CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University has tallied eight Academic All-Ivy At-Large Selections, the Ivy League announced today.
Academic All-Ivy At-Large selections are open to one student-athlete from each institution's non-Ivy League sponsored sports – women's archery, women's equestrian, sprint football, women's gymnastics, women's lightweight rowing, women's rugby, coed sailing, women's skiing, men's skiing, men's volleyball, women's water polo, men's water polo.
Harvard's honorees include
Elianne Sacher (women's rugby),
Ava Sack (women's lightweight rowing),
Elsie Halvorsen (women's skiing),
Erin Kim (women's water polo),
Lachlain McGranahan (coed sailing),
Owen Fanning (men's volleyball),
Rémi Drolet (men's skiing) and
Colin Le (men's water polo).
Criteria for the award includes that the student-athlete must be in good academic standing at the institution, the recipient must be a starter or key reserve on your roster, and the student-athlete cannot be a first-year student-athlete.
Academic All-Ivy League At-Large (Harvard recipients only)
Women
Elianne Sacher | Senior | Women's Rugby | Herzliya, Israel
- Key contributor to the 15s National Championship win
- All-NIRA 1st Team Selection
- Earned all NIRA Academic Honors every year at Harvard
Ava Sack | Senior | Women's Lightweight Rowing | Bryn Mawr, Pa.
- Key member of the Harvard 1V
- Strongest erg times on the team
Elsie Halvorsen | Senior | Women's Skiing | Denver, Colo.
- 2023-24 NCAA Championships Qualifier
- 2023-24 Team Captain
- Three-time Team MVP (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- Four-time USCSCA National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team
Erin Kim | Junior | Women's Water Polo | Irivine, Calif.
- 2024 Team Captain
- Notched 26 goals and 33 assists in 2024.
- Second on the team in assists.
- Added 26 steals.
- Scored twice in a tight matchup with No. 10 Long Beach State.
Men
- Named the 2024 ICSA College Sailor of the Year to become the first Crimson athlete to collect the honor in 20 years.
- Named a 2024 ICSA Open Skipper All-American.
- Helped the Crimson win the 2024 ICSA Open Fleet Racing National Championship.
- Guided Harvard to a runner-up effort at the 2024 ICSA Open Team Racing National Championship.
Owen Fanning | Junior | Men's Volleyball | Needham, Mass.
- Appeared in 22 matches
- Total 211 kills and 2.64 kills per set
- 2nd on the team and 8th in the conference in total kills
- 1st on the team and 9th in the conference in kills per set
- 120 digs and 1.50 digs per set
- 4th on the team and 10th in the conference in total digs and digs per set
- 52 total blocks
- 3rd on the team in total blocks
- All-EIVA Academic Team
Rémi Drolet | Senior | Men's Skiing | Rossland. British Columbia
- 2023 NCAA Champion in the Men's 20k Classic
- Three-Time All-American (twice in 2023, once in 2024)
- 2022 Olympian with Team Canada
- Three-time NCAA Qualifier (2020, 2023, 2024)
- 2023-24 Team Captain
Colin Le | Senior | Men's Water Polo | Redondo Beach Calif.
- ACWPC All-Academic Team
- 10 Goals and 11 Assists in 2023
- Recorded three blocks and 19 steals.
- Scored a hat-trick in the 2022 first-round NWPC playoff matchup.