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2020-21 MIT Sailing Roster

Liz Obermaier

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Northville, Mich.
  • High School Detroit Country Day School
  • Major Math with Computer Science and Business Analytics

Biography

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

2019-20:

- NEISA Women's All-Crew Second Team
- Competed in seven regattas as a junior
- Fall: placed first in the B Division at the Toni Deutsch Trophy, second in the C Division at the Hatch Brown Trophy, fourth in the A Division at the Women's Showcase Qualifier, fifth in the B Division at the Victorian Coffee Urn and sixth at the Hood Trophy
- Spring: placed sixth at the Sharpe Team Race

2018-19:
- Competed in nine regattas as a sophomore
- In the fall, placed seventh at the Pine Trophy and the NEISA Match Race Championship as well as 13th in the B Division at the Smith Trophy 
- In the Spring, placed sixth at both the Wood Trophy and the Morris Trophy, seventh at both the Mystic Lake Team Race Invite and the Duplin Women's Team Race as well as tenth in the A Division at the BU Trophy

2017-18:
- Competed in 11 regattas as a freshman, ten as the crew and one as the skipper 
- In the fall, finished second in the A Division at the Crews Regatta, third at the Midweek Firefly, third at the Harvard Invitational, eighth in the A Division at the Nickerson Trophy, ninth in the B Division at the Smith Trophy and tenth in the A Division at the Central Series hosted by Boston College
- In the spring, placed second at the MIT Team Race Invitational, fourth at the Boston University Team Race, eighth in the A Division at the George Morris Trophy, ninth at the Ike Geiger Team Race Trophy and 15th in the B Division at the Oberg Trophy

On Dry Land at MIT:
- Majoring in mathematics with computer science and business analytics
- Facebook Data Science Intern
- Operations Management UROP w/ Prof Daniel Freund
- Intern at NITS Solutions
- Member of the Club Ice Hockey team
- Sailing Captain
- Simmons House Gov

High School:
- A 2017 graduate of Detroit Country Day School
- Earned eight varsity letters in sailing and two in ice hockey
- Placed fourth at the JY15 NA’s and first at the Michigan Lightning Juniors
- Scholar-Athlete Award
- National Social Studies Honor Society
- Cum Laude Society
- National Merit Scholar

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    5'2"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'2"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'2"