Alia Shafi

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lafayette, Calif.
High School:
Acalanes

2016-17: Served team as a co-captain … Spent time in the first varsity eight and second varsity eight … Won an Ivy League title with the second varsity eight … Placed fifth with the second varsity eight at the Ivy League Championship … Helped Brown finish first as a team at the Ivy League Championship and eighth as a team at the NCAA Championships.

2015-16: Gained Second Team All-Ivy accolades … Rowed with the first varsity eight for the majority of the season; competed with the second varsity eight at the NCAA Championships … Placed second with the first varsity eight at the Ivy Championship … Finished seventh, winning the petite final, with the second varsity eight at the NCAA Championships … Aided the first varsity eight to a 26-8 overall record … Helped Brown finish first at the Ivy Championship and sixth at the NCAA Championships as a team.

2014-15: Earned First Team All-Ivy honors … Rowed with the first varsity eight and second varsity eight … Won an Ivy title with the first varsity eight at the Ivy Championship … Came in first place in the petite final and seventh overall with the first varsity eight at the NCAA Championships … Helped the Bears come in third at the NCAA Championships and first at the Ivy Championship … Aided the first varsity eight to a 36-7 record and the second varsity eight to a 36-1 record … Rowed with the elite eight A at the Henley Women’s Regatta and the quad scull at the Henley Royal Regatta.

2013-14: Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Helped the first varsity eight come in second and the Bears come in third at the 2014 NCAA Championships … Aided the first varsity eight to a second-place finish and the Bears to the team trophy at the 2014 Ivy Championship … Placed fifth in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the U23 world championships in Varese, Italy.

Concentration: Health and Human Biology

Before Brown: A three-sport athlete at Acalanes High School ... Earned a varsity letter in soccer, cross country, and track ... Rowed for the Oakland Strokes Rowing Club ... Won a gold medal at the Head of the Charles in 2011 ... Won a gold medal in the varsity eight at the 2012 Youth National Championships after winning silver in the lightweight eight the year before ... Took first place in the varsity eight and the lightweight eight at the 2013 Southwest Regional Championships ... Won USRowing's Junior Rower of the Year award in 2012 ... Voted "Most Inspirational" by her Oakland Strokes teammates in 2012 and 2013.

Why Brown? "I was inspired by Brown's curriculum and the challenging independence the school gives you to create your education."