With Stanford Men's Rowing
Career Highlights
- IRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2022)
As a Junior (2021-22)
- IRCA Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Coxed the Cardinal’s varsity eight boat that competed in a dual at Washington
- Coxed the varsity eight boat that topped Northeastern and Wisconsin and fell to Syracuse at the Pac-12 Invitational
- Coxed the varsity eight boat that bested Oregon State at the Collegiate Covered Bridge Regatta
- Coxed Stanford’s varsity eight boat that earned a third-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships
- Coxed the Cardinal’s varsity eight boat to a 13th-place finish at the 2022 IRA Championships
With Stanford Women's Rowing
Career Highlights
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021)
As a Sophomore (2020-21)
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Coxswain with the third varsity in a win over UCLA in Los Angeles
- Coxswain with the men’s varsity eight at the IRA Championships, helping Stanford finish fifth.
As a Freshman (2019-20)
- Most of season canceled
Prior to Stanford
- Los Gatos Rowing Club varsity captain from 2017-19
- 11th at USRowing Youth Nationals in the WLTWT4+ in 2019
- 35th at HOCR in the WV8+ in 2018
- Sixth in the Southwest region in the WV4+ in 2017
- Won the LGRC Adam Brown Memorial Award in 2019, for achievement in community service, team spirit, and academic excellence
Personal
- Parents are Scott David and Shelley Lee Smyers
- Brother is Connor
- Speaks French.
- Plays the flute
- In high school, founded a tutoring business with four classmates and raised over $3,000 for the “I Have a Dream” Foundation
Why Elysia Smyers Chose Stanford
- "As soon as I stepped onto the Stanford campus on my visit, I fell in love with the people, environment, and culture. Stanford simply has everything I was looking for academically and athletically, and I couldn’t be more excited, honored, and proud to be representing Stanford women’s crew."