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2019-20 MIT Women's Lightweight Crew Roster

Eileen Hu

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School West Windsor-Plainsboro South
  • Hometown West Windsor, N.J.
  • Major Computer Science and Molecular Biology

Biography

2019-20: [COMPLETE RESULTS]
- Competed in one fall regatta before the spring season was cancelled
- Rowed in the No. 3 seat of the V8 boat that won at the CRI Classic

2018-19: [COMPLETE RESULTS]
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- IRA All-Academic Team
- Competed in all seven regattas
- Was in the No. 1 seat of the Lightweight 4 at the Dad Vail Regatta and the Varsity 4 at the IRA National Championship

2017-18: [COMPLETE RESULTS]
- CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
- IRA All-Academic Team
- Competed in eight regattas
- Was in the #4 seat of the V4 at the Head of the Charles that finished seventh of 11
- Was in the #3 seat of the V8 at the Foot of the Charles
- Rowed in the 2V8 boat three times
- At the Knecht Cup, she was in the #2 seat of the V4 that won the Petite Final
- Competed in the #2 seat of the V4 that was sixth in their heat at the IRA National Championship

2016-17: [COMPLETE RESULTS]
- Appeared in all eight regattas as a freshman, making her debut at the Head of the Charles on 10/23 as the #1 seat of the V4 that finished third of 11
- Rowed in the #6 seat of the second V8 in five races, while also rowing in the #2 seat the Knecht Cup in the V4
- Was also in the #2 seat of the lightweight 4 that was third in the grand final at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/12-13) and in the #4 seat of the V4 that placed fourth at the IRA National Championship

Off the Water at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science and molecular biology with a concentration in literature
- Member of the Literary Society
- Secretary of the MIT Science Fiction Society
- Science Team Intern at DNAnexus... Intern with SysBio Group at the Polytechnic University of Turin
- Computational biology UROP with Regev Lab
- Research with the Christopher Ott Lab at MGH
- Synthetic Biology UROP with the Weiss Lab

Prior to MIT:
- Member of the Mercer Junior Rowing Club
- 2015 Youth Nationals bronze in lightweight 8
- 2015 Royal Canadian Henley gold in U23 lightweight 8
- 2015 Head of the Charles bronze in youth varsity 8
- 2016 Youth Nationals eighth in lightweight 4+
- Member of the Math Honors Society
- National AP Scholar
- Spanish Department Award winner and a High Honors student

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    5'6"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'7"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'6"