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| Sport | College rowing | 
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 | 
| No. of teams | 8 | 
| Country | United States | 
| Most recent champion(s)  | Wellesley (3rd) | 
| Official website | NCAA.com | 
The NCAA Division III Rowing Championship is a rowing championship held by the NCAA for Division III women's heavyweight (or openweight) collegiate crews.[1]
Wellesley are the defending champions, winning their third national title in 2023.[2]
The most successful program has been Williams, with nine titles.[3]
Championship
Each championship tournament consists of eight teams, and each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain.
The following are the berths that are allocated:
- Pool A – four (Pool A consists of conferences that have been awarded automatic qualification):
 - Pool B/C – four (Pools B and C include independents, institutions from conferences that do not meet automatic-qualification standards and Pool A institutions that did not receive their conference’s automatic qualification). Independents and institutions from conferences that do not meet automatic-qualification standards are:
 
Results
| NCAA Division III Rowing Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Site (Host Team)  | 
Team Results | ||||||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-Up | Score | |||||||
| 2002  Details  | 
Indianapolis, IN | Williams | 9 | Colby | 11 | |||||
| 2003  Details  | 
Colby | 10 | Puget Sound | 12 | ||||||
| 2004  Details  | 
Gold River, CA | Ithaca | 7 | Smith | 10 | |||||
| 2005  Details  | 
Ithaca (2) | 10 | Smith | 10 | ||||||
| 2006  Details  | 
West Windsor, NJ | Williams (2) | 21 | Ithaca | 15 | |||||
| 2007  Details  | 
Oak Ridge, TN | Williams (3) | 18 | Trinity (CT) | 16 | |||||
| 2008  Details  | 
Gold River, CA | Williams (4) | 25 | Trinity (CT) | 21 | |||||
| 2009  Details  | 
Cherry Hill, NJ | Williams (5) | 24 | Bates | 19 | |||||
| 2010  Details  | 
Gold River, CA | Williams (6) | 26 | Bates | 19 | |||||
| 2011  Details  | 
Williams (7) | 19 | Bates | 16 | ||||||
| 2012  Details  | 
West Windsor, NJ | Williams (8) | 42 | Bates | 37 | |||||
| 2013  Details  | 
Indianapolis, IN | Williams (9) | 43 | Bates | 35 | |||||
| 2014  Details  | 
Trinity (CT) | 40 | Williams | 33 | ||||||
| 2015  Details  | 
Gold River, CA | Bates | 39 | Trinity (CT) | 38 | |||||
| 2016  Details  | 
Wellesley | 40 | Bates | 36 | ||||||
| 2017  Details  | 
West Windsor, NJ | Bates (2) | 39 | Williams | 38 | |||||
| 2018  Details  | 
Sarasota, FL | Bates (3) | 56 | Wellesley | 45 | |||||
| 2019  Details  | 
Indianapolis, IN[4] | Bates (4) | 46 | WPI | 41 | |||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | |||||||||
| 2021  Details  | 
Sarasota, FL | Bates (5) | 42 | Hamilton | 33 | |||||
| 2022  Details  | 
Wellesley (2) | 51 | Bates | 50 | ||||||
| 2023  Details  | 
Pennsauken, NJ (Temple)  | 
Wellesley (3) | 54 | Wesleyan | 45 | |||||
| 2024  Details  | 
Bethel, OH (Marietta)  | 
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| 2025  Details  | 
West Windsor, NJ (Ivy & MAAC)  | 
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| 2026  Details  | 
Gainesville, GA (North Georgia)  | 
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Notes
- In 2005, Ithaca and Smith tied in total points for the team title, which was awarded to Ithaca based on a better overall finish in the Varsity 8+ race.
 - In 2006 and 2008, Williams won the team title by placing second and third in the grand final.
 - In 2015, total points for team title was awarded to Bates, but Trinity won the Varsity 8+ grand final.
 - In 2017, Bates again won the team title, although Williams placed first in the Varsity 8+ grand final.
 - In 2022, Wellesley won the team title, despite WPI winning the Varsity 8+ grand final.
 - In all other years, the winner of the Varsity 8+ race also won the NCAA Division III team title.[5]
 
Event results
Varsity 8+
| Year | School | Crew | 
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | WPI | Melissa Bazakas-Chamberlain (8), Alexandra Heline (7), Megan Tupaj (6), Caitlin Kean (5), Jillian Early (4), Maren Cork (3), Emily Adams (2), Ashley Schuliger (1), Logan Rinaldi (Cox) | 
| 2021 | Bates | Grace Bake (8), Carla Guichard (7), Sally Harris Porter (6), Hannah Beams (5), Elizabeth Fischer (4), Lillian Kinder (3), Catharine Berry-Toon (2) and Saylor Strugar (1), Elizabeth Folsom (Cox) | 
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | |
| 2019 | Bates | Head Coach: Peter Steenstra | 
| 2018 | Bates | Head Coach: Peter Steenstra | 
| 2017 | Williams | Clara Beery (8), Bertie Miller (7), Eileen Russell (6), Gabrielle Markel (5), Rebecca Smith (4), Maddy Boutet (3), Emory Strawn (2), Emily Burch (1), Louisa Abel (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney | 
| 2016 | Wellesley | Emilia Ball (8), Kathryn Barth (7), Sydney Dollmeyer (6), Loren Lock (5), Molly Hoyer (4), Olivia Duggan (3), Lauren Bazley (2), Katie Livingston (1), Alessandra Zaldívar-Giuffredi (cox), Head Coach: Tessa Spillane | 
| 2015 | Trinity | Chanel Erasmus, Kiely MacMahon, Georgia Wetmore, Madeleine Boudreau, Claudia Jensen, Cristina Pretto, Jennifer Sager, Antonia Bowden, Sarah Keane (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng | 
| 2014 | Trinity | Jillian Zieff (8), Renee Swetz (7), Madeleine Boudreau (6), Kathryn Hibbard (5), Julia Kelling (4), Catherine Guariglia (3), Rose Lichtenfels (2), Claire Barkin (1), Gwendolyn Schoch (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng | 
| 2013 | Williams | Katie Westervelt, Meg Steer, Andrea Remec, Stephanie Neul, Emma Laukitis, Piper Sallquist, Annie Haley, Dana Golden, Anna Hopkins (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney | 
| 2012 | Williams | Dana Golden, Annie Haley, Jane McClellan, Lindsay Olsen, Abbie Deal, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Julia May, Dorothy MacAusland, Fiona Wilkes (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney | 
| 2011 | Williams | Anna Soybel, Adrienne Darrow, Dana Golden, Annie Haley, Abbie Deal, Lindsay Olsen, Kate Shaper, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Becca Licht (cox), (Interim) Head Coach: Brad Hemmerly | 
| 2010 | Williams | Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Sarah Ginsberg, Madeline Berky, Dana Golden, Lindsay Olsen, Kate Shaper, Dorothy MacAusland, Julia Haltermann, Becca Licht (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore | 
| 2009 | Williams | Julia Haltermann, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Kate Shaper, Dorothy MacAusland, Meg Conan, Samantha Smith, Sarah Ginsberg, Katherine Robinson, Allison Prevatt (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore | 
| 2008 | Trinity | Ellie Wierzbowski, Amory Minot, Ali Schmidt, Deede Dixon, Ashley Swiggett, Loren Massimino, Carmel Zahran, Natalie Jones, Stephanie Apstein (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng | 
| 2007 | Williams | Katherine Robinson, Katie Quayle, Carolyn Skudder, Louisa Berky, Kate Sortun, Julia Haltermann, Abby Weir, Emily Cheston, Allison Prevatt (cox), Head Coach: Pat Tynan | 
| 2006 | Ithaca | Sarah Kuebler, Emma Flemer, Kaitlin Veninsky, Stephanie Knabe, Kelsey Schaeffer, Stacey Bowen, Jane Semiz, Heather Luke, Melanie Pessin (cox), Head Coach: Becky Robinson | 
| 2005 | Trinity | Tara Maciog, Hadley Wilmerding, Elizabeth Guernsey, Sarah Carter, Katie Gordon, Loren Massimino, Ali Schmidt, Carmel Zahran, Emily McLean (cox), Head Coach: Marina Traub | 
| 2004 | Ithaca | Jill Moler, Nora Lahr, Jessie Selock, Megan Musnicki, Stephanie Knabe, Stacey Bowen, Heather Luke, Leslie Nichols, Catie Gloo (cox), Head Coach: Becky Robinson | 
| 2003 | Colby | Leah Hagamen, Emily Allen, Laura Mistretta, Annie Szender, Leah Robertson, Andrea Piekarski, Megan Loosigian, Ellie Boyce, Vivienne Ho (cox), Head Coach: Stew Stokes | 
| 2002 | Williams | Anne Rutherford, Anne Lewis, Liz Mygatt, Rachel DeSouza, Laura Spero, Shoshana Clark, Izzy Lowell, Emma Herries, Rachel Outman (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore | 
See also
- Intercollegiate Women's Varsity Eights
 - Intercollegiate Rowing Association Women's Varsity Lightweight Eights Champions
 - NCAA Division I Rowing Championship
 - NCAA Division II Rowing Championship
 - http://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/article/2016-05-28/wellesley-captures-its-first-division-iii-rowing-national-title
 
References
- ↑ "Rowing : Division III : Highlights" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
 - ↑  "Wellesley Crew Wins the 2022 NCAA DIII Rowing National Championship". 2022-05-28. 
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Under 3 coaches in 8 years, Williams won more consecutive rowing titles than any NCAA school". NCAA.org. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
 - ↑ https://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/article/2019-05-30/ncaa-rowing-championships-washington-central-oklahoma-bates-crowned
 - ↑ "DIII Rowing". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
 
3. https://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/article/2014-05-31/trinity-conn-earns-programs-first-ncaa-national-championship
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