San Diego Athletics

• 2025 First Team All-WIRA (Varsity Eight)
• 2025 MPSF All-Conference
• 2025 MPSF All-Academic
• 2024 First Team All-WIRA (Varsity Eight)
• 2024 Second Team All-Western Sprints
• Team USA 2024 FISU World University Rowing Championships selection

SENIOR (2024-25)

• First Team All-WIRA
• MPSF Men’s Rowing All-Conference Team
• MPSF All-Academic Team
• Competed in 15 races for the Toreros
• Rowed in the stroke seat in USD’s first-ever Henley Royal Regatta races in England, upsetting defending champs Oxford Brookes by just two feet in the first round (July 2)
• Kicked off the season with the programs first ever gold medal during the iconic Head of the Charles Regatta (Oct. 18-20) rowing in the stroke seat of the 4+
• Recorded his second win in as many starts to begin the season in the Collegiate 4+ race at the Head of the American Regatta (Oct. 26) 
• Logged a third-place finish in the Collegiate 8+ during the Head of the American Regatta (Oct. 26)
• Recorded second and third place finishes in San Diego’s “A” boats of the Open 4+ race and the Open 8+ race, respectively, during the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 10)
• Registered a win in the 1V8+ boat against Santa Clara in the Redwood Shores Invitational (March 1-2)
• Logged a first-place finish in the Toreros’ 1V8+ boat in the Saturday heat of the San Diego Crew Classic (March 29-30) before a fourth-place finish in the grand finals. 
• Recorded a runner-up finish at the WIRA Championships (April 26-27) after winning the heat the day before. 
• Helped USD garner its program-best finish at the IRA Championships (May 30-June 1), placing 10th out of 39 teams, in the Varsity 4+ race in the stroke position

• Selected to represent the United States at the 2024 FISU World University Rowing Championships as a part of the men's four, held in Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Competed in 11 races across all eight of USD's regattas on the season
• Logged three wins; in the Men’s Open 4+ and the Men’s Open 8+ at the Head of The American (Oct. 28) as well as in the Men’s Open 4+ of the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 12)
• Also contributed to three runner-up finishes at: The Head of the Charles in the Collegiate 4 where the team recorded a then program-best finish at the event, the world’s largest rowing regatta (Oct. 22), in the “A” entry of the Men’s Open 8+ of the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 12) and in the 1st varsity eight of the WIRA Championships (April 27-28)

• Western Sprints All-Conference Second Team
• Competed in six races for the Toreros in the 1st varsity four and 1st varsity eight

• Competed in all seven of the Toreros' events in the First Varsity Eight and the Freshman/Novice Eight

• Attended the Seattle Preparatory School in Seattle, Washington
• Was a member of the Adelphia Honor Society
• Played soccer and basketball

• Competed with the Pocock Rowing Center under head coach Helen Tilghman
• Placed first in the Men’s V2 at the 2021 NW Regionals
• Placed fifth in the Men’s Youth 4x at the 2019 San Diego Crew Classic
• Placed second in the Men's Youth 1x and 4x at the 2019 Head of the Lake
• Placed 17th and 16th respectively in Men’s Youth 2x at the 2019 and 2018 Head of the Charles
• Was named Commodore of the 2020-2021 Pocock Youth Men's Rowing Team

• Son of Steve Hissong and Natasha Turcinovic-Hissong
• Father rowed for Cornell University
• Hobbies include hiking, swimming, biking, and cooking
• Notes that he enjoys learning about the physiology of sports and how to improve performance and is interested in space