Sooji Kang
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- Height:
- 5' 4"
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- Year:
- 2020
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- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
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- High School:
- Columbus Academy
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- Position:
- Coxswain
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- Major:
- Economics
Bio
Collegiate Career Honors:
- 2020 CRCA/Pocock All-America Nominee
2019-2020 (Senior):
- Coxed the Women's Collegiate 8+ 'A' to finish second at the Head of the Charles.
- Spring season cancelled.
2018-2019 (Junior):
- Coxed the Women's Collegiate 8+ 'A' to finish 10th at the Head of the Charles.
- Coxed the Varsity 8+ to finish second at the NEWMAC Championships.
- Coxed in the Varsity 8+ to finish third at the New England Rowing Championships.
- Coxed the Varsity 8+ to to finish second in the finals of the National Invitational Collegiate Regatta.
- Coxed the Varsity 8+ to advance to the finals of the NCAA Championships.
- Coxed the Varsity 8+ to finish third in the NCAA Championships.
2017-2018 (Sophomore):
- Coxed the Women's Collegiate 8+ 'B' to finish 20th at the Head of the Charles.
- Coxed the Second Varsity 8+ to finish first at the Seven Sisters Championship.
- Coxed the Third Varsity 8 to finish first at NEWMAC Championships.
- Coxed the Third V8+ to take home bronze at the New England Rowing Championships.
- Coxed the Third Varsity 8 to finish 6th at the National Invitational Collegiate Regatta.
2016-2017 (First Year):
- Coxed the Fourth Varsity 8 to finish first at the NEWMAC Championships.
- Coxed the Novice 8+ to take gold at the National Invitational Rowing Championships.
Before Wellesley: Attended the Columbus Academy... graduated in 2016... was a three-sport athlete in lacrosse, bowling, and crew... was the Varsity Coxswain of her high school crew team in her junior spring and senior fall seasons... has been a coxswain for about four years.
Personal: Daughter of Catherine and Dennis Kang... born in Columbus, Ohio... has one sibling, Inji Kang... chose to attend Wellesley because of its emphasis on both academic and athletic excellence.