Hagstrom Earns Pocock All-America for Second Straight Season
July 01, 2019 | Women's Rowing
Oregon State rower Alina Hagstrom has been named as a 2019 Pocock All-American First Team selection by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) becoming the third OSU rower ever to twice earn such recognition. The awards recognize the outstanding performances of rowers and coxswains on the nation level in women's collegiate rowing.
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Hagstrom recently earned Pac-12 All-Conference honors, becoming the fourth rower in Oregon State history to be named all-conference twice in her career. A key member of the Beavers' Varsity 8 crew throughout her four-year career, she helped lead her team to a fifth-place finish at Pac-12 Championships in May, the program's best placing since 2009. In addition, her V8 crew was ranked in 2019 for the first time since 2015 and peaked at No. 16, OSU's highest ranking since 2009.
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The Seattle, Wash. native, graduated last month with a degree in public health with an option in health promotion and health behavior and minors in biology and chemistry.
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Each year the coaches of the CRCA recognize the outstanding student-athletes in each Division. Criteria for the award include:
The nominated student-athletes are then selected to first and second teams based on the following criteria:
Hagstrom is the first OSU rower to earn All-America honors since Lauren Still was a second team selection in 2015. It is the first time Oregon State has had a two-time All-American since Kaylie Towne earned second team honors in 2007 and 2008. Julia White-Hoppe is OSU's only other two-time All-American earned first team in 2003 and second team in 2004.
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Hagstrom recently earned Pac-12 All-Conference honors, becoming the fourth rower in Oregon State history to be named all-conference twice in her career. A key member of the Beavers' Varsity 8 crew throughout her four-year career, she helped lead her team to a fifth-place finish at Pac-12 Championships in May, the program's best placing since 2009. In addition, her V8 crew was ranked in 2019 for the first time since 2015 and peaked at No. 16, OSU's highest ranking since 2009.
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The Seattle, Wash. native, graduated last month with a degree in public health with an option in health promotion and health behavior and minors in biology and chemistry.
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Each year the coaches of the CRCA recognize the outstanding student-athletes in each Division. Criteria for the award include:
- The student-athlete must meet all eligibility rules as defined by her institution
- The student-athlete must have rowed at least 75% of the season's races in the varsity boat
- The student-athlete must be nominated by her institution
- The head coach of the student-athlete's institution must be a member in good standing of the CRCA
The nominated student-athletes are then selected to first and second teams based on the following criteria:
- Strength of finish of the institution's varsity eight within the country
- Coach comments
- 2k erg score
Hagstrom is the first OSU rower to earn All-America honors since Lauren Still was a second team selection in 2015. It is the first time Oregon State has had a two-time All-American since Kaylie Towne earned second team honors in 2007 and 2008. Julia White-Hoppe is OSU's only other two-time All-American earned first team in 2003 and second team in 2004.
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FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
For more information on the Oregon State women's rowing team, visit OSUBeavers.com or follow the team's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverWRowing, on Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverRowing, or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverWRowing.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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