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2020-21 MIT Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jaya Kambhampaty

  • Height 5-9
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Arlington, Va.
  • High School Washington-Lee (HS)
  • Event Back, Fly
  • Major Aeronautics and Astronautics

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
50-Free - 21.01
100-Free - 47.67
200-Free - 1:44.10
100-Back - 49.25
200-Back - 1:49.46
100-Fly - 50.15
200-IM - 1:55.57

2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team

2019-20:
- NEWMAC Champion (100 Back)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Jan. 13)
- NEWMAC: 100 Back (1st), 200 Back (3rd), 200 Free Relay (8th), 200 IM (9th)
- Invite: 200 Back (1st), 200 Free Relay (3rd), 400 Medley Relay (4th), 200 Medley Relay (5th), 100 Back (5th), 50 Free (13th)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 3
- Top-5 Placements in Dual Meets: 14

2018-19:
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (400 Medley Relay)
- CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Feb. 4)
- NEWMAC: 400 Medley Relay (2nd), 200 Back (3rd), 100 Back (4th), 200 Free Relay (8th), 100 Fly (10th)
- Invite: 100 Back (2nd), 200 Back (2nd), 200 Free Relay (3rd), 400 Free Relay (3rd), 400 Medley Relay (7th)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 3
- Top-5 Placements in Dual Meets: 17

Favorite Sports Memory:
- The dual meet between MIT and Tufts in 2020

Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Wednesday morning races during IAP 2020

Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in aeronautics and astronautics
- Has a concentration in Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies
- Research Intern at the MIT Lab for Electroaerodynamic Propulsion
- Completed researchon the effect of gap spacing and wire material on the power draw of wire-to-wire dielectric barrier discharge devices
- Summer Associate for the Institute for Defense Analyses
- John Benedick Award Winner
- Culture Chair of MIT AAA
- Resident Peer Mentor
- Orientation Leader
- Amphibious Achievement
- Hindu Student Council
- South Asian Association of Students
- Rocket Team
- Phi Beta Epsilon

High School:
- A 2018 graduate of Washington-Lee High School
- Valedictorian
- Four-time varsity letterwinner in swimming
- Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
- Four-time Washington-Post All-Met Honorable Mention
- Earned the Washington-Lee HS Karl Brownmiller Award for Most Significant Contributions to the W-L Athletic Program
- 2018 Boys Swim MVP
- Better Sports Club Outstanding Male Swimmer Award
- School record holder in the 50 free, 100 back and 100 fly
- Holds six conference records
- 2018 district champion in the 100 back and 2017 district champion in the 100 fly
- Also swam for the Machine Aquatics Swim Club
- Vice President of the National Honor Society
- Co-Founder and Co-President of Mu Alpha Theta
- It’s Academic Quiz Bowl Team Captain 
- Vice President of Science Fair Mentors
- Freshman Mentor
- Dimes for Dining Operations Manager
- Honor Roll
- Campbell/Verizon Scholarship
- Virginia Governor’s Mentorship in Engineering

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Back, Fly
    5'9"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Back, Fly
    5'9"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Back, Fly
    5'9"