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2016-17 MIT Women's Openweight Crew Roster

Maria Messick

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Washington, D.C.
  • High School National Cathedral School
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

2016-17: CRCA Scholar Athlete... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll... Competed in eight events, including two in the V4 and seven in the #6 seat of the V8... Her V8 boat won the George Washington Invitational and was sixth in the grand final at Eastern Sprints on 4/30... Finished third in the grand final at the Patriot League Championship on 5/12. [SEASON RESULTS]

2015-16: Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … CRCA Scholar Athlete … appeared in seven events with the V8, six in the #6 seat … placed third in the grand finals of the Patriot League Championship (5/13) … finished third in the petite finals of the EAWRC Sprints (5/1). [SEASON RESULTS]

2014-15: Starter in the six seat of the V8 boat as a sophomore … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … CRCA Scholar Athlete … raced in all eight events for the Engineers … started the season with the Championship 8 entry at the Head of the Charles (10/19) … saw action at the Princeton Chase (10/26) and the Foot of the Charles (11/15) … started the spring season with the Engineers in the four seat against Boston College, Dartmouth, and UMass (4/4) … moved back to the six position at the George Washington Invitational (4/10), at Holy Cross/Rutgers (4/25), and at the EAWRC Sprints (4/25) … concluded the year helping the Engineers reach the grand final at the Patriot League Championships (5/15).

2013-14: Patriot League Academic Honor Roll  … started the fall season in the five seat of the A8 crew at the Foot of the Charles (11/16) …  started the spring season in the four seat of the V8 crew against Boston College (4/5) … moved to the six seat for the next four races … helped the crew to wins over Rutgers (4/6), St. Joseph’s (4/11) and George Washington (4/12) … finished the season back in the four position … helped the Engineers to a third-place finish and a fourth-place overall in the final team standings at the Patriot League Championships (5/16).

Off the Water at MIT: Majoring in computer science … minor in economics … intern at the American Enterprise Institute … research with a reversible algorithm compiler in CSAIL … Sigma Kappa... Team captain.

High School: A 2013 graduate of the National Cathedral School … 2012 Scholastic National Champion … Gold Medalists at Scholastic Nationals 2012 … Silver Medalists Stotesbury Regatta 2012 and 2013 … Silver Medalists VASRA 2012 and 2013 … fourth-place Scholastic Nationals 2013 … third at Mid-Atlantic Erg Sprints 2013 … also lettered in basketball … also ran cross country … Cum Laude … National Merit Scholar … Peer Leader … Model UN … HIE (literary magazine) … Photo Editor for school newspaper.

Club: Rowed with the TBC Club.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14First Year

    6'"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    6'"
  • 2015-16Junior

    6'"
  • 2016-17Senior

    6'1"