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2022-23 Archery Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Nidhi Kanchumarthi

  • Position Recurve
  • Class Senior
  • High School Mission San Jose
  • Hometown Fremont, Calif.
  • School Barnard College

Biography

  • 2020 All-American
  • 2020 All-America Academic Team
     
2020 (First-Year)
All-America honors in her first season as a Lion ... All-America Academic Team ... Invited to the USA Archery Collegiate Indoor Nationals Final after finishing 10th at the US Archery Indoor National Championships with a score of 1,085 ... Placed third regionally at Indoor Nationals ... Finished third in Collegiate Recurve Junior division at the New Jersey State Championships with a score of 511.

PRIOR TO COLUMBIA
Trained at UC Berkeley's CAL Archery Academy/JOAD Program under coach Victor Chia ... Two-year member of USA Archery Dream Team ... Ranked third in California Cadet Recurve in 2017 ... Ranked 13th in USAT Cadet Recurve Women 2017 ... First place at the 2017 California State Outdoor Championship ... Fifth place at the 2017 USAT SoCal Showdown ... Finished 10th at the 2017 Mexican Grand Prix in Monterrey, Mexico ... Seventh place at the 2018 USAT Arizona Cup ... Certified USA Archery Level 2 Instructor ... Solo recipient of the 2018 Dartmouth College Book Award at Mission San Jose ... 2018 PSAT Letter of Commendation ... 2019 AP Scholar Award ... Recipient of the 2015 Presidential Award for Academic Excellence.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Purnima and Prakash Kanchumarthi ... Enrolled in Barnard College ... Plans to study neuroscience and behavior.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020First Year

    Recurve
  • 2021Sophomore

    Recurve
  • 2022Junior

    Recurve
  • 2022-23Senior

    Recurve