Danielle Kahan

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

2020-21: Earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors … Coxed the A varsity four in all six races … Helped the A varsity four place 12^th at the NCAA Championships (May 28-30) and the Bears finish eighth as a team at NCAAs.

2019-20: Earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors … Coxed the championship four to a second-place finish at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 20) … Coxed the B varsity eight to finish seventh out of 47 entries at the Princeton Chase (Oct. 27) … Spring season canceled due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

2018-19: Earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors … Coxed the A varsity four in all 13 races … Placed second with the A varsity four at the Ivy League Championship and eighth with the A varsity four at the NCAA Championships … Helped Brown place second as a team at the Ivy Championship and ninth as a team at the NCAA Championships … Aided the A varsity four to a 25-10 record on the year.

2017-18: Served as the coxswain for the B varsity four in all eight races … Earned a bronze medal with the B varsity four at the Ivy League Championship … Helped Brown place third as a team at the Ivy League Championship … Aided the B varsity four to an 11-8 overall record.

Before Brown: Coxed crew to a sixth-place finish in the Women’s Lightweight Four at the 2017 Youth National Championships … Won a gold medal at the 2016 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta … Earned program’s Unsung Hero Award … Competed for coaches Michael Baker and Paul Hoffman … Raced on the club level for Cambridge Boat Club … National Honor Society student.

Personal: Danielle is the daughter of Suzanne and Lloyd Kahan … Has one older sister, Jessica … Neuroscience concentrator.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown for its academic intensity and freedom and for the overall open-mindedness of the students on campus.”