NEISA News

The following schools have earned selection to the ICSA Match Race National Championship @ University of Florida/St. Petersburg Yacht Club, November 13-14, 2021

Bowdoin College
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Fordham University
Georgetown University
Jacksonville University
U.S. Naval Academy
Stanford University
Tulane University
University of Wisconsin
Yale University

The members of the ICSA Coed Selection Committee are:

Chris Barnard
Derek Deskey
Charlie Lalumiere
Greer Parker
Belle Strachan

*** Cowles and Arcot are the NEISA Women's Sailors of the Week ***

*** Murphy, McGrath and Montagner are the NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week *** 

With the arrival of week 4 in college sailing, interconference competition gets underway pitting SAISA sailors against other teams across the country. At the Kings Point Dinghy Open hosted by the United Merchant Marine Academy, Jacksonville University sailors Matt King and Liz Johnson delivered an outstanding performance winning B-division in a field of 22 teams, positioning the Fins in second place overall just ten points back from the overall win, and earning Week 4 SAISA Sailors of the Week honors in the process. King and Johnson sailed a very consistent event averaging a third place finish over the course of an eleven race series, including two bye races due to a larger fleet than anticipated. Kings Point's notorious trapezoid course put a premium on a successful first beat in which King and Johnson were able to round the top mark in the top third of the fleet nearly every race. Great downwind positioning in pressure coupled with strong boat handling allowed the Fins team to chip away into the top three finishers in seven of their nine races sailed. Congrats to Matt and Liz for earning this week's SAISA Sailors of the Week. 

*** Harvey and Lingos-Utley are the NEISA Co-ed Sailors of the Week***

***Cowles and Ryan are the NEISA Women Sailors of the Week***

***Maus '22 and Gonzalez '23 have been named the NEISA WOMEN’S SAILORS OF THE WEEK***

***Naughton '22 and Borges '22 are the NEISA COED SAILORS OF THE WEEK***

*** Sophia Reineke is the Women’s Sailor of the Week ***

*** Connor Nelson is the Coed Sailor of the Week ***

***Teddy Nicolosi and Anisha Arcot are the NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week***

*** Mia Nicolosi and Ximena Escobar are the NEISA Women’s Sailors of the Week***

CHARLESTON, S.C., (September 11-12, 2021) – Saturday marked the start of the fall 2021 regatta season with the full conference Fall 2021 SAISA Coed Open Regatta hosted by the College of Charleston. Teams were met with light breeze and aggressive currents on Saturday morning with racing north of the USS Yorktown near the marsh. After a brief break, racing moved to Crab Bank where the afternoon breeze filled in providing good but somewhat unpredictable conditions for the second half of Saturday and Sunday morning. Sunday racing wrapped up around 1:30 as the breeze died while the current did not.

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.