Doyle Named College Sailor of the Year

NEWPORT, R.I. (June 18, 2002) – The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association of North America (ICSA) has announced the members of its 2001/2002 ICSA/Ronstan All-America Sailing Team, the College Sailor of the Year, Sportsman of the Year and winner of the Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy for the all-around best college team.

The ICSA/Ronstan All-America Sailing Team recognizes individuals with exceptional racing records for the college sailing year (fall and spring
seasons) just concluded. Members, determined annually by a panel of representatives from each of the seven ICSA districts, are named to the team as All-Americans, Women’s All-Americans and/or All-American Crews. In all, 57 athletes were named to the 2002 team at a banquet following the recent ICSA North American Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii. Their names will be added to the permanent ICSA Hall of Fame display located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center at the U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.).

College Sailor of the Year – Sean Doyle
The Everett B. Morris Trophy, presented annually to the College Sailor of the Year, has been awarded to Harvard University graduating senior Sean Doyle (St. Petersburg, Fla.). A finalist for the award in 2001, Doyle was also named an All-American for the third year running. Doyle had a standout senior year with the Crimson placing fifth at last fall’s National Singlehanded Championship, then skippering the team to its second straight North American Sloop Championship win. At the spring championships in Hawaii, he helped Harvard to its first-ever ICSA North American Team Race Championship win, which they claimed by posting a perfect 17-0 score. His future sailing plans are to campaign a Vanguard-15 on the team racing circuit.

Doyle is the third in a well-known sailing family to earn the coveted College Sailor of the Year honors. His father, Richard, received the accolade his senior year (1970) at Notre Dame, and his uncle, Robbie, won it his senior year (1971) at Harvard. Doyle learned to sail through the junior program at St. Petersburg Yacht Club and cites his father as his biggest influence. “He never coached me, his example was all I needed.” Graduating with a degree in Economics, Doyle will soon relocate to Connecticut where he will be working for the Louis Dreyfus Corp. as a commodities trader.

Other finalists for the Everett B. Morris Trophy were College of Charleston senior Marcus Eagan (New Orleans, La.); Old Dominion University senior Brad Funk (Clearwater, Fla.); and Tufts University sophomore Peter Levesque (Portland, Maine).

Sportsman of the Year – Blaine Pedlow
The Robert H. Hobbs Trophy for the Outstanding Sportsman of the Year was awarded to Blaine Pedlow (Bellingham, Wash.), a graduating senior from the University of California - Berkeley. Pedlow, an ICSA district President, was instrumental in helping the student-run Berkeley team work out arrangements that would allow them to sail out of the Treasure Island Sailing Center. Adam Werblow (St. Mary’s City, Md.), head of the ICSA selection committee, noted that Pedlow “was able to play with and against the best competition in our sport and always did so with a smile and the respect of his competitors.”

Pedlow, who learned to sail in Sabots through the San Diego Yacht Club junior program, hopes to spend the next year doing some 505 sailing and consulting work before deciding whether to pursue an advanced degree in Environmental Science. Characterizing the award as “special,” he stressed the importance of the friendships he has made through sailing. “It may sound hokey, but it’s incredible that people thought of me for this award.” . Fowle Memorial Trophy – Harvard University The Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy, recognizing the year’s best all-around performance determined by points accumulated at ICSA North American championships, was awarded to Harvard University for the second year in a row. The Crimson sailors won both the ICSA North American Team Race Championship and ICSA Sloop North American Championship and placed second at the ICSA/Gill North American Dinghy Championship.

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2002 ICSA AWARDS

COLLEGE SAILOR OF THE YEAR The Everett B. Morris Trophy
Sean Doyle (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Harvard ‘02

Finalists:
Marcus Eagan (New Orleans, La.) – College of Charleston ’02 Brad Funk (Clearwater Beach, Fla.) - Old Dominion University ’02 Peter Levesque (Portland, Maine) - Tufts University ’03

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR The Robert H. Hobbs Trophy
Blaine Pedlow (Bellingham, Wash.) - UC/Berkeley ‘02

TEAM OF THE YEAR The Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy
Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)

