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2021-22 MIT Sailing Roster

Brianna Ryan

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Kapaa, Hawaii
  • High School Hawaii Preparatory Academy
  • Major Physics and Nuclear Engineering

Biography

2021-22:
- Did not compete in any regattas


2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019-20:
- Did not compete in any regattas as a first-year


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Not being able to see land for the first time, and seeing all of the stars and bioluminescence during a race from Kauai to Oahu.


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- The last day of practice, before we all got sent home due to coronavirus. The weather was perfect and we spent practice team racing and jumping into different boats to sail with other teammates, the coaches, and the dock staff


On Dry Land at MIT:
- Majoring in physics and nuclear engineering
- Minoring in astronomy
- Has a concentration in Japanese
- Operator in Training at MIT's Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
- Director of Campus Relations for Amphibious Achievement
- Exoplanet Research Searching for Transit Timing Variations in Hot Jupiters
- Achiever Relations Coordinator for Amphibious Achievement
- Society of Women Engineers


High School:
- A 2019 graduate of Hawaii Preparatory Academy
- Competed for the Kauai Sailing Association and was a sailing instructor there
- Also played volleyball as a member of the Nakoa Volleyball Team
- Core Team Member of HPA's Sustainability Initiative
- Founder of Coding Club
- Data Analysis/Reduction Student Assistant for KECK
- 2017 Best in Physics and American Literature
- 2019 Best Engineer and Cum Laude Society
- 2018 and 2019 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award
- Three-time Head of School's List
- Takehiko Hasegawa Academic Scholarship
- William James & Dorothy Bading Lanquist Fund
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    5'8"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'8"