ORLANDO - UCF rowing’s Lucy Buckingham and Amalie Thorsen have been named to the 2025 For Stars Network (FSN) Spring Athlete Watchlist for Division 1 Women's Rowing, the organization announced Tuesday.
FSN released the “on the rise” watch list honoring 163 athletes from 93 Division 1 programs. According to FSN, the pair of rowers were tabbed for the list due to their race results, erg times, improvement within their team, and positive trajectory in talent and skill in the past year, research of the program and athlete over a one year period, and coach recommendations on their respective teams.
Sophomore Thorsen is rowing in her second year with UCF. The Humlebaek, Denmark native rowed with the Second Eight last season, winning a bronze medal at the Big 12 Championship. Additionally, she was a member of the First Four at the Lake Wheeler Invitational that took a first-place finish on day two. Freshman Buckingham is in her first year as a Knight. Prior to UCF, the Luton, England native competed with the Milton Keynes Rowing Club.
Buckingham and Thorsen are two of the ten rowers selected representing the Big 12.