Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Names 2013 All-Academic Sailing Team

(July 12, 2013) – The Inter-collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has named its 2013 All-Academic Sailing Team. The 2013 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 2012 – 2013 academic year. The All-Academic Sailing Team was inaugurated in 2006. A nominated sailor must have a minimum of a 3.5 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale), junior or senior academic standing and they must be a key starter or reserve on a school’s sailing team.

A seven-person committee comprised of representatives from each conference in the ICSA evaluates the nominated sailors. The committee uses the same competition data that is used to determine the ICSA All-American Team, which honors sailors for their exceptional competitive performance.

The committee can select up to ten scholar athletes for both the First and Second All-Academic Teams who have proven to be highly competitive both academically and in national competition. This year, for the second time, the committee has also named an All-Conference Team. This team recognizes exemplary sailors who are also great representatives, but were not able to be included on the First or Second Teams.

This year’s All-Academic Team is comprised of nine First Team members, ten Second Team members and 32 All-Conference members.

“It was a challenging task for the committee to select these teams as there are so many qualified student athletes. The difficulty in naming these teams demonstrates the tremendous achievements of ICSA sailors on the water and in the classroom,” says Matt Lindblad, co-head coach of the MIT Varsity Sailing Team and chairman of the ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team Selection Committee.

2013 ICSA First All-Academic Sailing Team
(Name, Hometown, School, Year, Major, GPA)

Margaret Craig (West Newbury, Mass.), University of Rhode Island ’13, Ocean Engineering, 3.89
Eugenia Custo-Greig (Key Biscayne, Fla.), Yale University ’14, Literature, 3.78
Steven Drapcho (Cambridge, Mass.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ’13, Physics, 3.8
Lindsey Ludwig (Winchester, Mass.), Cornell University ’14, Applied Economics and Management, Communications, 3.98
Chandler Salisbury (Lakewood, Ohio), Dartmouth College ’13, Government, French, 3.76
Helena Scutt (Stanford, Calif.), Stanford University ’14, Biochemical Engineering, 3.75
Andrew Sommer (Cambridge, Mass.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ’13, Mechanical Engineering, 3.9
Molly Wilson (Rye, N.Y.), Dartmouth College ’13, Biology, 3.83
Iris Xu (Cambridge, Mass.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘14, Math, Computer Science, 4.0

2013 ICSA Second All-Academic Sailing Team
(Name, Hometown, School, Year, Major, GPA)

Taylor Burfield (Boston, Mass.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘13, Mathematics with Computer Science, Management Science, 3.9
Elizabeth Chambers (Charleston, S.C.), College of Charleston ’14, Exercise Science, 3.80
Molly Clarke (Cumberland, R.I.), Boston College ’13, Biology, 3.72
Eben Freeman (Cambridge, Mass.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ’13, Mathematics, 3.9
Jocelynn Knudsen (Missoula, Mont.), U.S. Naval Academy ’13, Political Science, 3.7
Mariel Marchand (Barnstable, Mass.), Tufts University ’13, Political Science, 3.76
Sarah Peck (Old Lyme, Conn.) Dartmouth College ’14, Romance Languages, Theater, 3.85
Katie Riklin (Stanford, Calif.), Stanford University ’13, Human Biology, 3.74
Amanda Salvesen (Edgewater, Conn.), Yale University ’14, Global Affairs, 3.75
Colin Smith (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Brown University ’13, Business Economics, History of Art and Architecture, 3.68

2013 ICSA All-Conference All-Academic Sailing Team
(Name, Hometown, School, Year, Major)

Sky Adams (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Brown University ’14, Computer Science
Rachel Austin (Clinton, Ohio), Old Dominion University ’14, English
Becker Awqatty (Boston, Mass.), Northeastern University ’14, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering
Della Bradt (Bethesda, Md.), Cornell University ’13, History, Government
Wesley Byrne (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Eckerd College ’13, Psychology
Kim Dempsey (Brunswick, Maine), Bowdoin College ’14, Biochemistry
William Feldman (Hingham, Mass.), Yale University ’14, Economics
Sarah Fiske (Brunswick, Maine), Bowdoin College ’13, Economics, Math
Matthew Graham (Ann Arbor, Mich.), University of Michigan ’13, Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering
Keren Gu (Cambridge, Mass.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology ’14, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science
Isabel Low (Brunswick, Maine), Bowdoin College ’13, Neuroscience
Stephen Jaenke (Arnold, Md.), U.S. Naval Academy ’13, Mechanical Engineering
Christopher Jensen (Newport, R.I.), Salve Regina University ’14, Business Administration
Conor Lodge (Boston, Mass.), Northeastern University ’14, English
Sally Mace (Stanford, Calif.), Stanford University ’14, International Relations
John McGlynn (Middletown, Conn.), Wesleyan University ’13, Economics, Latin American Studies
Emily Mitchell (Rochester, Mass.), Eckerd College ’13, Environmental Studies
Johnny Norfleet (Kingston, Mass.), Hobart and William Smith Colleges ’13, Economics
Ayaka Okawa (Brunswick, Maine), Bowdoin College ’14, Sociology
Dillon Paiva (Raleigh, N.C.), Old Dominion University ’14, English
John Thomas Peabody (Alexandria, Va.), Bowdoin College ’14, History
Emma Pfohman (Portland, Ore.), Fordham University ’13, Political Science
Kelsey Ragsdale (Arlington, Va.), U.S. Naval Academy ’13, Honors Oceanography
Kelly Roy (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), Boston College ’13, Economics, Psychology
Willem Sandberg (Darien, Mass.), Tufts University ’14, Mechanical Engineering
Solvig Sayre (Vineyard Haven, Mass.), Eckerd College ’14, International Relations
Alden Sonnenfeldt (Rochester, N.Y.), Cornell University ’13, Biological Engineering
Mae Speight (Brunswick, Maine), Bowdoin College ’13, Religion
Shannon Wilkins (West Chester, Pa.), Old Dominion University ’13, Exercise Science
McKenzie Wilson (Stanford, Calif.), Stanford University ’14, Human Biology
Michael Yanagisawa (Woodbridge, Conn.), Brown University ’13, Chemistry, Biology
Mary Zeolla (Simi Valley, Calif.), Salve Regina University ’13, Marketing

The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) is the governing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada. Visit http://collegesailing.org/ to learn more.

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