UCLA senior Olivia Caesar has secured All-Pac-12 Team women's rowing honors for the third consecutive season, as announced Friday afternoon by the Pac-12 Conference office.
Caesar, who hails from Bath, England, rowed in the Bruins' varsity eight crew (V8+) throughout her sophomore, junior and senior seasons (2021 through 2023). As a senior in the spring of 2023, Caesar rowed in either the two seat or the stroke seat in each of the V8+ crew's races.
Caesar helped guide UCLA's varsity eight crew to a first-place finish in a four-boat race on the first morning of the two-day Big Ten Invitational in Florida. She also led UCLA to a second-place and third-place finish on races at the Dexter Lake Invitational on April 29. Caesar stroked the V8+ crew at the season-culminating Pac-12 Championships on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Ore. She is on track to graduate with her bachelor's of science degree in anthropology.
A strong performer at UCLA the past three seasons, Caesar has become the Bruins' first rower to earn all-Pac-12 acclaim in three consecutive years since Britta Syverson in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Joining Caesar on this season's All-Pac-12 team are Annabelle Bachmann (Stanford), Lettie Cabot (Stanford), Katelin Gildersleeve (Stanford), Rachel Miller (Stanford), Nina Castagna (Washington), Elena Collier-Hezel (Washington), Ella Cossill (Washington), Issy Cassidy (California), Jane Perrignon (California), Muryn Greene (Oregon State), Zoe McCutcheon (USC) and Madeleine Pollard (Washington State).
Czajkowski has been honored as the Pac-12 Women's Rowing Athlete of the Year for the third straight season. Stanford freshman Célia Dupré has been named the Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year. Stanford head coach Derek Byrnes was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the third straight year.
UCLA's Olivia Caesar (photo by Don Liebig)
Caesar rowed two seat and stroke seat in the Bruins' varsity eight crew in 2023.