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2024-25 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Aria Eppinger

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • High School Winchester Thurston
  • Event Distance Free
  • Major Computer Science and Molecular Biology

Biography

Accolades:
  • 3x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22)
2023-24:
  • Competed in nine meets during the season
  • Placed in the top 10 at seven meets
2022-23:
  • Took 8th in the 1650 at the MIT Invite
  • Swam lifetime bests in the 50 and 100 free at the BU Winter Open
2021-22:
  • Competed in seven events during the season

2020-21:

  • Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19

Before MIT

  • A 2020 graduate of Winchester Thurston High School
  • Earned four varsity letters in swimming and one in track and field
  • Western Pennsylvania Positive Athlete Award
  • Also swam for Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics (PEAQ at Pitt)
  • Cum Laude Society
  • Founder of the Winchester Thurston STEMinist Society
  • Editor-in-Chief of the Winchester Thurston Sigma (STEM Journal)
  • Assistant Coach of the Winchester Thurston MathCounts Team
  • 4th Grade Sunday School Teacher at St. Mary Magdalene Parish
  • City of Pittsburgh Proclamation (“Aria Eppinger Day,” December 20th)
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Advancement
  • Trib Total Media Outstanding Young Citizen Gold Medalist

Personal:

  • Major is Computer Science and Molecular Biology
  • UROP at MIT Teaching Systems Lab (created AI-based feedback systems to improve online learning and analyzed text responses using Natural Language Processing techniques)
  • UROP in the Kellis Lab (analyzed the molecular basis of inflammation-related diseases using single-cell RNA sequencing data)
  • Presented at the 2021 Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference and at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Freshman Outreach Chair of the Tech Catholic Community
  • Microbiome Club
  • Data Science Intern at 3M
  • Financial Operations Intern at D.E. Shaw Co.
  • President of the MIT Tech Catholic Community
  • Associate in the MIT Biotechnology Group
  • HKN Computer Science Honor Society
  • TBP Engineering Honor Society
  • Systems Engineering Intern at D.E. Shaw
  • MEng Thesis in the Laufenburger Lab

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student Athlete:

  • Learning to shoot free throws

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:

  • Swimming the mile and cheering for relays at the MIT Invite

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance Free
    5'6"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Distance Free
    5'6"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance Free
    5'6"
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Distance Free
    5'6"