2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster

Izabela Krakic
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Sportska Gimnazija
- Hometown:
- Sveta Nedelja, Croatia
At Syracuse: 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... 2023 and 2024 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... 2023 and 2024 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree... 2023 and 2024 ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
2023-24
Team captain
Fall Season: Did not row due to injury.
Spring Season: Bow in the varsity eight that finished second behind Penn and ahead of Radcliffe and Indiana in the morning session and first in the afternoon session against Ohio State at the ACC/Big Ten/Ivy Dual ... Bow in the varsity eight that placed second behind #5 Yale and ahead of Cornell at the Cayuga Cup in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Bow in the varsity eight that finished second, ahead of #17 Oregon State and behind #4 Cal at the UVA Invitational in Lake Montichello,Va. ... Bow in the varsity eight that beat #11 Penn and #16 Duke on the final day of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Also at the Lake Wheeler Invite, sat bow-seat in the varsity eight that came in third behind #5 Tennessee and #11 Penn and ahead of #18 Washington State, Boston University and Georgetown in the morning session and sat six-seat in the second varsity eight that finished second behind #5 Tennessee in the afternoon race ... Bow in the varsity eight that won the ACC Championship in a championship record time (6:09.814) ... A member of the team that won the ACC Championship for the first time in program history ... Did not row at NCAA Championship due to injury ... Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... 2024 All-ACC Academic Team member ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree ... Member of the Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... Earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition.
2022-23
Fall Season: Stroke for the varsity 8 that finished eighth at the Head of the Charles ... Stroke for the Collegiate 8 that finished fifth at the Princeton Chase ... Bow for the women's 2 that finished first at the Princeton Chase.
Spring Season: Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished first against Radcliffe and Rutgers in the morning race and first against Iowa in the afternoon race at the Ivy-Big Ten Double Dual ... Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished first at the Doc Hosea Invitational and took home the Orange Challenge Cup ... Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished second behind Yale and ahead of Cornell in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished first ahead of Penn at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Six-seat for the varsity 8 that won its heat at the Eastern Sprints … Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished first at the ACC Championship and earned ACC Crew of the Year … Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished eighth overall at the NCAA Championship … Stroke of first Syracuse 4- to row at the Henley Royal Regatta … The Orange 4- lost to the University of London & Leander Club in the Town Challenge Cup by 1 ¾ lengths in the 2,112-meter race ... Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... All-ACC Academic Team selection ... ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
Prior to Syracuse at University of Texas at Austin:
2020-21
2021 NCAA National Champion … 2021 NCAA National Championship Participant … 2021 Big 12 Champion … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8 at the NCAA Championship, helping Texas to the National Championship with a third-place result in the Grand Final … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8, racing to a first-place finish at the Big 12 Championship … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8 that defeated #2 Virginia at the Rivanna Reservoir in Charlottesville, Va. … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8 in the 2021 Longhorn Invite, finishing first in heats (6:19.05) to advance to the A Finals, winning first overall (6:18.15). … Earned Big 12 Conference Boat of the Week honors on April 14th, for performance against Michigan on Belleville Lake, Mich. … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8 in a dual race at No. 7 Michigan on Belleville Lake … Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Big 12 Team First Team … 2020-21 Academic All-Big Rookie Team … Member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll both semesters.
2021-2022
2022 San Diego Crew Classic Karen Plumleigh Courtney Cup varsity 4 winner (bow seat) … Member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll both semesters ... Bow for the varsity 4 that beat #13 SMU at White Rock Lake … Member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall semester.
International Experience: Croatian Rowing National Champion in the years 2012 – 2020 … 2017 World and European Rowing Junior Champion … Finished 2nd at the 2019 European Rowing U23 Championship … Finished in 8th place at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games … Placed second at the 2019 European Rowing U23 Championship.
Personal: Born in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia … Daughter of Darina and Blaz Krakic … Has one older brother, Ivo, who rowed at Drexel University (2013-18), and one older sister, Zana, who rowed at the University of Central Florida (2014-18) ... Majoring in international relations in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
2023-24
Team captain
Fall Season: Did not row due to injury.
