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2026-27 MIT Women's Openweight Crew Roster

Marina Awad

  • Height 5-6
  • Class First Year
  • High School Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
  • Hometown Birmingham, Mich.
  • Major Computation and Cognition

Biography

Before MIT:
  • Varsity Rowing Captain (4 years, 7 seasons plus club in the summer) Second Place in Varsity Women's 1- at Kensington Sprints
  • Mitten Racing Series #2 Second place in the Varsity Women's 1x at Midwest Rowing Scholastic Champions
  • First Cranbrook female and second Cranbrook student to qualify for SRAA Nationals (Scholastic Rowing National Championship Regatta)
  • Third place in the Varsity Women's 1x at Laddie Cup
  • 1st in Varsity Women's 1x at Arctic Classic Regatta
  • 5th in Varsity Women's 1x at Michigan State Championships 2026
  • Offered USRowing Youth Nationals Bid for Women's Varsity 1x-
  • Qualified for SRAA Nationals Final (3rd in Women's Varsity 1x heat 2 and 5th overall)
  • 6th in Women's Varsity 1x at SRAA Nationals Varsity Swim (1 season)
Personal:
  • Born in Michigan
  • Has two younger siblings
  • Enjoys cross-training: is a runner (competed in half marathon, 10k, and several 5k's) and triathlete (competed in Olympic and Sprint Distances, qualified for USA Triathlon Nationals, hoping to gradually work up to completing an Ironman 140.6)
  • Is Coptic and dedicated to serving this underrepresented community through service trips and research
Why MIT?
  • "I chose MIT because of the unique combination of an endlessly supportive/collaborative culture and a student body wholly dedicated to pushing their limits in all aspects of life."