June 9, 2012

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Austin, Texas. (June 9, 2012) - Friday night was the final ICSA awardsbanquet in Austin, Texas after the last day of racing for theICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship. The Coed and Crew ICSAAll-Americans, Everett B. Morris Trophy for the College Sailor of theYear, Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award and the Leonard M. FowleTrophy for the Best Overall Team were presented. The names of thewinners will be added to the ICSA Hall of Fame display located in theRobert Crown Center at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
A committee of coaches who represent the seven conferences in the ICSAselects the ICSA All-America Team. For selecting the All-Americans thecommittee evaluates a competitor based on their competitive record ininter-conference competition as well as conference and nationalchampionships. The committee analyzes how this record compares tofellow competitors, the quality of the competition the record wasachieved in, the span of the record over the fall and spring seasons,results achieved with different crews, and how the record compares toprevious All-American winners in past years.
For All-American crew selections, the committee uses criteria similarto skipper selection, but also considers: demonstrated leadership (mayconsider seniority), outstanding body mechanics and boat handlingskills as well as proven ability to improve the results of theskipper(s) with whom he or she sails.
The Everett B. Morris Trophy is awarded annually to the College Sailorof the Year for outstanding performance at the highest level ofsailing in the collegiate year. The trophy is named in memory of adistinguished journalist who spent more than 30 years, as a yachtingwriter and editor. This year there were four finalists for theprestigious award: Alec Anderson, Roger Williams '13; Chris Barnard,Georgetown University '13; Sam Blouin, Hobart and William SmithColleges '12; and Mac Mace, College of Charleston '12.
Barnard's teammate Sydney Bolger also won theQuantum Female Sailor of the Year award just a few days ago. Previouswinners of this award include fellow Hoya Charlie Buckingham, whoachieved the honor twice (2009, 2011) and is an U.S. Olympic hopeful.
Barnard has been named an ICSA Coed Honorable Mention All-American(2010) and a Coed All-American (2012). He placed in the top three inA-division at most of the regattas he sailed over the 2011-2012 seasonfor Georgetown and has been named to the 2012 U.S. Sailing DevelopmentTeam to train for the Olympics in the Laser class.
"I am extremely honored and proud to win this award," Barnard says. Itis an award he knew he would like to win, but he says he first focusedon winning Nationals.
Barnard started sailing at Newport Harbor Yacht Club in Newport Beach,Calif. at the age of eight. He also sailed on the Newport Harbor HighSchool Sailing Team. He credits his parents and grandparents forintroducing him to sailing at a young age. He says he comes from asailing family and frequently went on family cruising trips. Hisfamily members are also avid racers.
Barnard is looking forward to competing in his Laser this summer bothin Europe and in the U.S. After college he will pursue an Olympiccampaign in the Laser, but next year he is excited about more collegesailing and defending a national title. He will graduate fromGeorgetown's business program next spring with a degree in marketing.
The winner of the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy for best overall collegiateteam is the College of Charleston. The team with the most Fowlepoints, which are compiled results of the ICSA Women's Singlehanded,Men's Singlehanded, Match Racing, Women's Dinghy, Team Racing, andCoed Dinghy National Championships, determines the Fowle trophy.Charleston had a successful competitive year including winning the2012 ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship.
The Robert H. Hobbs Sportsmanship Award is awarded annually to theSportsman of the Year. The trophy honors Robert Hobbs (MIT '64), pastExecutive Vice President of ICSA, past President of U.S. Sailing(1992-1994), and former chair of the U.S. Sailing Olympic Committee.This year's winner is Sam Williams (Summit, N.J.), a graduating seniorfrom Dartmouth College, who has shown outstanding sportsmanship duringhis collegiate sailing career.
The Women's All-Americans were announced earlier at the SperryTop-Sider/ICSA Women's National Championship banquet as well as theQuantum Female Sailor of the Year. The finalists for this award wereSydney Bolger a senior from Georgetown University and Anne Haeger, asenior from Boston College. Although both women had an outstandingyear of college sailing, Bolger won the honor this year.
2012 ICSA All-America Team
ICSA Coed All-AmericansAlec Anderson (Tortola, B.V.I.) - Roger Williams University `13Evan Aras (Annapolis, Md.) - Georgetown University `12
 Chris Barnard (Newport Beach, Calif.) - Georgetown University `12Sam Blouin (Tampa, Fla.) - Hobart and William Smith Colleges `12Anne Haeger (Lake Forest, Ill.) - Boston College `12Brendan Kopp (Fairfield, Conn.) - Harvard University `12Joe Kutschenreuter (East Troy, Wis.) - University of Wisconsin `12Graham Landy (Norfolk, Va.) - Yale University `15Kevin Laube (San Diego, Calif.) - Stanford University `14Mac Mace (Newport Beach, Calif.) - College of Charleston `13Joe Morris (Annapolis, Md.) - Yale University `12Ben Spector (Santa Clarita, Calif.) - College of Charleston `13Oliver Toole (Santa Barbara, Calif.) - Stanford University `14
ICSA Honorable Mention Coed All-AmericansAusten Anderson (Northport, N.Y.) - Hobart and William Smith Colleges `12Sean Bouchard (Bermuda) - Roger Williams University `12Cam Cullman (Rye, N.Y.) - Yale University `13Joshua Greenslade (Bermuda) - St. Mary's College of Maryland `13Zeke Horowitz (Sarasota, Calif.) - College of Charleston `12Colin Smith (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) - Brown University `13
ICSA Crew All-AmericansAlyssa Aitken (Sandwich, Mass.) - College of Charleston `12Sophie Bellacosa (Winchester, Mass.) - Roger Williams University '13Katy Canty (Vero Beach, Fla.) - Georgetown University `12Louisa Chafee (Warwick, R.I.) - Brown University `14Perry Emsiek (Corona del Mar, Calif.) - College of Charleston `12Rebecca Evans (Cohasset, Mass.) - Georgetown University `12Molly Forbes (Edina, Minn.) - University of Wisconsin `12Patrick Hession (Milton, Mass.) - Boston College `13Hilary Kenyon (Wayzata, Minn.) - Georgetown University `13Chris Klevan (Norfolk, Va.) - Hobart and William Smith Colleges `12Saverio Maldari (Andover, Mass.) - U.S. Naval Academy `12Heather May (Newport Beach, Calif.) - Yale University `13Laura McKenna (Palo Alto, Calif.) - Boston College `13Kelly Ortel (Annapolis, Md.) - Stanford University `14Catherine Pelo (Scituate, Mass.) - Hobart and William Smith Colleges `13Sarah Pierson (Winter Park, Fla.) - Harvard University `14Emily Reich (Oak Bluffs, Mass.) - Old Dominion University `12Kelly Stannard (Salem, Conn.) - Roger Williams University `12Stephanie Tong (Hong Kong, China) - Massachusetts Institute of Technology `12Elizabeth Wilsterman (Winchester, Mass.) - Connecticut College `12
ICSA Women's All-AmericansEmily Billing (Clearwater, Fla.) - Yale University `13Sydney Bolger (Long Beach, Calif.) - Georgetown University '12Atlantic Brugman (Barcelona, Spain) - Connecticut College `13Emily Dellenbaugh (Easton, Conn.) - Brown University `12Marlena Fauer (New York, N.Y.) - Yale University `14Anne Haeger (Lake Forest, Ill.) - Boston College `12Amy Hawkins (Ocean Gate, N.J.) - University of Rhode Island `12Morgan Kiss (Holland, Mich.) - Yale University `15Sarah Mace (Newport Beach, Calif.)- Stanford University `14
ICSA Honorable Mention Women's All-AmericansSky Adams (Santa Barbara, Calif.) - Brown University `14Mary Hall (Seminole, Fla.) - U.S. Naval Academy `15Deirdre Lambert (Cumberland, Maine) - Dartmouth College `15Natalie Salk (Jamestown, R.I.) - Tufts University `13
Robert H. Hobbs Sportsman of the YearJoe Kutschenreuter (East Troy, Wis.) - University of Wisconsin `12Nick Voss (Miami, Fla.) - University of Miami `12Sam Williams (Summit, N.J.) - Dartmouth College `12*
Everett B. Morris College Sailor of the Year FinalistsAlec Anderson (Tortola, B.V.I.) - Roger Williams University `13Chris Barnard (Newport Beach, Calif.) - Georgetown University '13*Sam Blouin (Tampa, Fla.) - Hobart and William Smith Colleges `12Mac Mace (Newport Beach, Calif.) - College of Charleston `12
Quantum Women's College Sailor of the YearSydney Bolger (Long Beach, Calif.) - Georgetown University `12*Anne Haeger (Lake Forest, Ill.) - Boston College `12