Spring Season: Bow in the varsity eight that finished second behind Penn and ahead of Radcliffe and Indiana in the morning session and first in the afternoon session against Ohio State at the ACC/Big Ten/Ivy Dual ... Bow in the varsity eight that placed second behind #5 Yale and ahead of Cornell at the Cayuga Cup in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Bow in the varsity eight that finished second, ahead of #17 Oregon State and behind #4 Cal at the UVA Invitational in Lake Montichello,Va. ... Bow in the varsity eight that beat #11 Penn and #16 Duke on the final day of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Also at the Lake Wheeler Invite, sat bow-seat in the varsity eight that came in third behind #5 Tennessee and #11 Penn and ahead of #18 Washington State, Boston University and Georgetown in the morning session and sat six-seat in the second varsity eight that finished second behind #5 Tennessee in the afternoon race ... Bow in the varsity eight that won the ACC Championship in a championship record time (6:09.814) ... A member of the team that won the ACC Championship for the first time in program history ... Did not row at NCAA Championship due to injury ... Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... 2024 All-ACC Academic Team member ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree ... Member of the Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... Earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition.
2022-23
Fall Season: Stroke for the varsity 8 that finished eighth at the Head of the Charles ... Stroke for the Collegiate 8 that finished fifth at the Princeton Chase ... Bow for the women's 2 that finished first at the Princeton Chase.
Spring Season: Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished first against Radcliffe and Rutgers in the morning race and first against Iowa in the afternoon race at the Ivy-Big Ten Double Dual ... Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished first at the Doc Hosea Invitational and took home the Orange Challenge Cup ... Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished second behind Yale and ahead of Cornell in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished first ahead of Penn at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Six-seat for the varsity 8 that won its heat at the Eastern Sprints … Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished first at the ACC Championship and earned ACC Crew of the Year … Six-seat for the varsity 8 that finished eighth overall at the NCAA Championship … Stroke of first Syracuse 4- to row at the Henley Royal Regatta … The Orange 4- lost to the University of London & Leander Club in the Town Challenge Cup by 1 ¾ lengths in the 2,112-meter race ... Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... All-ACC Academic Team selection ... ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
Prior to Syracuse at University of Texas at Austin:
2020-21
2021 NCAA National Champion … 2021 NCAA National Championship Participant … 2021 Big 12 Champion … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8 at the NCAA Championship, helping Texas to the National Championship with a third-place result in the Grand Final … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8, racing to a first-place finish at the Big 12 Championship … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8 that defeated #2 Virginia at the Rivanna Reservoir in Charlottesville, Va. … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8 in the 2021 Longhorn Invite, finishing first in heats (6:19.05) to advance to the A Finals, winning first overall (6:18.15). … Earned Big 12 Conference Boat of the Week honors on April 14th, for performance against Michigan on Belleville Lake, Mich. … Rowed five-seat in the second varsity 8 in a dual race at No. 7 Michigan on Belleville Lake … Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Big 12 Team First Team … 2020-21 Academic All-Big Rookie Team … Member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll both semesters.
2021-2022
2022 San Diego Crew Classic Karen Plumleigh Courtney Cup varsity 4 winner (bow seat) … Member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll both semesters ... Bow for the varsity 4 that beat #13 SMU at White Rock Lake … Member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall semester.
International Experience: Croatian Rowing National Champion in the years 2012 – 2020 … 2017 World and European Rowing Junior Champion … Finished 2nd at the 2019 European Rowing U23 Championship … Finished in 8th place at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games … Placed second at the 2019 European Rowing U23 Championship.
Personal: Born in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia … Daughter of Darina and Blaz Krakic … Has one older brother, Ivo, who rowed at Drexel University (2013-18), and one older sister, Zana, who rowed at the University of Central Florida (2014-18) ... Majoring in international relations in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
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