Nikita Suri

Height:
5-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Winter Park, Fla.
High School:
Winter Park

Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2023)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

2022-23 (Senior): Saw action in seven regattas during her senior year campaign ... opened the season at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase (11/6), guiding Duke’s Varsity Eight E boat to a time of 17:08.1 … led the Varsity Eight B and Varsity Four C to top-10 finishes at the annual Rivanna Romp (11/13) ... competed in the V4+ in three races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/18-19) ... raced past No. 9 Michigan and finished second against No. 14 Ohio State in the 2V4+ races of the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual (3/31-4/1) ... coxed the 2V4+ in the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8) ... led the 2V4+ to a first-place finish at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22) ... earned a silver medal at the ACC Championships (5/12-13).

2021-22 (Junior): Competed at five regattas during the spring season ... coxed the Third Varsity Eight to a win at the Carolina Cup (3/5), earning ACC Crew of the Week honors ... swept three races in the 3V8 at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite (3/19-20) ... coxed the 3V8 to a head-to-head win over No. 4 Michigan at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (4/2) ... helped the 3V8 sweep three races at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/22-23) ... earned silver in the 3V8 Grand Final at the ACC Championship (5/14).

2020-21 (Sophomore): Coxed for Duke at four regattas during the 2021 spring campaign ... opened season by helping direct 2V4 to first-place time of 7:23.7 at the Carolina Cup (3/6), over 11 seconds faster than the next finisher ... helped 3V8 boat earn head-to-head win over UCF at the Virginia Invite (3/27) ... helped 3V8 outrace Ohio State head-to-head at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (4/3) ... earned silver with the 3V8 crew at the ACC Championship (5/15), placing second in the grand final with a time of 7:07.461 ... named to ACC Academic Honor Roll for second consecutive year.

2019-20 (Freshman): Competed in one race during the 2020 spring season that was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic ... made career debut at the Carolina Cup (3/7), coxing the 4V8 crew to a second-place finish ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Duke: Attended Winter Park High School ... rowed for Winter Park High School and Winter Park crew ... earned fifth at the 2019 SSRA Scholastic Nationals and won the SSRA Scholastic State Championship in 2017, 2018 and 2019 ... valedictorian of her class ... Science Olympiad President sophomore, junior and senior year ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born on August 6, 2001 ... daughter of Harmohan and Jayshri Suri ... has one brother named Vivek ... is a stained and fused glass artist, and sold her artwork and donated the proceeds to Ekal Vidyalaya, an organization that sets up schools in rural India.

Last Updated 2/1/24