Purdue Crew represent the highest ideals of being both a college student and amateur college athlete. There are no NIL deals or scholarships to row, yet the team yearly posts one of the highest GPA averages of any club or sports team on campus, while bringing home medals and trophies from the largest regattas across the nation and regularly sending athletes on to the national team to represent the USA abroad.
However, varsity athletes on the team will be paying $3150 to row this year, all while also having to fundraise, do rent-a-rowers, Feast off the Hunter's Moon Setup and Cleanup, clean the boathouse and its bathrooms each week, fulfill the 13 executive board position responsibilities- and much more. It's an incredibly demanding experience, which is a big part of what makes it so impactful to the lives of our student-athletes, but it's also very expensive!
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