MELBOURNE, Fla. – Four student-athletes of the Florida Tech men's rowing team have been honored as 2025 Empacher-IRCA Scholar Athletes by the Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association (IRCA).
 
The IRCA Scholar Student-Athlete Award presented by Empacher Bootswerft requires that scholar-athletes must be in their second year or more of eligibility, must have competed in one of the program's top three boats, and must have a 3.50 cumulative GPA or higher for their career.
 
Being recognized for the Panthers is Sandro Gardella (Aerospace Engineering), Domantas Marocka (Civil Engineering), Alex Doeringer-Smith (Aviation Management with Flight) and Hugo Ruzicka (Biomedical Engineering). Gardella received the honor in 2024, while Marocka, Doeringer-Smith and Ruzicka were recognized for the first time in their careers. 
 
The full list of IRCA Scholar Athletes can be found here.
 
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