With the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference rowing season on the horizon, the league announced the 2026 Preseason ACC Rowing Watch List for the upcoming season.
The Watch List includes one student-athlete from each program, nominated by their respective schools. The ACC is the only conference that has a preseason rowing watch list.
Emma Hopsicker, a junior from Brockport, NY, is the Notre Dame rowing representative on this season’s preseason list.
A 2025 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete and two-time ACC All-Academic Team selection, Hopsicker was a key cog in the Varsity Eight during the 2025 season as a sophomore competing in both the sixth and seventh position. During her freshman season in 2024 she competed in both the 2V4 and the 3V8.
The 2026 season will begin for Notre Dame rowing at the Cardinal Invitational the weekend of March 14-15, which will complete the Irish training week in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during the University’s midterm break.