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2021-22 MIT Sailing Roster

Veronika Silkin

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Johnston, Iowa
  • High School Johnston
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

Career Results


Accolades:
- NEISA Sailor of the Week (4/1/22)


2021-22:
- Took part in nine regattas as a member of the crew
- Part of the team that earned a second-place finish at the Toni Deutsch Regatta in the A division (Sept. 11)
- Member of the boat that won the Seahawk Women's Team Race (Mar. 26)
- Part of the Crew at the College Sailing Women's National Championship


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


2019-20:
- Competed in five regattas as a sophomore
- Fall: placed fourth in the B Division at the Harvard Invite, third in the B Division and fourth in the A Division at the Women's Showcase Qualifier and seventh in the B Division at the Tufts Invite


2018-19:
- Competed in two regattas as a first-year
- Finished fourth at the President's Trophy and competed in at the Midweek Firefly as a crew later in April


Favorite Sports Memory:
- I loved honing my singlehanded skills during the Spring 2021 semester. I grew a lot as a sailor - both as a skipper and crew - during this semester.


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Our last sailing practice before leaving campus in spring 2020 and our first practice coming back to campus in March 2021.


On Dry Land at MIT:
- Majoring in mathematics
- Institutional Equities Division 2021 Summer Analyst at Morgan Stanley.
- Summer 2019 intern at SVB Leerink Investment Bank
- Summer 2020 intern at Bank of America
- Summer 2021 intern at Morgan Stanley
- Research with MIT Sloan on the effect of AI automation on labor markets
- Alpha Chi Omega Vice President of Chapter Standards and Relations
- Fenway House Manager
- Math Learning Center tutor


High School:
- A 2018 graduate of Johnston High School
- Valedictorian
- Played golf in high school
- Member of the speech and debate club and the Science Olympiad
- National Merit Semifinalist
- Honor Roll

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    5'8"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2020-21Junior

    5'8"
  • 2021-22Senior

    5'8"