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.