CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Washington State University women's rowing redshirt seniors Ieva Adomaviciute and Nicole Hare have earned Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Region 5 First Team and Second Team honors, respectively, the organization announced Tuesday.
Adomaviciute (Kaunas, Lithuania) and Hare (Calgary, Alberta) finished their fourth and final season with the Cougars and both have rowed with the varsity eight the majority of their careers, as Hare only rowed in the varsity eight boat. The two redshirted last season as they took a year off to train for the 2016 Olympic Games with their respective countries. Hare made the Canadian team, competing in the pair at Rio. Every year that Adomaviciute and Hare have been on the team, the Cougars have advanced to the NCAA Rowing Championships.
As freshmen in 2013, Adomaviciute and Hare were instrumental in getting WSU back to the NCAA Championships after a one-year drought, as both helped lead the varsity eight and the team to 14th-place finishes. The following season Hare rowed with the varsity eight and Adomaviciute with the varsity four, finishing 15th and 13th, respectively, while the team placed 14th. The following season, 2015, the junior duo guided WSU to its second-best team finish in school history as the Cougars placed eighth and the duo's varsity eight crew finished ninth. As redshirt seniors in 2017, Adomaviciute and Hare led the varsity eight crew to a 13th-place finish at the NCAA Championships as WSU placed 14th as a team.
Adomaviciute was named the Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year in 2013, and was also named CRCA First Team All-Region and First Team All-America that season. Hare was a second team West Region honoree in 2015 and a first-team honoree in 2014, going on to earn second team All-America honors in both 2015 and 2014. She was named All-Pac-12 in 2014.
Nine of the 10 first team and all six of the second team CRCA region 5 honorees came from Pac-12 schools, led by Washington and California with four apiece (Washington – three first team, one second team; California – two first team, three second team), while Stanford had three (two first team, one second team), UCLA had one first team selection and USC had one second team honoree.
To receive the CRCA honors, nominated student-athletes are evaluated on the strength of their team's regional finish, coaches' recommendations and 2,000-meter erg score. Nominees must be eligible student-athletes who have competed in their schools' varsity boat in 75 percent of races this season.
CRCA West First Team All-Region 5
Ieva Adomaviciute, Washington State
Uche Anyanwu, San Diego
Elise Beuke, Washington
Katy Gillingham, Washington
Stephanie Grauer, Stanford
Marie Jacquet, UCLA
Inger Kavlie, California
Rowan McKellar, California
Ruth Narode, Stanford
Brooke Pierson, Washington
CRCA West Second Team All-Region 5
Athina Angelopoulou, USC
Dorothee Beckendorf, California
Nicole Hare, Washington State
Filippa Karrfelt, Stanford
Karle Pittsinger, Washington
Kendall Ritter, California
Adomaviciute (Kaunas, Lithuania) and Hare (Calgary, Alberta) finished their fourth and final season with the Cougars and both have rowed with the varsity eight the majority of their careers, as Hare only rowed in the varsity eight boat. The two redshirted last season as they took a year off to train for the 2016 Olympic Games with their respective countries. Hare made the Canadian team, competing in the pair at Rio. Every year that Adomaviciute and Hare have been on the team, the Cougars have advanced to the NCAA Rowing Championships.
As freshmen in 2013, Adomaviciute and Hare were instrumental in getting WSU back to the NCAA Championships after a one-year drought, as both helped lead the varsity eight and the team to 14th-place finishes. The following season Hare rowed with the varsity eight and Adomaviciute with the varsity four, finishing 15th and 13th, respectively, while the team placed 14th. The following season, 2015, the junior duo guided WSU to its second-best team finish in school history as the Cougars placed eighth and the duo's varsity eight crew finished ninth. As redshirt seniors in 2017, Adomaviciute and Hare led the varsity eight crew to a 13th-place finish at the NCAA Championships as WSU placed 14th as a team.
Adomaviciute was named the Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year in 2013, and was also named CRCA First Team All-Region and First Team All-America that season. Hare was a second team West Region honoree in 2015 and a first-team honoree in 2014, going on to earn second team All-America honors in both 2015 and 2014. She was named All-Pac-12 in 2014.
Nine of the 10 first team and all six of the second team CRCA region 5 honorees came from Pac-12 schools, led by Washington and California with four apiece (Washington – three first team, one second team; California – two first team, three second team), while Stanford had three (two first team, one second team), UCLA had one first team selection and USC had one second team honoree.
To receive the CRCA honors, nominated student-athletes are evaluated on the strength of their team's regional finish, coaches' recommendations and 2,000-meter erg score. Nominees must be eligible student-athletes who have competed in their schools' varsity boat in 75 percent of races this season.
CRCA West First Team All-Region 5
Ieva Adomaviciute, Washington State
Uche Anyanwu, San Diego
Elise Beuke, Washington
Katy Gillingham, Washington
Stephanie Grauer, Stanford
Marie Jacquet, UCLA
Inger Kavlie, California
Rowan McKellar, California
Ruth Narode, Stanford
Brooke Pierson, Washington
CRCA West Second Team All-Region 5
Athina Angelopoulou, USC
Dorothee Beckendorf, California
Nicole Hare, Washington State
Filippa Karrfelt, Stanford
Karle Pittsinger, Washington
Kendall Ritter, California