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.”