Cornell University Athletics

At Cornell
As a senior, Pederson was named first-team All-Ivy as a member of the varsity eight boat that was named the 2014 IRA Crew of the Year after posting an undefeated regular season and winning both the Eastern Sprints and the IRA national championship. The crew earned a No. 1 national ranking on April 17 and held the top spot for the remainder of the season. The varsity eight took home the Ivy Cup, the Joseph Wright Trophy, and the Jope Cup at the 2014 EARC Sprints, earning Cornell all three trophies for the first time since 2008. The varsity eight went on to claim the program's fifth national championship, edging Harvard by .54 of a second to cap the 11th undefeated season in Cornell lightweight history. The Big Red, which has been undefeated IRA champions just once before (1992), last won an IRA title in 2008. Following the season, the Big Red was selected to row at the 175th Henley Royal Regatta. Cornell easily won its first three races at Henley before falling to Oxford Brookes University by a half-length in the Temple Challenge Cup semifinal race. 
 
As a junior, Pederson rowed in the second varsity eight that won the Cornell Trophy for the first time since 2006 at the 2013 EARC Sprints, before moving in the varsity eight and helping the crew to a fifth-place finish at the 2013 IRA Regatta. He rowed as a member of the third varsity eight during his sophomore season, helping the crew to win a gold medal at the 2012 EARC Sprints. 
 
Prior to Cornell
Pederson lettered three times in rowing at St. Paul’s School. As a senior captain, he led the varsity four+ to an undefeated regular season.

Personal
Ryan Joseph Pederson is the son of Roger and Ann Pederson and he has one younger brother. He is enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.