Seven members of the Hobart rowing team were named to the 2025 Empacher-Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association (IRCA) Scholar-Athletes. Since 2021, the Statesmen have had 15 athletes earn 36 IRCA Scholar-Athlete Awards.
 
To be named an IRCA Scholar-Athlete, rowers and coxswins must be in their second, third or fourth year of eligibility, have competed in one of the top three boats during the season or raced at the 2026 IRA Championships and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50 through the fall semester. The IRCA recognized 676 rowers and coxswains, representing 48 programs.
 

2026 Empacher-IRCA Scholar-Athletes

Name	Major
Ellie Dial	Political Science
James Faulkner	Environmental Studies
Panagiotis Giannakopoulos	Economics
Colin Mester	Psychological Science
Buckley Newbold	Physics
Sam Peeler	Biology
Charles Watroba	Biology

 
Peeler and Watroba are Hobart's third and fourth three-time recipients of the award. Dial, Faulkner, and Giannakopoulos also earned IRCA Scholar-Athlete recognition last year.
 
Dial, Watroba and Mester competed in Hobart's top boat during the 2025-26 season. Faulkner, Newbold and Peeler rowed with the second varsity eight and Giannakopoulos was part of the 3V8.