Nathan Phelps

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ridgefield, Conn.
High School:
St. Luke's School

Awards:
IRA 1V Bronze Medal (2023)
Eastern Sprints 1V Silver Medal (2023)
Eastern Sprints 4V Silver Medal (2019)
IRA First Team All-America (2023)
IRA All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023)

2023: Rowed on the 1V all season … Boat defeated No. 16 Drexel, No. 20 Temple, No. 22 Georgetown, won the Navy-Princeton Cup (No. 15 Navy), earned the Childs Cup at No. 14 Penn/No. 19 Columbia, secured the Compton Cup over No. 6 Harvard and corralled the Content Cup over No. 10 Brown … In the postseason, the 1V earned a silver medal at Eastern Sprints for the first time since 2016 and picked up a bronze medal at the IRAs for the first time since 2016.

2022: Raced on the 1V that took down Georgetown, Drexel, Temple and Navy … Helped the 2V secure the fifth at Easterns and eighth at the IRA National Championships.

2021: Did not race

2020: Season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019: Spent the season at 4V … Led 4V in victories over Navy, Columbia, Harvard and Brown … Helped the 4V to a silver medal at the Eastern Sprints.

Before Princeton — won gold in the 2018 Youth Nationals 4x … stroked the 4x at the Junior World Championships … won gold in the 2018 SDCC (4x), the 2017 Head of the Charles (4+) and the 2017 U19 Club Nationals (4x) … lettered in skiing, lacrosse and competed in rugby … recipient of the Most Improved Award and the Cole-Campbell-Walsh Award … earned Departmental Distinction in Design honor.

Personal — Son of Chris and Mary Hayes Phelps … has a younger brother Jack … enjoys photography and vinyl collecting … considering studying economics at Princeton.