Josh Yin

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
Laude Horton Watkins

Awards:
Eastern Sprints 4V Gold Medal (2026)
Eastern Sprints 3V Gold Medal (2024)
Eastern Sprints 3V Silver Medal (2025)
IRA 3V Silver Medal (2024)
2x IRCA Scholar Athlete (2025, 2026)

2026: Raced with the 4V at every regatta … helped the 4V win gold at Eastern Sprints … helped the 4V advance to its Grand Final at finish fifth at the IRA National Championships … part of wins over Temple, Navy, Columbia, Syracuse, Harvard, Yale and Brown

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, Georgetown, Temple, La Salle

2024: Saw action on the 3V that defeated Drexel, Georgetown, Temple, Navy, Penn and Brown … Helped the 4V beat Harvard, Cornell … Led the 3V to gold at Eastern Sprints, leading the Tigers to Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016 … Paced the 3V to silver at the IRA National Championships, the boat’s first medal since 2016, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta.

Before Princeton:
Saint Louis Rowing Club: Earned the 2022 and 2023 Midwest Championships in the 4+ and 8+ … Member of the Junior National Team in 2022 … MVP Varsity Award in 2020 … MVP Novice Award in 2019 … Latin Honor Society … National and Latin Honor Societies … National Latin Exam Recognition.

Personal: Son of Jodi and Eric Yin … Has two brothers, William and Michael … Grandfather, Tom, rowed at Princeton … Uncle, Marc Shields, attended Princeton … Uncle, Billy Shields, played 10 years in the NFL, winning a Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers.