2020-21 Men's Rowing Roster
Roster
Aach, Joe

Joe Aach
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mascoutah, Ill.
- High School:
- Mascoutah Community
Bio
2020-21 / Senior
IRCA Scholar-Athlete…helped the Third Varsity 8 to a seventh place finish at IRA Nationals…sat seventh seat as the 3V8 took gold at the Dad Vail Regatta…was in the fifth seat as the Second Varsity 8 defeated Gonzaga with its second fastest time of the year of 5:59.5.
2019-20 / Junior
Granted another season of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic…topped Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova in the second varsity eight at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in New Jersey (Sept. 21)…took silver in the club championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…competed in the varsity heavyweight 8+ B boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Sophomore
Helped the second varsity eight place 20th overall at the IRA National Championships (June 2)…assisted the Dragons in claiming the men’s point title and second-place overall points finish at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat five seat of the second varsity eight in their gold finish in the grand finals at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…at Overpeck Park, won against Columbia and Delaware in the fourth varsity eight (May 4)…from Lower Otay Lake in Chula Vista, Calif., part of the second varsity eight boat that swept its three races against UC San Diego, Gonzaga and Stanford (March 30-31)…won in the third varsity eight boat at the weather-shortened Murphy Cup Regatta on the Cooper River (March 23)…in the second varsity eight, finished second only to the Drexel varsity eight in the varsity eight race against La Salle and Villanova to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
2017-18 / Freshman
Helped the Dragons to their sixth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat 3-seat for the freshman eight that finished fourth at the Dad Vail Regatta…raced at the 36th Memorial Murphy Cup Regatta in the third varsity eight B…placed second at the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta in the freshman eight…at Overpeck Park in Leonia, N.J., placed second against Columbia and Delaware in the fourth varsity eight…sat 5-seat for the freshman eight A that placed third of 15 boats at the Navy Day Regatta…in the freshman eight A, finished less than a second behind Saint Joseph’s to place second of 25 boats at the Head of Schuylkill Regatta.
Background
Attended Macoutah Community High School in Illinois…rowed for St. Louis Rowing Club...set the course record at the Chicago Sprints…sat five-seat in the junior eight that won the Midwest in 2014.
Personal
Son of Douglas and Sharon Aach…has one younger sister, Lillian…majoring in mechanical engineering.
IRCA Scholar-Athlete…helped the Third Varsity 8 to a seventh place finish at IRA Nationals…sat seventh seat as the 3V8 took gold at the Dad Vail Regatta…was in the fifth seat as the Second Varsity 8 defeated Gonzaga with its second fastest time of the year of 5:59.5.
2019-20 / Junior
Granted another season of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic…topped Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova in the second varsity eight at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in New Jersey (Sept. 21)…took silver in the club championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…competed in the varsity heavyweight 8+ B boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Sophomore
Helped the second varsity eight place 20th overall at the IRA National Championships (June 2)…assisted the Dragons in claiming the men’s point title and second-place overall points finish at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat five seat of the second varsity eight in their gold finish in the grand finals at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…at Overpeck Park, won against Columbia and Delaware in the fourth varsity eight (May 4)…from Lower Otay Lake in Chula Vista, Calif., part of the second varsity eight boat that swept its three races against UC San Diego, Gonzaga and Stanford (March 30-31)…won in the third varsity eight boat at the weather-shortened Murphy Cup Regatta on the Cooper River (March 23)…in the second varsity eight, finished second only to the Drexel varsity eight in the varsity eight race against La Salle and Villanova to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
2017-18 / Freshman
Helped the Dragons to their sixth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat 3-seat for the freshman eight that finished fourth at the Dad Vail Regatta…raced at the 36th Memorial Murphy Cup Regatta in the third varsity eight B…placed second at the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta in the freshman eight…at Overpeck Park in Leonia, N.J., placed second against Columbia and Delaware in the fourth varsity eight…sat 5-seat for the freshman eight A that placed third of 15 boats at the Navy Day Regatta…in the freshman eight A, finished less than a second behind Saint Joseph’s to place second of 25 boats at the Head of Schuylkill Regatta.
Background
Attended Macoutah Community High School in Illinois…rowed for St. Louis Rowing Club...set the course record at the Chicago Sprints…sat five-seat in the junior eight that won the Midwest in 2014.
Personal
Son of Douglas and Sharon Aach…has one younger sister, Lillian…majoring in mechanical engineering.
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