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2020-21 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Deborah Wen

  • Height 5-1
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Honolulu, Hawaii
  • High School Punahou School
  • Event Diving
  • Major Physics and Chemistry

Biography

Collegiate Personal Best Scores
6 Dives on 1-Meter Board - 321.67
6 Dives on 3-Meter Board - 323.25
11 Dives on 1-Meter Board - 500.65
11 Dives on 3-Meter Board - 526.85

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

2019-20:
- CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- All-American (1-Meter, 3-Meter)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NCAA Division III Northeast-North Diving Regional Qualifier
- NEWMAC Champion (3-Meter)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (1-Meter)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- CSCAA Scholar All-America
- NEWMAC Diver of the Week (Nov. 12)
- NCAA Regionals: 3-Meter (4th), 1-Meter (5th)
- NEWMAC: 3-Meter (1st), 1-Meter (2nd)
- Invite: 3-Meter (1st), 1-Meter (2nd)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-3 Finishes: 8

2018-19:
- Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team
- Google Cloud Academic All-District
- All-American (1-Meter Dive) 
- Honorable Mention All-American (3-Meter Dive)
- NCAA Qualifier 
- NCAA Division III Northeast-North Diving Regional 1-Meter Champion
- NCAA Division III Northeast-North Diving Regional Qualifier 
- NEWMAC Champion (1-Meter Dive, 3-Meter Dive)
- NEWMAC Women's Diver of the Year 
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference 
- NEWMAC Diver of the Week (Jan. 14, Jan. 28, Feb. 4)
- Nationals: 1-Meter (2nd), 3-Meter (10th)
- NCAA Regionals: 1-Meter (1st), 3-Meter (4th)
- NEWMAC: 1-Meter (1st), 3-Meter (1st)
- Invite: 1-Meter (487.65), 3-Meter (519.20)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-2 Finishes: 12
- Broke the pool record on the 1-meter board against Tufts and then again against Amherst

2017-18:
- All-American (1-Meter Dive)
- Honorable Mention All-American (3-Meter Dive)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NCAA Diving Regional 3-Meter Champion
- NCAA Diving Regional Qualifier
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- NEWMAC Women’s Diver of the Week (11/6, 1/29)
- Nationals: 1-Meter (7th), 3-Meter (11th)
- NCAA Regionals: 3-Meter (1st), 1-Meter (3rd)
- NEWMAC: 1-Meter (3rd), 3-Meter (3rd)
- Invite: 3-Meter (2nd), 1-Meter (3rd)
- Dual Meet First Place Finishes: 7

Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in physics and chemistry
- Completed research with the Kiessling group performing synthetic chemistry and studying mucins
- President of Challah for Hunger
- Intern at Zymergen -- worked as polymer science intern designing novel films for electronics applications
- Researched with the Laura Kiessling group -- working on design of novel fucoside molecule
- Founding Member of MIT Asian American Initiative (AAI)
- 8.02 (Physics) Undergraduate TA and Mentor

High School:
- A 2017 graduate of Punahou High School
- Four-time varsity letterwinner as a member of the swimming and diving team
- Girls 1m Diving State Champion in 2016 and 2017
- Girls 1m Diving State Bronze Medalist in 2014 and 2015
- ILH Girls 1m Diving Record holder
- Also competed for Sunshine Diving
- National Honor Society
- Francis A.I. "Miki" Bowers, Jr. Calculus Award
- Social Studies Excellence Award
- Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
- Mandarin Chinese V Excellence Award
- AP Chemistry Excellence Award
- English Excellence Award

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Diving
    5'1"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Diving
    5'1"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Diving
    5'1"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Diving
    5'1"