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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2023 MIT Football Roster

63 Preston Hess

  • Position OL
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 285
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lake Forest, Ill.
  • High School Loyola Academy

Biography

Accolades: 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021, 2022, 2023)
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team (2023)


2023:
- Appeared in nine games on the offensive line


2022:
- Appeared in eight games on the offensive line


2021:
- Appeared in two games


2020:
- Did not play as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning the State Championship in Illinois in 2018


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Finishing my first season as a starter with a historic win at WPI


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in computation and cognition with a minor in design and a concentration in music
- Researcher with the Viral Communications group at MIT Media Lab, Infolab at CSAIL and the McDermott Lab at Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- Sigma Chi President
- Chair of Sexual Assault Awareness and Gender Equality group of the UA
- Member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, the UA Wellness Committee and the GEL Leadership program


High School:
- Two-time varsity letter winner in 2018 and 2019
- His team won the 2018 8A Division State Championship
- Member of the National Honor Society and the Clavius Math and Science Honor Society
- Book Club President
- Member of the Math Modeling Club Student Board and the Clavius Student Board
- Loyola Honor recipient
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- National Merit Finalist

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Historical Player Information

  • 63

    2020First Year

    OL
    5'11" 265 lbs
    63
  • 63

    2021Sophomore

    OL
    5'11" 280 lbs
    63
  • 63

    2022Junior

    OL
    6'0" 285 lbs
    63
  • 63

    2023Senior

    OL
    6'0" 285 lbs
    63