Caroline Ricksen Season 2018-19
PositionCOX
Height5-2
Academic YearFreshman
HometownOrinda, Calif.
In the News
- 5/25/20: Making Connections (GoStanford.com)
Career Accolades
- Pocock Racing Shells First Team All-American (2022)
- Pac-12 Champions- Team (2022)
- Pac-12 Champion- Varsity Eight (2022)
- NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Team (2022)
- NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Varsity Eight (2022)
- CRCA All-America Second Team (2019)
- CRCA All-America nominee (2020)
- Two-time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2022)
- Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
As a Senior (2021-22) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team, Varsity Eight) • Pac-12 Champion (Team, Varsity Eight)
- 2022 Pac-12 All-Conference Team
- 2022 Pocock Racing Shells First Team All-American
- CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Led the Cardinal to victory as the boat’s coxswain at the Head of the Charles
- Coxed the varsity eight (Sat.) and varsity four (Sun.) in two wins at the Pac-12 Invite
- Coxed the varsity four (Fri. AM), second varsity eight (Fri. PM) and varsity eight (Sat) in three top finishes at the Big-10 Invite
- Helped team and varsity eight to a conference title at the Pac-12 Championships, the Cardinal’s first since 2014, as the boat’s coxswain
- Aided the Cardinal team and varsity eight to a silver-medal finish at the NCAA Championships as the boat’s coxswain
As a Junior (2020-21)
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Did not race.
As a Sophomore (2019-20)
- CRCA All-America nominee
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Coxed Cardinal to third overall and first among collegiate teams in the championship eights at the Head of the Charles
- Most of season canceled
As a Freshman (2018-19)
- CRCA All America Second Team
- Member of the varsity eight (coxswain), which placed fourth at NCAA Championships
- Member of the varsity eight (coxswain), which placed second at Pac-12 Championships
International Competition
- Coxed the bronze-medal winning United States Coxed Four team at the 2022 U23 World Rowing Championships
- Won gold in the 8+ and 4+ at the CanAmMex Regatta in 2017
- Coxswain for the USRowing CanAmMex team in 2017
Prior to Stanford
- 2018 graduate of Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif.
- Rowed for Oakland Strokes, won Most Improved in 2016 and the Coach’s Award in 2017
- Won gold in the varsity 4+ and the lightweight 8+ at the Youth National Championships in 2016
- Placed in the Top 5 of the youth 8+ at the Head of the Charles Regatta in 2015, 2016, and 2017
- Competed in the Grand Final for the varsity 8+ at the Southwest Regional Championships in 2016 and 2017
- Placed second in the varsity 4+ at the Southwest Regional Championships in 2016
- Won gold in the lightweight 8+ at the Southwest Regional Championships in 2017
- Won gold in the under-17 8+ at the USRowing Club National Championships in 2016
- Attended the USRowing Junior selection camp in 2017
- Helped open a peer tutoring center at Miramonte
Personal
- Daughter of Michael and Mollie
- Has two brothers, James and John
- Grandfather played tennis and basketball at Cal
- Uncle played water polo at Stanford
Why Caroline Ricksen Chose Stanford
- “Students at Stanford share a common passion for learning that inspires me and will motivate me for the next four years. Stanford provides opportunities, both in the classroom and on the water, that one cannot find anywhere else. Go Card!”
Women's Rowing
Cardinal Rowers Take On Worlds
Women's Rowing
Five Cardinal Named to All-America Team
Women's Rowing
Spring Academic Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
Year in Review: Women's Rowing
Women's Rowing
30 Named CRCA Scholar-Athletes
Women's Rowing
Runner-Up Finish
Women's Rowing
Taking Care of Business
Women's Rowing
Started Off Strong
Women's Rowing
End-of-Year Awards Sweep
Women's Rowing
A BIG Weekend
Women's Rowing
Dominated the Waters
Women's Rowing
Champions on the Charles
Women's Rowing
Spring Academic Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
Pac-12 All-Academic
Women's Rowing
Pac-12 All-Conference Team
Women's Rowing
Academic All-Americans/National Scholar Athletes
Women's Rowing
All-Americans
Women's Rowing
National Team
Women's Rowing
Seventeen Named Scholar-Athletes
Women's Rowing
Twenty-Four on Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
Making Connections
Women's Rowing
Stanford Repeats as Collegiate Winner
Women's Rowing
CRCA Honor Roll
Women's Rowing
2019: Season in Review
Women's Rowing
Podium Finish at NCAA's
Women's Rowing
NCAA's Up Ahead
Women's Rowing
Stanford Places Second at Pac-12's
Women's Rowing
Battle at Big Row
Women's Rowing
Final Day of Lake Natoma Invite
Women's Rowing
Day One of Lake Natoma Invite
Women's Rowing
Four Named to US Selection Camp
Women's Rowing
Crew Classic Concludes
Women's Rowing
Four to Finals
Women's Rowing
Stanford Sweeps at Pac-12 Challenge
Women's Rowing
Card Wins Season Opener
Women's Rowing