The Next Level: Rowing in College
For those athletes who enjoy their experience with MAC Rowing, there are now more opportunities to row competitively in college than ever before. Rowing in college offers a whole new set of challenges and rewards for young athletes and, for many, becomes the most memorable part of their college experience. It’s difficult – practices are often held very early in the morning, with afternoon weights and erg sessions added in for good measure, but the payoff in terms of friendships made, confidence built and personal goals set and achieved is, to quote the Mastercard commercial, “priceless,” and makes the icy mornings, missed parties and sore muscles all worth it.
For high achieving athletes, rowing can also help with the college admissions process and, in some cases, can even provide help with the high cost of higher education in the form of athletic scholarships. Many MAC athletes have gone on to row at the college level, some of them on scholarship. A partial list of destinations for MAC rowers in the last few years includes UCLA, USC, Cal, Stanford, The University of San Diego, San Diego State, Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, MIT, Boston University, Boston College, The University of Texas, Notre Dame and many others.
The MAC coaching staff is actively involved in this process and is committed to helping athletes and their parents find a good college fit.
