NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale lightweight crew had 17 team members honored as 2025 IRCA Scholar Athletes. The IRCA announced the honors Wednesday. Yale and Penn tied for most honorees among lightweight crews.
 
In order to be named a scholar athlete, rowers and coxswains must have met the following criteria as set forth by the IRCA:

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

 
Yale's honorees were:

• Max Blacksten (McLean, Va.), So.
• John Cahill (Los Angeles, Calif.), Sr..
• Eddie Cavallin (Washington, D.C.), Jr. 
• Ago Ghiso (Chicago, Ill.), So.
• Andrew Griesinger (Princeton, N.J.), Jr.
• Alexander Judelson (New York, N.Y.), Jr.
• Nolan Kaputa (Princeton, N.J.), Jr.
• Andrew Kasparyan (Southborough, Mass.), Jr.
• Cormac Kimberly (Jacksonville, Fla.), So.
• Will Konopka (Philadelphia, Pa.), Jr. 
• Pearl Mallick (Dartmouth, Mass.), So.
• Aidan Marks (Greenwich, Conn.), Jr.
• Magdalena Moore (Winthrop, Wash.), Sr.
• Paden Nichols (Des Moines, Wash.), Sr.
• Dylan Oberst (Greenwich, Conn.), Sr.
• Ryan Vaughn (Moraga, Calif.), Sr.
• Jackie Weyerhaeuser (Minneapolis, Minn.), Sr.