Career Accolades

  • Two-time WIRA Varsity 8+ champion (2023, 2024)
  • Three-time CRCA National Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Two-time IRA All-Academic (2022, 2023)

As a Senior (2023-24)

  • WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
  • CRCA National Scholar Athlete
  • Rowed in all three boats over the course of the season
  • Finished with the second-fastest time in the double at the Head of the America regatta
  • Appeared in six competitions for the Cardinal

As a Junior (2022-23)

  • Rowed in the No. 2 seat on the Varsity 8+ boat that placed second at the IRA Championships
  • WIRA champion in the Varsity 8+ in the No. 2 seat
  • CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
  • IRA All-Academic

As a Sophomore (2021-22)

  • CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
  • IRA All-Academic squad
  • 3 seat in the Cardinal’s V8 boat that competed at the San Diego Crew Classic to open the season
  • Rowed in the 3 seat of Stanford’s varsity eight boat that captured the Danielle Kousoulis Memorial Trophy at The Knecht Cup
  • Competed in the 2 seat of Stanford’s V8 boat in a dual with No. 1 Princeton
  • Rowed in both the 2 seat of the varsity eight and the bow seat of the 2x in the Cardinal’s dual regatta with No. 6 Wisconsin
  • Led Stanford’s varsity eight boat to a third-place finish at the 2022 IRA Championships in the 2 seat

As a Freshman (2020-21)

  • Rowed in 2 seat in opener against Saint Mary’s and San Diego, also rowed in the bow in the varsity four against the Gaels
  • 2 seat at the Big Row in the lightweight team’s win over Cal’s openweight 4V8
  • Helped Stanford to a sweep of UC San Diego, rowing in the bow of the double
  • Finished second in the double at the IRA Championships, rowing as the bow

Prior to Stanford

  • Won the youth 4+ at the 2018 New England junior and high school championships
  • Eighth in the youth 4+ at the 2018 Head of the Charles
  • Won the youth lightweight 4+ and was second in the youth 4+ at the 2018 Textile River Regatta
  • Third in the under-19 8+ at the 2019 Canadian Henley with the Cambridge Boat Club
  • Fourth in the U17 4x and sixth in the lightweight 4x at 2017 Club Nationals for the Charles River Scullers
  • A 2019 graduate of The Winsor School in Boston
  • Captained Winsor's rowing team as a senior
  • Awarded Winsor's Crew Cup for dedication and contributions to the team
  • Helped Winsor capture two New England Interscholastic Rowing Association championships, in 2016 and 2017
  • Played two seasons of varsity basketball at Winsor

Personal

  • Parents are Jon and Mary Chen
  • Has two siblings, Jarrett and Jayden
  • Grandfather played basketball at Tunghai University in Taiwan
  • Born in Los Angeles
  • Headed Winsor's Model U.N. and was recognized at the top delegate in the Commission on the Status of Women committee at National High School Model U.N.
  • Music director for 'Jockapella,' a student-led singing group for student-athletes at Winsor.
  • Sports editor for Winsor's school newspaper 
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2021-22
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2022-23