Lauren Johnson

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Class:
Senior
High School:
New Trier
Hometown:
Winnetka, Ill.

Awards:
NCAA Varsity Four Gold Medal (2022)
Ivy League Varsity Four Gold Medal (2022)
Ivy League 3V Gold Medal (2019)
Ivy League Varsity Four B Silver Medal (2018)

2022: Raced the entire season at Varsity Four A … Helped the 4A to the top time at the Ivy League Championships … Won the 2022 NCAA Varsity Four title, the first varsity four medal at the NCAAs in program history and only the fourth national champion ever for Princeton … Part of the Tigers’ squad that finished third at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best mark since 1997.

2020: Season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019: Began the year at 3V8 … Moved to A4+ vs. Columbia, Rutgers and Wisconsin … Saw action at B4+ vs. Syracuse … Part of the 3V boat that won at the Ivy League Championships.

2018: rowed in the V4B at the Ivy League Championships and helped the boat win a silver medal … competed primarily in the V4B, a boat that went 9-2 throughout the season.

Before Princeton — won gold in the V8+ at the 2016 SRAA National Championships … also won SRAA silver in the V8+ (2015) and freshman 8+ (2014) … team captain during senior season … competed in Junior National Team Development Camp in 2015 … recipient of the MSRA Academic Athletic Award.

Personal — born May 25, 1999 … daughter of Gigi and Jim Johnson … has an older sister Jordan and an older brother Hunter; Hunter rows for the Princeton heavyweights as a member of the Class of 2019 … grandfather rowed at Brown, and mother rowed at Connecticut College … enjoys water sports, photography, and traveling … studying environmental engineering.