Before Yale: Two-time individual Virginia 3A State Champion, 3A State Record holder in the 100 backstroke…Runner-up at NCSA Junior National Championships in the 200-meter Backstroke, qualified for the Olympic Trials… Multi-time Richmond All-Metro First Team swimmer…National Merit Finalist…Scholastics Writing Competition: Silver Medal, Gold Key, and American Voices Award Recipient…High School Math Modeling Competition: Honorable Mention…3x USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.
 
Personal: Son of Ben and Maureen Ackerly…Played piano for 15 years..Loves playing and listening to music.
 
Why Yale? “I chose Yale because I loved the coaches, the campus, and felt like it had an ideal balance of academic rigor and athletic excellence.”