2017 Women's Lightweight Rowing Roster
Grace Cordsen
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Kent School
- Hometown:
- Essex, Conn.
At Princeton — 2019: On the 1V boats that won the 2019 Eastern Sprints and finished second at the IRA Championships.
2018: earned Academic All-IRA honors … won a silver medal in the 1V at Eastern Sprints, Princeton’s best finish at Sprints since 2011 … led 1V to a bronze medal at the IRA Championships … helped Princeton reclaim the Class of 1999 Cup against historic rival Harvard. 2017: won a bronze medal as a member of the 1V at both the Eastern Sprints and the IRA Championships; it was Princeton's first 1V medal at IRAs since 2011 … helped Princeton medal at the Knecht Cup … earned IRA All-Academic honors. 2016: rowed in the 3 seat for the V8 and helped the boat return to the IRA national championship; boat finished sixth … also rowed at the Eastern Sprints, where Princeton finished fourth … retained the Class of 2006 Cup against Georgetown.
Before Princeton — reached the Peabody Cup final of the Women’s Henley Regatta … also competed at the Head of the Charles … won the Reading Amateur Regatta in the Women’s Intermediate 2 eights … led the Kent School Boat Club to three medals at the NEIRA Championships, including two silvers; as a senior, she led the Kent School to a team points title … captain of the cross country team and lettered in basketball … earned Blue and Grey Award for being a tri-varsity athlete … inducted into the Cum Laude Society … member of the senior council … Prefect of Case Dorm … recipient of Robert L Colmore ’27 Spanish Prize (the Spanish language award) … recipient of Louis Talcott Stone ’33 Guild Paper Prize (award given to the author of one guild paper).
Personal — born March 21, 1997 … daughter of Kate and Richard Cordsen; father competed in three Head of the Charles in the single … has an older brother Clayton … enjoys reading, traveling and hiking … considering studying foreign policy.
