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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2021-22 MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew Roster

Lleyton Elliott

  • Height 5-11
  • Class First Year
  • Hometown Windermere, Fla.
  • High School Olympia

Biography

2021-22 [COMPLETE BOATINGS]:
- Appeared in six events
- Was the #1 seat of the Collegiate 4+ that finished 12th in the Head of the Fish (10/30)
- Was the #2 seat of the 2V4+ that finished second in the Petite Final at the New England Rowing Championship (4/30)
- Was the #1 seat of the V4+ that finished third at the National Invitational Rowing Championship (5/8)


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Fighting back from fifth place to take second place in the Men's Varsity 8+ event at the 2021 USRowing Southeast Regional Championships, earning a spot at nationals.


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- The team supporting me through a year marred by injury and illness, followed by the feeling of finally racing again with such great supporters by my side.


Off the Water at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in music technology
- Research: MIT's Photovoltaics Lab – designing an autonomous system to print and test novel solar cell precursor materials
- Research: MIT CSAIL's Human-Computer Interaction Engineering Group – designing and studying machine and robotics components with inherent sensing capabilities
- CSPAAEF State Police Scholarship
- Zeta Psi fraternity social chair
- MIT Logarhythms event coordinator, tech chair, social media manager


High School:
- Graduated from Olympia High School
- Valedictorian
- National Honor Society vice president, Mu Alpha Theta National Math Honor Society secretary, Science National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, Rho Kappa National History Honor Society, Tri-M National Music Honor Society
- National AP Scholar with Distinction
- National Merit Scholarship recipient, Disney Scholars Program Award Winner, US Air Force ROTC full scholarship recipient
- 2021 Olympia High School Outstanding Achievement in AP Physics
- NAfME All-National Honor Choir (only OHS student, and one of few nationwide, to receive this distinction all three possible years), Olympia High School Mastersingers Honor Choir, Bass Section Leader and Choir Student Leader, FMEA All-State Honor Choir
- FIRST Robotics FTC Team, Build Team Leader, Marketing and Media Team Leader, Engineering Notebook Team Leader
- PEO STRI Engineering Internship
- Free Thinkers (debate and discourse) Club secretary


Club:
- Orlando Area Rowing Society
- Three-time varsity letterwinner
- 2021 Orlando Area Rowing Society "Hammer Award" recipient
- Orlando Area Rowing Society Academic Honor Roll
- Penn AC Gold U17 HP Camp Rower (2018), Penn AC Gold U19 HP Camp Invitee (2019, 2020)
- USRowing Youth Regional Challenge Rower (2019), USRowing ODP Invitee (2020, 2021)