2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster

Fien van Westreenen

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Last School(s) Barlaeus Gymnasium

Biography

Honors:
  • 2024 CRCA Second Team All-American
  • 2024 All-Pac-12 Team
  • 2024 Oscar and Theodore Geballe Postgraduate Scholarship recipient
  • 2024 CRCA Scholar-Athlete
  • 2024 CSC Academic All-American
  • 2023 Pocock Racing Shells All-America 2nd Team
  • 2023 CRCA Scholar Athlete
  • 2023 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022 CRCA Scholar Athlete
  • 2022 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 Pac-12 All Conference
  • 2021 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
International:
  • Finished in fifth place overall in the women's eight for the Netherlands at the 2023 U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovidiv, Bulgaria. 
  • Advanced to the semifinal round of the Hambleden Pairs Challenge at the 2022 Henley Royal Regatta
As a Graduate Student (2024):
  • Rowed in the V8+ that finished second in the Jessop-Whittier Cup Final at the San Diego Crew Classic.
  • Rowed in the V8+ that swept No. 8 Syracuse, No. 11 Virginia and No. 18 Oregon State at the Acc/Pac-12 Invite.
  • Rowed in the V8+ that defeated No. 7 Washington to reclaim the Simpson Cup in the Washington dual.
  • Rowed in the V8+ in the Big Row against Stanford.
  • Rowed in the V8+ that finished second at the Pac-12 Championships to help the team finish second overall – its highest finish since 2018.
  • Rowed in the V8+ that won the Petite Final at the NCAA Championships.
As a Senior (2023):
  • Rowed in the V8+ at the San Diego Crew Classic.
  • Rowed in the V8+ in the Big Row against Stanford.
  • Rowed in the V8+ at the Washington dual.
  • Rowed in the V8+ that defeated SMU and Iowa at the Pac-12 Challenge.
  • Rowed in the V8+ that placed third at the Pac-12 Championships.
  • Rowed in the V8+ at the NCAA Championships.
As a Junior (2022): 
  • Raced in the V8+ that took second at the San Diego Crew Classic.
  • Raced in the V8+ that finished third at the Las Vegas Invitational.
  • Raced in the V8+ that took third at the Pac-12 Championships.
  • Rowed in the V8+ that finished fourth at the NCAA Championships.
High School/Club: Won the gold medal in the double sculls at the 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships. .. Four-year member of the Dutch National Team. ... Won the bronze medal in the quad at the 2018 World Rowing Junior Championships..

Personal: Parents are Bart van Westreenen and Jet Rutgers. ... Undeclared major. ... Also played field hockey and soccer in high school

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'7"
  • 2022-23Senior

    5'7"
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    5'7"