Rutgers University Athletics

2015 (As a sophomore): Rowed in the second seat of the Second Varsity 8 at the 2015 Big Ten Championships (May 17) ... spent the remainder of the season with the First Varsity 4 at the Eastern Sprints (May 3), against Holy Cross and MIT (April 25), versus Navy and St. Joseph's (April 18), against No. 18 Wisconsin and No. 19 Minnesota (April 11), and at the Murphy Cup (March 28).

2014 (As a freshman): Competed as the stroke on the First Varsity 4 at the 2014 American Athletic Conference Rowing Championships in West Windsor, N.J. ... tied for the second-best finish among RU boats at the championships, finishing second with a time of 7:33.902.

Prior to Rutgers: Member of the varsity track and field team all four years ... named varsity track captain her senior season ... four time Mercer County individual pole vault champion ... 2012 NJSIAA Indoor Sectional individual pole vault champion ... NJSIAA Group 3 pole vault champion ... winner of the 2013 Mercer Twilight Invitational in individual pole vault ... named to the All Mercer County Indoor and Outdoor track team from 2011-2013 ... named to the Trenton Times Girls Track All Stars- First team ... recipient of the WWP South Rex Walker Senor Athlete Award in 2013 ... member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Has three siblings: Steven, Kevin and Sharon ... daughter of Brian Gao and Yeyun Zhang ... her sister, Sharon, fences atPrinceton University.