Men's Rowing

Thomas Wenk
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- tewenk@uw.edu
- Phone:
- (513) 417-6628
Thomas Wenk '22 has returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach at the start of the 2025-26 school year. His first season at UW was a success, as the Huskies won the IRA National Championship for the third year in a row.
Addiitionally, in his first year back at Washington, Wenk took charge of the Huskies' third varsity eight, which won its grand final at IRAs to earn the Stewards Cup.
Wenk, who was a four-year member of the Husky program returned to Seattle after having spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach with the Columbia University lightweights program in New York.
A product of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club, Wenk was the coxswain of the Huskies' freshman eight during the 2019 season, leading that crew to the Pac-12 Championship before coxing the UW's third varsity eight to the national title at IRAs.
After the pandemic canceled his sophomore season, Wenk coxed the varsity four to Pac-12 and IRA championships as a junior in 2021. As a senior in 2022, he won a silver medal in the varsity four at IRAs.
Along the way, he was named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2020, the IRA All-Academic Team in 2021, and to the IRCA Scholar-Athlete Team in 2022. He graduated from Washington with a degree in biochemistry.
Addiitionally, in his first year back at Washington, Wenk took charge of the Huskies' third varsity eight, which won its grand final at IRAs to earn the Stewards Cup.
Wenk, who was a four-year member of the Husky program returned to Seattle after having spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach with the Columbia University lightweights program in New York.
A product of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club, Wenk was the coxswain of the Huskies' freshman eight during the 2019 season, leading that crew to the Pac-12 Championship before coxing the UW's third varsity eight to the national title at IRAs.
After the pandemic canceled his sophomore season, Wenk coxed the varsity four to Pac-12 and IRA championships as a junior in 2021. As a senior in 2022, he won a silver medal in the varsity four at IRAs.
Along the way, he was named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2020, the IRA All-Academic Team in 2021, and to the IRCA Scholar-Athlete Team in 2022. He graduated from Washington with a degree in biochemistry.


