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2014-15 Women's Crew (Heavyweight)

Kelly Whelan

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sewickley, Pa.
  • High School N. Allegheny Sr.

Biography

Senior • 2015

Sat in six seat and four seat of the second varsity eight … Earned a gold medal at the EARC Sprints … Earned a silver medal at the Ivy League Championship … Placed second in the C Finals at the NCAA Championships.  

Junior • 2014

Rowed the fourth seat for the second varsity all season … Helped the 2V to a fourth­-place finish at the Ivy League Women’s Rowing Championships … Competed with the second varsity, finishing seventh in the petite final at the NCAA Championships.

Sophomore • 2013

Rowed for the second varsity and varsity four ‘A’, earning five wins, and third place finish at the NCAA Women''s Rowing Championships C Final.

Freshman • 2013

Played on the Harvard women''s tennis team ... Finished the season 6-4 in singles and 13-8 in doubles ... Earned the team''s Most Improved award ... Was 2-0 in Ivy League singles and 4-2 in doubles ... Went 2-2 in singles and 3-4 in doubles during the fall tournament schedule ... Was 2-1 in singles and 5-2 in doubles during the non-conference portion of the dual schedule ... Paired with Hideko Tachibana at No. 1 doubles to take down Cornell''s O''Neil/Frazier, 9-8 (5), to open Ivy League play ... Beat Sanon/Takenaga of Columbia, 8-7 (5), with Tachibana at No. 1 doubles ... Teamed with Hannah Morrill to beat Goepel/Saiontz of Princeton, 9-8 (9), in the No. 2 doubles spot ... Won two matches in the season finale, including a doubles win alongside Natalie Blosser over Dartmouth''s Decker-Sadowski/Liu, 8-3, at No. 2 and a singles win against Rachel Decker-Sadowski, 1-6, 7-5, 7-5, in the No. 6 position.

Before Harvard

 Member of tennis and cross country teams at North Allegheny … Won the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association  doubles championship in 2008 and was the runner-up in 2007 … Helped squad capture the 2008 PIAA team championship, the first in school history … Ranked No. 1 in Middle States section in U-18 … Represented the Middle States section at Intersectional Championships in Shreveport, La. … National Honor Society … National Spanish Exam gold medalist … Presidential Academic Excellence Award … Key Club International … Saints John and Paul Catholic Church Music Ministry … North Allegheny Concert Choir member … Sister, Kim Runge, played tennis at Davidson … Mother, Nancy Anderson, was a member of the women’s tennis team at Bridgeport … Father, Jim Whelan, played soccer at Bridgeport … Other interests include cross country, hot yoga, horseback riding and soccer. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Sophomore

  • 2013-14Junior

  • 2014-15Senior