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2018-19 Men's Crew - Lightweight

Héctor Javier

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Gurabo, Puerto Rico
  • High School Colegio San Jose
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Biography

2018-19: Appeared in seven events, five as the #3 seat of the V8+ … finished fourth in the Grand Final of the American Specialty Health Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic (4/7) … won the Grand Final at the Knecht Cup (4/14) … won the final at the River Hawk Challenge (4/20) … defeated Boston College (3/31) … was the #3 seat of the Lightweight 8+ that finished 12th at the Head of the Charles (10/21). [COMPLETE BOATINGS]

2017-18: Appeared in one event … was the #1 seat of the 8+ at the Foot of the Charles (11/11). [COMPLETE BOATINGS]

2016-17: Appeared in four events, three as the #1 seat in the V4+ … defeated Temple and Delaware (4/29) as well as Penn (4/29) … was the runner-up at the Biglin Bowl (4/15). [COMPLETE BOATINGS]

2015-16: Competed in three races ... sat in the #3 seat for two events. [COMPLETE BOATINGS]

Off the Water at MIT: Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science … was an engineering intern at Facebook University … Google Engineering practicum … conducted a UROP at the Sloan School of Management applying deep neural networks to market predictions … conducted research at the Institute for Neuroinformatics at ETH-Zurich, Switzerland where he modeled learning in mouse brains … MIT Albert G. Hill Prize … Puerto Rico Beca Kinesis recipient … Hispanic Scholarship Fund … OME IACME Prize … Palantir Diversity Scholarship … OME Distinguished Peer … MIT Casino Rueda (Cuban Salsa) board member … lead research advisor in UROP with the Sloan School of Management under Dr. Glen Urban, Emeritus … Association of Puerto Rican Students … Laureates and Leaders.

High School: A 2015 graduate of Colegio San Jose ... was a member of the swim team ... valedictorian ... National Honor Society ... Honor Roll ... Ex-Alumni Award in Colegio San Jose ... Public Relations officer as a junior and senior.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Junior

    5'10"
  • 2018-19Senior

    5'10"