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2026-27 MIT Men's Lightweight Crew Roster

Dean Bittker

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Cambridge, Mass.
  • High School Cambridge Rindge and Latin
  • Major Chemistry

Biography

2025-26:
  • Made collegiate debut rowing in the Bow seat of the 8 B that finished 6th of 20 at the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta
  • Rowed in the 5 seat of the Club Eights at the Head of the Charles
  • Rowed in the 5 seat of the 2V8+ at the National Collegiate Lightweight Invitational vs. Penn, Dartmouth, Georgetown, and Yale on March 28th
  • Rowed in the 6 seat of the 2V8+ that defeated Bates on April 4th
  • Won silver rowing in the 6 seat of the 2V8+ at the Knecht Cup Regatta on April 12th
  • Rowed in the 6 seat of the 2V8+ at the Haines Cup vs. Harvard and Navy on April 18th
  • Rowed in the 6 seat of the 2V8+ that defeated Cornell on May 2nd
  • Rowed in the 6 seat of the 2V8+ that advanced to the Petite Final at the Eastern Sprints on May 17th
  • Rowed in the 2 seat of the V8+ that advanced to the Grand Final at the IRA National Championship on May 31st
  • Won the Temple Challenge Cup rowing the 2 seat of the V8+ at the Henley Royal Regatta on July 5th
Before MIT:
  • Attended nearby Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
  • Bill Becklean Award
  • Falcon Award
  • Hammer Award
  • 6000 meter erg school record
  • National Honor Society
  • CRLS Crew captain
  • Sustainable Development club president
  • Science Tram
Personal:
  • Intern with Syndesis Health
  • Chemistry researcher in MIT hong lab
  • Machine learning biology search at Debbie Marks lab
  • Favorite Sports Memory: "My last public school state championship, reflecting on how much the team had improved in the past four years at the finish line"
  • Father, Joshua Bittker, graduated from MIT in 1999

Historical Player Information

  • 2025-26First Year

    6'0"
  • 2026-27Sophomore

    6'0"