Wesleyan's Asher Israel has been selected as the Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete Award winner. The IRCA Scholar-Athlete Award, given to the student-athlete with the strongest academic accomplishments as determined through a combination of GPA, major field of study, and academic accomplishments.

Nominations for each award were submitted by IRCA member coaches, along with their comments and recommendations, and were then voted on by the IRCA Board of Directors to select a winner.

Additionally, the NESCAC placed 96 rowers on the Empacher-IRCA Scholar-Athletes list. To earn IRCA Scholar-Athlete honors, all rowers and coxswains must be in their sophomore year or above, have competed in their program's top three boats during the current season, or raced at the 2025 IRA National Championship, and have at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA through the 2024 fall semester.

In order to be named a "scholar athlete", rowers and coxswains must have met the following criteria:

• Athletes from all IRCA Member Schools are eligible
• Athletes must be in their second year or more of eligibility
• Athletes must have competed in their program’s top 3 boats during the current season or raced at the 2022 IRA Championship.
• Athletes must have, at least, a 3.50 cumulative GPA through fall semester.

2025 NESCAC Empacher-IRCA Scholar Athletes