Cornell University Athletics

2024-26 | JUNIOR SEASON
Second-team All-MAISA open crew … competed in 15 regattas during the season … crewed B division in Cornell’s MAISA Women’s Fall Dinghy championship … helped team to win at the Old Dominion Women’s Team Race to kick off the spring … part of the crew that claimed the MAISA Women’s Team Race Championship … sailed as Cornell competed in the ICSA Women’s Team Race Championship, the Women’s Fleet Racing semifinals and finals, and the Open Fleet Race semifinals. 

2023-24 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
First-team All-MAISA Open Crew … competed exclusively as a crew for the Big Red … helped the Big Red to multiple first-place finishes this year, one being, at the Jack Boehringer ‘52 Open Invite out of 18 boats … grabbed another top spot at the Seneca Showdown out of 18 boats … finished atop the podium at the MAISA Women’s Team Race Championships out of eight boats. 

2022-23 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Second-team All-MAISA crew ... part of a group that opened the season with a win at the Kings Point Open Invite ... crewed her boat to victory at the Big Red Invite ... part of the team that took second at the Top 9/Susan Rogers '75 Memorial Regatta ... qualified the Big Red to the ACC Finals with a fifth-place effort at the ACC Series Round A ... helped Cornell to a top-half finish by grabbing eighth at the Women's ACC Finals ... crewed the Big Red to second at the MAISA Fall Women's ... saw significant action during Team Racing season to kick off the spring ... helped capture a win in the inaugural Finger Lakes Women's Team Race ... led Cornell to its first-ever MAISA Women's Team Race Championship with a 16-2 team mark ... crewed Cornell's A Division entry as the Big Red captured its second straight MAISA Women's Dinghy Championship and secured a bid to the national championships ... made the final six at the Women's Team Race National Championships.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Competed for four years on the Corona del Mar HS varsity team ... co-captain during the 2021-22 school year ... sailed for Newport Beach C420 Team ... won the C420 Nationals in 2021 ... placed third at the 2021 C420 North Americans ... took third at the 2021 Orange Bowl Youth Regatta in C420 ... finished in third at the 2021 PCISA/ISSA All-Girls National Invitational.

PERSONAL
Sophia Love Pearce is the daughter of Jeana and Joe Pearce and has one older sister ... she is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.