In 2023-24, Molly Hamrick is in her fifth season with the Cardinal and her third campaign as the program's Alben Family associate head coach.
Since joining the Cardinal, Hamrick has assisted in some of the program's best seasons on the water and promoted an environment of success in the classroom.
The Cardinal made its mark on rowing's biggest stage during the 2023 season, earning its first team national championship since 2009 while earning its second consecutive Pac-12 Team Championship. For the sixth consecutive season, five Cardinal women's rowers were named 2023 Pocock Racing Shells All-America Athletes, and senior Annabelle Bachmann was named the 2023 Pac-12 Women's Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year. For her efforts throughout the season, Hamrick and the Cardinal coaching staff were honored as the 2023 CRCA Staff of the Year.
Stanford produced a runner-up finish for the second consecutive season at the 2022 NCAA Championships while also winning the program's first conference title since 2014 at the Pac-12 Championships held at Dexter Lake. Stanford women's rowing swept the end-of-year awards from the Pac-12, led by Azja Czajkowski's Athlete of the Year honor. Iris Klok was named the Pac-12 Women's Rowing Newcomer of the Year. Czajkowski, Esther Briz Zamorano, Katelin Gildersleeve and Caroline Ricksen earned All-Pac-12 accolades for their strong performances in the 2022 season. Five Cardinal women's rowers were named 2022 Pocock Racing Shells All-America Athletes, as Briz Zamorano, Czajkowski, Gildersleeve, and Ricksen each earned first-team honors. Fifth-year Kaitlyn Kynast was honored with second-team accolades. Additionally, the program earned its first-ever CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America honor, won by fifth year senior Grace McGinley. The award honors an elite student-athlete in the classroom and on the water. Hamrick worked with the Cardinal's second varsity eight boat that produced a second-place finish at both the conference and national championship regattas.
The Stanford women's rowing team capped a memorable 2021 season with a highly-successful campaign on the water, finishing second at the NCAA Championships and the Pac-12 Championships. The 2021 NCAA Championships were forced to be decided in a tiebreaker, as Stanford joined Texas and Washington at the top of the table with 126 points. Five Stanford women's rowers were named 2021 Pocock All-America Athletes and Grace McGinley received national recognition for her work in the classroom.
The 2020 season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Stanford was ranked No. 2 in the CRCA preseason poll and finished as the top collegiate boat in the championship eights at the Head of the Charles on Oct. 20, 2019.
Other highlights from the shortened season included four Cardinal receiving ceremonial invitations to the USRowing under-23 selection camp, 17 named CRCA Scholar-Athletes, and 24 named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
Hamrick served as an assistant coach at Princeton, her alma mater, for the previous two seasons. Hamrick was a member of Princeton’s 2011 varsity eight that captured one of two NCAA titles in that event in school history.
During Hamrick’s coaching tenure from 2017-19, Princeton produced a pair of top-10 finishes and consecutive Ivy League titles.
Hamrick began coaching as an assistant for the Brookline High School varsity girls program from 2015-16. She became an assistant coach at Community Rowing, Inc., in Boston during the summers of 2016-17.
In 2017, Hamrick coached an under-19 women's four to a USRowing club national championship. She had three under-19 women's scull teams in the grand final of the same regatta, placing second, fourth, and fifth out of 65 entries.
Hamrick rowed on the Princeton varsity eight and went undefeated in 2011, winning Ivy League and NCAA titles. Hamrick’s senior season was equally impressive, with the Tigers claiming their second Ivy title in three years while the Princeton varsity eight nearly knocked off California in the NCAA final before coming away with silver.
A 2013 graduate of Princeton with a degree in psychology, Hamrick was a two-time first-team All-Ivy League rower and first-team All-American.
Hamrick was on the U.S. under-23 national team in the fours. Her team reached the championship final of an international meet in Linz, Austria. Following a move to Boston, Hamrick trained 3 1/2 years at Riverside Boat Club and at the U.S. national team training center, racing primarily in the singles and doubles.
Hamrick won a silver medal in the senior singles at the 2015 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, a bronze in the championship doubles at the 2015 Head of the Charles Regatta and a bronze in the doubles at the 2016 U.S. Olympic trials.
