Current NEISA Undergraduate President, Preston Anderson Bowdoin ’22 has been selected by NEISA to receive the NEISA Student Leadership Award. Preston has been a driving force in creating the Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity Task Force or TIDE as it is commonly known. Preston is also the former NEISA Undergraduate Scheduling Assistant, and played a contributing role in the Virtual Team Development Symposium in 2020. He is currently the Vice Chair of the ICSA TIDE where he partners with BUSA, NESCAC and US Sailing. Bowdoin Sailing Head Coach Frank Pizzo had this to say about Preston, “Preston balances being exceedingly busy with being exceedingly passionate about what he does and he manages to juggle all the balls he has in the air on a given day with respect to his team, his conference, and his sport nationally over the past three years.” The NEISA Awards Committee is honored to present this award to the most deserving recipient in many years.

ANNAPOLIS, M.D. (June 29, 2021) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association is pleased to present the 2021 Virtual All-American Awards in lieu of an in-person ceremony following the National Championships. The Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year, the Everett B. Morris Trophy for College Sailor of the Year and Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award were announced with the new inductees to the ICSA Hall of Fame. The names of the winners for the 2020-21 season will be added to the ICSA Hall of Fame displayed at the Robert Crown Center at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

ITHACA, NY. (June 28, 2021) – The Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has named its 2019-20 All-Academic Sailing Team. The All-Academic Sailing Team recognizes collegiate sailors who have achieved excellence in national and inter-conference competition as well as excelling at the highest academic level for the 2019-20 academic year.

The criteria for the honorees of the ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team are that he or she must be a junior or senior who has participated as a competitor or alternate in four regattas and have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

A committee comprised of representatives from conferences in the ICSA evaluates the nominated sailors. This year’s All-Academic Team has over 90 members.

Additionally, a virtual awards ceremony will take place tomorrow evening, Tuesday, June 29th at 6 pm Eastern, announcing the All-American Team, Quantum Women’s Sailor of the Year, Everett B. Morris College Sailor of the Year, Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award and the new inductees to the ICSA Hall of Fame. Watch on the College Sailing YouTube Channel or ICSA Home Page.

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Today was the last day of the Gill College Sailing Coed National Championship, the final of three high caliber spring college sailing national championships that were hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy with support from Georgetown University, the Annapolis Yacht Club, Severn Sailing Association, Eastport Yacht Club and the Annapolis Sailing School. The Naval Academy came out on top on their home waters to win the national title and the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy.