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2022-23 MIT Sailing Roster

Emily Scherer

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Oshkosh, Wis.
  • High School Oshkosh North

Biography

Career Results


Accolades:
- ICSA All-Academic Team (2022-23)


2022-23:
- Skipper in six events
- Helped the team place sixth in the C Division at the Stu Nelson Cup


2021-22:
- Competed in 11 regattas as the skipper
- Helped the team finish fourth at the Norman G. Reid Team Race (Oct. 23)
- Skipper of boat that finished in fifth at the Joseph R. Duplin Trophy


2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019-20:
- Competed in four regattas as a first-year
- Fall: placed fourth in the B Division at the Harvard Invite, tenth in the C Division at the Oberg Trophy, 11th in the B Division at the Regis Bowl and 13th in the B Division at the Nickerson Trophy


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Sailing under Longfellow Bridge with the team


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- NEISA ski weekend and sunsets on the Charles


On Dry Land at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering
- Minoring in biology
- Intern at GenOne Technologies
- Intern at MISTI Israel
- Research at Biorobotics lab at Technion 
- UROP in GI-Lab
- Brunswick Sons & Daughters Scholarship
- MIT Running Club President 
- Burton-Conner Transition Team
- Discover Mechanical Engineering FPOP Mentor
- Mechanical Engineering Student Society


High School:
- A 2019 graduate of Oshkosh North High School
- WIAA Scholar-Athlete
- Earned varsity letters in track, swimming and cross country
- Sailed for the Oshkosh Yacht Club
- Polaris National Honor Society
- Hispanic Honor Society
- Vice President of Student Council
- Highest Academic Honors

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    5'6"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'6"
  • 2022-23Senior

    5'6"