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2025 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Michael Eischen

  • Height 5-10
  • Class First Year
  • Hometown Franklin, Tenn.
  • High School Centennial
  • Major Electrical Engineering with Computing

Biography

Before MIT:
  • 4 time letter-winner in cross country (21, 22, 23, 24) and track and field (22,23,24,25)
  • All-State T&F Honors, CHS Track and Field Male Athlete of the Year, CHS XC Underclassman of the Year
  • 3rd place finish in the 1600m state championship indoor and outdoor
  • Class Salutatorian
  • National Honor Society
  • National Science Honor Society
  • Mu Alpha Theta
  • President of National Honor Society Chapter
  • Co-founder of National Science Honor Society Chapter
  • Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop and Eagle Scout
  • First Chair Alto Saxophone in Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band
  • National Merit Finalist and Scholarship Winner
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • Centennial High Award of Merit
  • Most Outstanding Student in AP Physics 2 AP Physics 1 AP, Calculus AB, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Statistics, and AP Macroeconomics
  • Finalist at the Vanderbilt Junior App Challenge
Personal:
  • Favorite Sports Memory: Placing 3rd at the 1600m outdoor state championship
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
  • "Cheering on the team at the home meet during CPW"