Stanford women's rowing closes its fall racing schedule Sunday morning, sending 10 boats to compete at the annual San Diego Fall Classic on Mission Bay in San Diego.
The Cardinal sends four eights, five fours, and a quad boat to compete in America's Finest City. Racing kicks off at 7:45 a.m. PT with the Women's Open 8+, followed by the Women's Open 4x competition at 9:40 a.m. and the Women's Open 4+ races at 10:45 a.m. PT.
2024: Year in Review » The Cardinal continued its reign as one of the nation’s best rowing teams throughout the 2024 season, winning its third straight Pac-12 Championship and registering its fourth consecutive top-two finish and seventh top-six finish at the National Championships in so many years.
Second Varsity Eight National Champions » Stanford enters the 2025 season off its second consecutive national championship win in the second varsity eight races. Seven of the nine athletes in the boat return to the Cardinal's 2025 roster.
STUDENT Athlete » Then-senior Belle Battistoni was named Pac-12 Women's Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2024. Battistoni became the Cardinal's eighth Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and fourth straight honor, following Annabelle Bachmann (2023), Nicole Pofcher (2022), Grace McGinley (2021), Naomi Cornman (2015), Ali Fauci (2014), Mariele Higgins (2012), and Erika Roddy (2011). Stanford finished its time in the Pac-12 conference as the only school to win the women's rowing scholar-athlete award four years in a row since the honor was created for the 2007-08 academic year.
Third Straight End of Year Sweep » 2024 saw the Cardinal sweep the end-of-year awards from the Pac-12 for the third straight season. Luise Bachmann earned her first Pac-12 Athlete of the Year honor, while Matilda Drewett was named the Pac-12 Women's Rowing Newcomer of the Year and head coach Derek Byrnes was selected as the Pac-12's Coach of the Year. Drewett, alongside Annika Jeffery, Lucy Burrell and Fiona Mooney earned All-Pac-12 accolades for their strong performances this season. Bachmann, Drewett, Jeffery, Burrell and Mooney headline Stanford's 2025 squad looking to bring back the NCAA trophy back to The Farm.