Kaitlyn Kynast Season 2021-22

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 Champions- Team (2022)
• Pac-12 Champion- Varsity Eight (2022)
• Two-time NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Team (2021, 2022)
• Two-time NCAA Championship Runner-Up- Varsity Eight (2021, 2022)
• Three-time CRCA First-Team All-American (2018, 2019, 2021)
• Pocock Racing Shells Second Team All-American (2022)
• CRCA All-America nominee (2020)
• CRCA National Scholar Athlete (2021)
• Pac-12 All-Academic (2019)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)

As a Fifth Year (2021-22) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team, Varsity Eight) • Pac-12 Champion (Team, Varsity Eight)

• 2022 Pocock Racing Shells Second Team All-American
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Rowed in the 5 seat with the second varsity eight in a win (did not race Sunday) over USC, Penn and SMU at the Pac-12 Invite
• Rowed in the 5 seat with the second varsity eight in two top finishes (did not race Fri. PM) at the Big-10 Invite
• Helped team and varsity eight to a conference title at the Pac-12 Championships, the Cardinal’s first since 2014, as the 4 seat
• Aided the Cardinal team and varsity eight to a silver-medal finish at the NCAA Championships as the 4 seat

As a Senior (2020-21) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team, Varsity Eight)

• All-America first team
• CRCA National Scholar Athlete
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
• Rowed in the 6 seat with the varsity eight in a sweep over Cal at the Big Row
• Rowed in the 6 seat with the varsity eight in wins over USC and UCLA in Los Angeles
• Helped team & varsity eight to second place at Pac-12s as the 5 seat
• 5 seat with second-place varsity eight at NCAAs, helping Stanford take second place overall

As a Junior (2019-20)

• USRowing under-23 team selection camp
• CRCA All-America nominee
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Placed third overall and first among collegiate teams in the championship eights at the Head of the Charles
• Most of season canceled

As a Sophomore (2018-19)

• CRCA All-America First Team
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Member of the varsity eight, which placed fourth at NCAA Championships and second at Pac-12 Championships

As a Freshman (2017-18)

• CRCA All-America Second Team
• Member of the varsity eight, which placed fourth at NCAA Championships

International Competition

• Won bronze at the U23 World Championships for the U.S. in the Eights
• Member of the U.S. junior national team, where she led U.S. to gold medal in the straight four in the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Won a bronze medal in the pair at the 2016 World Rowing Junior Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• Captured a bronze in the straight four at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships in Trakai, Lithuania

Prior to Stanford 

• 2017 graduate of Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, Conn.
• Rowed for the Connecticut Boat Club for four years (2014-17)
• Two-year captain of the rowing team (2016-17)
• Guided the pair to a gold medal and the varsity eight to a bronze at the 2016 Junior Nationals and a gold medal in the double at the 2017 Junior Nationals
• Placed fourth at the C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints in 2016 and won the event in 2017
• Three-sport standout for the Ridgefield varsity basketball, lacrosse and volleyball teams as a freshman 

Personal

• Born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Daughter of Bill and Nicole Kynast
• Has two siblings, Megan and Gus