American Collegiate Rowing Association

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 Region	Great Lakes Region	Plains Region	Northeast Region	South Region	West Coast Region
Delaware	Northwestern	Arkansas	Connecticut	Auburn	Arizona State
Johns Hopkins	Chicago	Colorado State	Bowdoin College	Alabama	Academy of Art University
St. Mary's College of Maryland	Illinois	Colorado	Boston College	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	Claremont
Maryland	Wheaton College	Iowa State	Brandeis	Florida State	Evergreen State College
The College of New Jersey	Butler University	Iowa	Massachusetts	University of Central Florida	Humboldt State
Rutgers	IUPUI	Kansas State	New Hampshire	Florida	Long Beach State
Rutgers–Camden	Purdue	Kansas	Canisius College	Miami	Portland State
Stockton University	Notre Dame	Wichita State	Hofstra College	Augusta State	Sacramento State
Bucknell	Wabash College	St. Cloud	Manhattan College	Emory	San Diego State
Carnegie Mellon	Calvin College	College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University	New York University	Georgia State	Seattle
Duquesne	Grand Valley State	Minnesota	RPI	Georgia Tech	Sonoma State
Haverford College	Michigan State	University of St. Thomas	SUNY Albany	Savannah College of Art and Design	Saint Mary's College of California
Lafayette	Michigan Tech	Winona State	SUNY Binghamton	Georgia	UC Berkeley
Lehigh	Northern Michigan	St. Louis	SUNY Geneseo	Murray State	UC Davis
Penn State	Michigan	Missouri	SUNY Oswego	Louisiana State	UC Santa Barbara
Robert Morris College	Western Michigan	Washington	SUNY Stony Brook	Northwestern State	UCLA
Susquehanna	Bowling Green	Creighton	Buffalo	Tulane	Southern California
Pittsburgh	Case Western	Nebraska	Rochester	Davidson College	University of the Pacific
George Mason	Cleveland State	North Dakota	United States Military Academy	Duke	Portland
Old Dominion University	Denison	Oklahoma City	Rhode Island	North Carolina State	Oregon
Virginia	John Caroll	Oklahoma State	Middlebury College	North Carolina	Willamette
Virginia Tech	Miami	Oklahoma	Vermont	Wake Forest	Puget Sound
Virginia Commonwealth	Ohio State	Baylor	Fordham	Clemson	Washington State
Charleston	Ohio	Rice	Vassar College	College of Charleston	Western Washington
West Virginia	Cincinnati	Southern Methodist	-	South Carolina	-
American University	Dayton	St. Edwards	-	Rhodes College	-
Catholic University	Wittenberg	Texas A&M	-	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	-
College of William and Mary	Xavier	Texas A&M University at Galveston	-	Vanderbilt	-
George Washington University	Beloit College	Texas	-	-	-
-	Lawrence	-	-	-	-
-	Marquette	-	-	-	-
-	DePaul University	-	-	-	-

^[3]

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