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2022-23 MIT Women's Lightweight Crew Roster

Julia Van Cleef

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ormond Beach, Fla.
  • High School Spruce Creek
  • Major Chemical Engineering

Biography

2022-23:
- IRA All-Academic Team
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Competed in six regattas, including in three boats at the Knecht Cup
- Rowed in the No. 3 seat of the LW4 that finished second at the IRA National Championship and the LW4 that earned gold at the Dad Vail Regatta

2021-22:
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Competed in six regattas, with three in the No. 1 seat of the V8

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

2019-20:
- Competed in two fall regattas before the spring season was cancelled
- Was in the No. 2 seat of the V8 that won the CRI Classic and was in the No. 3 seat of the lightweight 8 that was eighth at the Head of the Charles

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Sunset/sunrise rows on the water with the team!

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Racing in my first collegiate spring regatta during my junior year

Off the River at MIT:
- Majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in computer science and a concentration in economics
- Summer Associate with Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Computational Immunology Discovery Team Intern at J&J
- Conducted research in the Galloway Lab related to implementing a multi-color microRNA based reporting system for use in cellular reprogramming
- President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) chapter at MIT
- Vice-President of Philanthropy for Alpha Chi Omega

High School:
- Varsity letter winner in crew as a senior
- Earned the Leadership Award as a senior
- Third place at the JV4+ FSRA Sweep Championships as a junior
- Member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and the Spanish Honor Society
- Spruce Creek Crew Club president
- Volunteer at middle school youth group 
- IB Diploma recipient
- National AP Scholar
- National Merit Scholar Finalist
- Foreign Langugage Student of the Year as a senior

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    5'5"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'5"
  • C

    2022-23Senior

    5'5"
    C