Boston, Mass. (July 12) – The MIT crew program saw 14 student-athletes earn a spot on the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) All-Academic Team. Both the men's heavyweight and men's lightweight teams garnered five qualifiers while the women's lightweight team received four selections. Seniors Sam Boshar (Andover, Mass.), Kathleen Love (Arlington, Va.), Rick Ono (Boston, Mass.), Peter Scott (Cos Cob, Conn.), and Richard Sollee (Jacksonville, Fla.) each collected their second IRA All-Academic Team award.
 
To be eligible for recognition a student-athlete must have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.35 (on a 4.0 scale) or higher, completed one full year at their institution (freshmen and first-year transfers are not eligible), be an institutional letter winner, and competed at the 2023 IRA National Championship Regatta.
 
MIT Women's Lightweight Crew Honorees
Kathleen Love (Sr., Arlington, Va.)
Mishael Quraishi (So., Boston, Mass.)
Julia Van Cleef (Sr., Ormond Beach, Fla.)
Liane Xu (So., Orlando, Fla.)
 
Love, Quraishi, and Van Cleef were members of the Lightweight 4+ that captured silver medals at the IRA National Championship while Xu was half of the 2X that finished fifth in the Grand Final.
 
MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew Honorees
Max Feenstra (So., Greenwich, Conn.)
Caden Gradek (So., Mercer Island, Wash.)
Blake Hudspeth (So., Dallas, Texas)
Cooper Price (So., Austin, Texas)
Peter Scott (Sr., Cos Cob, Conn.)
 
As members of the Varsity 8+, they placed 24^th overall at the IRA National Championship.
 
MIT Men's Lightweight Crew Honorees
Sam Boshar (Sr., Andover, Mass.)
Cameron Dougal (So., Indian Orchard, Mass.)
Rick Ono (Sr., Boston, Mass.)
Marc Rizk (So., London, United Kingdom)
Richard Sollee (Sr., Jacksonville, Fla.)
 
This quintet contributed to a runner-up finish in the Varsity 8+ Petite Final at the IRA National Championship.
 
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