Toledo Women's Rowing will compete for a MAC Championship in its inaugural season.
Mid-American Conference to Add Women’s Rowing in 2025-26
7/19/2024 11:30:00 AM | Women's Rowing
Toledo Women’s Rowing team will compete for MAC Championship in its inaugural season
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced today that it will add women's rowing beginning with the 2025-26 academic year. The addition of women's rowing means that Toledo's inaugural women's rowing program will have the opportunity to compete for a MAC Championship in its first season as a varsity sport.
"We are very excited that women's rowing will be added as a Mid-American Conference sport in 2025-26, the inaugural season of Toledo Women's Rowing," said Vice President and Director of Athletics Bryan B. Blair. "A conference home is important to the growth and development of our rowing program. Today's announcement further adds to the excitement surrounding the addition of the sport at The University of Toledo as we look to grow and nurture new relationships in our community and better serve our University."
The MAC will begin the 2025-26 academic year with six programs competing in women's rowing as Eastern Michigan, Toledo and UMass will be joined by new affiliate members Delaware, High Point and Temple.
"The member institutions of the Mid-American Conference take great pride in offering a broad array of sports offerings for our students," said MAC Commissioner Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher. "Women's rowing is a great addition to our sports sponsorship line-up. This is a sport that continues to grow in popularity, and I am already looking forward to awarding our first championship in May 2026."
The first MAC Championship will be held in the spring of 2026, while the Conference plans to host an Invitational event in the spring of 2025. The MAC Championships will be hosted by Eastern Michigan at Lakeside Park on Ford Lake for at least the first three seasons.
The University of Toledo will be hosting a news conference to officially introduce women's rowing as its 17th varsity sport on Wednesday, July 24 at 11:00 a.m. at the Glass City Pavilion on the Toledo Riverfront. The public is invited to attend.
About Toledo Women's Rowing
"We are very excited that women's rowing will be added as a Mid-American Conference sport in 2025-26, the inaugural season of Toledo Women's Rowing," said Vice President and Director of Athletics Bryan B. Blair. "A conference home is important to the growth and development of our rowing program. Today's announcement further adds to the excitement surrounding the addition of the sport at The University of Toledo as we look to grow and nurture new relationships in our community and better serve our University."
The MAC will begin the 2025-26 academic year with six programs competing in women's rowing as Eastern Michigan, Toledo and UMass will be joined by new affiliate members Delaware, High Point and Temple.
"The member institutions of the Mid-American Conference take great pride in offering a broad array of sports offerings for our students," said MAC Commissioner Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher. "Women's rowing is a great addition to our sports sponsorship line-up. This is a sport that continues to grow in popularity, and I am already looking forward to awarding our first championship in May 2026."
The first MAC Championship will be held in the spring of 2026, while the Conference plans to host an Invitational event in the spring of 2025. The MAC Championships will be hosted by Eastern Michigan at Lakeside Park on Ford Lake for at least the first three seasons.
The University of Toledo will be hosting a news conference to officially introduce women's rowing as its 17th varsity sport on Wednesday, July 24 at 11:00 a.m. at the Glass City Pavilion on the Toledo Riverfront. The public is invited to attend.
About Toledo Women's Rowing
- Toledo Women's Rowing will compete at the NCAA Division I level as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The winner of the MAC Championship receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Championships.
- Toledo Women's Rowing will be the 17th varsity sport at Toledo and the first new addition to the Athletics program since women's soccer was added in 1995.
- A head coach will be hired later this year, with a full year of acclimation leading into regular season competition in the fall of 2025. The full squad will feature approximately 50-60 student-athletes on its roster.
- Toledo Women's Rowing will practice and compete on the Maumee River and will utilize the Philip LeBoutillier, Jr. Memorial Boathouse in International Park in downtown Toledo. The boathouse is owned by Metroparks Toledo and is operated by the Toledo Rowing Foundation. The boathouse is part of the transformational Glass City Metropark and Riverwalk project. The $200 million public-private initiative will build a landmark waterfront Metropark and world-class riverfront destination. This initiative will create 300 acres of new and revitalized greenspace, and a five-mile, multi-purpose trail that will connect six downtown and East Toledo neighborhoods, corporate campuses, small businesses, parks and cultural institutions.
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