# NCAA Division III rowing championship

The NCAA Division III rowing championship is the annual rowing regatta hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the champions of women's collegiate heavyweight (or openweight) rowing among its Division III member programs in the United States.
The most successful program has been Williams, with nine titles.
Tufts are the defending champions, winning their first national title in 2024.

## Format

Each championship tournament consists of eight teams, and each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain.
The following are the berths that are allocated:
* Pool A – four (Pool A consists of conferences that have been awarded automatic qualification ("AQ")):
** Liberty League
** Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference
** New England Small College Athletic Conference
** New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
* Pool B/C – four (Pools B and C include independents, institutions from conferences that do not meet automatic-qualification standards, and Pool A institutions that did not receive their conference’s AQ). Independents and institutions from conferences that do not meet AQ standards are:
** Massachusetts Maritime Academy
** D’Youville College
** Sarah Lawrence College
** State University of New York Maritime College
** Lewis & Clark College
** Mills College
** Pacific University
** Pacific Lutheran University
** University of Puget Sound

## Results

NCAA Division III Rowing Championships :
| Year | Site (Host Team) | | Team Results | Team Results | Team Results | Team Results |
| Year | Site (Host Team) | | Champion | Score | Runner-Up | Score |
| 2002 Details | Indianapolis, IN | | Williams | 9 | Colby | 11 |
| 2003 Details | Indianapolis, IN | | Colby | 10 | Puget Sound | 12 |
| 2004 Details | Gold River, CA | | Ithaca | 7 | Smith | 10 |
| 2005 Details | Gold River, CA | | Ithaca (2) | 10 | Smith | 10 |
| 2006 Details | West Windsor, NJ | | Williams (2) | 21 | Ithaca | 15 |
| 2007 Details | Oak Ridge, TN | | Williams (3) | 18 | Trinity (CT) | 16 |
| 2008 Details | Gold River, CA | | Williams (4) | 25 | Trinity (CT) | 21 |
| 2009 Details | Cherry Hill, NJ | | Williams (5) | 24 | Bates | 19 |
| 2010 Details | Gold River, CA | | Williams (6) | 26 | Bates | 19 |
| 2011 Details | Williams (7) | | 19 | Bates | 16 |
| 2012 Details | West Windsor, NJ | | Williams (8) | 42 | Bates | 37 |
| 2013 Details | Indianapolis, IN | | Williams (9) | 43 | Bates | 35 |
| 2014 Details | Indianapolis, IN | | Trinity (CT) | 40 | Williams | 33 |
| 2015 Details | Gold River, CA | | Bates | 39 | Trinity (CT) | 38 |
| 2016 Details | Gold River, CA | | Wellesley | 40 | Bates | 36 |
| 2017 Details | West Windsor, NJ | | Bates (2) | 39 | Williams | 38 |
| 2018 Details | Sarasota, FL | | Bates (3) | 56 | Wellesley | 45 |
| 2019 Details | Indianapolis, IN | | Bates (4) | 46 | WPI | 41 |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| 2021 Details | Sarasota, FL | | Bates (5) | 42 | Hamilton | 33 |
| 2022 Details | Sarasota, FL | | Wellesley (2) | 51 | Bates | 50 |
| 2023 Details | Pennsauken, NJ (Temple) | | Wellesley (3) | 54 | Wesleyan | 45 |
| 2024 Details | Bethel, OH (Marietta) | | Tufts | 54 | Wesleyan, Williams | 47 |
| 2025 Details | West Windsor, NJ (Ivy & MAAC) | | | | | |
| 2026 Details | Gainesville, GA (North Georgia) | | | | | |