Steve Swanson

Weight:
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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Vienna, Va.
High School:
James Madison

At Princeton — 2015: rowed in the 4 seat and helped the Princeton V8 earn bronze at the Eastern Sprints … reached IRA grand finals and finished fourth, one spot better than previous season … helped V8 repeat Goldthwait Cup win at Goldthwait Cup regatta and help team retain Vogel Cup … retained Fosburgh Cup, Murtaugh Cup and Wood-Hammond Cup … earned Academic All-IRA honors. 2014: led the 2V to a silver medal at the Eastern Sprints while rowing in the 5-seat … helped Princeton reclaim the Vogel Cup during annual H-Y-P regatta with win in the 3V.

Before Princeton — earned three varsity letters in crew at James Madison … competed in three Virginia state championships; won gold in novice eight (2009), silver in lightweight eight (2010) and placed fourth in lightweight four (2011) … competed in 2011 SRAA Nationals … earned a varsity letter in cross country … earned Excellence in Spanish, Chemistry, Physics, Multvar … Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award recipient … Optimist Club: Award of Excellence nomination … received a National Merit Scholarship.

Personal — born June 7, 1993 … son of Brad and Anne Stuntz; both parents are in the Princeton Class of 1976 … has an older brother, Jay Swanson, who was in the Class of 2011; also has an older brother Charlie … interested in physics, chemistry and robotics.