Kansas State University Women's Rowing

Features (click on headline for link) Continuing to Build (K-State Sports Extra, June 2, 2025) On May 18, 2025, Kennedy Felice, was elevated to head coach after five seasons as one of Patrick Sweeney's assistant coaches. Felice was a four-year member of the K-State rowing team from 2015-19 before serving as a graduate assistant from 2020-22. "I want to say thank you to Gene and Jill for this opportunity. I am excited for this next chapter with K-State Rowing," Felice said. "This team and K-State mean so much to me. We have built something special here in Manhattan and I am grateful to be part of that. Thank you to everyone who has been part of my time here. I cannot wait to see what we accomplish next. Also, a huge thank you to my friends, family, and mentors for your support throughout my career. "I also want to say thank you to Coach Sweeney. He built K-State Rowing into what we are today. It has been a privilege working with him as an athlete and as a coach. We can never say thank you enough for the opportunities he created for all of us who have been part of this program." The Manhattan, Kansas native was a four-time letterman for the Cats, competing in the 2v8+ during the 2016 season and racing in the 1v8+ for three seasons of her career. During the fall of 2015, Felice was a member of novice crews that picked up gold medals in the Novice 4+ and the Novice 8+ events at the Head of the Oklahoma. After claiming gold at SIRAs in 2017, Felice and other members of the 1v8+ ea

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A former Wildcat rower, Beth DeMars Damman is in her tenth season with the K-State women’s rowing team as an assistant coach, after serving as a graduate ass...

Halle Fee , a four-year Wildcats rower, was announced as K-State women's rowing assistant coach by head coach Kennedy Felice on September 9, 2025. During her...

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Lindsey DeVreugd, a five-year Wildcats rower, was announced as K-State women's rowing assistant coach by head coach Patrick Sweeney on August 21, 2024. Last ...

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Features (click on headline for link) Overseeing 22 Years of Growth (K-State Sports Extra, May 29, 2025) After 22 years at the helm of Kansas State women's rowing program, Patrick Sweeney retired on May 18, 2025. During the 2025-26 season he aids the coaches as the Chief of Staff, bringing more than 40 years of international and collegiate coaching experience to the Wildcat women’s rowing program, including tenures with the British and Belgian Olympic teams. As the second coach in Wildcats' rowing history, Sweeney arrived in Manhattan in 2003 after a one-year appointment as the associate men's varsity coach at Stanford. Prior to his year there, Sweeney was head coach and technical director of the Belgian Olympic Team for six years. The top crew of Sweeney's K-State tenure was the 2008-09 1V8+. Their accolades include capturing gold at the Head of the Des Moines, defeating Alabama on its own Black Warrior River and clenching a tightly contested third place at the San Diego Crew Classic. The crew would go on to a convincing victory over rival Kansas to secure the Kansas Cup before claiming the gold medal at the Big 12 Championship. The 2013-14 season was headlined with several firsts for the K-State rowing program, including the programs first Big 12 Newcomer of the Year in Noelle Dykmann. The team won five gold medals and a bronze medal at SIRAs for the first time in program history and prior to the postseason, defended their Sunflower Showdown title for a fourth-consecutive s

Symone Simmons, a four-year Wildcats rower, was added to the K-State women's rowing staff as a student assistant coach by head coach Kennedy Felice on Septem...

RowingSkip AdStaten, TonyDamman, BethDeVreugd, LindseyFee, HalleFelice, KennedySimmons, SymoneStaten, TonySweeney, MarthaSweeney, Patrick