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| Association | NCAA |
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| Sport | College rowing |
| Founded | 2002; 23 years ago (2002) |
| Division | Division II |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country |  United States |
| Most recent champion | Embry-Riddle (1st) |
| Most titles | Western Washington (9) |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
TheNCAA Division II rowing championship is the annualregatta hosted by theNational Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the champions of women's collegiate heavyweight (or openweight)rowing among itsDivision II member programs in theUnited States.[1]
The most successful program has beenWestern Washington, with nine titles.
The most successful conference has been theGNAC, producing 15 of the 23 champions. Similarly, the only two years a GNAC team was not in the top two at the least was 2013 and 2015.
The reigning champion is Embry-Riddle, who won their first ever team national title in 2025.
The NCAA Division II Women's Rowing Championships comprise 68 total competitors (86 including spares) and two events, varsity eights and fours. Four teams are selected, each of which is required to field an eight and a four. Two additional at-large schools are selected to field only an eight. The following criteria are used in selecting teams and individual boats:
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| Year | Site (Host Team) | Team Results | Individual Results | |||||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Score | Fours | II Eights | I Eights | ||||
| 2002 Details | Indianapolis, IN | UC Davis | 50 | Western Washington | 45 | Not held | UC Davis | UC Davis | ||
| 2003 Details | UC Davis(2) | 20 | Western Washington | 15 | UC Davis | Not held | UC Davis(2) | |||
| 2004 Details | Gold River, CA | Mercyhurst | 18 | Humboldt State | 17 | Humboldt State | Mercyhurst | |||
| 2005 Details | Western Washington | 20 | Mercyhurst | 12 | Western Washington | Western Washington | ||||
| 2006 Details | West Windsor, NJ | Western Washington(2) | 20 | Barry | 15 | Western Washington(3) | Western Washington(2) | |||
| 2007 Details | Oak Ridge, TN | Western Washington(3) | 20 | UC San Diego | 15 | Western Washington(4) | Western Washington(3) | |||
| 2008 Details | Gold River, CA | Western Washington(4) | 20 | UC San Diego | 15 | Western Washington(5) | Western Washington(4) | |||
| 2009 Details | Cherry Hill, NJ | Western Washington(5) | 18 | Mercyhurst | 13 | Nova Southeastern | Western Washington(5) | |||
| 2010 Details | Gold River, CA | Western Washington(6) | 20 | Seattle Pacific | 11 | Western Washington(6) | Mercyhurst(2) | |||
| 2011 Details | Western Washington(7) | 20 | Mercyhurst | 13 | Western Washington(7) | Western Washington(6) | ||||
| 2012 Details | West Windsor, NJ | Humboldt State | 20 | Western Washington | 13 | Humboldt State(2) | Humboldt State | |||
| 2013 Details | Indianapolis, IN | Nova Southeastern | 20 | Barry | 15 | Nova Southeastern(2) | Nova Southeastern | |||
| 2014 Details | Humboldt State(2) | 16 | Nova Southeastern | 15 | Western Washington(8) | Humboldt State(2) | ||||
| 2015 Details | Gold River, CA | Barry | 20 | Mercyhurst | 15 | Barry | Barry | |||
| 2016 Details | Barry(2) | 20 | Central Oklahoma | 15 | Barry(2) | Barry(2) | ||||
| 2017 Details | West Windsor, NJ | Western Washington(8) | 17 | Central Oklahoma | 16 | Western Washington(9) | Central Oklahoma | |||
| 2018 Details | Sarasota, FL | Central Oklahoma | 18 | Western Washington | 14 | Western Washington(10) | Central Oklahoma(2) | |||
| 2019 Details | Indianapolis, IN[3] | Central Oklahoma(2) | 30 | Florida Tech | 23 | Central Oklahoma | Central Oklahoma(3) | |||
| 2020 | Canceled due toCOVID-19 | |||||||||
| 2021 Details | Sarasota, FL | Central Oklahoma(3) | 20 | Mercyhurst | 15 | Central Oklahoma(2) | Not held | Central Oklahoma(4) | ||
| 2022 Details | Mercyhurst(2) | 30 | Western Washington | 19 | Mercyhurst | Mercyhurst(3) | ||||
| 2023 Details | Pennsauken, NJ (Temple) | Cal Poly Humboldt(3) | 30 | Central Oklahoma | 25 | Cal Poly Humboldt(3) | Cal Poly Humboldt(3) | |||
| 2024 Details | Bethel, OH (Marietta) | Western Washington(9) | 22 | Mercyhurst | 21 | Seattle Pacific | Western Washington(7) | |||
| 2025 Details | West Windsor, NJ (Ivy &MAAC) | Embry-Riddle | 26 | Cal Poly Humboldt | 24 | Cal Poly Humboldt(4) | Embry-Riddle | |||
| 2026 Details | Gainesville, GA (North Georgia) | |||||||||
| Team | # | Years |
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| Western Washington | 9 | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2024 |
| Cal Poly Humboldt (Humboldt State) | 3 | 2012, 2014, 2023 |
| Central Oklahoma | 3 | 2018, 2019, 2021 |
| Barry | 2 | 2015, 2016 |
| Embry-Riddle | 1 | 2025 |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 2013 |
| Team | # | Years |
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| Mercyhurst | 2 | 2004, 2022 |
| UC Davis[4] | 2 | 2002, 2003 |
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