2025-26 Men's Crew (Lightweight) Roster

Brandon Fernandez

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.
  • Highschool Cold Spring Harbor

Biography

2024-25 (Sophomore):
  • Five seat in 3V boat that finished eighth at Sprints
  • Seven seat in 3V boat that finished third at Princeton w/Harvard
  • Seven seat in 3V boat that finished first vs. Dartmouth
  • Three seat in 2V boat that finished second at Penn w/Columbia
  • Three seat in 2V boat that finished first vs. Georgetown/MIT
  • Three seat in 2V boat that finished first vs. Navy

2023-24 (First-year):
  • Rowed in fourth varsity eight for wins over Penn and Georgetown during the regular season
  • Rowed in fourth varsity eight that won silver at Eastern Sprints

Before Yale: National Champion in 2x at 2022 Youth Summer National Regatta... First-place finish at Independence Day Regatta in 1x for two years in a row... Seventh-place finish at Youth National Championship Regatta in 1x 2022... New York State Champion in 4x 2021...  Second-fastest lightweight rower for Oak Neck Rowing Academy with a 2k time of 6:23; fastest lightweight over 6km distance with a time of 20:49; fastest lightweight over 5km distance with a time of 17:04...  Second-place New York state finisher in single and third-place finisher in quad sculls ... Also on soccer, wrestling, basketball and track teams...  Suffolk County Science Teacher Award... Townside Fund of Huntington Hispanic Heritage Month Award... High Honor Roll... National Honors Society... AP Scholar... Spanish Honors Society.

Notes: Enjoys building Legos, watching movies and baking cookies.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025-26Junior