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INTER-COLLEGIATE SAILING ASSOCIATION NAMES
2005/2006 ICSA ALL-AMERICA SAILING TEAM
Georgetown Wins Fowle Trophy
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 18, 2006) The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association of
North America (ICSA) has announced the members of its 2005/2006 ICSA
All-America Sailing Team. Also named were the College Sailor of the Year,
Quantum Female College Sailor of the Year, Sportsman of the Year and the winner
of the Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy for the all-around best college team.
The ICSA All-American honors are awarded to competitors who demonstrated
outstanding performance in competition during the college sailing year (fall
and spring seasons) just concluded. A panel of representatives from each of the
seven ICSA conferences reviews each sailors individual results and sailors are
named to the team as All-Americans, Womens All-Americans and/or All-American
Crews. Their names will be added to the permanent ICSA Hall of Fame display
located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center at the U.S. Naval Academy
(Annapolis, Md.).
College Sailor of the Year Andrew Campbell
The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has awarded Georgetown
University graduating senior Andrew Campbell (San Diego, Calif.) its Everett B.
Morris Trophy in recognition of his selection as the 2006 College Sailor of the
Year. Campbell was also named an ICSA All-American for the third year running,
capping a remarkable four years of college sailing.
Campbell started the 2005-2006 season by winning the ICSA/Vanguard Mens
Singlehanded Championship and becoming the first sailor to have won that title
three times. He then turned his efforts to other events on the college sailing
circuit, helping Georgetown to place second at the ICSA Sloop Championship and
the Atlantic Coast Dinghy Championship, and third at the Aaron Szambecki Team
Race Regatta. Georgetown was victorious at the Truxtun Umsted Regatta where,
in 20 races over two days, Campbell amassed a 57-point lead to win A-Division.
At the national championships in Charleston, Georgetown won another title with
Campbell at the helm the ICSA/Layline National Team Race Championship as
the Hoyas built on a 6-0 win-loss record in the first round of the series to
eventually earn the number one seeded slot into the final round. Three days
later the Hoyas closed the most successful season in school history with a
second-place finish at the hotly contested 2006 ICSA/Gill!
National Coed Dinghy Championship where Campbell won A-Division by 15 points
in the final race of his college sailing career.
I havent sailed my Laser since last fall...I would have been cheating my team
if I had focused too much on my Olympic campaign, said Campbell who is the
USAs top-ranked sailor in the Laser class, the boat designated as the
equipment for the Olympic mens singlehanded event. Winning a spot on the
USAs 2008 Olympic Sailing Team will now consume all his energy as he
immediately starts traveling the globe to train and compete in pursuit of that
dream. First stop is Germany (for Kiel Week), then Poland (the Laser European
Championship) and China (where he will compete in the first test event at the
2008 Olympic venue), before landing in Korea where he will compete in the Laser
World Championship.
My team has been my priority for the last six months and to do well with them
has been my goal. For that to pay off is really exciting
.it is the payoff for
a long year of hard work. My hope is that this recognition can build esteem
for my team and the sports reputation at my school. Sailing at Georgetown has
taught me a lot and when the Laser thing ends in 2008 Im set up to step into
something else because Im comfortable with a wide range of things Ive learned
through college sailing.
Quantum Female College Sailor of the Year Alana OReilly
Alana OReilly (James Island, S.C.) has been named the 2006 Quantum Female
College Sailor of the Year, an annual award to the female skipper who has
compiled the best overall sailing record for the academic year. The College of
Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) graduating senior -- the schools first sailor to
receive the honor -- was also named an ICSA Womens All-American for the second
consecutive year.
OReilly had a number of top-three finishes during the 2005-06 season, with
three distinct high points when she led Charleston to wins at St. Marys
College Womens Intersectional; the 20th Dellenbaugh Womens Trophy, winning
A-Division by 41 points; and most significantly, the ICSA National Womens
Dinghy Championship, where she won A-Division by 23 points.
It took a while for it to sink in, but it is awesome to win this award, said
OReilly. The award is formula-based and I thought not qualifying for singles
(the ICSA Womens Singlehanded Championship) would have put me at a big
disadvantage. But doing well the rest of the year paid off for me. It was
really special finishing strong in my senior year.
OReilly, whose parents do not sail, took up the sport when her family moved to
Charleston. After her older brother took sailing lessons over the summer, the
following year OReilly, who was six at the time, took lessons with her younger
brother. The opportunity to sail then became a deciding factor in choosing to
attend the College of Charleston where she majored in Political Science.
