BETHLEHEM, Pa. — MIT senior Arina Khotimsky was named the Patriot League Women’s Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year when the League office announced the honors on Monday. Khotimsky was also one of the 11 student-athletes on the Academic All-League team.
Six of the nine Patriot League women’s rowing member institutions were represented on this year’s Academic All-Patriot League team. Bucknell and Navy placed three student-athletes each on the team followed by MIT with two. Boston University, Georgetown and Holy Cross rounded out the field placing one student-athlete on the team.
Bucknell senior Caroline Brandt was named to the academic all-League team for the third-straight year while Holy Cross senior Josie Ascione earned academic honors for the second-straight year.
To be eligible for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and the Academic All-Patriot League Team, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and be a starter or key player in his/her sport. Freshmen or students in their first academic year at their school are not eligible for the honor.
The Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year winner for each sport comprises the pool of nominees for the Patriot League Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards given out over the summer. One male and one female are selected for the honors.
The selection process was conducted by the League’s women’s rowing sports information directors, who could not vote for their student-athletes.
2023 Patriot League Women’s Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Arina Khotimsky, MIT, Sr., Westborough, Mass./Westborough
* Khotimsky owns a 4.0 GPA as a Materials Science and Engineering major and a French minor at MIT.
* The senior was named a CRCA Scholar-Athlete in 2022 and is a two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll honoree.
* She is the president of the MIT Energy and Climate Club and a member of the MIT Consulting Club.
* She was in the fifth seat of the Varsity 8 at the Patriot League Championship as the Engineers finished third in the Grand Final.
2023 Women’s Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Arina Khotimsky, MIT, Sr.
2023 Women’s Rowing Academic All-League Team
Anna Dechantsreiter, Boston University, Jr.
Caroline Brandt, Bucknell, Sr.
Juliette Gaggini, Bucknell, Jr.
Dehlia Rotchford, Bucknell, Jr.
Amrit Chapman, Georgetown, So.
Josie Ascione, Holy Cross, Sr.
Julia Contini, MIT, Sr.
Arina Khotimsky, MIT, Sr.
Irene Norman, Navy, Sr.
Tenlea Radack, Navy, So.
Maeve Swick, Navy, Jr.
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