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2022-23 MIT Men's Lightweight Crew Roster

Zhi Wei Gan

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
  • High School Choate Rosemary Hall
  • Major Computer Science and Engineering; Mathematics

Biography

Accolades:
- IRCA Scholar Athlete (2021-22)
- IRA All-Academic Team (2021-22)


2022-23 [COMPLETE BOATINGS]:
- Appeared in eight events, all as the coxswain
- Finished ninth in the Collegiate 8+ at the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta (10/15)
- Finished fourth in the 2V8+ Grand Final at the Knecht Cup (4/16)
- Finished third in the 2V8+ Grand Final at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/13)


2021-22 [COMPLETE BOATINGS]:
- Appeared in nine events, all as the coxswain
- Finished first in the 2V8+ Petite Final at the San Diego Crew Classic (3/27)
- Finished first in the 2V8+ Grand Final at the Knecht Cup (4/10)
- Finished fifth in the 2V8+ Grand Final at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/14)
- Finished fourth in the V4+ Petite Final at the IRA Championship (6/4)


2020-21
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic


2019-20 [COMPLETE BOATINGS]
- Did not compete in a race


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning a race by 0.4 seconds


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Racing at IRAs


Off the Water at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science and engineering and mathematics with a concentration in music
- Internships: Cambridge Mobile Telematics (software engineer); Jump Trading
- Research: Computational music production with the MIT Media Lab Opera of the Future Group
- Research: Parallel computing at MIT CSAIL
- MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble
- Pi Lambda Phi fraternity


High School:
- Was a member of the crew team at Choate Rosemary Hall
- Earned a varsity letter
- Cum Laude Society
- Advanced Computer Science Award
- Hicks Lawrence Prize for Excellence in Music
- International Olympiad in Informatics
- Orchestra
- Choate Programming Union co-president
- Choate Physics Club co-vice president
- MAHacks organizer

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    5'7"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'7"
  • 2022-23Senior

    5'7"