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2016-17 MIT Women's Lightweight Crew Roster

Priya Veeraraghavan

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Liberal Arts and Science Academy
  • Hometown Austin, Texas
  • Major Computational Biology

Biography

2016-17: IRA All-Academic Team... CRCA Scholar-Athlete... Competed in seven events as a member of the V8 boat... Was in the #8 seat at the Head of the Charles (10/23) where the team was third and Foot of the Charles (11/12) where it was 10th of 21... Was in the #4 seat for the rest of the season, including finishing third in the grand final at the Dad Vail Regatta and winning the petite final at the IRA National Championship. [COMPLETE RESULTS]

2015-16: CRCA Scholar Athlete … IRA All-Academic Team … appeared in 10 events, nine as the #8 seat of the V8 … claimed fifth place in the grand final of the IRA National Championship (6/5) … won the grand final of the Dad Vail Regatta (5/14) … placed second in the petite final of the Lightweight Invitational (4/17) … was third in the petite final of the Knecht Cup (4/10) … rowed in the #4 seat of the V4 that was fourth at the Knecht Cup (4/10). [COMPLETE BOATINGS]

2014-15: CRCA Scholar Athlete … IRA All-Academic … moved into the starting lineup as the stroke in the V8 boat as a sophomore … was in that position for the Head of the Charles (10/19) and the Foot of the Charles (11/15) in the fall season … started the spring season in the V8 boat in the eight seat at the San Diego Crew Classic (3/28) … moved to the three seat for the Knecht Cup (4/11), Wisconsin (4/18) and the Lightweight Invitational (4/19) …  moved back to the Varsity 8 for the final four races of the season, the Lightweight Invitational (4/19), Muri Cup (4/25), Dad Vail Regatta (5/8) and the IRA Championships (5/30) … helped the Engineers to a win at Dad Vail and to the petite finals at the IRAs.

2013-14: Started the season in the one seat of the Lightweight 8 entry at the Head of the Charles (10/20) … rowed in the two seat of the B4 boat at the Foot of the Charles (11/16) … started the spring season in the V8 boat in the one seat at the Beanpot (3/29) … moved to the stroke position for the remainder of the season … also rowed in the four seat of the V4A crew at the Knecht Cup (4/12) … helped the team to a win against Bucknell for the Dennis Kamrad Trophy at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/10) … also part of a crew that took first-place in the petite final at the IRA Championships (6/1), defeating crews from Georgetown and Tulsa.

Off The Water at MIT: Majoring in computational biology … minor in economics … Google Software Engineering Intern … research as a computationalist with the Chordoma Project at the Broad Institute (Schreiber Lab) … research with the Keating Lab at MIT … physics TA … Member of Alpha Phi... Carried out wet-lab experimental work and computational analyses in cancer cell lines at both Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute.

High School: A 2013 graduate of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy … five letters in rowing … US Rowing Scholastic Honor Roll (2012) … also lettered in cross country … Second-Place in District 26-4A Varsity Cross Country 2012 … National Honor Society … Vice President NHS … Vice President Student Senate … Associate Concert Master LBJ Orchestra … Valedictorian … National Merit Finalist/Scholarship … Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship.

Club: Also rowed with the Texas Rowing Center Juniors … 11th nationally Women's Youth 4x (2013) … 11th nationally Women's Ltwt Youth 4+ (2012) … Texas State Champions Women's Youth Ltwt 4+ (2013).

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2015-16Junior

    5'5"
  • 2016-17Senior

    5'5"