NCAA Division II rowing championship

NCAA Division II rowing championship

Association	NCAA
Sport	College rowing
Founded	2002;23 years ago (2002)
Division	Division II
No. of teams	6
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Embry-Riddle (1st)
Most titles	Western Washington (9)
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division II rowing championship is the annual regatta hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the champions of women's collegiate heavyweight (or openweight) rowing among its Division II member programs in the United States. ^[1]

The most successful program has been Western Washington, with nine titles.

The most successful conference has been the GNAC, producing 15 of the 23 champions. Similarly, the only two years a GNAC team was not in the top two at the least was 2013 and 2015.

The reigning champion is Embry-Riddle, who won their first ever team national title in 2025.

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. ^[2]

Results

NCAA Division II Rowing Championships
Year	Site (Host Team)		Team Results					Individual Results
			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			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			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			Humboldt State(2)	16	Nova Southeastern	15		Western Washington (8)		Humboldt State (2)
2015 Details	Gold River, CA		Barry	20	Mercyhurst	15		Barry		Barry
2016 Details			Barry(2)	20	Central Oklahoma	15		Barry (2)		Barry (2)
2017 Details	West Windsor, NJ		Western Washington(8)	17	Central Oklahoma	16		Western Washington (9)		Central Oklahoma
2018 Details	Sarasota, FL		Central Oklahoma	18	Western Washington	14		Western Washington (10)		Central Oklahoma (2)
2019 Details	Indianapolis, IN [3]		Central Oklahoma(2)	30	Florida Tech	23		Central Oklahoma		Central Oklahoma (3)
2020	Canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Details	Sarasota, FL		Central Oklahoma(3)	20	Mercyhurst	15		Central Oklahoma (2)	Not held	Central Oklahoma (4)
2022 Details			Mercyhurst(2)	30	Western Washington	19		Mercyhurst		Mercyhurst (3)
2023 Details	Pennsauken, NJ (Temple)		Cal Poly Humboldt(3)	30	Central Oklahoma	25		Cal Poly Humboldt (3)		Cal Poly Humboldt (3)
2024 Details	Bethel, OH (Marietta)		Western Washington(9)	22	Mercyhurst	21		Seattle Pacific		Western Washington (7)
2025 Details	West Windsor, NJ (Ivy & MAAC)		Embry-Riddle	26	Cal Poly Humboldt	24		Cal Poly Humboldt (4)		Embry-Riddle
2026 Details	Gainesville, GA (North Georgia)

Team champions

Active programs

Team	#	Years
Western Washington	9	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2024
Cal Poly Humboldt (Humboldt State)	3	2012, 2014, 2023
Central Oklahoma	3	2018, 2019, 2021
Barry	2	2015, 2016
Embry-Riddle	1	2025
Nova Southeastern	1	2013

Former programs

Team	#	Years
Mercyhurst	2	2004, 2022
UC Davis [4]	2	2002, 2003

See also

• Intercollegiate Women's Varsity Eights
• Intercollegiate Rowing Association Women's Varsity Lightweight Eights Champions
• NCAA Division I Rowing Championship
• NCAA Division III Rowing Championship

References

1. "DIVISION II ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
2. "Rowing - Highlights" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
3. "NCAA rowing championships: Washington, Central Oklahoma, Bates crowned this weekend". Ncaa.com.
4. "Search | UC Davis". www.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

External links

• NCAA Division II Rowing