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2021-22 MIT Women's Lightweight Crew Roster

Isha Mehrotra

  • Height 4-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Saratoga, Calif.
  • High School Lynbrook
  • Major Biology

Biography

2021-22:
- Competed at three regattas as the coxswain
- Was the coxswain of the 2V4 at the Dad Vail

2020-21:
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2019-20:
- Did not compete in a regatta as the spring season was cancelled

2018-19:
- Was the coxswain in the Novice 4 boat at the Knecht Cup

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Coxing at the Knecht Cup

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Learning to row during the pandemic (As a coxswain I don't normally get to do this)

Off the River at MIT:
- Majoring in biology
- Summer intern at Gryphon Scientific through MIT Washington DC summer program
- Summer NIH intern at MGH
- Conducting microbiology research on Celiac Disease at the Fasano Lab at MGH
- 2021 Burchard Scholar
- 2021 PKG Social Impact Fellow
- Andy Grove Scholarship
- Boston Children’s Hospital Celiac Kids Connection (CKC) Board of Directors
- Harvard-MIT Coop Board of Directors
- Co-president of BUSA
- Maseeh Peer Mentor
- Maseeh 4 Floor Rep
- Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
- Instructor for GTL Wales 2021
- Participated in HST.434 in 2020
- Involved with DynaMIT and volunteering at MGH

High School:
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Vice-president of the Science Club
- Junior Service Leader at El Camino Hospital
- Published research paper in the Journal of Emerging Investigators
- Siemens competition semifinalist
- California State Science Fair 1st place
- First high schooler to present research at cell symposium

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    4'11"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    4'11"
  • 2020-21Junior

    4'11"
  • 2021-22Senior

    4'11"