Mia Khamish

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Studio

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Headshots

Height:
5-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Westport, Conn.
High School:
Staples

Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)

2024-2025 (Junior): Started the fall campaign in the Blue Devils’ B boat, earning a silver medal in the Dash for the Dr. Lenny Peters Cup at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6) … part of the Second Varsity Eight lineup that secured a spot in the top-25 of the Princeton Chase (11/3), racing their way to a time of 14:46.977, good for 24th overall … competed with the 2V8 and V4A boats in the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 2V8 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … earned a pair of second-place finishes at the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5), crossing the line in 7:02.950 Friday afternoon and improving their time to 6:39.509 during Saturday’s morning session … finished fourth in the opening 2V8 race at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19) before powering past crews from No. 14 Ohio State, Miami and Wisconsin for a third-place finish in the afternoon session … raced as part of the 2V8 crew that helped the Blue Devils earn second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … placed fifth in the grand final 2V8 race as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).

2023-2024 (Sophomore): Saw action in eight of nine regattas for the Blue Devils, including the ACC Championships … coxswain of the Varsity Eight C boat that competed against the Ukraine women's national team in the High Point Rowing Festival, clocking a time of 15:51 … guided the Blue Devils’ Club 4+ to a first-place finish against a highly competitive field of 52 entries in the Women's Club Fours race at the 58th Head of the Charles … coxed the Varsity Eight C and Novice Eight boat at the annual Rivanna Romp … led the Varsity Four and Second Varsity Four to a three-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational … part of the Second Varsity Four lineup that defeated No. 12 Ohio State and placed second against No. 9 Michigan in the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual … helped Duke collect 84 team points to finish second at its annual home regatta, the Lake Wheeler Invitational … brought home a silver medal in the grand final race at the 2024 ACC Championships on Lake Wheeler.

2022-23 (Freshman): Saw action in all eight regattas during her first season with the Blue Devils ... made her collegiate rowing debut as the coxswain of Duke’s Varsity Eight C boat at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase (11/6) … guided the Novice Eight to a first-place finish at the Rivanna Romp (11/13) ... coxed the 3V8+ that finished first at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/18-19), outracing Wisconsin and Tennessee by nearly 12 and 23 seconds, respectively ... led the V4+ to a second-place finish behind No. 9 Michigan and a first-place performance No. 14 Ohio State at the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual (3/31-4/1) ... coxed the V4 in three races at the Big 10 Invitational (4/7-8), earning a pair of first-place finishes and a close second place ... helped the Blue Devils defeat No. 9 Syracuse and No. 8 Penn and capture the 2023 Pocock Cup at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22) ... earned a silver medal with Duke's Varsity Four at the ACC Championships (5/12-13) ... led the V4+ to a fifth-place finish in the Petite Final of the NCAA Championships (5/26-28).

Prior to Duke: Attended Staples High School and competed for the Connecticut Boat Club ... coxed her 4+ crew to first-place finishes at the Head of the Fish, the San Diego Fall Classic and the Mercer Sprints in 2021 ... Also directed the 4+ to a sixth-place finish showing at the Head of the Charles ... has also attended a USRowing High Performance camp.

Personal: A native of Westport, Conn. ... daughter of Yan and Rimma Khamish ... father Yan was a swimmer and played water polo at the University of California, Davis ... received First Honors in all four years of her high school career ... fluent in five languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Hebrew) ... has played the violin for over seven years.