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2022-23 MIT Women's Openweight Crew Roster

Ruth Shiferaw

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Boston Latin School
  • Hometown Roslindale, Mass.
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2022-23:
- Did not compete in a race

2021-22:
- Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- Was the coxswain in five different regattas
- Was the cox for both the 3V8 and V4 vs. Coast Guard
- Her 2V4 boat advanced to the Grand Final at the Knecht Cup

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Racing in the 2019 Head of the Charles

Off the River at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering
- UROP in GEAR Lab on prosthetic knees
- Assistant Music Director and Webmaster of the MIT Muses

High School:
- Won the Coaches Award
- Earned a varsity letter in 2017
- Class valedictorian
- Member of the National Honor Society and the National Latin Honor Society
- Honor Roll student
- Co-President of FemInSTEM
- Co-President of the German Club
- Topol Fellow for Peace and Non-Violence
- Youth Ambassador for Boston's Mayor Youth Council

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    5'3"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'3"