Monika Sobieszek

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

2016-17: Garnered Second Team CRCA All-Region 1 accolades … Gained Second Team All-Ivy honors … Served team as a co-captain … Rowed with the first varsity eight for the majority of the season … Placed second with the first varsity eight at the Ivy League Championship … Came in eighth overall with the first varsity eight at the NCAA Championships … Helped Brown finish first as a team at the Ivy League Championship and eighth as a team at the NCAA Championships … Aided the first varsity eight to a 27-13 overall record … Competed at the World Rowing Championships for Poland’s U23 women’s coxless four in Rotterdam, Netherlands in August 2016.

2015-16: Garnered CRCA First Team All-America … Earned CRCA First Team All-Region 1 accolades … Gained Second Team All-Ivy honors … Raced with the first varsity eight in all 12 races … Placed second with the first varsity eight at the Ivy Championship … Finished fourth with the first 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 place 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 open eight at the Henley Royal Regatta.

2013-14: Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Helped the second varsity eight place sixth 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 … Represented Poland at the U23 world championships in Varese, Italy, finishing in fifth with the women’s eight.

Concentration: Economics

Before Brown: Competed for Community Rowing Inc. ... Took third place in the junior B eight at the 2011 Club Nationals ... Won a silver medal in the junior A eight at the 2012 Club Nationals ... Came in eighth in the youth women's eight at the 2012 Head of the Charles ... Earned second place in the women's varsity eight at the 2013 Saratoga Invitational ... Earned two varsity letters as a member of the swim team at Stoneham High School ... A member of the National Honor Society.

Why Brown? "I chose Brown because of the challenge it poses to me with its high academic standards and its successful women's rowing program."