Annika Maxson

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Senior
High School:
Huntington Beach
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.

Awards:
Pocock Honorable Mention All-America (2021)
First-Team All-Ivy (2022)
Ivy League 1V Gold Medal (2022)
NCAA 1V Bronze Medal (2022)
Ivy League Varsity Four A Gold (2019)

2022: Spent the entire season at the 1V … Helped the 1V retain the Class of 1975 Cup vs. Harvard and Cornell and the Eisenburg Cup vs. No. 3 Yale … Led the 1V to an Ivy League Championship and a bronze medal at the NCAA Championships, the 1V’s best finish since 2013 … Part of the Tigers’ squad that finished third at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best mark since 1997.

2021: Rowed for the V8 that placed 10th at the NCAA Championships (May 30).

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19

2019: Spent most of the year at 2V8 before rowing in the B4+ boat vs. Columbia, Rutgers and Wisconsin … Raced in the A4+ boat that won at the Ivy League Championships.

Before Princeton: Won gold at the 2018 National Championships in the 2- and bronze in the 4x while rowing for Long Beach Junior Crew … placed fifth at the 2017 Head of the Charles in the 4+ … rowed in the 4+ at the 2017 National Championships … also played volleyball in high school.

Personal: Daughter of Lisa and David Maxson … has a younger sister Heidi … enjoys hiking, swimming in the ocean and watching sunsets … plans to study either economics or public and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School.