Sally Harris Porter (6), Hannah Beams (5), Elizabeth Fischer (4), Lillian Kinder (3), Catharine Berry-Toon (2) and Saylor Strugar (1), Elizabeth Folsom (Cox)2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2019 Bates Head coach: Peter Steenstra2018 Bates Head coach: Peter Steenstra2017 Williams Clara Beery (8), Bertie Miller (7), Eileen Russell (6), Gabrielle Markel (5), Rebecca Smith (4), Maddy Boutet (3), Emory Strawn (2), Emily Burch (1), Louisa Abel (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney2016 Wellesley Emilia Ball (8), Kathryn Barth (7), Sydney Dollmeyer (6), Loren Lock (5), Molly Hoyer (4), Olivia Duggan (3), Lauren Bazley (2), Katie Livingston (1), Alessandra Zaldívar-Giuffredi (cox), Head Coach: Tessa Spillane2015 Trinity Chanel Erasmus, Kiely MacMahon, Georgia Wetmore, Madeleine Boudreau, Claudia Jensen, Cristina Pretto, Jennifer Sager, Antonia Bowden, Sarah Keane (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng2014 Trinity Jillian Zieff (8), Renee Swetz (7), Madeleine Boudreau (6), Kathryn Hibbard (5), Julia Kelling (4), Catherine Guariglia (3), Rose Lichtenfels (2), Claire Barkin (1), Gwendolyn Schoch (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng2013 Williams Katie Westervelt, Meg Steer, Andrea Remec, Stephanie Neul, Emma Laukitis, Piper Sallquist, Annie Haley, Dana Golden, Anna Hopkins (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney2012 Williams Dana Golden, Annie Haley, Jane McClellan, Lindsay Olsen, Abbie Deal, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Julia May, Dorothy MacAusland, Fiona Wilkes (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney2011 Williams Anna Soybel, Adrienne Darrow, Dana Golden, Annie Haley, Abbie Deal, Lindsay Olsen, Kate Shaper, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Becca Licht (cox), (Interim) Head Coach: Brad Hemmerly2010 Williams Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Sarah Ginsberg, Madeline Berky, Dana Golden, Lindsay Olsen, Kate Shaper, Dorothy MacAusland, Julia Haltermann, Becca Licht (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore2009 Williams Julia Haltermann, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Kate Shaper, Dorothy MacAusland, Meg Conan, Samantha Smith, Sarah Ginsberg, Katherine Robinson, Allison Prevatt (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore 2008 Trinity Ellie Wierzbowski, Amory Minot, Ali Schmidt, Deede Dixon, Ashley Swiggett, Loren Massimino, Carmel Zahran, Natalie Jones, Stephanie Apstein (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng 2007 Williams Katherine Robinson, Katie Quayle, Carolyn Skudder, Louisa Berky, Kate Sortun, Julia Haltermann, Abby Weir, Emily Cheston, Allison Prevatt (cox), Head Coach: Pat Tynan 2006 Ithaca Sarah Kuebler, Emma Flemer, Kaitlin Veninsky, Stephanie Knabe, Kelsey Schaeffer, Stacey Bowen, Jane Semiz, Heather Luke, Melanie Pessin (cox), Head Coach: Becky Robinson 2005 Trinity Tara Maciog, Hadley Wilmerding, Elizabeth Guernsey, Sarah Carter, Katie Gordon, Loren Massimino, Ali Schmidt, Carmel Zahran, Emily McLean (cox), Head Coach: Marina Traub 2004 Ithaca Jill Moler, Nora Lahr, Jessie Selock, Megan Musnicki, Stephanie Knabe, Stacey Bowen, Heather Luke, Leslie Nichols, Catie Gloo (cox), Head Coach: Becky Robinson 2003 Colby Leah Hagamen, Emily Allen, Laura Mistretta, Annie Szender, Leah Robertson, Andrea Piekarski, Megan Loosigian, Ellie Boyce, Vivienne Ho (cox), Head Coach: Stew Stokes 2002 Williams Anne Rutherford, Anne Lewis, Liz Mygatt, Rachel DeSouza, Laura Spero, Shoshana Clark, Izzy Lowell, Emma Herries, Rachel Outman (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore
See also NCAA Division I rowing championship NCAA Division II rowing championship Intercollegiate Women's Varsity Eights Intercollegiate Rowing Association Women's Varsity Lightweight Eights Champions http://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/article/2016-05-28/wellesley-captures-its-first-division-iii-rowing-national-title
References
External links NCAA Division III Rowing