LA JOLLA, Calif. – After a tremendous performance in the conference championships to end their season, the UC San Diego women's rowing team earned four awards from the Coastal Athletic Association this weekend.

UC San Diego scholar-athletes Sophia Gordon, Sabrina Koldinger and Bianca Tung were selected to the All-CAA Team for their strong weekend of racing, while Tritons head women's rowing coach Colin Truex was selected as the CAA Coach of the Year after leading his team to a second overall finish at the CAA Championships. 

Both Gordon and Tung were a part of the Tritons' Varsity 8+ crew that finished in the top two of both races this past weekend in New Jersey. Koldinger helped as a key piece of UC San Diego's Second Varsity 8+ boat, which posted first and second place finishes respectively across two days of racing. 

Truex, in his 12th season leading UC San Diego's program helped the Tritons accumulate 40 team points to finish in second overall place. Racing against schools from across the nation, UC San Diego finished ahead of the following programs at this weekend's conference championships: Drexel, UConn, Deleware, Villanova, Eastern Michigan and Monmouth. 

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After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.