Josie Konopka (Philadelphia, PA) joins the UVA staff for the 2024-25 campaign. “I’m thrilled to join the UVA coaching staff and to work with a team with such an incredible legacy in NCAA women’s rowing,” Konopka said. “I am grateful for the opportunity to continue to coach with Wes and to become a part of the University of Virginia community. Konopka was a two-year captain of the women’s rowing team and earned first-team All-America honors from the College Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) and first-team All-Ivy two times. She helped lead the Quakers to their first full-team NCAA Championship appearance in 2022, when Penn finished 11th, and then was in the two-seat in 2023 as the Quakers’ Varsity Eight won silver at the Ivy League Championship and followed that up with a fourth-place finish at NCAAs. Overall, Penn took sixth as a team at the 2023 NCAA Championship. “I am incredibly excited to have Josie Konopka join our staff as an assistant coach,” Ng said. “I knew she would be the ...