Sarah Welch

Class:
Junior
Position:
Utility
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Beverly, Mass.
High School:
Beverly High School

Notes: Joined the team in February 2017 … Also a member of the women’s swimming & diving team … Set the school record in the 100 backstroke (55.11) in the prelims at the 2017 Ivy League Championships and finished fifth in the finals … Served the women’s swimming & diving team as a captain in 2018-19.

2019: Did not record any statistics.

2018: Did not record any statistics.

2017: Tallied one steal on the season … Earned ACWPC All-Academic and CWPA Scholar-Athlete honors.

Before Brown: Earned Boston Globe Swimmer of the Year honors … Gained Northeastern Conference All-Star accolades … Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials … Competed for head coach Janet Harty in swimming … Swam on the club level for YMCA of the North Shore … Garnered USA Swimming All-Scholastic All-America laurels … A National Honor Society member and AP Scholar.

Personal: Sarah is the daughter of Carla Dropo and Tom Welch; mother swam at Connecticut and father played water polo at Yale … Grandfather, Walt “Moose” Dropo, played 13 years in Major League Baseball from 1949-61 … Has one younger sister, Nicole … Born on April 23, 1998 … Double concentrator in Health and Human Biology and Public Health.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because it gives me the opportunity to explore outstanding academics and swim for an impressive coaching staff. I am so proud to join an amazing team as a member of the Brown Bears Class of 2020!”