Sailing will also figure heavily in her post-graduation plans: she is
returning to Pleon Yacht Club (Marblehead, Mass.) for her second summer as a
coach and expects to continue sailing competitively whenever possible.
ICSA Sportsman of the Year Alex Jones
Alex Jones (Poulsbo, Wash.), a University of Washington (UW) graduating senior,
is the recipient of the Robert H. Hobbs Trophy as ICSAs Sportsman of the Year.
Aside from being one of the top skippers on the UW Sailing Team, Jones held key
positions on both his team and in his district and recently received the
Northwest Intercollegiate Sailing Association Leadership Award in recognition
of his work as district secretary. Since sophomore year, he has been Captain
of the UW Sailing Team, during which time he is credited with raising (almost
singlehandedly) close to $30,000 for the team which, as a non-varsity sport,
does not receive University funding; and negotiating use of a new sailing
center for the team to practice out of (including the use of brand new boats).
Jones also fulfilled the role of coach -- running practices, organizing travel
and regattas, and deciding who sails -- taking responsibility for difficult
decisions that affected the entire team.
Those familiar with Jones contributions to the UW sailing program consider him
an inspiration as well. He was born with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, an incurable
and non-correctable vision disorder that has rendered him legally and almost
functionally blind. To sail he relies on input from his crew, the feel of the
boat and other factors that sighted sailors need never consider: in steady
conditions he counts how long hes been on each tack to determine laylines and
distances; in shifty conditions he uses the sun and shadows to tell when hes
headed and lifted.
According to his teammates, Jones ability to sail competitively is a testament
to not only his skill, but also his courage. You will never hear Alex talk
about his disability or let it be a factor in the outcome of any race. It is
just something that he quietly deals with, they wrote collectively in
nominating him for the award.
The award announcement was a total shock at nationals, said Jones. I had to
get up and speak. I was surprised and I just remember thinking what sailing
means to me is fun. Going on a trip and having all these experiences with your
friends is the best thing. These are friends that Im going to have for the
rest of my life.
Jones learned to sail in ninth grade at North Kitsap High School and then chose
to attend UW as the best school in the Northwest for sailing. He majored in
Education and Psychology, and will return to UW in the fall to get his Masters
Degree in Education. Like his mother, he plans to become a teacher at the
elementary school level. In the meantime Meydenbauer Bay Yacht Club (Bellevue,
Wash.) will benefit from his enthusiasm for the sport -- Jones will be a
sailing instructor in their sailing program this summer.
Fowle Memorial Trophy Georgetown University
The Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy, recognizing the years best all-around
performance in college sailing, has been awarded to Georgetown University. It
is the first time Georgetown has won the award which is determined by points
accumulated at the six major ICSA championships.
Last fall Georgetowns standout sailor, Andrew Campbell, won the ICSA/Vanguard
North American Mens Singlehanded Championship for a record third time. With
crew Seamus Kraft (Marblehead, Mass.) and Daniel Esdorn (Rye, N.Y.), both
juniors, Campbell led the Hoyas to a second-place finish at the ICSA Sloop
North American Championship. (The Hoyas did not have a representative at the
ICSA/Vanguard North American Womens Singlehanded Championship.) Georgetowns
impressive performance at the ICSA National Championships in Charleston, S.C.,
cemented the best year in the schools sailing program it included winning
the ICSA/Layline National Team Race Championship (previously won in 2001) and
placing second at both the ICSA National Womens and ICSA/Gill National Coed
Dinghy Championships their best-ever finish in those championships.
For a long time it (the Fowle Trophy) was something we never thought we would
win, said Mike Callahan (Falmouth, Mass./Washington, D.C.), who has coached
sailing at Georgetown since 1998 after graduating in 97, explaining that the
Hoyas dont have the equipment and facilities of some of the bigger schools.
Then last year we had a lot of success and finished second to Harvard, so we
made it a goal for this year. We put a lot of work into our sloop program and
then Andrew won the singlehandeds. We qualified for five national
championships, won two, and were second in three. This is something special
and Im so proud to be a part of this team.
A full listing of the 2005/2006 ICSA All-America Sailing Team follows. More
information on ICSA can be found at www.collegesailing.org.
2006 COLLEGE SAILOR OF THE YEAR The Everett B. Morris Trophy
Andrew Campbell (Coronado, Calif.) Georgetown University 06
2006 QUANTUM FEMALE COLLEGE SAILOR OF THE YEAR
Alana OReilly (Jones Island, S.C.) College of Charleston 06
SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR The Robert H. Hobbs Trophy
Alex Jones (Poulsbo, Wash.) University of Washington 06
TEAM OF THE YEAR The Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy
Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.)
