Meet The UW Men's Rowing Class Of 2028
March 21, 2025 | Men's Rowing
Each spring, dating all the way back to 1901, the Washington Rowing program has opened its spring season with the Class Day Regatta.
While the event itself has evolved and grown over the last century and a quarter, the tradition has solidified into one of many that makes UW Rowing what it has become today. Each Class Day also provides the program with the opportunity to introduce the next group of Husky rowers as the freshman class makes its official debut.
The Washington men's team Class of 2028 is constructed of 19 young men and women, and like most years in recent history, includes members who grew up rowing on the local lakes, those from around the United States, and a scattering of athletes from around the world.
The new freshman class includes five oarsmen from the local area, including three who attended high school within a stone's throw of Conibear Shellhouse. Crosby LaMotte (Lincoln), Skye Luebbe-Davidson (Seattle Prep) and Colin Seng (Roosevelt) all attended high schools in Seattle proper, while Jora Grewal (Eastside Catholic) and Connor Wetmore (Woodinville) hail from the suburbs.
LaMotte and Luebbe-Davidson both rowed for Green Lake Crew, while Seng competed for Pocock Rowing Center and Wetmore for Sammamish Rowing Association. Grewal, a basketball and lacrosse player in high school, is a walk-on rower.
Washington's freshman class also includes another nine Americans from all over the country, including from several of the hotbeds of the sport. Lucas Andersen (Portland, Ore./Lincoln) is the only one of those 10 from the West Coast. Two of his classmates – Nate Chase (Mount Holly) and Colin Phariss (Montclair) – come to UW from the state of New Jersey, the state in which the Huskies have won several national championships.
Other freshmen from the Northeast include Henry Andren (Greenwich, Conn.), Peter Frost (Wellesley, Mass.), and Galen Hardy (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Two other newcomers come to Seattle from the state of Texas: Devan Godfrey (Houston) and coxswain Anjali Pamurthy (Dallas).
Two freshmen come to Conibear Shellhouse from Canada. Arden Acton is from Shawnigan Lake, B.C., outside of Victoria on Vancouver Island, while Jed Grieve calls Toronto home, but attended Brentwood College School, a perennial rowing power, also on Vancouver Island.
Tobias Bosnes comes to college with extensive experience with the Danish National Team, having competed at the World Junior, Under 19, and Under 23 Championships over the last six years, winning silver medals at the World Under 19s and at European Under 23s.
Finally, three members of the Class of '28 have joined the program from New Zealand, one of the most successful rowing nations in the world in recent history.
Marley King Smith (Queenstown) rowed in the Kiwi quad at 2023 World Rowing Under 19 Championships, while Oliver Leach (Auckland) competed in that same event in 2022. Leach also teamed with fellow Husky freshman Will Milne (Hamilton) at 2023 Under19s, finishing fourth in the men's eight.
Also, while not a member of the freshman class, fifth-year transfer Ian Burnett is also new to the UW Rowing team. Burnett, from Arlington, Mass., spent four years at Brown, completing his bachelor's degree while twice earning All-America honors. In 2023, he won a silver medal in the U.S. men's eight at World Rowing Under 23 Championships. At UW, he has enrolled in a master's of business analytics program in the Foster School of Business.
While the event itself has evolved and grown over the last century and a quarter, the tradition has solidified into one of many that makes UW Rowing what it has become today. Each Class Day also provides the program with the opportunity to introduce the next group of Husky rowers as the freshman class makes its official debut.
The Washington men's team Class of 2028 is constructed of 19 young men and women, and like most years in recent history, includes members who grew up rowing on the local lakes, those from around the United States, and a scattering of athletes from around the world.
The new freshman class includes five oarsmen from the local area, including three who attended high school within a stone's throw of Conibear Shellhouse. Crosby LaMotte (Lincoln), Skye Luebbe-Davidson (Seattle Prep) and Colin Seng (Roosevelt) all attended high schools in Seattle proper, while Jora Grewal (Eastside Catholic) and Connor Wetmore (Woodinville) hail from the suburbs.
LaMotte and Luebbe-Davidson both rowed for Green Lake Crew, while Seng competed for Pocock Rowing Center and Wetmore for Sammamish Rowing Association. Grewal, a basketball and lacrosse player in high school, is a walk-on rower.
Washington's freshman class also includes another nine Americans from all over the country, including from several of the hotbeds of the sport. Lucas Andersen (Portland, Ore./Lincoln) is the only one of those 10 from the West Coast. Two of his classmates – Nate Chase (Mount Holly) and Colin Phariss (Montclair) – come to UW from the state of New Jersey, the state in which the Huskies have won several national championships.
Other freshmen from the Northeast include Henry Andren (Greenwich, Conn.), Peter Frost (Wellesley, Mass.), and Galen Hardy (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Two other newcomers come to Seattle from the state of Texas: Devan Godfrey (Houston) and coxswain Anjali Pamurthy (Dallas).
Two freshmen come to Conibear Shellhouse from Canada. Arden Acton is from Shawnigan Lake, B.C., outside of Victoria on Vancouver Island, while Jed Grieve calls Toronto home, but attended Brentwood College School, a perennial rowing power, also on Vancouver Island.
Tobias Bosnes comes to college with extensive experience with the Danish National Team, having competed at the World Junior, Under 19, and Under 23 Championships over the last six years, winning silver medals at the World Under 19s and at European Under 23s.
Finally, three members of the Class of '28 have joined the program from New Zealand, one of the most successful rowing nations in the world in recent history.
Marley King Smith (Queenstown) rowed in the Kiwi quad at 2023 World Rowing Under 19 Championships, while Oliver Leach (Auckland) competed in that same event in 2022. Leach also teamed with fellow Husky freshman Will Milne (Hamilton) at 2023 Under19s, finishing fourth in the men's eight.
Also, while not a member of the freshman class, fifth-year transfer Ian Burnett is also new to the UW Rowing team. Burnett, from Arlington, Mass., spent four years at Brown, completing his bachelor's degree while twice earning All-America honors. In 2023, he won a silver medal in the U.S. men's eight at World Rowing Under 23 Championships. At UW, he has enrolled in a master's of business analytics program in the Foster School of Business.
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