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."
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2022-23