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2024-25 Men's Lightweight Rowing Roster

Sam Rubin
Debbie Latta
Debbie Latta

Nani Veluchamy

  • Class Junior
  • High School The Hotchkiss School (CT)
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.

Biography

At Navy
Career Honors: 2024 Empacher-IRCA Scholar-Athlete
2024: Competed with the first varsity eight crew throughout his sophomore season; six regular season and both the Eastern Sprints and IRA National Championship.
2023: Raced seven times as a freshman; three times with the second varsity eight and twice each with the third and fourth varsity eight crews ... Earned a silver medal with the 4V8 at the Eastern Sprints.

Prior to Navy
Three-sport athlete at the Hotchkiss School: lettered in crew (4), wrestling (1) and football (1) as a kicker ... Earned a pair of honors during his senior year: The Hotchkiss Rowing Award and The Hotchkiss Senior Athletic Award ... Served as the rowing team captain for the 2022 spring season ... Won the pairs (2-) championship at the 2022 USRowing Northeast Regionals ... Rowed with Columbia HWT's David Vynhal ('26), Georgetown HWT's Cyrus Farman-Farmaian ('25) and Loyola Marymount HWT's Julian Leonhart ('25).

Personal
Son of Sreeram and Uma ... older brother Avi ('21) rowed four years at Penn (first with the lightweight program and later with the heavies), he currently is a Marine Corps Artillery Officer

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior