CAMBRIDGE, MA—2/15/20 – The NEISA Awards Committee has announced the 2020 NEISA Watch Lists for Coed and Women’s Sailor of the Year, Babineau Crew of the Year and Women’s Crew of the Year. These lists include the top sailors from New England colleges and universities based on results to date.
The NEISA Coed and Women’s Sailors of the Year honors the best skippers in the conference. Often NEISA Sailors of the Year are finalists and/or winners of the ICSA Sailor of the Year Awards. The Babineau Trophy, named for Coast Guard Academy sailor and Cadet Julie Babineau, recognizes the most outstanding crew. The Women’s Crew of the Year honors the best crew in women’s competitions.
Honorees are selected by the coaches of the NEISA Awards Committee. The committee considers the competitive record of each candidate. In determining the quantity and quality of a record, the committee has particular regard for the following factors: how the record compares to those of fellow competitors, the quality of competition in which the record was achieved, results achieved competing with different skippers and crews, whether the record spans the Fall and/or Spring seasons, and how the record compares to those of All-NEISA sailors selected in previous years. The committee does not consider the following factors: candidates’ records in previous years, or candidates’ records in non-college events. While these standout players are the initial contenders, all players are eligible for NEISA Awards.
NEISA Awards Committee
David Thompson - Chair
Jeff Bresnahan
Bill Healy
Michael Kalin
COED SAILOR OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
Ragna Agerup ’20, Brown University
Robert Bragg ’23, Dartmouth College
Eli Burnes ’21, Harvard University
Javier De urdanibia panos ’21, Boston University
Shawn Harvey ’21, Yale University
WOMEN’S SAILOR OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
Maia Agerup ’20, Boston University
Ragna Agerup ’20, Brown University
Emma Kaneti ’22, Harvard University
Christine Klingler ’20, Yale University
Louisa Nordstrom ’20, Yale University
Sophia Reineke ’21, Boston College
Hannah Steadman ’20, Brown University
BABINEAU CREW OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
Katherine Bertolini ’21, Boston University
Sonia Lingos-Utley ’21, Yale University
Grace Mooradian ’21, Boston University
Graceann Nicolosi ’20, Yale University
Julia Reynolds ’21, Brown University
Emily Wang ’21, Harvard University
WOMEN’S CREW OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
Carlota Hopkins-Guerra ’22, Dartmouth College
Annabelle Hutchinson ’21, Brown University
Emma Jakobson ’21, Harvard University
Sonia Lingos-Utley ’21, Yale University
Emilia Ruth ’22, Brown University
Catherine Webb ’22, Yale University
Jessica Williams ’20, Harvard University
The NEISA Awards Committee will announce the Women’s All-NEISA team at the conclusion of the NEISA Women’s Championship for the Jerry Reed Trophy hosted by Brown on April 19th. The Coed All-NEISA team will be named at the end of racing at the NEISA Dinghy Championship for the Coast Guard Alumni Bowl hosted by MIT on April 26th.
About NEISA
The New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) is the organizing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout New England and in some parts of Canada. NEISA is one of seven conferences around the country that comprise College Sailing, the governing body of Intercollegiate Sailing. Currently boasting over fifty scholastic members, NEISA seeks to encourage and advance sailboat racing, in all its variations through weekly competitions throughout the spring and the fall. Education, training, student leadership, and sportsmanship have been the cornerstones of NEISA since its inception in Cambridge, MA in 1949. Visit neisa.collegesailing.org to learn more.
Previous Coed Sailors of the Year
2014 Graham Landy ‘15, Yale University
2015 Graham Landy ‘15, Yale University
2016 Ian Barrows ‘17, Yale University
2017 Ian Barrows ‘17, Yale University
2018 Christopher Williford ‘19, Dartmouth College
2019 Nic Baird ’19, Yale University
Previous Women’s Sailors of the Year
2014 Morgan Kiss ‘15, Yale University
2015 Erika Reineke ‘16, Boston College
2016 Nikole Barnes ‘17, Coast Guard Academy
2017 Erika Reineke ‘17, Boston College
2018 Dana Rhode ‘18, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
2019 Louisa Nordstrom ’20, Yale University
Previous Babineau Crews of the Year
2014 Katherine Gaumond ‘15 Yale University
2015 Elizabeth Barnard ‘15, Boston College
2016 Sydney Karnovsky ‘16, Harvard University
2017 Clara Robertson ‘17, Yale University
2018 Graceann Nicolosi ‘20, Yale University
2019 Graceann Nicolosi ‘20, Yale University
Pervious Women’s Crew of the Year
2014 Amanda Salvesen ’14, Yale University
2015 Natalya Doris ’17, Yale University
2016 Hannah Scanlon ’18, University of Rhode Island
2017 Hannah Scanlon ’18, University of Rhode Island
2018 Maddie Ekin ’20, Us Coast Guard Academy
2019 Tiffany Xi ’19, Massachusetts Institute of Technology