2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster

Sideline Photos
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Olivia Krause

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool East Chapel Hill
  • Hometown Chapel Hill, N.C.

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CAA Leadership and Sports Excellence Award Recipient 2021-22
CRCA Scholar-Athlete 2021-22, 2022-23
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Career: Consistent piece of the Varsity Eight lineup in final two seasons … Recipient of the 2021-22 CAA Leadership and Sports Excellence Award for women’s water polo … Tabbed a CRCA Scholar-Athlete at the end of the 2021-22  and 2022-23 campaigns … Has been named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll all eight semesters of her collegiate career.
 
2022-23: Served as co-captain for the team this season, racing in every event … Helped the V4A team to a 17th place finish (14:24.97) and the V8A shell to a 13th place finish (13:20.60) at Navy Day … Competed again with the 4s at the Head of the Schuylkill for a 19th place time of 15:00.493 before a seventh-place showing in the Championship 8s (13:18.897) … Turned in a fifth-place showing with the V8 at the Dos Hosea with a time of 6:55.88 … Crossed in 7:09.11 with the V8 for a third-place finish in the Knecht Cup Petite Final … Part of a V8 group that was sixth in the Grand Final at the Mason Invite with a time of 7:07.8 … Part of the V8 that posted a 5:57.97 winning time against UConn in head-to-head action and finished second to Bucknell in 6:03.73 … Helped the V8 to a fourth-place finish at the CAA Championships, crossing in 7:31.762.
 
2021-22: Part of Varsity Eight boat that was named CAA Boat of the Week in back-to-back weeks, the first such honors for the program … Competed in seven races throughout the season, all with the Varsity Eight … Captured fourth place at the CAA Championships with a 6:46.25 time … Part of back-to-back weekends that saw the Wildcats close the regular season with three wins … Landed in the Grand Final at the Mason Invitational, winning with a time of 6:30.5 … Defeated UConn by nearly seven seconds, crossing in 6:56.30 before taking down Eastern Michigan with a time of 6:39.28 … Crossed fifth at the Knecht Cup in 6:43.47 … Was second in the dual with Drexel and La Salle, posting a time of 7:26.6 … Part of the crew that placed 16th with a time of 14:03.497 at the Head of the Schuylkill.
 
2020-21: Competed in the Wildcats second varsity eight boat for the entire season … After an exhibition against Drexel in the team’s return to the water the 2V8 squad began the year with a first place finish in a dual against Delaware … Villanova posted a winning time of 7:15.8 and beat the Blue Hens by a margin of 5.4 seconds … At the Kerr Cup the second varsity eight team finished second in its heat with a time of 6:49.4 … The squad had a successful day at George Mason which began with winning their heat in 6:47.8 and edging Jacksonville by seven-tenths of a second at the finish line … Villanova qualified for the grand final and finished third in 6:59.7 … The 2V8 boat came in third at the Kelly Cup with a time of 7:01.3 and beat local teams from Penn and Saint Joseph’s … In the final competition of the year the 2V8 team finished third with a time of 6:56.42 at the CAA Championship.
 
2019-20: Helped the third varsity eight lineup (3-seat) finish 10th in the JV8+ race at the Navy Day Regatta and second in competition against UCF and Duquesne at the Metro Cup Regatta … Competed in the varsity four lineup (bow) which tallied a 20th place finish against strong competition in the Championship Fours at the Head of the Schuylkill.
 
East Chapel Hill High School: Competed on the varsity rowing and basketball teams in addition to playing junior varsity soccer during her scholastic career … As a freshman was the junior varsity team captain for basketball … Inducted to the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born 1/16/01 in Elgin, Ill. … One of four children of Paul and Jan Krause … Siblings are Elliot, Alexandra and Emerson … Has played the violin since she was four years old and the viola since age 13 … Chose to attend Villanova for its commitment to academic excellence and the supportive campus community … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences and has yet to declare a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior