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2024-25 MIT Women's Openweight Crew Roster

Emma Cox

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown McLean, Va.
  • High School Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Biography

Accolades: 
- Patriot League Boat of the Week Honorable Mention (2V8+) (April 17, 2024) 
- Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2023-24) 

2023-24: 
- Appeared in nine events 
- Was the #4 seat of the Club 8+ “B” that finished ninth at the Head of the Charles (10/21)   
- Was the #8 seat of the Collegiate 2V8+ (2V) that finished first at the Head of the Fish (10/28)  
- Was the #2 seat of the 2V8+ that finished first at the Knecht Cup (4/14)   
- Was the #2 seat of the 2V8+ that finished first at the Holy Cross Invite (4/20)   
- Was the #2 seat of the 2V8+ that finished first in the Grand Final at the New England Rowing Championship (5/4)   
- Was the #2 seat of the 2V8+ that finished second at the Patriot League Championship (5/17)

Favorite Sports Memory 
- I love spending time with my teammates during regattas, especially when we get to travel for competitions!

Off the Water at MIT: 
- Majoring in Computation and Cognition

High School: 
- Two-year caption and four-time varsity letterwinner for crew
- Two-time varsity letterwinner for wrestling
- Team MVP 
- Varsity letterwinner for basketball 
- USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll 
- 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholar for Virginia 
- Science Olympiad co-captain 
- Co-founder of WoFit (Women's Weightlifting Club) 
- Engineering intern at the Naval Research Lab 

Club: 
- Rowed for Potomac Boat Club 
- Fourth place in the Women's 4x at the 2023 USRowing Summer Youth Nationals 
- First place in the Women's 4x at the 2022 Head of the Occoquan 
- First place in the Mixed 2x at the 2022 Occoquan Chase Regatta 
- First place in the Mixed 2x at the 2023 Philadelphia Youth Regatta) 
- First Place in the 2k Relay at the 2023 ErgSprints 
- Second place in the Women's 20 Minute at the 2023 ErgSprints 

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    5'8"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'9"