Ithaca College Athletics

Major Accomplishments
+ 2018-19 Cayuga Sculling Sprints Openweight 2x (2k & 1k All-Time Course Record)
+ 2018-19 Small Boat Challenge Women’s Collegiate 1x Champion
+ 2017-18 Second Team CRCA All-American+ 2017-18 All-Liberty League First Team
+ 2017-18 Liberty League Crew of the Year
+ 2017-18 Four-Time Liberty League Varsity Boat of the Week (10/23, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7)
+ 2017-18 Liberty League Women's Crew All-Academic Team
+ 2017-18 Women's Varsity Eight Grand Final NCAA Championship Runner-Up
+ 2017-18 Women's Doubles Champion at Head of the Fish Regatta
+ 2017-18 NIRC Women's Varsity Eight Runner-Up
+ 2018 CRCA Scholar Athlete
+ 2017-18 Fifth-Fastest All Time Varsity Open Weight 2k Erg Score
+ 2017-18 Third-Fastest All Time Varsity Open Weight 30 Minute Erg Score
+ 2016-17 Thirteenth-Fastest All Time Varsity Open Weight 5k Erg Score
+ 2016-17 Second-Fastest All Time Varsity Open Weight 2.5k Erg Score
+ 2017-18 NIRC All-Academic Team
+ 2016-17 Women's Varsity Eight Grand Final NCAA Championship Fourth-Place
+ 2016-17 Women's Varsity Collegiate Eight Runner-Up at 52nd Head of the Charles
+ 2016-17 Women's Varsity Eight Champion at New York State Championships
+ 2016-17 Women's Varsity Eight Third-Place at NIRC Championships
+ 2016-17 Empire 8 President's List
+ 2016-17 Empire 8 Women's Crew All-Academic
+ 2016-17 NIRC All-Academic Team
+ 2016-17 Fastest "Around the Buoy" (5k Around the Buoy Race) Time Open Weight Double
+ 2015-16 Second-Place New York State Championships (Women's Novice Eight)
+ 2015-16 Women's Novice Eight NIRC Runner-Up
+ 2015-16 Women's Novice Eight John Hunter Regatta Champion
+ 2015-16 Fastest All Time Novice Open Weight 2k Erg Score
+ 2015-16 Third-Fastest All Time Novice Open Weight 30 Minute Erg Score
+ 2015-16 Third-Fastest All Time Novice 5k Erg Score

2017-18
Brija was a major contributor in the Bombers' Varsity Eight as a junior, helping the team to a Fourth-Place finish at the 2018 NCAA Championships in Sarasota, Fla. (5/26)...She was part of a boat that was named Liberty League Boat of the Week four separate times during the year...Helped Varsity Eight to a fourth-place finish in time of 16:35.965 at the 53rd Head of the Charles Regatta (10/22)...Part of Varsity Eight group that won both heats in five-team event hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (4/21)...Part of Varsity Eight group that placed first in its heat at the Ithaca College 50-Year Celebration on the Cayuga Lake Inlet (4/28)...Helped the Bombers to First-Place finishes at both the 2018 Liberty League Championships (5/4) and New York State Championships (5/5)...Part of Varsity Eight boat that took Runner-Up at the NIRC Women's Championships (5/11)...Part of Varsity Eight boat that took Runner-Up at the 2018 NCAA Championship Grand Final (5/26)...Named All-Liberty League First Team and was part of Women's Varsity Eight that won 2017-18 Liberty League Crew of the Year.

2016-17
Brija was a key rower on the Bombers' top Varsity Eight boat as a sophomore, helping the team to a Fourth-Place finish at the 2017 NCAA Championships at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J. (5/27)...Helped the Women's Varsity Eight to a Fourth-Place finish at the NCAA Grand Final Championships (5/27)...Helped Women's Varsity Eight to Third-Place finish at NIRC Championships, which contributed to the team winning the NIRC Women's Points Trophy (5/12)...Part of boat that won First-Place at the New York State Championships (5/6)...Part of Women's Varsity Collegiate Eight that took Runner-Up at 52nd Head of the Charles Regatta (10/29).

2015-16
Brija played a major role in Ithaca's Women's First Novice Eight as a freshman in 2015-16...Won the John Hunter Regatta in Gainesville, Georgia (3/28)...Finished Runner-Up at New York State Championships (4/30)...Helped boat to Runner-Up finish at NIRC Championships (5/8)...Served as a reserve on the Women's Varsity Eight for the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pa. (5/13)...Was a spare for the Women's Varsity Eight that finished in sixth-place at the NCAA Championships at Gold River, Calif. (5/28)

High School 
Brija graduated from Lemont High School where she earned four varsity letters under Coach Rick Prangen. She served as team captain in her senior season. Brija was a two-time All-Conference selection, once in 2013 at midfield and once in 2015 at defense. She also earned All-Academic honors from 2012-15.  

Personal 
Savannah, the daughter of Robert and Mary Brija, is a physical therapy major.