The Friends of Oregon Rowing is a group of former rowers who wish to continue supporting the current crew members through building community, events, and fundraising!
Coming up
- Spring 2026, join us for our Annual Spring Fundraising Dinner in Eugene
Oregon Rowing Info
Visit the UO's Club Rowing team's website to stay up to date on races and events for the team.
Questions?
Email, Deshna Shine, Associate Director of Alumni Engagement, at dshine@uoregon.edu
Friends of Oregon Rowing Events
Donate to Friends of Oregon Rowing
When you donate to Friends of Oregon Rowing, you are supporting current UO crew teams, our coaches and improvements to facilities. Donations go toward coaches' stipends, boathouse improvements, and operating expenses for the teams. Past contributions have constituted a substantial portion of the team’s revenues. If this type of fundraising can be repeated in the future, it will make a huge impact on the team budget. We are currently working with UO Advancement to start an endowment to build a new boathouse! received multiple inquiries from alumni about larger projects including replacing the existing boathouse with a newer structure and starting an alumni endowment to support the team. Please donate today!
Please send a check to:
UO Alumni Association, Attention: Friends of Oregon Rowing
1720 East 13th, Eugene, OR 97403
Thanks for a successful and meaningful 2025 Spring Fundraising Dinner! We exceeded our fundraising goal!
We met and exceeded our $40,000 fundraising goal at our 2025 Spring Fundraising Dinner, with over $43,000 in contributions from folks wanting to support our current UO Oregon Rowing team. Thank you! Just as importantly, we came together in community and had a blast. We hope to see you at our next annual Spring dinner in 2026! Join our Brightcrowd book to view all the professional photos from the event!
"Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream.” — Jim Dietz.
Friends of Oregon Rowing News
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Chapter Board Members
Rob Johnston '81
President
Victoria Brown Lindsey
Vice President
Joe Sweeney
Treasurer
Elise Haverland, Class of '25
Ex-Officio
Phil Johnson '94
Board Member
Ruoxi He BS '15
Board Member
Mike Marsh, BS '73
Past President
Connie Lenderman BA '75
Board Member
Tim Meier BARCH '84
Board Member
Julia Hill '06
Board Member
Emily Kraschel '22
Board Member
Historical UO Crew photos
Don McCarty, 1969, First UO crew coach
2012 UO Women's crew team
A young woman acts as coxswain in this 1970's crew photo.
1974-75 Oregon crew team; 1975 Oregana
2011 Men's Oregon crew team
UO crew's first rowing ergometers (erg for short) in the 1980's.
2000 UO Women's crew team
A new UO crew boat is christened in 1982.
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