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Chiara Saccomando
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Freiburg, Germany
- High School:
- Staudinger-Gesamtschule
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
Honors & Awards
As a junior (2026):
As a sophomore (2025):
As a freshman (2024):
Additional Info
- First Team All-Big Ten (2026)
- Second Team All-Big Ten (2025)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2025)
- Rutgers Sophomore of the Year (2025)
- Big Ten Boat of the Week (Apr. 1, 2025 - V8)
- Big Ten Boat of the Week (Mar. 25, 2025 - V8)
As a junior (2026):
- First Team All-Big Ten
- Captured silver with the Varsity 8 at the 2026 Big Ten Championships, one of seven total and six silver at the championships (5/17)
- Won the opening heat with the Varsity 8 at the 2026 Big Ten Championships to advance to the grand final (5/15)
- Placed sixth in the grand final with the Varsity 8 at the Women's Eastern Sprints (5/2)
- Won the prelim heat with the Varsity 8 ahead of #21 Harvard-Radcliffe at the Women's Eastern Sprints (5/2)
- Finished second with the Varsity 8 behind #6 Princeton and ahead of Cornell in the afternoon session at the Ivy League Invitational (4/11)
- Finished third with the Varsity 8 behind #9 Brown and #7 Virginia in the morning session at the Ivy League Invitational (4/11)
- Finished second with the Varsity 8 behind #12 Syracuse in the afternoon session at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/29)
- Finished second with the Varsity 8 behind #3 Yale and ahead of #16 Penn in the morning session at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/29)
As a sophomore (2025):
- Finished fourth with Germany's women's eight at U23 World Championships in Poznan, Poland
- Named Rutgers' Sophomore Of The Year
- Second Team All-Big Ten
- Runner-up in the petite final and eighth overall with the Varsity 8 at the 2025 NCAA Championships, scoring 45 points to help Rutgers to an eighth-place national finish
- Runner-up with the Varsity 8 at the 2025 Big Ten Championships, helping Rutgers to medal in all seven races and its highest finish at the championship with a second-place result
- Champion in the grand final with Varsity 8 at the 2025 Eastern Sprints, helping Rutgers to a second-straight team title and seven total medals
- Big Ten Invitational champion with Varsity 8, beating out boats from No. 16 Duke, No. 17 Oregon State, No. 21 Indiana and No. 24 USC
- Doc Hosea champion with Varsity 8, helping Rutgers to the team title behind five grand final top finishes ahead of No. 12 Penn
- Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up champion with Varsity 8 ahead of No. 11 Penn, helping Rutgers to six race victories
As a freshman (2024):
- Finished 14th place in the country competing in the 2nd Varsity 8, contributing to a 14th place team finish at the NCAA Championships (6/2)
- Finished 2nd place with the 2nd Varsity 8 at the 2024 Big Ten Rowing Championship (5/19)
- Finished second with the 2nd Varsity 8 in the grand final of the Eastern Sprints (5/5)
- Finished second with the 2nd Varsity 8 in the second session of the Big Ten Invitational (4/19)
Additional Info
- Won Silver in the Eight at the U23 World Championships 2023
- Competed in the Eight at the Senior World Championships 2023
Rutgers Women's Rowing 2026 Big Ten Championship Highlights
Wednesday, May 20
Rutgers Women's Rowing Rings The Bell
Wednesday, October 22
Rutgers Athletics Launches the Athletic Excellence Fund
Monday, October 06
R Fund, Knights of the Raritan are YouKnighted | Million Dollar Match
Friday, February 28
