Three Wichita State University rowers were named All American by the American Collegiate Rowing Association.

Rebecca Denny made the Second Team Boat. Chelsea Chavez made the Third Team Boat. And freshman Kelsy Thompson made the Freshman Boat.

The winners of the All American Boats were picked from the regional winners, of which WSU had five.

Joining Denny and Chavez for regional winners were Malcolm Johnson, Christian Kindel and Sydney Fish.

From the 50 regional winners for each gender, 27 were chosen to make the First, Second or Third Boat. Performance of their crew, 2,000 meter testing scores, career racing results, accomplishments within their team, individual performances and the coach recommendation were the factors used for decisions.

Chavez made the Second Team Boat in 2010, and Denny won a spot on the 2010 Freshmen Boat.

Thompson, a recruited volleyball, track, basketball and weight lifting high school athlete from Haysville Campus High School, started rowing in August 2010 with WSU. She quickly made the top novice boats her fall semester and by spring was rowing in the women’s varsity eight that placed seventh overall in the country.

Adam Taylor, Marlo Griffith and Eli Copas were also nominated for the Freshmen Team Boats.