Before Fordham: A transfer from the University of Tennessee... A graduate of Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, Conn... Rowed for the Connecticut Boat Club in Norwalk, Conn... A Northeast Regional Regatta Gold Medalist from 2011-2015... Connecticut Boat Cub Novice Team captain... Recipient of the 2015 Scholar Athlete award... Member of the National Honor Society... Also received the National Charity League Philanthropic Award in 2014... A Magna Cum Laude Dean's List student at Tennessee in the fall of 2015 and spring of 2016.

Personal: Daughter of Nicole and Bill Kynast... Has a younger sister (Kaitlyn) and a younger brother (Gus).

Major: New Media and Digital Design.