Maria Kent Season 2018-19

Career Accolades

• CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2020)
• Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team (2019)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020)

As a Junior (2019-20)

• USRowing under-23 team selection camp
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Most of season canceled

As a Sophomore (2018-19)

• Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
• Member of the varsity eight, which placed fourth at NCAA Championships and second at Pac-12 Championships

As a Freshman (2017-18)

• Member of the varsity eight, which placed third at Pac-12 Championships

Prior to Stanford 

• 2017 graduate of Oak Park (Ill.) and River Forest High School
• Competed for the Chicago Rowing Foundation club program for three years
• Guided her club boat to a top-two finish at the Midwest Regional Championship regatta three times (2015-17)
• Captured gold in the Novice A Eight in 2014 and led the varsity eight to second-place finishes in 2015 and 2016
• Varsity eight placed fifth at the Youth Nationals last spin 2016
• Played for the Oak Park and River Forest High basketball team for two seasons
• Led Huskies in scoring and rebounding both seasons

Personal

• Born in Oak Park, Ill.
• Daughter of Bob Kent and Marian Sassaetti
• Parents both attended graduate school at Stanford
• Has triplet older brothers (Joe, Alex and Dan)
• Father and grandfather on father's side played football at Princeton
• Grandfather on mother’s side played football at St. Mary’s University
• Brother, Joe, played lacrosse at Tufts

Why Maria Kent Chose Stanford

• “I knew I wanted to come to Stanford after observing a sunny and very tough Saturday morning practice during which one of the rowers stood up in the boat and recited poetry as the sun was rising. I understood then that Stanford is a place committed to widespread growth through community that I hadn't seen the likes of anywhere else.”