Each year the coaches of the CRCA recognize the outstanding student athletes in each Division. Criteria for the award include:
- The student-athlete must meet all eligibility rules as defined by her institution.
- The student-athlete must have rowed at least 75% of the season’s races in the varsity boat
- The student-athlete must be nominated by her institution
- The Head Coach of the student-athlete’s institution must be a member in good standing of the CRCA.
All-American athletes are selected from those athletes already named First-Team All Region. Criteria considered for selection include: boat performance, nomination rank, coach’s comments, individual achievements, and 2k erg score. One coxswain is named to each team.
Division I
| First Team All-America |
| Anna Dawson | Stanford |
| Ashton Brown | Princeton |
| Casey Kelsey | Brown |
| Corinna Sharick | Washington State University |
| Elle Logan | Stanford |
| Emily Dreissigacker | Dartmouth College |
| Emily Reynolds | Princeton |
| Erika Roddy | Stanford |
| Felice Mueller | University of Michigan |
| Ivana Filipovic | University of Southern California |
| Kara Kohler | University of California, Berkeley |
| Kristine O'Brien | University of Virginia |
| Laura Cowel | Michigan State University |
| Lauren Wilkinson | Princeton University |
| Lila Flavin, coxswain | Princeton |
| Maria Wilgotsson | University of Southern California |
| Mary Jeghers | University of California, Berkeley |
| Michaela Strand | Princeton |
| Olivia Coffey | Harvard |
| Stephanie Madner | Yale |
| Tessa Gobbo | Brown |
| Tessie Allen | Brown |
| Second Team All-America |
| Alex Japhet | Duke |
| Allison Courtin | Brown |
| Caroline Nash | Yale |
| Christine Roper | University of Virginia |
| Claudia Schiwy | Ohio State University |
| Elise Etem | University of California, Berkeley |
| Ellie Smith, coxswain | Brown |
| Grace Luczak | Stanford |
| Jennifer Vander Maarel | University of Texas, Austin |
| Kellie Lapointe | Michigan State University |
| Kristina Lofman | University of California, Berkeley |
| Laura D'Urso | Clemson University |
| Lenka Vrecnikova | University of Southern California |
| Maureen McAuilffe | George Mason University |
| Natalie Eisermann | University of Michigan |
| Rebecca Donald | University of Pennsylvania |
| Sarah Wolff | Washington State University |
| Taylor Goetzinger | Cornell University |
| Ulrike Denker | Ohio State University |
| Vanessa Kleiss | University of Wisconsin |
| Veronica Townsend | Northeastern University |
Division II
| First Team All-America |
| Allysa O'Donnell | Nova Southeastern University |
| Amanda Carlyon | Mercyhurst University |
| Bethany Brun | Mercyhurst University |
| Jaimee Lampard | Barry University |
| Jen Gillette | Florida Institute of Technology |
| Jennifer Burke | UC San Diego |
| Molly Fisher | Humboldt State University |
| Samantha OberholzeR | Western Washington University |
| Siri Carlson | Western Washington University |
| Second Team All-America |
| Alyssa Dixon-Word | UC San Diego |
| Casey Mapes | Western Washington University |
| Katie Lepley | Humboldt State University |
| Lindsey Crosby | Mercyhurst University |
| Marissa Stickles | Nova Southeastern University |
Division III
| First Team All-America |
| Adrienne Darrow | Williams College |
| Jennifer Lamy | Wellesley College |
| Kelli Barnette | Marietta College |
| Lauren LaPointe | Ithaca College |
| Nora Collins | Bates College |
| Rebecca Waldo | Bates College |
| Sarah Jane Otey | US Coast Guard Academy |
| Sarah Keller | Trinity College |
| Tess Wiggins | William Smith College |
| Second Team All-America |
| Abbie Smith | Pacific Lutheran University |
| Amy Geffell | Ithaca College |
| Ashley Garza | Mills College |
| Audrey Purcell | Simmons College |
| Gabriella Kurbrick | Smith College |
| Hannah Woodruff | Wellesley College |
| Kate Shaper | Williams College |
| Meena Aiken | Trinity College |
| Ruth Ditzler | Lewis & Clark |
2011 Lightweights
| Caitlin Vogelsang | Bucknell University |
| Elizabeth Bates | Harvard University |
| Grace Lautman | University of Wisconsin |
| Gretchen Stumhofer | Stanford University |
| Jessica Lund | University of Wisconsin |
| Lis Fenje | Stanford University |
| Mariel Lanas (coxswain) | Stanford University |
| Natalie Wong | Harvard University |
