Samantha Smart

Margot LeRoux, Sam Smart and Anna Cowell

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Zoe Scheske, Sam Smart, Anne Du Croo De Jongh

Photo by: © row2k Media

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Mt. Tamalpais
Hometown:
Mill Valley, Calif.

Awards:
Ivy League First Varsity Gold Medal (2024, 2025)
CRCA Scholar Athlete (2025)

2025: Appeared on 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.

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 … 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:
Marin Rowing Association: Won the 2021 Summer Nationals in the Canamex in the eight and four … Competed at the 2023 World Rowing Championships with the U19 U.S. team in the 4- … Competed in the championship single at the 2023 Head of the Charles … Earned 47 victories in 63 races … Won 2019 U17 National Championships in the eight … Collected a victory at the 2022 Southwest Regional Regatta in the varsity eight and four.

Personal: Daughter of Charity and Shay Smart … Has a brother, Cameron … Father, Shay, played professional soccer … Has ran a 31-mile, 50-mile, and 62-mile marathon.