Alex Kawaja

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Portola Valley Calif.
High School:
Woodside Priory School

Awards:
Eastern Sprints 3V Gold Medal (2026)
IRA 3V Bronze Medal (2026)
Eastern Sprints 3V Silver Medal (2025)
2x IRCA Scholar Athlete (2025, 2026)

20226: Raced with the 3V at every regatta … helped the 3V win gold at Eastern Sprints, which contributed to Princeton’s Rowe Cup championship … helped the 3V win bronze at the IRA National Championships … helped the 3V defeat Georgetown, La Salle, Temple, Navy, Penn, Stanford, Columbia, Yale and Cornell

2025: Helped the 3V win silver at Eastern Sprints … helped the 3V finish fifth in its Grand Final at IRAs … part of the 3V that defeated Navy, Yale, Cornell, La Salle, Georgetown and Temple

2024: Helped the 3V to a win over Drexel, Georgetown and Temple … Rowed in the 4V that defeated Navy and Cornell in the regular season … Led the 4V to a win in the Petite Final at Eastern Sprints … Rowed in the 4+ that won the Petite Final at IRAs.

Before Princeton:
Redwood Scullers: Set the club erg records in the 2K and 6K … Helped the team to gold at the 2023 Youth Nationals in the 2X … Earned silver in the 1x at the 2021 Head of the Charles and the 2x at the 2022 Head of the Charles … USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll … MVP in 2022 and 2023 … Woodside Priory School Math Award

Personal: Son of Emma Morton-Bours ’94 and Jonathan Kawaja ’94 … Father, Jonathan, rowed at Princeton … Uncle, James, rowed at UC Berkley.