Since joining the Cardinal, Hamrick has assisted in some of the program's best seasons on the water and promoted an environment of success in the classroom.
The Cardinal made its mark on rowing's biggest stage during the 2023 season, earning its first team national championship since 2009 while earning its second consecutive Pac-12 Team Championship. For the sixth consecutive season, five Cardinal women's rowers were named 2023 Pocock Racing Shells All-America Athletes, and senior Annabelle Bachmann was named the 2023 Pac-12 Women's Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year. For her efforts throughout the season, Hamrick and the Cardinal coaching staff were honored as the 2023 CRCA Staff of the Year.
Stanford produced a runner-up finish for the second consecutive season at the 2022 NCAA Championships while also winning the program's first conference title since 2014 at the Pac-12 Championships held at Dexter Lake. Stanford women's rowing swept the end-of-year awards from the Pac-12, led by Azja Czajkowski's Athlete of the Year honor. Iris Klok was named the Pac-12 Women's Rowing Newcomer of the Year. Czajkowski, Esther Briz Zamorano, Katelin Gildersleeve and Caroline Ricksen earned All-Pac-12 accolades for their strong performances in the 2022 season. Five Cardinal women's rowers were named 2022 Pocock Racing Shells All-America Athletes, as Briz Zamorano, Czajkowski, Gildersleeve, and Ricksen each earned first-team honors. Fifth-year Kaitlyn Kynast was honored with second-team accolades. Additionally, the program earned its first-ever CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America honor, won by fifth year senior Grace McGinley. The award honors an elite student-athlete in the classroom and on the water. Hamrick worked with the Cardinal's second varsity eight boat that produced a second-place finish at both the conference and national championship regattas.
The Stanford women's rowing team capped a memorable 2021 season with a highly-successful campaign on the water, finishing second at the NCAA Championships and the Pac-12 Championships. The 2021 NCAA Championships were forced to be decided in a tiebreaker, as Stanford joined Texas and Washington at the top of the table with 126 points. Five Stanford women's rowers were named 2021 Pocock All-America Athletes and Grace McGinley received national recognition for her work in the classroom.
The 2020 season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Stanford was ranked No. 2 in the CRCA preseason poll and finished as the top collegiate boat in the championship eights at the Head of the Charles on Oct. 20, 2019.
Other highlights from the shortened season included four Cardinal receiving ceremonial invitations to the USRowing under-23 selection camp, 17 named CRCA Scholar-Athletes, and 24 named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
Hamrick served as an assistant coach at Princeton, her alma mater, for the previous two seasons. Hamrick was a member of Princeton’s 2011 varsity eight that captured one of two NCAA titles in that event in school history.
During Hamrick’s coaching tenure from 2017-19, Princeton produced a pair of top-10 finishes and consecutive Ivy League titles.
Hamrick began coaching as an assistant for the Brookline High School varsity girls program from 2015-16. She became an assistant coach at Community Rowing, Inc., in Boston during the summers of 2016-17.
In 2017, Hamrick coached an under-19 women's four to a USRowing club national championship. She had three under-19 women's scull teams in the grand final of the same regatta, placing second, fourth, and fifth out of 65 entries.
Hamrick rowed on the Princeton varsity eight and went undefeated in 2011, winning Ivy League and NCAA titles. Hamrick’s senior season was equally impressive, with the Tigers claiming their second Ivy title in three years while the Princeton varsity eight nearly knocked off California in the NCAA final before coming away with silver.
A 2013 graduate of Princeton with a degree in psychology, Hamrick was a two-time first-team All-Ivy League rower and first-team All-American.
Hamrick was on the U.S. under-23 national team in the fours. Her team reached the championship final of an international meet in Linz, Austria. Following a move to Boston, Hamrick trained 3 1/2 years at Riverside Boat Club and at the U.S. national team training center, racing primarily in the singles and doubles.
Hamrick won a silver medal in the senior singles at the 2015 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, a bronze in the championship doubles at the 2015 Head of the Charles Regatta and a bronze in the doubles at the 2016 U.S. Olympic trials.