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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2020-21 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Joanna Kennedy

  • Height 5-4
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Wellesley, Mass.
  • High School Wellesley
  • Event Sprints, Jumps
  • Major Computer Science and Molecular Biology

Biography

Off the Track at MIT: Majoring in computer science and molecular biology.

High School: Four-time letter winner in both indoor and outdoor track and field, along with twice in soccer, at Wellesley High School... Was a long jumper and sprinter... Holds the Wellesley school record in the long jump... Four-time Bay State Conference All-Star... Won the Perseverance Award in March 2018... Metrowest Daily News All-Star in 2018... Wellesley Townsman Athlete of the Week in March 2017... 2017 Boston Herald All-Scholastic... 2017 Boston Globe All-Scholastic... Most Improved Award winner in June 2016... Indoor and outdoor track and field captain in 2017-18... Intern in a bioinformatics lab at the University of Connecticut in 2018... Intern in a robotics lab at Olin College in 2017... Computer Programming Junior Instructor at the Wellesley STEM Expo in Spring 2016... Participated in Girls Who Code (Wellesley Chapter) in 2017... TOPSoccer and TOPS Basketball Youth Instructor from 2012-2018... St. Paul Church Youth Choir from 2013-2018... BAYS Youth Soccer referee from 2013-2015... St. Paul Church Youth Lector from 2010-2018... Volunteer at St. Paul Church and soup kitchens... Volunteered at the Head of the Charles Regatta from 2010-2018... High honors student... Won the Massachusetts Scholastic Art and Writing Awards... Won the 2016 Silver Key Writing Award.... Received the 2017 Brown University Book Award and the 2018 Ronald Tiberio Book Award (Mathematics).

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Jumps
    5'4"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Sprints, Jumps
    5'4"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Sprints, Jumps
    5'4"