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2026-27 MIT Women's Openweight Crew Roster

Kayla Liu

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • High School Manhasset
  • Hometown Manhasset, N.Y.
  • Major Computation and Cognition

Biography

Accolades:

  • 2x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25)
  • 2024-25 CRCA Scholar-Athlete
  • Honorable Mention Patriot League Boat of the Week (April 24, 2024)

2025-26:

  • Coxswain for the 8 B at the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta, finishing 6th of 25
  • Coxswain for the Club Eights MIT "B" at the Head Of The Charles that finished 21st of 43
  • Won bronze in the 2V Eight 8- MIT “A” at the Head of the Fish Regatta as the Coxswain
  • Coxswain for the Varsity 8+ that defeated Coast Guard on March 21st
  • Coxswain for the Second Varsity 2V8+ vs. Bucknell and Holy Cross on March 28th
  • Coxswain for the Second Varsity 2V8+ vs. Boston College, Holy Cross, Sacred Heart, UConn, and UMass on April 18th
  • Coxswain for the Second Varsity 2V8+ vs. Bates on April 25th
  • Helped the 2V8+ reach the Grand Final at the New England Rowing Championships on May 2nd, as the Coxswain
  • Won the Petite Final with the Second Varsity 2V8+ at the Patriot League Championship on May 15th, as the Coxswain

2024-25:

  • Appeared in ten events
  • Was the #5 seat of the V8+ at the Patriot League Championships, placing 2nd in the grand final

2023-24:

  • Appeared in eight events, all as the coxswain
  • Finished 20th in the Collegiate 2V8+ (4V) at the Head of the Fish (10/28)
  • Finished second in their heat in the V4+ at the Knecht Cup (4/14)
  • Finished first in the V4+ at the Holy Cross Invite (4/20)
  • Finished second in the in the V4+ Grand Final at the New England Rowing Championship (5/4)
  • Finished third in the V4+ at the Patriot League Championship (5/17)

Before MIT:

  • Team captain and varsity letterwinner for crew
  • 2022 Coxswain of the Year
  • Placed second at the 2022 NY State Championships
  • Placed seventh at the 2022 SRAA National Championships Regatta (2022)
  • Placed fifth scholastically at the 2021 Head of the Charles
  • Was a member and varsity letterwinner for softball
  • Was a member of the tennis team
  • Member of the National, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English, Spanish, and Tri-M Music Honor Societies
  • Mathematics National Honor Society President
  • Vice President of the National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Student government, and coding Club
  • Science Olympiad Captain
  • Green Club Secretary (11)
  • Science Research
  • Astronomy Club and Key Club
  • Peer Responder Mentor Program
  • High Honor Roll
  • President's Volunteer Service Award
  • SCOPE Scholarship
  • Top 20
  • Service and Citizenship Award
  • High honors in math and science
  • Honors in computer science
  • Superintendent letter of recognition
Personal:
  • Weill Cornell Medical Center Neurosurgery Research Student
  • Cajal Institute (Madrid, Spain)
  • UROP in the Anderson Lab at the Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research
  • Favorite Sports Memory: "Team Trips to Wegmans during Regattas"

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    5'2"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2025-26Junior

    5'3"
  • 2026-27Senior

    5'3"