Taylor Seaman

Class:
Senior
Position:
Free
Hometown:
Brighton, Mich.
High School:
Brighton

Why Brown Statement: “The swim & dive team was super welcoming and friendly and made me feel right at home on my visit. The campus is beautiful, and the school is the perfect size for me. I love the pool and all the buildings on campus. I felt like I would work well with the coaches and the girls on the team, and there seems to be a great atmosphere about them that I really liked. I also really liked the idea of an open curriculum, and you can't really ask for any better than an Ivy League education."

Concentration: Psychology

Profile Questions:
Finals march-out song: Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Favorite food: Bread
Favorite dessert: The apple pie from the Skylon Tower revolving dining room
Favorite city: Stans, Switzerland
Favorite athlete: Allison Schmitt
Favorite pro team: Detroit Red Wings
Favorite movie or TV show: Brooklyn 99
Current favorite music artist: Billie Eilish
Last book you read: Embracing the Wide Sky - Daniel Tammet
Favorite restaurant in Providence: Cheesecake Factory
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Favorite activity outside the pool: Singing and writing
Who would star as you in a movie about your life: Blake Lively
Person you’d like to have dinner with: Iliza Schlesinger
Travel destination: Glacier National Park
Other sport you enjoy: Dancing
Role model / someone you look up to: My grandmothers
Something you cannot live without: Love and support from friends and family
Favorite Brown building: The Rock
Enjoyed this professor’s class: Joo-Hyun Song
Most memorable meet as a Brown Bear: 2019 Ivies at Princeton
Favorite quote: "Be brave! What has fear ever done besides keep your heart from love and your life from color?" - Efe M. Ifeta

2020-21: Earned Academic All-Ivy honors ... Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: Named Academic All-Ivy ... Competed in all eight meets for the Bears … Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors in both the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke for finishing second at the Ivy League Championships … Her 100 backstroke time (53.82) at Ivies broke her own school record … Took third in the 50 freestyle at championships… Additionally competed in the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay at Ivies … Won the 100 freestyle at Cornell … Took second in both the 50 and 100 freestyle against Columbia … Finished second in the 50 freestyle and third in the 100 freestyle at Harvard … Won the 100 freestyle and tied the school record (48.84) at the Big Al Open … Also placed third in the 100 backstroke and fourth in the 200 freestyle at the Big Al Open … Took first in both the 50 freestyle and 200 freestyle versus UConn … Won both the 50 and 100 freestyle at Penn … Placed first in the 100 freestyle and claimed second in the 50 freestyle at Yale.

2018-19: Broke the school record in the 100 backstroke at the Ivy League Championships, finishing ninth overall ... Was also on the 400 medley relay team that broke the program record at Ivies ... Finished fifth in the 50 freestyle and ninth in the 100 freestyle at the championships ... Was a member of the 200 freestyle relay team that tied the school record at the Bruno Invitational ... Won the 100 freestyle and finished second in the 200 freestyle against Cornell ... Took third in the 100 freestyle at Columbia ... Won the 100 freestyle and placed second in the 50 freestyle versus Harvard and Penn ... Won the 100 freestyle and finished fifth in both the 50 freestyle and the 100 backstroke at the Bruno Invitational ... Competed in four meets for the Bears.

2017-18: Finished eighth in the 100 freestyle and 11th in the 50 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships ... Was a member of the 200 freestyle relay team that broke a school record at Ivies ... Also swam on the 400 freestyle relay team that set a school record at the Big Al Invite ... Two-time College Swimming Ivy League Swimmer of the Week ... Also named College Swimming Mid-Major Swimmer of the Week ... Won both the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle against Cornell and Columbia while also finishing second in the 200 freestyle versus the Lions ... Took first in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle versus Harvard, Penn and MIT ... Won the 50 freestyle and placed third in both the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle at the Big Al Invite ... Claimed second at Yale in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle.

Before Brown: Competed in swimming at Brighton High School ... Named Livingston County Swimmer of the Year in 2017 and HSAA Swimmer of the Year in 2016 ... Detroit Athletic Club Athlete of the Year Nominee (2017) ... Set the 50 freestyle state record in 2016 ... State Champion in the 100 freestyle in 2014 and 2015 ... Also competed for Club Wolverine ... Member of the 2017 Spring NCSA Champion 400 freestyle relay team ... Broke Allison Schmitt's 100 freestyle 15-16 age group Club Wolverine record ... Also holds the 50 freestyle state record for 15-16 ... Earned an Academic Letter ... Superior Distinction at District and State Solo and Ensemble for solo singing.

Personal: Daughter of Daniel Seaman and Kelly House-Seaman.