The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race sponsored by Xchanging

Studying the Science and Medicine of Athletic Performance after graduating from Yale with a BSc in biology. Started rowing in his freshman year at UCLA and “fell in love with it” before transferring to complete his degree at Yale. Rowed in the Yale first eight for three years and stroked the Yale boat in the Yale-Harvard race and the IRA Championships (American Collegiate Championships) and won the Champion 8 at Canadian Henley with Vesper Boat club in the summer of 2006. Was selected for the men’s coxed four at Vesper to race in the US World Championships Trials. At Rocklin High School, Matthew was team captain for track and field and soccer as well as being a Valedictorian. At Yale he was Associate Editor of the Yale Journal of Medicine and Law and was awarded a Mellon research grant for bioethics. Loves playing chess. Plans to enter medical school after Oxford and wants to become an orthopaedic surgeon as well as seeking to train with the US rowing squad.