BOSTON — Coming off its fourth Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) title in six years, and on the eve of the NCAA Championship, the Northeastern University women's rowing team collected an impressive 14 awards from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA), the organization announced this week.
Eight Huskies received National Scholar-Athlete awards from the organization, while five team members earned Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors, and head coach
Joe Wilhelm was named Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year.
Continuing a tradition of high academic achievement, eight Northeastern women's rowing student-athletes were named National Scholar-Athletes. This year's honorees are Corrine Austin,
Chelsea Brown,
Jillian Hoban,
Chloe Laverack,
Kelsey Mancini,
Meghan O'Keefe,
Lauren Terris, and
Alaina Williams. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher, be in their sophomore year or later and have rowed in one of their institution's NCAA or IRA eligible boats for 75 percent of the spring races or the regional conference event.
The Huskies placed an impressive four members on the Mid-Atlantic First Team All-Region. No other team in the Mid-Atlantic region had more than two first-team selections.
Erin McElroy,
Katie O'Connell,
Kelsey Flynn, and
Alaina Williams earned first-team distinction, while
Chloe Laverack collected second-team honors. NU's five all-region selections equal the most by any program in the Mid-Atlantic division.
Head coach
Joe Wilhelm also received recognition for guiding the Huskies to their fourth CAA title and an NCAA Championship berth. Wilhelm, who has been at the helm of the NU program since 1998, was named Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year. The honor comes less than two weeks after the veteran coach was named CAA Coach of the Year for the third time in four seasons.
The Huskies, who have barnstormed through the championship season with the program's best-ever showing at the heralded Eastern Sprints Championship and a sweep of the CAA Championship, turn their focus to the NCAA Championship in Indianapolis, where they will be one of 22 programs from across the nation competing for a national championship. The competition opens Friday morning.
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