Barnard's Got Game | Caroline Yu '22
10/25/2021 12:00:00 PM | Lightweight Rowing
Columbia Lightweight Rowing coxswain Caroline Yu talks about learning leadership on the water.
NEW YORK - Caroline Yu '22 is a coxswain on the Columbia Men's Lightweight Rowing team who performs at the highest standards of athletics and academics. Athletes like Yu benefit from a unique partnership with Columbia University that allows Barnard students to compete in NCAA Division I athletics.
This arrangement, established in 1983 through the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium, makes Barnard the only women's college whose students compete in D-I tournaments, via the Ivy League Athletic Conference.
Yu, an economics and social history double major who is minoring in psychology, said the demands of balancing academics and crew has helped her to learn about trust, communication, and leadership. Being a Barnard student contributed to Yu stepping out of her comfort zone and being okay with making mistakes because, she says, she "knows that her teammates would always have [her] back." Learn more about Yu in this "Barnard's Got Game" Q&A.
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