Isabel Wilkowski

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Greenwich, Conn.
High School:
Greenwich

2023-24: Raced with the B4 throughout the season and helped the crew finish first at the Eastern Sprints (May 5) and third at the Ivy League Championships (May 18) … Helped the B4 take wins at the Ivy Invite (Apr. 12-13), the B1G Invitational (Apr. 19-20), and at Cornell (Apr. 27).

2022-23: Raced with the first varsity eight for the entire spring season ... Helped the 1V8 finish first at Eastern Sprints and advance to the Grand Final at the Ivy League Championship ... Defeated Michigan, Ohio State, Duke and Rutgers at the Big Ten Invite ... Won each race at the Ivy League Championship.

2021-22: Rowed with the B4 in most races in the spring with one race on both the A4 and 2V8 boat … Helped the B4 crew finish first at the Eastern Sprints and second at the Ivy League Championship … Helped the B4 to the win over Radcliffe (Apr. 3) and raced with the crew at the B1G Invitational … Helped the A4 to the win over Cornell and Dartmouth (Apr. 23) … Rowed with the 2V in the season-opener against Princeton and Ohio State (Mar. 26), taking the win over the Tigers and Buckeyes.

2020-21: Did not compete.

2019-20: Raced with 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).

Before Brown: Placed second with the first varsity eight at the USRowing Youth National Championships as a junior and senior … Won gold with the first varsity eight at the Northeast Regional Championships in 2018 and 2019 … Stroked the 1V8 to a second-place finish at the Head of the Charles in 2017 and 2018 … Placed second with the coxless four at the 2018 USRowing Club National Championships; came in third with the U19 pair … Took third in the U17 eight at the 2017 Club National Championships … Finished first in the lightweight eight at the 2017 Northeast Regional Championships … Won team’s Most Valuable Rower award in 2019 … captained team as a senior … Earned the Most Improved Rower Award in 2017 … Rowed for coaches Heidi Hunsberger and Catherine Starr ’05 … Competed on the club level for Greenwich Crew … National Honor Society student.

Personal: Isabel is the daughter of Ana and Todd Wilkowski; Todd played football at Ithaca College … Has three siblings, Alex, Darin, and Brooke … Plans to concentrate in Economics.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because it not only had what I wanted academically, where I can choose a mix of different courses to completely prepare myself for life outside of college, but it also had what I wanted in terms of rowing, a team that pushes one another to their limits and fully demonstrates the meaning of hard work, ambition, and determination.”