2025 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Aminian, Kian
Kian Aminian
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Fairmont Prep. Academy
Bio
Awards:
Eastern Sprints 3V Bronze Medal (2025)
IRA 2V Gold Medal (2024)
Eastern Sprints 2V Gold Medal (2024)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2025)
2025: Rowed on the 1V in every race … helped the 1V win bronze at Eastern Sprints … part of the 1V that finished fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … helped the Tigers earn a Lake Carnegie best time and win the Content Cup against No. 4 Brown … part of the 1V that won the Carnegie Cup against No 8 Yale and No. 15 Cornell … led Princeton to a Childs Cup win against No. 10 Penn and No. 16 Columbia … contributed to the Tigers’ victory over No. 15 Navy … part of a boat that opened the season with wins over No. 16 Georgetown, No. 18 La Salle and No. 24 Temple
2024: Rowed on the 2V that went undefeated in the regular season, defeating Drexel, Georgetown, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Brown … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … Helped the 2V to gold at Eastern Sprints, the boat’s first gold since back-to-back wins in 2017 and 2018 which led the team to Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016. … Led the 2V to a silver at the IRA National Championships, the boat’s first medal since 2017 and a five-spot jump from 2023, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, collecting a second place finish for the Temple Cup.
Before Princeton:
Fairmont Prep. Academy: Helped the 8+ to third place at nationals and national championship in the 2- as a senior captain … Led the 1V to second place at nationals as a junior … Personal high in the 2K is 6:09 and 19:55 in the 6K … Team MVP twice … Member of the Debate and International Business program …
Newport Aquatic Center: Earned nine regional titles and a gold, silver, and bronze medals at national championships … Picked up a bronze medal at the 2022 U19 World Championships in the 8+.
Personal: Son of Azin and Afshin Aminian … Has two sisters, Kyana and Sophia.
Eastern Sprints 3V Bronze Medal (2025)
IRA 2V Gold Medal (2024)
Eastern Sprints 2V Gold Medal (2024)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2025)
2025: Rowed on the 1V in every race … helped the 1V win bronze at Eastern Sprints … part of the 1V that finished fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … helped the Tigers earn a Lake Carnegie best time and win the Content Cup against No. 4 Brown … part of the 1V that won the Carnegie Cup against No 8 Yale and No. 15 Cornell … led Princeton to a Childs Cup win against No. 10 Penn and No. 16 Columbia … contributed to the Tigers’ victory over No. 15 Navy … part of a boat that opened the season with wins over No. 16 Georgetown, No. 18 La Salle and No. 24 Temple
2024: Rowed on the 2V that went undefeated in the regular season, defeating Drexel, Georgetown, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Brown … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … Helped the 2V to gold at Eastern Sprints, the boat’s first gold since back-to-back wins in 2017 and 2018 which led the team to Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016. … Led the 2V to a silver at the IRA National Championships, the boat’s first medal since 2017 and a five-spot jump from 2023, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, collecting a second place finish for the Temple Cup.
Before Princeton:
Fairmont Prep. Academy: Helped the 8+ to third place at nationals and national championship in the 2- as a senior captain … Led the 1V to second place at nationals as a junior … Personal high in the 2K is 6:09 and 19:55 in the 6K … Team MVP twice … Member of the Debate and International Business program …
Newport Aquatic Center: Earned nine regional titles and a gold, silver, and bronze medals at national championships … Picked up a bronze medal at the 2022 U19 World Championships in the 8+.
Personal: Son of Azin and Afshin Aminian … Has two sisters, Kyana and Sophia.
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
Spring 2022 PNC Student-Athlete Achiever Award Recipients
Tuesday, April 26
