FSN Pre-Season Athlete Power Rankings Criteria:
▪️Tier 1: Top-25 // Top-10 (LWT)
An assortment of the most ELITE athletes in College Rowing for the 2025-2026 Season will be presented by FSN this Fall through our Annual Pre-Season Athlete Power Rankings. Through international level competition, these athletes are frontrunners on the erg for their respective team and stapled in the First Varsity Eight, these athletes overall perform at the highest level of the sport.
▪️Tier 2: Honorable Mention
To be eligible for the second-highest distinguished honor to preview the season, FSN awards athletes on the cusp of the top-end of the sport, all of which are consistent boat movers and forces for their program overall. These athletes keep the “machine” pumping all while performing with skilled technique and proficient mechanical development on both land and water.
▪️Tier 3: Clutch Contender
Although these athletes may not be near the Top-25 or Top-10 to receive an Honorable Mention hat tip of College Rowing just yet, these athletes are primary catalysts for crews, and clutch when you need that extra power in that last 250m of an absolute “nail-biter” of a head-to-head battle dualing it down the course. With some more technical advancements and ironing out their boat-moving mechanics, these rowers are stellar in their efforts, and have a vital impact to their crew’s success, remaining at the top-end of the sport and amongst their peers.
2025-2026 FSN Pre-Season Athlete Power Rankings All-Division 1 Women’s Rowing:
Top-25:
▪ Mary Claire Warren, Brown
▪ Holly Crews, Brown
▪ Lily Abbott, California
▪ Minou Bouman, California
▪ Áine Ley, Dartmouth
▪ Kathryn Serra, Harvard
▪ Sara Houben, Michigan
▪ Amy Newton, Michigan
▪ Joely Cherniss, Princeton
▪ Ellie Smith, Princeton
▪ Elena Moran, Rutgers
▪ Lily Wood, Rutgers
▪ Alice Baker, Stanford
▪ Célia Dupré, Stanford
▪ Madeleine Greenstock, Stanford
▪ Annika Jeffery, Stanford
▪ Ellie-Kate Hutchinson, Syracuse
▪ Meg Flanagan, Tennessee
▪ Alex Pidgeon, Tennessee
▪ Abby Dawson, Texas
▪ Maya Meschkuleit, Texas
▪ Marg Van der Wal, Texas
▪ Flynn Greene, Virginia
▪ Christina Bourmpou, Yale
▪ Harriet Drake-Lee, Yale
Honorable Mention:
▪ Star Rose Miller, California
▪ Ella Wheeler, California
▪ Bryn Dittrich, Columbia
▪ Caroline Phipps, Dartmouth
▪ Lena Mills, Duke
▪ Sophie Barr, Harvard
▪ Anika Holtey, Harvard
▪ Lilly Murphy, Indiana
▪ Naroa Zubimendi, Miami
▪ Autumn Crowe, Michigan
▪ Jana Peachey, Michigan
▪ Giulia Clerici, Oregon State
▪ Rhianna Loughnan, Oregon State
▪ Phaedra Van der Molen, Princeton
▪ Mary Ciardiello, Rutgers
▪ Louise Dinard, Rutgers
▪ Matilda Drewett, Stanford
▪ Nora Goodwillie, Stanford
▪ Sarah Marriott, Stanford
▪ Olivia Bachert, Syracuse
▪ Nicole Campbell, Tennessee
▪ Maylie Valiquette, Tennessee
▪ Allie Alton, Texas
▪ Phoebe Wise, Texas
▪ Paula Lutz, Virginia
▪ Aisha Rocek, Washington
▪ Olivia Meskan, Wisconsin
▪ Imogen Cabot, Yale
▪ Maeve Heneghan, Yale
Clutch Contenders:
▪️Giulia Bosio, California
▪ Lily Pember, California
▪ Caroline Krantz, Dartmouth
▪ Annika Nelson, Dartmouth
▪ Chloe Zollman, Duke
▪ Gretel Ham, Michigan
▪ Deanna Macolino, Michigan
▪ Amelia Boes, Ohio State
▪ Makeda Harrison, Pennsylvania
▪ Beatrice Colclough, Rutgers
▪ Paige Horton, SMU
▪ Carly Brown, Stanford
▪ Sofia Simone, Stanford
▪ Ellie Sutro, Stanford
▪ Katie Dahl, Tennessee
▪ Charlotte van der Wiele, Tennessee
▪ Ilva Boone, Texas
▪ Imy Grey, Texas
▪ Emma Alimbau Borras, Virginia
▪ Zola Kemp, Washington
▪ Jessica Weir, Washington
▪ Nicole Martinez, Yale
2025-2026 FSN Pre-Season Athlete Power Rankings All-Division 1 Women’s Lightweight Rowing:
Top-10:
▪ Caroline Burchette, Boston
▪ Bella DeLeo, Georgetown
▪ Charlotte Paley, Harvard
▪ Jamie Reidy, Harvard
▪ Josephine Williams, MIT
▪ Cate Barry, Princeton
▪ Mimi French, Princeton
▪ Lauren Koester, Stanford
▪ Grace Padula, Stanford
▪ Payton Tonnos, Wisconsin
Honorable Mention:
▪ Carly Milosevic, Boston
▪ Mia Seibert, Boston
▪ Molly McDonnell, Georgetown
▪ Rikke Koechs, Harvard
▪ Olivia Stinson, MIT
▪ Alice McCarthy, Princeton
▪ Amelie McComb, Princeton
▪ Alexandra Palmberg, Wisconsin
▪ Olivia Palmberg, Wisconsin
▪ Claire Rulyak, Wisconsin
Clutch Contenders:
▪ Maya Popper, Boston
▪ Ellie Fasoli, Georgetown
▪ Sisira Holbrook, Harvard
▪ Elle Krywosa, Harvard
▪ Hannah Marks, Harvard
▪ Emily Knapp, MIT
▪ Emma Mirrer, Princeton
▪ Kalista Whildin, Princeton
▪ Elle Rosenfeld, Stanford
▪ Romy McCarthy, Wisconsin