Career Highlights
- NCAA Runner-Up- Team (2026)
- NCAA Runner-Up- Varsity Eight (2026)
- ACC Champion- Team (2026)
- ACC Champion- Second Varsity Eight (2026)
- All-ACC Academic Rowing Team (2026)
As a Freshman (2025-26) • ACC Champion (Team, Second Varsity Eight) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team, Varsity Eight)
- All-ACC Academic Rowing Team
- Made her spring debut in the 2 seat of Stanford’s second varsity four at Tennessee, placing first
- Rowed the 4 seat as Stanford’s first varsity eight won Saturday morning at the Big Ten Invitational
- Helped the second varsity eight to first place during Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning competition at the Big Ten Invitational from the 4 seat
- Raced in the 4 seat of Stanford’s second varsity eight in a victory over Texas
- Defeated California in the 6 seat of Stanford’s first varsity eight
- Rowed the 6 seat as Stanford’s second varsity eight won the ACC Championship, guiding the Cardinal to its fifth consecutive team conference title
- Placed second in the 6 seat of Stanford’s varsity eight at the NCAA Championships
Prior to Stanford
- Graduate of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
- One-year team captain (2024-25) and four-year letterwinner for Sidwell Friends' girls' crew team
- Three-time medalist at VARSA Championships
- 2nd, V8+ (2025)
- 3rd, V4+ (2023)
- 2nd, Fr8+ (2022)
- Sidwell Friends' 2K record holder
- Three-time medalist at VARSA Championships
- Also competed for Sidwell Friends' girls' soccer team
- 2024-25 Varsity Soccer Team Captain
- 2024 AA Division All-Independent School League honoree
- 2021 DCSAA Soccer state Champion
- Recipient of Sidwell Friends School’s Fine Award for Leadership and Athletic Achievement
National Team
- Two-time United States U19 Team Member (2024, 2025)
- 1st, Women's Four, 2025 World Rowing U19 Championships
- 1st, Women's Eight, 2024 World Rowing U19 Championships
Personal
- Parents are Laura DeBonis and Scott Nathan
- Has one sibling, Asher
- Father, Scott, sailed collegiately at Harvard University
Why Lia Nathan Chose Stanford
- “I chose Stanford because I wanted to be a part of an excellent and successful rowing team while also being at an amazing university, with all that it has to offer academically and socially.”