Caroline Ricksen Season 2021-22

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!”