Maya Barnard

Photo by: Eldon Lindsay/Cornell Athletics

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wellesley, Mass.
High School:
Wellesley

2021-22: CRCA Scholar-Athlete … Second Team All-Ivy … Coxed the Varsity 8 crew for the entire season … Helped the top boat finish sixth at the NCAA Championship … Coxed the V8 to second at the Ivy League Championship for All-Ivy laurels … Coxed the V8 to first at the Eastern Sprints … Helped the top boat to wins over Cornell and Dartmouth (Apr. 23), Radcliffe (Apr. 3), and Ohio State (Mar. 26).

2020-21: Earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors … Served as the coxswain for the second varsity eight in all six races … Helped the second varsity eight place seventh at the NCAA Championships (May 28-30) … Aided the Bears to finish eighth as a team at NCAAs … Helped the second varsity eight post a 14-4 record on the year.

2019-20: Earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors … Coxed the C varsity eight at the Princeton Chase (Oct. 27), placing 11^th out of 47 entries … Spring season canceled due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

2018-19: Coxed the B varsity four for the majority of the season … Placed third with the B varsity four at the Ivy League Championship … Helped Brown place second as a team at the Ivy League Championship … Aided the B varsity four to an 8-4 record on the year.

Before Brown: Won the U19 women’s eight at Canadian Henley in 2017 … Placed fifth in the U19 women’s eight at Club Nationals in 2017 … Came in sixth with the U19 women’s eight and U17 women’s four at Canadian Henley in 2016 … Served as a captain as a senior … Competed for head coach Skye Elliot … Raced with Community Rowing, Inc. … National Honor Society student.

Personal: Maya is the daughter of Sonoko and David Barnard … Has two older siblings, William and Lauren; Lauren is a member of the Princeton women’s crew Class of 2019 … Economics concentrator.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because of its combination of academic and athletic excellence, and the legacy it has maintained in the world of collegiate women’s rowing.”