Kolby McDaniel

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Tallahassee, Fla.
High School:
Lawton Chiles

At Princeton — 2018: won bronze in the 2V at the Eastern Sprints … moved up to 2V by midseason and helped Princeton sweep both Harvard and Yale on the Housatonic. 2017: rowed in the 2V as a freshman and placed fourth in the boat at Eastern Sprints.

Before Princeton — named 2015 Rower of the Year for Capital City Rowing … won the 2016 Erg Hammer for fastest 2K … won both the 2015 and 2016 Southern Sprints Indoor Rowing Championships for youth lightweights … set an American record in the Men’s 18 And Under lightweight 1K at the 2016 Youth Nationals in the 4+ … rowed twice at the Head of the Charles in the Junior 8+ … also lettered in swimming … graduated magna cum laude … AP Scholar with Distinction … MU Alpha Theta … Outstanding Freshman Foreign Language Department Award recipient … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal — born Oct. 29, 1997 … son of Wen and Dan McDaniel … has an older sister Karla, who rows for the University of Michigan … interested in engineering … enjoys sports … considering studying mechanical or environmental engineering.