WILMINGTON, Del. -- Bates women's rowing senior captain Isabelle Martin and junior Megan O'Donnell are CRCA first team All-Americans, and 14 Bobcats have been recognized as Scholar-Athletes for their academic excellence, as announced Friday by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association.

Martin (Roslyn, Wash.) adds to her post-season accolades, having already been named first team All-NESCAC. She rowed in the third seat of the first varsity eight as the Bobcats won a silver medal and finished second overall as a team at the NCAA Championships. She was also in the third seat when the Bobcats captured gold at the National Invitational Rowing Championship, winning the program's eighth NESCAC title. 

O'Donnell (Wayland, Mass.) was paired with Martin in the fourth seat of the 1V this year, helping the Bobcats win the NESCAC and finish national runner-up. 

This is the first All-America honor of both their careers. Only nine NCAA Division III rowers were named first team All-Americans. 

Martin, a mathematics major, and O'Donnell, a physics and earth & climate science double major, shined in the classroom as well. They are two of 14 Bates rowers to earn CRCA Scholar-Athlete awards for achieving a GPA of 3.5 or higher through the end of fall semester with at least a sophomore standing while having competed in an NCAA boat at their conference championship or national championship.

Politics major Virginia Adams '28 (Hanover, N.H.), environmental studies and politics double major and coxswain Leah Brody '28 (Larchmont, N.Y.), English major Charlotte Comrack '27 (Washington, D.C.), English major and team captain Merrill Doherty '26 (Key West, Fla.), neuroscience major Maggie Gill '27 (Port Clyde, Maine), physics major Quinn Gleason '26 (Wayland, Mass.), sociology major Olivia Hill '28 (Boston), biology major Kiki Hillery '28 (Boston), politics and classical & medieval studies double major and coxswain Shoshana Levy '28 (Arlington, Va.), politics and history double major Arden Minor '28 (Danbury, Conn.), history major Mia Senturk '28 (Dublin, Ireland), and philosophy major and team captain Olivia Smith '26 (Lafayette, Ind.) join Martin and O'Donnell as CRCA Scholar-Athletes.