2024-25 Men's Rowing Roster

Lisa Worthy/KLCfotos
Zach Franzen

Thomas Heerding

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Last School(s) Scotch College (Melbourne)

Biography

Honors:
  • 2025 IRCA Scholar Athlete
  • 2025 MPSF All-Academic Team
  • 2024 IRCA Scholar Athlete
  • 2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
As a Junior (2025):
  • Rowed in the 2V8+ that defeated Santa Clara, Drexel and Oregon State at the Redwood Shores Invitational.
  • Rowed in the 3V8+ that defeated Santa Clara and Wisconsin at the Cal/Stanford Invitational.
  • Rowed in the 3V8+ that defeated Brown and the 2V8+ that defeated Brown at the Redwood Shores Challenge.
  • Rowed in the 3V8+ at the Washington duel.
  • Rowed in the 2V8+ that finished second at the MPSF Championships.
  • Rowed in the 2V8+ that finished third in the grand final at the IRA Championships.


As a Sophomore (2024):
  • Rowed in the 2V8+ that defeated UCSD and Santa Clara at the Las Vegas Invitational. 
  • Rowed in the 2V8+ that defeated Wisconsin, La Salle and Syracuse at the Pac-12 Challenge.
  • Rowed in the 2V8+ in the dual against Washington.
  • Rowed in the 3V8+ that placed second at the Pac-12 Championships.
  • Rowed in the 3V8+ the finished third in the grand final at the IRA National Championships.


As a Freshman (2023):
  • Rowed in the freshman 8+ that swept the Santa Clara V8+, UCLA V8+ and UCSD V8+ at the California Challenge Cup.
  • Rowed in the freshman 8+ that won the Derek Guelker Memorial Cup and placed second in the Anderson Borthwick Memorial Trophy final at the San Diego Crew Classic. 
  • Rowed in the freshman 8+ that defeated the Wisconsin 3V8+ at the Pac-12 Invitational.
  • Rowed in the freshman 8+ that defeated the San Diego V8+, Santa Clara V8+ and Orange Coast College V8+ at the Ebright Invitational.
  • Rowed in the freshman 8+ that defeated the Huskies at the Washington dual.
  • Rowed in the freshman 8+ that took first place at the Pac-12 Championships.
  • Rowed in the 3V8+ that won the Stewards Cup at the IRA National Championships.
High School/Club: Competed for the Scotch College Boat Club (Melbourne) and Melbourne University Boat Club (MUBC)…participated in the Victoria State U21 men’s eight in 2022
 
Personal: Parents are Megan and Daniel…has a brother Nicholas

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    6'3"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'3"
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'3"