IU senior Emily Barber was named a 2017 Pocock All-American, the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association announced Wednesday.
Barber was named to the Second Team and became the seventh rower in program history to be named an All-American and the fourth different IU rower in the past four years. She is also a part of the First Team All-Region and First Team All-Big Ten.
The All-American award honors the most outstanding performances of rowers and coxswains in the country in women’s collegiate rowing. Nominated student-athletes are selected to the first and second teams based on the strength of finish of the institution’s varsity eight within the country, coach comments and 2k erg score.
Barber was one of five Big Ten rowers named the Second Team. Three Big Ten rowers were named to the First Team.
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