Seven Bison Rowers Earn CRCA Scholar-Athlete Awards

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Seven members of the Bucknell rowing team have received 2018 National Scholar-Athlete Awards from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA): Caroline Bixby, Emma King, Allison Mascioli, Natalie Minella, Grace Ott, Mikaela Schaller and Kim Winter.

In order to receive a CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Award, a student-athlete must be in her second, third, or fourth year of eligibility while maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or better. Recipients also must have rowed in her institution's NCAA or IRA eligible boat(s) for a minimum of 75 percent of this year's spring races or in a regional conference event.

All seven of Bucknell's recipients were members of either the varsity eight (Ott, Schaller) or second varsity eight (Mascioli, Bixby, King, Winter, Minella) that helped the Bison capture a third-place finish at the Patriot League Championships earlier this spring. Bixby was later named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team.

The Bison rowing squad combined for a strong 3.27 GPA during the 2018 spring semester.

A closer look at Bucknell's CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Award recipients:

Name	Year	Major(s)	PL Championship
Caroline Bixby	Senior	International Relations/Spanish	2V8 (7)
Emma King	Sophomore	International Relations/French	2V8 (5)
Allison Mascioli	Senior	Markets, Innovation & Design	2V8 (6)
Natalie Minella	Sophomore	Sociology	2V8 (C)
Grace Ott	Sophomore	International Relations	V8 (3)
Mikaela Schaller	Senior	international Relations	V8 (C)
Kim Winter	Senior	Political Science/Women & Gender Studies	2V8 (3)