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2024-25 Men's Heavyweight Rowing Roster

Todd Michalek/Syracuse Athletics

Matt Lexa

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wynnewood, Pa.
  • High School Lower Merion

Biography

At Navy
Honors: 2024 Empacher-IRCA All-America Second Team
2024: Raced throughout the entire seven-event campaign with Navy's first varsity eight crew, including at both the Eastern Sprints and IRA National Championship.
2023: Suited up in all seven races, five in the regular season and both the Eastern Sprints and IRA National Championship; four times with the third varsity, twice with the second varsity and once with the first varsity ... Raced with the 2V8 at the Sprints and V8 at the IRAs.
2022: Competed in all six regular season races and both postseason contests across the second varsity (3 races), third varsity (3) and fourth varsity (2) ... Member of the Mids' 2V8 at the Eastern Sprints and IRA National Championship.

Prior to Navy
Two-sport athlete at Lower Merion High School, rowed and swam ... Holds Lower Merion's 2k erg record ... Invitee to the 2021 USRowing U-19 National Team camp ... Finished his high school career with fourth-place results at the 2021 Stotesbury Cup and SRAA National Championship competitions in the varsity 4x classifications before placing second in the 1x at the 2021 USRowing Youth Regionals and fifth at the Youth National Championship.

Personal
Son of Frank and Tanya ... Both parents were college athletes, while attending Harvard as his father swam and his mother swam and competed on the water polo team

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior