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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2019-20 Men's Crew - Heavyweight

Vanessa Wong

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Boise, Idaho
  • High School Boise
  • Major Physics and Mathematics with Computer Science and Finance

Biography

2019-20 [COMPLETE BOATINGS]
- Appeared in two events
- Was the cox of the Club 8+ that finished 12th at the Head of the Charles (10/19)
- Was the cox of the 2V8+ that finished first at the Head of the Fish (10/26)

2018-19: [COMPLETE BOATINGS]
- Appeared in five events, four as the coxswain of the 2V8+
- Finished third in the Grand Final at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/11)
- Competed with the men’s lightweight team during the fall

2017-18: [COMPLETE BOATINGS]
- Was a member of the openweight team
- Competed as the coxswain in seven events, all with the V8 “A”
- Two-time Patriot League Boat of the Week (3/27 and 4/10)
- Finished fifth in the Grand Final at the Patriot League Championship (5/11)
- Placed fifth in the Petite Final at the EAWRC Sprints (4/29)

2016-17: [COMPLETE BOATINGS]
- Was a member of the openweight team
- Competed as the coxswain of the V4+ in three events

Off the Water at MIT:
- Majoring in physics and economics
- Particle physics researcher at CERN
- Data science Intern at HP
- Consultant at Senreve
- Marketing and design associate at Flux Accelerator
- Conducted research in the MIT Election and Data Science Lab and with the MIT Particle Physics Collaboration
- MIT Panhel executive vice president
- Senior Ball committee
- Chair of MIT 2020 Ring Committee
- Sloan Business Club operations chair
- Campus tour guide
- Orientation leader
- Associate advisor
- Alpha Phi community service chair
- Camp Kesem

High School:
- Was a member of the swimming team at Boise High School
- Salutatorian
- National Honor Society
- Rotary Scholar
- Jane Nelson Leadership and Citizenship Award
- Daniel Dewey Sportsperson Award
- Symphonic Orchestra resident harpist
- Cultural Club founder and president
- Woman and Children's Alliance Ambassador founder and editor of regional newsletter

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Junior

    5'2"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'2"