2022-23 Rowing Roster
Lydia Nicolai
- Position:
- Rower
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Woodbridge, Va.
- High School:
- Charles J. Colgan HS
- 2023 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award - Big 12 Conference's highest academic honor
2022 (Jr.)
- WVU's Most Valuable Varsity Rower
- Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association's Scholar Athlete Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
- All-Big 12 Rowing Team
- Member of Varsity 8+ boat that competed at the Big 12 Championship on Lake Walter E. Long in Austin, Texas
- Rowed on the 1V8+ boat that finished second in the petite finals at the George Mason Invitational, racing on the Occoquan Reservoir at Sandy Run Regional Park in Fairfax Station, Virginia
- Member of the 1V8+ boat that finished in second place in the finals of the Knecht Cup Regatta on the Cooper River at Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- Rowed on the 1V8+ boat that competed at the Murphy Cup Regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2021 (So.)
- Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association's Scholar Athlete Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
- Participated in four of WVU's six Regattas, including one exhibition
- Member of the 1st Varsity 8+ boat that competed at the Big 12 Conference Championships
- Rowed on the 1st Varsity 8+ boat that won the finals at the George Mason Invitational
- Member of the 1st Varsity 8+ boat that won its race at the Robert Morris Invitational
2020 (Fr.)
- Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
High School
- Member of the Resilient Rowing Club under coach Paul Albright
- Took third place in the women’s varsity eight event at 2019 Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association (VASRA) championships
- Placed third in the women’s varsity quad event at the 2018 Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) nationals
- Also placed third in the women’s varsity quad event at the 2018 VASRA championships
- Finished second in the women’s varsity double event at the 2017 VASRA championships
- Represented the Mid-Atlantic Region at the 2017 World Rowing Championships
Personal
- Daughter of Karl and Blakeslec Nicolai
- One of five children (1 brother, 3 sisters)
- Majoring in agribusiness management
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- WVU's Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
A Conversation with Wren Baker
Monday, December 05
Life as a Mountaineer - Kileigh Lade
Sunday, May 01
Life as a Mountaineer - Jessica Woy
Thursday, May 06
Rowing 101
Tuesday, February 09
