PHILADELPHIA - The Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association (IRCA) has announced its 2025 Empacher-IRCA All-America teams as well as its 2025 Empacher-IRCA Scholar Athletes.
 
The University of Pennsylvania men's heavyweight crew was honored to have four recent graduates named All-America, as Sam Sullivan earned first-team honors for the third straight year while Olympian Isak Zvegelj was a second-team selection and Matt Davis and Charles Jones received honorable mention recognition. (For Davis, it marked his fourth All-America recognition at Penn, as he was a two-time second-team selection and earned honorable mention recognition two other times.)

To be eligible for Empacher-IRCA Scholar Athlete recognition, a student-athlete must be in at least his second year of eligibility; competed in the program's top three boats during the season or raced at the 2023 IRA Championship; and maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher through the fall semester. Penn's heavyweight crew had nine members honored for their efforts on the water and in the classroom.

2025 Empacher-IRCA All-Americans
First Team: Sam Sullivan (Sr.)
Second Team: Isak Zvegelj (Sr.)
Honorable Mention: Matt Davis (Sr.), Charles Jones (Sr.)

2025 Empacher-IRCA Scholar Athletes
Cole Bruen (So.)
Laurel Caruso (So.) – coxswain
James Glomb (So.)
Charles Jones (Sr.)
Matt Radell (Jr.)
Tommy Schrieber (Jr.)
Red Staunton (So.)
Austin Straley (Jr.)
James Votruba-Drzal (Sr.)