2001/2002 ICSA/RONSTAN ALL-AMERICA SAILING TEAM

ICSA/Ronstan Coed All-American Skippers
Matt Allen (Beverly, Mass.) - Old Dominion University ‘02
Chris Ashley (Point Pleasant, N.J.) - Brown University ‘04
John Birkett (Boston, Mass.) - Tufts University ‘02
Clay Bischoff (Coral Gables, Fla.) - Harvard University ‘03 Brian Bissell (Newport Beach, Calif.) - Georgetown University ’02 Sean Doyle (St. Petersburg, Fla.) - Harvard University ’02 Marcus Eagan (New Orleans, La.) – College of Charleston ’02 Brad Funk (Clearwater Beach, Fla.) - Old Dominion University ’02 Scott Hogan (Newport Beach, Calif.) – Dartmouth College ’04 Brent Jansen (Weston, Mass.) - St. Mary's College ‘02 Bryan Lake (San Diego, Calif.) - University of Hawaii ‘05 Peter Levesque (Portland, Maine) - Tufts University ’03 Cardwell Potts (New Orleans, La.) - Harvard University ’04 Tyler Pruett (Del Mar, Calif.) - Boston College ’02 Ken Ward (Tampa, Fla.) - Georgetown University ’02 Travis Weber (Surf City, N.J.) – U.S. Naval Academy ‘02

ICSA/Ronstan Honorable Mention Coed Skippers:
Mike Buckley (Sandwich, Mass.) - Washington College ‘04
Curtis Flood (Richmond, Kentucky) - Georgetown University ‘02 Kevin Horrigan (Pawcatuk, Conn.) - Dartmouth College ‘02 Stu McNay (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) - Yale University ‘04 Danny Pletsch (Sarasota, Fla.) - St. Mary’s College ’03 Caleb Silsby (Manchester, Mass.) - St. Mary's College ‘03 Mark Teborek (Winnetka, Ill.) - Boston College ‘03 Dave Wright (Oakville, Onatario, Canada) - US Merchant Marine Academy ‘04

ICSA/Ronstan Women All-Americans
Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wisc.) - Old Dominion University ’02 Amanda Clark (Shelter Island, N.Y.) - Connecticut College ’04 Corrie Clement (Metarie, La.) - Old Dominion University ’03 Emma Lichtenstein (Jamestown, R.I.) – Brown University ‘03 Molly O’Bryan (San Diego, Calif.) – University of Hawaii ’02 Ali Sharp (Gatlinburg, Tenn.) - St. Mary’s College ’03 Jamie Smith (West River, Md.) - St. Mary’s College ’03

ICSA/Ronstan Women’s Honorable Mention
Whitney Besse (Guilford, Conn.) – Brown University ’03
Eliza Burnes (South Dartmouth, Mass.) – Boston University ’02 AJ Crane (Warwick, Bermuda) – Tufts University ‘04 Carrie Howe (Grosse Point, Mich.) - Boston College ’03 Roseanne Monti (Jamestown, R.I.) – College of Charleton ‘03 Jen Morgan (Seattle, Wash.) - Dartmouth College ’02

ICSA/Ronstan All-American Crew
Sarah Angel (Far Hills, N.J.) Hobart/William Smith ‘02
Liz Biondi (Norwalk, Conn.) - Old Dominion University ’02
Susan Bonney (Westford, Mass.) – Harvard University ’02
Liz Bower (Fairport, N.Y.) - Old Dominion University ‘03
Anna Cobb (Mechanicsville, Va.) - Old Dominion University ‘03 Suzy Galen (Marina del Rey, Calif.) - UC Santa Barbara ‘02 Caroline Hall (Tiverton, R.I.) – Tufts University ’03 Sarah Helming (Sharon, Conn.) - Boston College ‘02 Marisa Ihara (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) – Brown University ‘03 Cindy Keppel (Rochester, N.Y.) – Dartmouth College ‘02 Galen Largay (Osterville, Mass.) - St. Mary's College ‘03 Catherine Littlefield (Princeton, N.J.) – Yale University ‘04 Emmy Spencer (Rockville, Md.) – US Naval Academy ‘02 Kara Sweeney (Milton, Mass.) - Stanford University ‘03 Emily Taylor (Bay St. Louis, Miss.) – College of Charleston ‘04 Jen Vandemoor (Centerville, Mass.) - St. Mary's College ‘04 Jennifer Warnock (San Diego, Calif.) – University of Hawaii ‘04 Leah Williams (S. Dartmouth, Mass.) – Georgetown University ‘02 Melanie Wood (Skaneateles, N.Y.) - Georgetown University ‘02 Michelle Yu (Mountain View, Calif.) – Harvard University ‘03