Will Newell

Will Newell

Height: 6-1
Year: Junior
Hometown: Weston, Mass.
High School: Weston
House Affiliation: Eliot

2009
Sat in the six seat of the men’s varsity eight in 2009 … Earned second-team All-Ivy League honors for silver medal performance at Sprints … Won a bronze medal at the IRA National Championships … Varsity eight went 8-1 in dual racing action … Helped the Crimson win the Jope Cup as overall league champions.

2008

Member of the freshman eight that won the petite final at the EARC Sprints ... Won the petite final at the IRA National Championships in the freshman four.

Before Harvard
Attended Weston High School ... Member of cross country, track and rowing teams and was named a cross country DCL All-Star as a senior ... High honor roll and member of National Honor Society ... Radio volunteer for Boston Marathon, Walk for Hunger and Head of the Charles events ... Interests include sailing and hiking ... Mother, Nelia Worsley Newell '79 competed in crew, ice hockey and squash while at Harvard ... Aunt Charlotte Worsley '82, played lacrosse and field hockey ... Uncle, Charles Cheston '56 also attended Harvard ... Aunt, Julie Worsley Neilson, competed in ice hockey and cross country at Middlebury.