Mia Khamish

Height:
5-2
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Westport, Conn.
High School:
Staples

Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2023)
ACC Honor Roll (2023)

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.