The squad Vice-President who rowed in Isis in 2007. Whilst at Yale, he rowed in the Yale first Eight for 3 years and stroked the Yale boat in both the Yale-Harvard Race and at the IRA Championships. He won the Champion Eight at Canadian Henley with Vesper Boat Club in summer 2006. Selected for the Men’s coxed Four at Vesper to race in the US World Championship Trials later in the same year. At Rocklin High School, he was both captain of the athletic and soccer teams. After Oxford, Matthew will be applying to Medical School.

Place/DOB: 21/11/1983, Weatchee, Washington, USA

Home Town: Rocklin, California, USA

College: Keble

Nationality: American

Year Enrolled: 2006

Course: MSc Science and Medicine of Athletic Performance Course Length: 2 years

School: Rocklin High School

Previous Uni: Yale University

Height: 1.93m

Weight: 94kg