The women’s rowing program has been reinstated after being paused indefinitely prior to the 2020-2021 academic year and a long hiatus due to COVID-19.
NSU Director of Athletics and Associate Vice President for Advancement, Michael Mominey, said the NSU women’s rowing program has been one of the most successful sports in NSU history. It has earned Sunshine State Conference titles, showing up in 12 NCAA Division II Championships, and even getting 18 All-Americans.
“We are pleased to welcome women’s rowing back as the 17th NCAA Division II sponsored sport for NSU Athletics,” said Mominey. “We look forward to them continuing to succeed on the water and in the classroom.” The rowing program was added around 2003 and, after earning a trip to the NCAA Rowing Championships and victory in the petite final over Sunshine State Conference rival Barry University, it gained massive and immediate success. In 2009, the program won the very first NCAA Division II Championship for NSU, and in 2013, women’s rowing captured the 2013 NCAA DII Rowing National Championship, winning both the varsity-8 and varsity-4 grand finals.
The program was put on pause in 2020, and unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic extended this pause indefinitely. The program is ready to roll again now that lockdown has ended.
Alumna Remi McCullen and member of the 2011-2016 rowing team is eager to see the program back at NSU.
“My fellow alumni worked extremely hard to get the program reinstated, as it was the greatest program in NSU,” said McCullen. “At one point, it was one of the best teams on campus winning the Sunshine State Conference.”
Gabi Lopez, 2014-2018 alumna, is looking forward to the impact the program will have on future NSU students.
“We want other girls to experience what we did,” Lopez said. “We are excited for that possibility to happen now that the team has been reinstated.”
A national search will immediately commence for a new head coach to lead the team for the 2023-2024 competition.
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