Elise Carman

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Cernex, France
High School:
Lowell (Calif.)

2020-21: Earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors … Raced with the first varsity eight and second varsity eight during the regular season; moved to the A varsity four for the NCAA Championships (May 28-30) … Helped the A varsity four place 12^th at NCAAs and the Bears finish eighth as a team at NCAAs.

2019-20: Placed seventh out of 47 entries with the B varsity eight at the Princeton Chase (Oct. 27) … Spring season canceled due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Before Brown: Won team’s Hammer Award for the best 2K time … Captured team’s Coaches Award in 2016 and 2019 … Rowed for head coach Emmie Koenig … Raced on the club level for Pacific Rowing Club … Also competed in fencing for head coach Yves Ghiai … Won the National AP Scholar Award.

Personal: Elise is the daughter of Isabelle and Eric Carman … Has two siblings, Juliette and Theodore … Grandfather Robert Carman competed in cross country and track & field at Carnegie Mellon University, won the U.S. title in the 30-kilometer race in 1960, and posted a seventh-place finish at the Boston Marathon in 1960 … Computer Science concentrator.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown for its incredible rowing program, the quality of its undergraduate professors, the open curriculum, the opportunity to take classes at RISD, and the school’s sense of community.”