HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB:  Kessler is the current record holder at New Rochelle High School in the 200IM and 100 butterfly, and was also a member of the school relay teams setting records in the 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay.  She was named All-State throughout her high school career, was the team MVP during her sophomore, junior and senior years. Kessler competed in every Junior Nationals Championship since 2008. Her international experience includes the Canada Cup in Montreal, Switzerland’s Championnats Internationaux de Geneve and the 18th World Maccabiah Games in Israel where Kessler took home silver medals in the 200 meter butterfly and 800 meter freestyle and bronze medals in the 400-meter freestyle and 400-meter individual medley. She was also a three-time Scholastic All-American.

PERSONAL: Rachel Rose Kessler was born on September 20, 1994 in New Rochelle, N.Y. to Steven and Maria Kessler.  Kessler has two younger siblings, Michael and Alison. Interested in forensics and criminal justice, Kessler hopes to pursue a career working for the FBI.