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2021 Heavyweight Rowing Roster

William Ryan

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Winchester, Mass.
  • Previous School Belmont Hill School
  • College Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Major Engineering

Biography

2019-20 (Junior): Season canceled (COVID-19).

2018-19 (Sophomore): Competed at the EARC Sprints from the second seat in the Third Varsity Eight
 
2017-18 (First-Year): Rowed from the second seat in the Third Varsity Eight for the EARC Sprints
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of Belmont Hill School ... Earned four varsity letters in rowing, three in wrestling, two in football, and one in cross country ... Was team captain for both the Wrestling and rowing teams his senior year ... Won the Independent School League Award of excellence in 2017 ... Was captain of the wrestling team in 2016 and won the New England Independent School Wrestling Championship the same year ... Won the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association Championship in 2016 and 2014.
 
PERSONAL: Born October 15, 1998 ...  Son of Ann Ryan and Anthony Ryan ... Has two siblings, Matthew and Thomas ... Brother Matthew rows for Columbia ... Uncle, David Ryan, played lacrosse for Yale ... Enrolled at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018First Year

    Player
    5'10"
  • 2019Sophomore

    Player
    5'10"
  • 2020Junior

    5'10"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'10"