Joely Cherniss

Photo by: © row2k Media

Photo by: © row2k Media

Photo by: © row2k Media

Class:
Junior
High School:
St. Ignatius College Prep.
Hometown:
San Francisco, Calif.

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

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: Rowed the 1V all year ... Helped the 1V retain the Class of 1987 Trophy vs. Brown along with the boat's 10th consecutive Class of 1975 Cup over Harvard and Cornell ... Led the Tigers' 1V over Penn ... Corralled a gold medal for the 1V at the Ivy League Rowing Championships ... Finished the season with a victory in the Petite Final at the NCAA Rowing Championships.

2024: Rowed on the 1V all season … Helped the Tigers to a win over Brown for the Class of 1987 Trophy … Earned the boat’s ninth straight Class of 1975 Cup with a decision over Harvard … Also led the 1V to a win over USC and Rutgers … Corralled the 1V’s 12th consecutive Eisenberg Cup with a victory over Yale … Took down Columbia for the Hewitt-Dauphiny Cup along with Northeastern and Notre Dame … Beat Penn to end the regular season … Paced the 1V to the top time at the Ivy League Championships, earning the program the Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy and the NCAA automatic bid … Rowed the 1V to fourth place at the NCAA Rowing Championships.

Before Princeton:
Pacific Rowing Club/Marin Rowing Association: Won five regional championship events from 2022-2023 … Selected to represent the United States in the Pan American Games and at the World Rowing Championships.

Personal: Daughter of Hilary Passman and Jason Cherniss … Has three sisters, Stella, Frankie, and Sloane … Grandfather, Lex Passman, graduated from Princeton.