Harvard University

Career Highs:

Goals: 1 (2x, last vs. Columbia, 10/26/24)
Assists: 1, (2x, last vs. Dartmouth, 11/9/24)
Points: 2 (2x, last vs. Columbia, 10/26/24) 

2025 • Junior:

Played for the Boston Bolts in USL2 during the summer of 2025; ranked as the team's second-leading scorer and netted a game-tying goal in the 89th minute against eventual USL2 champions, Vermont Green FC.

2024 • Sophomore:

Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Played in all 15 games with 10 starts … Tallied six points, two goals, two assists, six shots, and 660 minutes played on the season … Ranked second on the team in goals (two), third in assists (two), and third in points (six) … Scored the game-winning goal against Columbia (Oct. 26) … Netted first collegiate goal vs. Stonehill (Oct. 23) … Posted one assist in each of two games – at Boston University (Oct. 8) and vs. Dartmouth (Nov. 9) … Played 50 or more minutes in each of eight games. 

2023 • First-year:

Played in five games … Posted three shots and one shot on goal on the year … Competed in a season-high 31 minutes at Holy Cross (Oct. 17); notched three shots and one shot on goal … Made collegiate debut vs. Rhode Island (Sept. 1).

Before Harvard:

Earned All-State, All-NEPSAC, and All-ISL First Team honors in 2021 … Participated in U.S. Youth National Team Northeast Regional Camps in 2016 and 2017 … Captained Roxbury Latin in 2021 … Selected for the ECNL Northeast Regional Team in 2020 … Played on the club level for Boston Bolts (2017-23) and NEFC (2011-17); the Bolts ranked sixth in the nation per Top Drawer Soccer in 2022-23 … Represented the Pro Project in games against top Portuguese Academies, including Benfica, Braga, Estoril, Casa Pia, Bellenenses, and Oeiras during gap year in 2022-23 … Also competed in track & field and basketball … Speaks French … Plays the cello … Enjoys chess, golf, basketball, and football … Son of Sean Kelly and Cheryl Chen; both parents are professors of philosophy at Harvard; Sean competed in swimming at Brown … Traces roots through Italian and Chinese ethnicities alongside French and American nationalities … One grandfather played baseball and football at Brown while the other played lacrosse at MIT.