Crew
Crew is the Institute’s only declared Division I sport. MIT rowers compete in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges against the best collegiate rowers in the country — teams like Harvard and Princeton, who heavily recruit students from high school rowing teams.
Building winning teams certainly requires good athletes, but at MIT, “walk-on” development is at the core of the program. About 100 first-year students join annually, spending hours each week on the river, pushing themselves physically, learning discipline and focus, and making lifelong friends.
Building competitive and winning teams also requires strong coaching. Freshman/novice coaches train and mentor these students, encouraging them to surpass what they once believed were their physical limits. Only recently have freshman/novice coach positions become full-time; now, before the change can become permanent, the challenge is to fund them.
MIT’s current priorities for crew are to —
- Support full-time freshman/novice coaches in their attempts to attract, mentor, and train current student athletes;
- enable coaches to recruit future MIT crew athletes; and
- strengthen the MIT crew program in general, building toward the talent level necessary to achieve competitive success.
To make an impact on the crew program at MIT, consider a gift to one of the funds listed below.
To discuss a special gift to MIT crew, please contact Theresa Lee, director of Alumni Fund leadership programs, at teejlee@mit.edu or 617.252.1491.
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