A total of five student-athletes from the 2025-26 University of Rochester women's rowing team received individual praise from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) on Monday as CRCA Scholar-Athletes for the recently completed season.
 
The five honorees this year are seniors Elizabeth Carleton and Kennedy Leininger, junior Julia Tricomi and sophomores Sabrina Butori Valdivia and Rachel Ruminer.
 
For Leininger, the senior receives her third-straight CRCA Scholar-Athlete honor, while both Carelton and Tricomi earn the award for the second consecutive season. All five honorees were also included as Liberty League All-Academic Team members from earlier this spring.
 
In order to qualify for CRCA Scholar Athlete accolades, individuals must be in their second, third or fourth year of athletic eligibility, must hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher through the Fall 2024 semester and have either rowed in 75% of a team's spring races or in an NCAA eligible boat at the conference championship.
 
Overall, the CRCA is recognizing over 1,200 student-athletes across all three levels of NCAA women's rowing, including lightweight boats. Division III represents 243 total honorees.