Meredith Kelly

Class:
Senior
High School:
Minnetonka
Hometown:
Excelsior, Minn.

2016-17 • Senior Season: Academic All-Big Ten selection and received Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award ... Finished First in Varsity 4+ in Head of the Mississippi (10/01)... Competed in the 1V8 at Cardinal Invitational (3/11), 1V8 at Doc Hosea Invitational (4/2), 1V8 at Big Ten Double Duel (4/8), 1V8 at Clemson Invitational (4/22-4/23) and 1V8 at Big Ten Championships (5/14) during the spring season.

2015-16 • Junior Season: Finished sixth in Varsity 4+ at the Head of the Des Moines (9/26)... competed with the Second Varsity Eight and earned a pair of first place and a second place finish (3/13)... claimed two first place finishes with the Second Varsity Eight at the Doc Hosea Invitational (4/2-4/3)... earned a pair of first place finishes with the Second Varsity Eight vs. Iowa and Indiana (4/9)... earned two second place finishes at Wisconsin with the Second Varsity Eight (4/23)... finished second with the Second Varsity Eight at the Border Battle Regatta (5/1)... placed sixth with the Second Varsity Eight at Big Ten Championships (5/15).

2014-15 • Sophomore Season: Paced Second Varsity Four at the Head of the Mississippi (10/5) and the Head of the Rock (10/12)...helped First Varsity Four place first in two of three races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite (3/15)...also paced 1V4 at the OSU Classic (4/4) and the Big 10 Double Dual (4/11) where Minnesota swept Rutgers...finished the season pacing First Varsity Four in the Clemson Invite (4/18 & 19), the Devil's Lake Challenge (5/2) and the Big 10 Championship (5/16 & 17).

2013-14 • Freshman Season: defeated Dayton and West Virginia in the 3V4 at the Oak Ridge Invite (3/15-16) ... placed second behind Wisconsin with the 2V4 in the lone home dual of the year on Lake Phalen (5/4) ... finished fifth at the 2014 Big Ten Championships in the 2V4 (5/18)

High School:2013 graduate of Minnetonka High School...earned letters in cross country, rowing, and academics...named MVP for two years on rowing team and was named captain during her junior year...was named as an honor roll student and AP scholar. She graduated magna cum laude, and was a member of the German Honor Society and Minnetonka Honor Society.

Personal:Born April 1, 1995...daughter of Sheri and Terry Kelly, and sister to Megan...majoring in human industrial relations...she enjoys running and playing guitar.