2005/2006 ICSA/RONSTAN ALL-AMERICA SAILING TEAM
ICSA Coed All-American Skippers
Chris Behm (Hampton, Va.) Georgetown University 08
Andrew Campbell (San Diego, Calif.) Georgetown University 06
Clay Johnson (Toms River, N.J.) Harvard University 07
Justin Law (Newport Beach, Calif.) St. Marys College 07
Trevor Moore (North Pomfret, Vt.) Hobart/William Smith Colleges 07
Russell OReilly (Charleston, S.C.) College of Charleston 07
Vincent Porter (Winnetka, Ill.) Harvard University 06
Kevin Reali (St. Petersburg, Fla.) University of South Florida 06
Adam Roberts (San Diego, Calif.) Boston College 09
David Siegal (Dartmouth, Mass.) Tufts University 06
Erick Storck (Huntington, N.Y.) Dartmouth College 07
Frank Tybor (Coronado, Calif.) UC/Irvine 07
ICSA Coed Honorable Mention:
Zachary Brown (San Diego, Calif.) Yale University 08
Charles Enright (Bristol, R.I.) Brown University 07
Brian Clancy (Scituate, Mass.) Hobart/William Smith Colleges 07
Jesse Combs (Key West, Fla.) University of South Florida 07
Rip Hale (Annapolis, Md.) Brown University 06
Greg Helias (Los Angeles, Calif.) University of Southern California 07
Reed Johnson (Toms River, N.J.) Boston College 08
Jamie Kimbal (Grand Rapids, Mich.) College of Charleston 06
Zander Kirkland (Warwick, Bermuda) Tufts University 06
Kyle Kovacs (Pennington, N.J.) Harvard University 08
John Loe (New Orleans, La.) St. Marys College 08
ICSA Women All-Americans
Derby Anderson (Annapolis, Md.) Georgetown University 06
Molly Carapiet (Belvedere, Calif.) Yale University 06
Sloan Devlin (Mystic, Conn.) Harvard University 06
Charlotte Hill (Miami, Fla.) U.S. Naval Academy 08
Emily Hill (Miami, Fla.) Yale University 07
Alana OReilly (Charleston, S.C.) College of Charleston 06
Adrienne Patterson (Newport Beach, Calif.) St. Marys College 08
Katie Whitman (Folly Beach, S.C.) U.S. Naval Academy 07
ICSA Womens Honorable Mention
Tinja Anderson-Mitterling (Coronado, Calif.) University of Hawaii 08
Evan Brown (Tampa, Fla.) Stanford University 08
Emily East (Fairhope, Ala.) Dartmouth College 06
Blaire Herron (Coronado, Calif.) Georgetown University 08
Andrea Savage (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) College of Charleston 09
Kaitlin Storck (Huntington, N.Y.) Tufts University 08
ICSA All-American Crew
Arlene Chung (Murrysville, Penn.) Brown University 06
Christina Dahlman (Chevy Chase, Md.) Harvard University 07
Nick Deane (Boston, Mass.) Georgetown University 06
Caroline LaMotte (Oxford, Md.) Georgetown University 07
Molly Lawson (Duxbury, Mass.) Hobart/William Smith Colleges 06
Becca Levin (New Haven, Conn.) Stanford University 07
Susan Lintern (Kirtland Hills, Ohio) College of Charleston 06
Killarney Loufek (Newport Beach, Calif.) Dartmouth College 07
Whitney Loufek (Newport Beach, Calif.) UC Irvine 07
Anna Martin (Kittery Point, Maine) Tufts University 07
Augusta Nadler (Marion, Mass.) Hobart/William Smith Colleges 06
Hannah Oakland (Charlottesville, Va.) Yale University 07
Ashley Reynolds (St. Petersburg, Fla.) University of South Florida 06
Melanie Roberts (San Diego, Calif.) University of Southern California 07
Ruth Schlitz (Woods Hole, Mass.) Harvard University 06
Emily Simon (Oak Brook, Ill.) Harvard University 07
Andrea White (Diamondhead, Miss.) U.S. Naval Academy 07
Alyson Whitehead (Huntington, N.Y.) Boston College 07
Hilary Wiech (St. Michaels, Md.) - St. Marys College 07
Jennifer Wilson (Fargo, North Dakota) University of Minnesota 06
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