Support Us On the Road to ACRA!
What is the SDSU Rowing Club?
With over 100 years of history, The San Diego State University Rowing Club is an athlete-run sports club of Associated Students that has produced wins, championships, and even Olympians. It currently consists of over 45 full-time student athletes who work hard everyday to compete and elevate themselves and the program. In the past few years, our crew has become co-ed, supporting both the men’s and women’s teams.
What we accomplish:
Collegiate rowing is a unique sport, with our club program competing with Division I, II/III and club programs at over 12 regattas during the academic year. Our team as of recently rebuilt from just 5 rowers after COVID, has expanded exponentially and is expected to grow even more this coming year.
At the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Championships, half of our entered boats reached the grand finals (a team best since the rebuild) and our women’s novice crew even taking home the bronze in a huge upset. Even throughout our regional regattas, our novice crews were dominant, taking home countless wins and even an undefeated season by our women’s novice crew.
Because of these accomplishments, our Crew were named the Sports Club of the Year due to our engagement, success, retention, and continuously taking great strides to improve our sports club team. Our recognition for our rapid success after just 3 years ago nearly not having a team is due to the culture and determination of our athletes.
Why we need your help:
Unlike larger, well-funded programs that we race against, we rely on the passion and dedication of our athletes, alumni, and supporters to keep the team moving forward. Our student-athletes balance academics, rigorous training, and financial contributions to maintain our program’s competitive edge. With our expansion goals, the cost of boat shells, coaching, and travel expenses for such a large team is impossible to support at just the collegiately allocated funds. In addition to upfront costs, the proper upkeep of the boats is essential, requiring access to boathouse rentals and frequent replacement of worn or outdated equipment. For more information on SDSU Rowing and how you can support the program, please visit aztecrowing.com. To support the endowment, please reach out to Jen Stanley, Executive Director of Development for Student Affairs and Campus Diversity at jstanley@sdsu.edu.
We thank you for your support, Roll ‘Tecs!
