William McNelis

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.
High School:
Grosse Pointe North

2019-20: Competed in all eight meets and NCAA Zones for the Bears … Competed in both diving events at the Ivy League Championships … Took third in both the 1M and 3M at Cornell … Won the 1M and took third in the 3M against Columbia … Finished second in the 1M and fifth in the 3M at Harvard … Placed second in the 3M and fourth in the 1M versus UConn … Came in fourth in the 1M at Penn.

2018-19: Finished 14th in the 1M at the Ivy League Championships ... Also competed in the 3M at Ivies ... Took third in the 3M against Cornell ... Placed third in both diving events at Columbia ... Finished fourth in the 3M versus Harvard and Penn ... Appeared in three meets for the Bears.

2017-18: Competed in all five meets on the season ... Finished third in the 1M and fourth in the 3M against MIT.

2016-17: Competed in the 1M and the 3M at the Ivy League Championships ... Finished second in the 3M and fifth in the 1M against Cornell ... Competed in all six meets on the season.

Before Brown: Competed in swimming & diving and track & field at Grosse Pointe North … Also dove for Club Wolverine Diving and Legacy Diving … Placed second at the Michigan High School State Meet with a score of 493 as a senior … Finished fourth at the Michigan High School State Meet … Was a two-year captain … Named All-American, All-State, County Champion and Scholar Athlete (five times) … Recipient of the Mike O’Conner Memorial Scholarship … Named AP Scholar with Honors and Academic All-State … Published in the Literary Magazine … Received the World Languages Award … Was a National Society Officer … Member of the Academic Hall of Fame with a 4.33 GPA.

Personal: William is the son of Julia and Philip McNelis … Has one brother, James, who graduated from Yale and was on the men’s swimming & diving team … Enjoys hiking, skiing, reading and traveling … Concentrating in Neuroscience.