Cornell University Athletics

Why Pearson Chose Cornell: Cornell was the best fit for me. I wanted a pretty campus, challenging academics, and a team with likeminded people who work hard at practice and in school. Cornell has all of this and more.
 

At Cornell
As a freshman (2016-17)
• Consistent member of the third varsity eight throughout her rookie season.
• Helped the crew finish just outside of the medals in fourth behind Brown, Yale, and Harvard at the 2017 Ivy League Women’s Rowing Championships.
• Rowed the third varsity eight to victory over Dartmouth.

Prior to Cornell
• A three-year letter winner at James W. Robinson Secondary School, Pearson served as team captain as a senior.
• Named All-Met honorable mention and won the Robinson Crew Booster Award in 2016, after being a US Scholastic Honor Roll Honorable Mention selection in 2015.
• Also rowed for the Resilient Rowing Club, taking fourth at the 2014 USRowing Club Nationals in the women’s eight.
• Also helped the women’s four with coxswain take fourth at the 2014 Royal Canadian Henley. 

Personal
• Mackenzie Skye Pearson is the daughter of Mark and Jennifer Pearson and she has two sisters.
• Her uncle, Felix Yang and her aunt, Jennifer Tsai, both attended Cornell.
• Enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.