Ellie Smith

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Class:
Junior
High School:
Rye
Hometown:
Rye, N.Y.

Awards:
CRCA Second Team All-America (2026)
Ivy League First Varsity Gold Medal (2025, 2026)
Ivy League Second Varsity Bronze Medal (2024)

2026: Spent the entire campaign on the 1V … Rowed the 1V over No. 7 Brown to win the Class of 1987 Trophy … Collected the Class of 1975 Cup with a win over No. 17 Harvard/Cornell and No. 8 Syracuse … Took down No. 11 Rutgers, No. 16 Ohio State, No. 17 Michigan, UCF and Penn … Helped the 1V to its ninth straight gold medal at the Ivy League Rowing Championships, leading the team to win the Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy, earning the conference’s NCAA automatic bid … Paced the 1V to sixth overall at the NCAA Rowing Championships.

2025: Saw action on the 1V and 2V ... On the 2V that beat Brown, Harvard and Cornell ... Led the Tigers' 1V over Penn ... Corralled the gold medal for the Ivy League Rowing Championships with the 1V ... Finished the season with a victory in the Petite Final at the NCAA Rowing Championships with the 1V.

2024: Appeared on the 2V and B4 … Helped the B4 over Harvard, Rutgers … Corralled wins for the 2V over Columbia, Northeastern, Notre Dame, Penn during the regular season … Rowed the 2V to bronze at the Ivy League Rowing Championships and sixth at the NCAA Rowing Championships.

Before Princeton:
Rye High School: Rowed on the varsity eight …Placed second, third and fourth at Youth Nationals … National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Jane Heap and Gregory Smith.