American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA) is one of the governing bodies of college rowing in the United States, together with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA).

History

Established in 2008 by Gregg Hartsuff under the General Not for Profit Association Act of 1986, the American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA) is made up of club-level collegiate rowing teams.

Before 2006, competitive club rowing programs, which receive little or no funding from their university athletic departments, were able to compete at the IRA Championship. In 2006, Rutgers University cut funding from its men's rowing program, reducing it to "club" status. Part of Rutger's justification for cutting rowing was that clubs could compete equally with funded programs at the IRA Championships. To avoid other members from losing funding, the IRA excluded clubs from competing at its championship beginning in 2007. ACRA became an alternative championship for these clubs.[1]

The ACRA National Championship Regatta is considered the National Championship for collegiate club programs and all programs outside the NCAA/IRA structure.

The regatta is split into six regions: the Mid-Atlantic region, the Great Lakes region, the Plains region, the Northeast region, the South region, and the West Coast region.[2] The ACRA is a broadcast partner of The Rowers Consortium of Huntington Harbour, California, who has broadcast the regatta on The Rowing Channel since 2014.

Members

ACRA Schools
Mid-Atlantic RegionGreat Lakes RegionPlains RegionNortheast RegionSouth RegionWest Coast Region
DelawareNorthwesternArkansasConnecticutAuburnArizona State
Johns HopkinsChicagoColorado StateBowdoin CollegeAlabamaAcademy of Art University
St. Mary's College of MarylandIllinoisColoradoBoston CollegeEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityClaremont
MarylandWheaton CollegeIowa StateBrandeisFlorida StateEvergreen State College
The College of New JerseyButler UniversityIowaMassachusettsUniversity of Central FloridaHumboldt State
RutgersIUPUIKansas StateNew HampshireFloridaLong Beach State
Rutgers–CamdenPurdueKansasCanisius CollegeMiamiPortland State
Stockton UniversityNotre DameWichita StateHofstra CollegeAugusta StateSacramento State
BucknellWabash CollegeSt. CloudManhattan CollegeEmorySan Diego State
Carnegie MellonCalvin CollegeCollege of Saint Benedict and Saint John's UniversityNew York UniversityGeorgia StateSeattle
DuquesneGrand Valley StateMinnesotaRPIGeorgia TechSonoma State
Haverford CollegeMichigan StateUniversity of St. ThomasSUNY AlbanySavannah College of Art and DesignSaint Mary's College of California
LafayetteMichigan TechWinona StateSUNY BinghamtonGeorgiaUC Berkeley
LehighNorthern MichiganSt. LouisSUNY GeneseoMurray StateUC Davis
Penn StateMichiganMissouriSUNY OswegoLouisiana StateUC Santa Barbara
Robert Morris CollegeWestern MichiganWashingtonSUNY Stony BrookNorthwestern StateUCLA
SusquehannaBowling GreenCreightonBuffaloTulaneSouthern California
PittsburghCase WesternNebraskaRochesterDavidson CollegeUniversity of the Pacific
George MasonCleveland StateNorth DakotaUnited States Military AcademyDukePortland
Old Dominion UniversityDenisonOklahoma CityRhode IslandNorth Carolina StateOregon
VirginiaJohn CarollOklahoma StateMiddlebury CollegeNorth CarolinaWillamette
Virginia TechMiamiOklahomaVermontWake ForestPuget Sound
Virginia CommonwealthOhio StateBaylorFordhamClemsonWashington State
CharlestonOhioRiceVassar CollegeCollege of CharlestonWestern Washington
West VirginiaCincinnatiSouthern Methodist-South Carolina-
American UniversityDaytonSt. Edwards-Rhodes College-
Catholic UniversityWittenbergTexas A&M-University of Tennessee at Chattanooga-
College of William and MaryXavierTexas A&M University at Galveston-Vanderbilt-
George Washington UniversityBeloit CollegeTexas---
-Lawrence----
-Marquette----
-DePaul University----

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Champions

Varsity 8+

Men[4]
Year Champion
2008 Michigan
2009 Michigan
2010 Michigan
2011 Virginia
2012 Virginia
2013 Michigan
2014 Michigan
2015 Michigan
2016 Michigan
2017 UC Santa Barbara
2018 Michigan
2019 Delaware
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 Not held due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2022 George Washington
2023 UCLA

References

  1. ↑ "ACRA Enters a New Era, Part 1: The Formation of ACRA". row2k.com. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. ↑ "American Collegiate Rowing Association". www.americancollegiaterowing.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-20.
  3. ↑ "ACRA". ACRA. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  4. ↑ "Results". Retrieved 2023-12-16.
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