Galloway, N.J. – Five Stockton University rowers qualified for CRCA Scholar-Athlete Awards from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. Seniors Sydney Rowand (Barrington/Haddon Hts.), an Exercise Science major, and Reese Weirick (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley), an Environmental Science major, earned the academic honors for the second consecutive year.
 
Senior Megan Baldwin (Brigantine/Holy Spirit), a Performing Arts major, collected her second career CRCA Scholar-Athlete accolade (2024, 26).
 
Junior Maria Fazio (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forrest Hills Northern), a Criminal Justice major, and sophomore Olivia Wagner (Lafayette/High Point), a Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management major, received the CRCA academic awards for the first time.
 
To qualify for a CRCA Scholar-Athlete Award, rowers must be a sophomore or higher with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 who raced in 75 percent or more of the team's spring competitions or raced in an NCAA boat at the conference championship.
 
All five Ospreys also qualified for the MARC All-Academic Team, which was announced last month. In addition, Wagner was an All-MARC Second Team selection for her performance in Stockton's varsity eight boat.
 
Wagner, Baldwin and Rowand were members of the Stockton varsity eight that earned a bronze medal at the Dad Vail Regatta while Fazio and Weirick were part of the Osprey second varsity eight that captured silver with a runner-up finish at the MARC Championships.
 
Rowand, Wagner and Weirick rowed in the varsity eight at the Knecht Cup, in which Stockton narrowly took the gold medal by winning the grand final by just 86 hundredths of a second.