VCU Crew Club

It’s Almost Raceday for us at the ACRA Regatta!! Watch out for VCU for the next few days on the racecourse 🐏🔥!

Last but certainly not least on our senior spotlight is our current president Surabhi Bangarbale!

Surabhi has rowed for 7 years now and is graduation an interdisciplinary studies major with minors in chemistry, premed, and product innovation. Along with being the current president she was the vice president last year.

Her favorite memory on the team was the Head of the South Regatta her freshman year where she yapped in the hotel room for hours with her teammates. Surabhi could not imagine her college experience without crew and is so grateful for the memories she’s made.

We all thank Surabhi for her commitment to the team and leadership the past two years. We hope you have a great time in the future!!

Bella Di Leo is our next senior up for our senior spotlight!

Bella has been rowing for 3 years and is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science with a minor in biology and an outdoor leadership certification. One of Bella’s favorite memories is the training trip in Cocoa Beach we have each year.

Bella said she is going to miss the team so much and she had so much fun during her time on the team. We hope you the best and wish you great things in the future!

Next up on our Senior Spotlight is Otto Fesperman!

Otto joined the team in their sophmore year, Coxswain turned rower! Otto is graduating with a bachelors degree in Kinetic Imaging. After graduation Otto plans to study abroad and explore the world.

Otto’s favorite memory has to be spring break training, specifically when rowing in the mornings in the bay and bonding with the team.

We thank Otto for spending their college years rowing with us and hope them the best in the future!

First up in our Senior Spotlight series is Blake Jocuns!

Blake’s rowing journey began right here in college, and they’ve spent all four years dedicated to the VCU Crew team. As a Broadcast Journalism major, Blake is looking forward to traveling the country after graduation to chase exciting opportunities at the intersection of their degree and their interests.

Blake’s favorite memory on the team is spending a full day at the beach on our annual training trip in Florida with the entire team.

Congratulations on an amazing four years, Blake! We can’t wait to see where your travels take you next.

It’s Almost Raceday for the Varisty 4+ at Dad Vails and the 2- at The Women’s Small Boats Initiative this weekend! Good luck to them and let’s hope they bring back some hardware!

Thank you to the Alumni, Sponsors Parents and Rowers that were able to attend our 2026 Spring Banquet this year!! It was a great celebration to show our gratitude to our seniors and graduate students. We would also like to congratulate our rowers this year for having a great racing season and wish them all luck at ACRA on May 15th - May 17th. Great job by the new E-board members for organizing the night and good luck next year!

You can take the rower out of the boat, but never the boat out of the rower...

Join us as we put the rowers back in the boat for an alumni row the morning of our end of season banquet! Please gather your fellow teammates at the boathouse in Richmond at 9am. There will be coffee and donuts for everyone!

Please remember to also RSVP for our banquet at 6pm!

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