Ellie Knight

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Washington, D.C.
High School:
National Cathedral School

2025-26: Stroked the A4 to a third place finish in the Petite Final at the NCAA Championships (May 29-31) … Rowed with the Third Varsity Eight in a first place finish in the Grand Final the the Ivy Championships (May 16-17) … Rowed with the B4 in a fourth place finish in the Grand Final at the Women’s Sprints (May 3) … Stroked the B4 against No. 6 Princeton (Mar. 28) … Rowed with the A4 in a win against No. 23 Dartmouth (Apr 4) … Rowed with the B4 in a victory against Columbia and Boston University (Apr. 12) … Rowed with the A4 in a win against Cornell (Apr. 25).

2024-25: Raced with the Third Varsity and B4 crews over the course of the season ... Helped the B4 earn a second place finish at the Eastern Sprints (May 4) and third at the Ivy Championships (May 17-18) ... Raced with the 3V8 in victories against Penn (Apr. 5) and Cornell (Apr. 25) ... Raced with the 3V8 against Princeton (Mar. 29).

2023-24: Primarily raced with the A4 and B4 crews throughout the season … Helped the A4 finish eighth at the NCAA Championships and third at the Ivy League Championships (May 18) … Stroked the B4 to a first-place finish at the Eastern Sprints (May 5) … Stroked the B4 to wins at the Ivy Invite (Apr. 12-13), the B1G Invitational (Apr. 19-20), and against Cornell (Apr. 27).

2022-23: Rowed with the B4 for majority of the spring season ... Helped the B4 to silver at Eastern Sprints and Bronze at the Ivy League Championships.

BEFORE BROWN: Rowed at the National Cathedral School in Washington D.C. … Team captain and All-Metropolitan First Team as a senior in 2022 … Two-time team MVP (2019, 2022) … Also rowed with TBC Racing … Captured the 2019 Stotesbury gold medal.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Nina Schou and Sherman Knight … Father rowed at Stanford … Has one sister, Anna … Chose Brown for the welcoming and collaborative environment and the strong athletics.