PROVIDENCE, R.I. – American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced that Old Dominion University will join the Conference as an affiliate member for women’s rowing beginning on July 1, 2018. With the addition of the Monarchs in 2018-19, The American will be an eight-team women’s rowing league and also will include UCF, UConn, SMU, Temple and Tulsa and existing affiliate members Sacramento State and San Diego State.
“I take great pleasure in welcoming Old Dominion to the American Athletic Conference as an affiliate member in women’s rowing,” said Aresco. “The decision to add ODU will be mutually beneficial for the Monarchs and our conference, provide our student-athletes with increased competitive opportunities and enhance our brand and national exposure in the sport of women’s rowing.