Eleven Spartans Earn CRCA Scholar-Athlete Honors

East Lansing, Mich. -- Eleven Michigan State rowers have been named to the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) list of Scholar Athletes for the 2022-23 academic year.

To qualify, an athlete must meet both academic and athletic requirements, such as being in at least their second year of eligibility and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. Additionally, student-athletes must have rowed in their institution's NCAA or IRA (lightweight) eligible boats for a minimum of 75% of the current spring races or race in an NCAA Boat (varsity eight, second varsity eight, or varsity four) at their Conference Championship/NCAA Championship.

Michigan State's 11 honorees are:

Lucy Botting (So., Creative Advertising, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Kendall Carlin (Sr., Finance, Macomb, Mich.)
Danielle Carlson (Jr., Chemical Engineering, Tonawanda, NY)
Lily Devereaux (Jr., Finance, Brisbane, Australia)
Freya Engel (So., Criminal Justice, Wokingham, Berkshire, England)
Ellise Flessland (Jr., Special Education and Learning Disabilities, Grosse Ile, Mich.)
Carolynn Garner (Jr., Human Biology, Traverse City, Mich.)
Lizzie Johnston (Jr., Animal Science, Cleveland, Ohio)
Claudia Kingma (Jr., Kinesiology, Norton Shores, Mich.)
Olivia Portner (So., Environmental Engineering, Jamison, Pa.)
Sophia Stauffer (Jr., Neuroscience, Rockford, Mich.)

Players Mentioned

Lucy Botting

Kendall Carlin

Danielle Carlson

Lily Devereaux

Freya Engel

Ellise Flessland

Carolynn Garner

Lizzie Johnston

Claudia Kingma

Olivia Portner

Sophia Stauffer

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