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2020-21 MIT Women's Lightweight Crew Roster

Sophie Herscovici

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Brookline
  • Hometown Brookline, Mass.
  • Major Economics

Biography

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

2019-20: [COMPLETE RESULTS]
- Competed in two fall regattas before the spring season was cancelled
- Was in the No. 7 seat of the V8 that won at the CRI Classic
- Rowed in the No. 5 spot for the lightweight 8 that finished eighth at the Head of the Charles

2018-19: [COMPLETE RESULTS]
- CRCA Scholar-Athlete
- IRA All-Academic Team 
- Competed in six regattas, including five in the V8
- Also rowed once in the V4 and once in the V8 Open
- Was in the No. 1 seat of the V8 at the IRA National Championship and the No. 3 seat of the V8 at the Knecht Cup that finished second in the Petite Final

2017-18: [COMPLETE RESULTS]
- Competed in eight regattas
- Made her debut at the Head of the Charles in the 2V4 that finished eighth
- Was in the V8 that defeated Simmons and Bates as she was in the #3 seat
- Was in the #3 seat vs. Wellesley, Williams and William Smith
- Rowed in the #3 seat at the Knecht Cup, placing sixth in the Grand Final in 6:56.54
- At the Dad Vail, her pairs boat was third in the A final to earn the bronze medal
- Finished fourth in the repechage in the 2x competition at the IRA National Championship

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Medalling at Dad Vails in the 2x during freshman year

Off the Water at MIT:
- Majoring in economics
- Summer intern at Keolis Commuter Services
- Interned at BCG Chicago
- UROP in CAMS Lab
- ESG Math TA

High School:
- Three-year letter winner and team captain in 2016-17 at Brookline High School
- Stroked the Varsity 8 to wins at the Q Cup and Exeter Invite, along with a runner-up showing at the 2017 Massachusetts Public School States
- Also earned the silver in the lightweight single at the 2017 Northeast Regionals
- Rowed for Riverside Boat Club
- 2017 MVP
- 2016 Coach's Award winner
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Research assistant in Lyman Physics Lab at Harvard University
- National Merith Commended Scholar
- Received the Society of Women Engineers High Honor Award, the Sumner Shikes Memorial Award and the 2014 Scholastic Art Silver Key

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    5'6"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'6"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'6"