Davis Kelly

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-3
Hometown:
Vashon Island, Wash.
High School:
Vashon Island

2025-26: Empacher-IRCA Scholar Athlete … Rowed with the Varsity Eight on both days of the Sarasota 2K (Mar. 27-28) … Rowed with the Varsity Eight at the Princeton Invitational, earning an Ivy League win against Columbia in the afternoon race (Apr. 11) … Rowed with the Varsity Eight in a win against No. 7 Dartmouth (Apr. 18) … Rowed with the Varsity Eight against No. 3 Princeton (May 2) … Rowed with the Varsity Eight at the Eastern Sprints (May 17) … Rowed with the Varsity Eight at the IRA National Championships (May 29-31).

2024-25: Empacher-IRCA All-American Honorable Mention ... Empacher-IRCA Scholar-Athlete ... Raced with the V8 and 2V8 crews during the season ... Helped the V8 earn a fifth place finish in the Grand Final and fourth place overall at the IRA Championship (May 30-Jun. 1) ... Rowed with the 2V8 at the Eastern Sprints (May 18) en route to a first place finish in the Grand Final ... Helped the V8 earn victories against Boston University (Mar. 22) and Northeastern (Apr. 19) ... Raced with the V8 and helped that crew pick up victories at the Sarasota Invitational (Mar. 28-29) and Redwood Shores Challenge (Apr. 12-13) ... Rowed with the V8 against Princeton (May 3).

2023-24: IRCA Scholar-Athlete … Rowed with the Second Varsity 8 all season and helped the crew finish sixth at the IRA Championship and seventh at the Eastern Sprints (May 19) … Rowed with the 2V8 in Sarasota and against Northeastern (Apr. 13), Dartmouth (Apr. 20), and Princeton (May 4)

2022-23: Raced in the second varsity for the entire spring season ... Won every regular season race against BU, Yale and Washington, Harvard, Northeastern, Dartmouth and Princeton ... Bronze medal at Eastern Sprints ... Advanced to the Grand Final at Eastern Sprints.

BEFORE BROWN: Competed with the Burton Beach Rowing Club and the United States U19 National Rowing Team ... Competed with the Junior National team twice, finishing third with the JM8+ at the 2023 U19 World Championships ... 2022 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll selection.

PERSONAL: Chose Brown for the opportunity to combine a world-class education with a camaraderie forged by a culture of hard work ... Lists his father as his biggest influence.