Rachel Speakman

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hudson, Ohio
High School:
Hudson High School

Why Brown Statement: "I once half-jokingly told a friend that I don't care where I go to school, so long as it's the world's happiest. Coincidentally, Brown happened to be that school at the time. The people here are the most interesting people I've ever met, and the opportunity to learn something new never fails to present itself."

Concentration: Biology ScB

Profile Questions:
Finals march-out song: I Can't Stop
Favorite food: Pizza
Favorite dessert: Popcorn
Favorite city: Chicago
Favorite athlete: Nastia Liukin
Favorite pro team: Cleveland Caveliers
Favorite movie or TV show: New Girl
Current favorite music artist: Hozier
Last book you read: Jane Eyre
Favorite restaurant in Providence: Red Stripe
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Favorite activity outside the pool: Hiking
Who would star as you in a movie about your life: Sandra Bullock
Person you’d like to have dinner with: Steve Carell
Travel destination: Hawaii
Other sport you enjoy: Volleyball
Role model / someone you look up to: My parents
Something you cannot live without: Footy Pajamas
Favorite Brown building: Andrews
Enjoyed this professor’s class: Nina Emery
Most memorable meet as a Brown Bear: My first Ivy Championship
Favorite quote: "In this world there are those who enjoy giving people balloons and there are those who take great pleasure in popping them. And I wish to be remembered as being firmly in the first party." - Chris Murray

2015-16: Finished seventh in 1M diving and 16th in 3M diving at the Ivy League Championships … Named the Ron Keenhold Career High Point Diver at the Ivy League Championships for scoring more points over her career than all other class of 2016 divers … Won the 3M against Columbia and placed second in 1M … Took second in 3M at Cornell … Also competed in meets against Dartmouth/Princeton, Harvard/Penn, Columbia and Cornell.

2014-15: Finished 10^th on 3-meter and 11^th on 1-meter at Ivy Championships ... Finished 2^nd on both 1-meter and 3-meter at Columbia ... Finished 2^nd on 3-meter in the Bears’ dual meet victory over Cornell ... Finished 5^th on 1-meter and 11^th on 3-meter at the Brown Invitational in December.

2013-14: Competed in the 1M(6^th) and 3M(14^th) at the Ivy League Championships … Finished fourth in the 1M in a dual meet against Cornell … Finished first in the 1M and fourth in the 3M competitions against Bryant … Competed in four dual meets on the year ... Finished 6th on 1m and 14th on 3m in the Ivy League Championships.

2012-13: Placed 13th in the 1-meter event at the Ivy League Championship meet with a score of 235.50, scoring points for the Bears … Her highest score from the season, a point total of 275.62, ranks her second on Brown's list of all-time top five performers … Qualified for the NCAA Division I Zone A Diving Championships, finishing 16th with a combined score of 454.80 … Earned her varsity letter.

Before Brown: Graduated from Hudson High School where she was an honor roll student and a member of the National Honor Society … Earned four varsity letters as a member of the Hudson High School swimming and diving team, captaining the team during her junior and senior year … Reached the diving podium at the Ohio State Championships in 2011 (8th) and 2012 (4th) … Recognized by the Akron Touchdown Club as Diver of the Year for 2011 and 2012, and Rookie of the Year in 2009…Also competed for the Akron Rippers … A 2011 and 2012 All-American diver … A three-time USA Diving National qualifier…Named an Academic All-American in 2012.

Personal: Rachel Speakman is the daughter of Laura and Eric Speakman of Hudson, Ohio ... She has one younger sister, Bailey … Her father, Eric, was a diver at Indiana University of PA … Her grandfather, Edward Speakman, attended Brown for graduate work in mathematics … Enjoys playing the violin and absolutely anything outdoors.