Career Accolades

  • Two-time IRA All-Academic (2018-19)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team (2019)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic (2018)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020)

As a Senior (2019-20)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Season canceled

As a Junior (2018-19)

  • IRA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team
  • Member of the Second Varsity Eight, which raced at the IRA Championships

As a Sophomore (2017-18)

  • IRA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 All-Academic
  • Member of Second Varsity Eight, primarily rowed in the four-seat
  • Second Varsity Eight finished 3rd at Pac-12 Championships 

As a Freshman (2016-17)

  • Member of the Third Varsity Eight, primarily rowed in the two-seat
  • Competed in the Third Varsity Eight that finished fourth in the third-level final at the IRA Championships
  • Rowed in the Third Varsity Eight that placed fourth in the Pac-12 Championships

Prior to Stanford 

  • 2016 graduate of Petaluma High School
  • Three-year captain of the rowing team
  • Member of the North Bay Rowing Club for four years (2013-16)
  • Represented North Bay Rowing Club in the pair at the 2016 Youth Nationals
  • Voted the “Golden Narwhal” Outstanding Athlete as a senior in 2016
  • Named Petaluma’s Most Improved Oarsmen in 2014 and 2015
  • Also competed in football for the Trojans

Personal

  • Native of Petaluma, Calif.
  • Son of Amy and Suzanne Cardiff
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2016-17
Port/Starboard
6-3 / 190 lbs
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2018-19
Port/Starboard
6-3 / 190 lbs
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2019-20
Port
6-3 / 190 lbs