Awarded to the Men's Lightweight program that accumulates the most points between the Lightweight Eight and Lightweight Second Eight.
The award is named in honor of the IRA Presidents who have supported Men's Lightweight rowing at the National Championship.
Winners of the IRA President's Cup
2015 Cornell
2016 Columbia
2017 Harvard
2018 Not Awarded Based on Cancelled Events due to Weather
2019 Cornell
2020 Not Awarded
2021 Navy
2022 Columbia
2023 Princeton
All-Time Wins by Institution
2 - Cornell
2 - Columbia
1 - Harvard
1 - Navy
1 - Princeton