STANFORD SAILING 2007-08 2007-08 STANFORD SAILING A STANFORD SAILING HISTORY infancy and had yet to reach Stanford. In 1906 Eugene Overton sailed his sloop “Katrina” in the first Honolulu race and in 1912 Stanford student Howard Wright Sr. skippered a 42 foot sloop “Siwash” that broke the record for circumventing Catalina Island by sailing it in 12 hours and 14 minutes. Beginning in the 1930s, intercollegiate racing began to take hold. Stanford’s first regatta was in 1938, when a Cardinal (then called the Indians) squad led by Donald Douglas Jr. beat Cal. The race led to the official founding of the Stanford Sailing Club in 1939, and Stanford along with Cal, San Jose State and Menlo formed the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association. During this era Stanford sailing practiced at Lake Lagunita, a small lake on the Stanford campus barely big enough for a 600-yard course. The program quickly grew, attracting top sailors and soon Stanford docked its boats in the San Francisco Bay. In the 1960s Stanford asserted itself onto the national scene tanford sailing will travel to over 30 regattas this as one of the top sailing programs in the country. Syear, from San Diego to Seattle, from Austin Bill Twist Jr. won the men’s singlehanded national to Rhode Island. The team practices at least twice championship in 1963, and Stanford captured a week in the San Francisco Bay and the athletes another trophy in the 1967 singlehanded nationals. receive the tutelage of two full-time coaches with All-Americans began coming out of Stanford at an international experience. The program has the almost-yearly clip, beginning with Kim L. Desenberg power to recruit touted junior sailors from across and Robert M. “Skip” Allan in 1967. the country who have already competed against the To date Stanford has produced 34 All-Americans world’s best competition and who come to join a along with 19 Honorable Mention selections. Only program that has the backing of one of the biggest a handful of schools across the county can boast and most successful athletic departments in the more. Emery Wager’s victory in last year’s men’s country. But Stanford’s sailing team could not have singlehanded nationals was Stanford’s fifth national achieved its current success without building on the championship. Since 1987 the sailing team has put back of a program whose roots nearly date back to eight teams in the top five and 27 teams in the top the founding of the university in 1891. 10. Stanford’s current success at the top levels of In the early 1900s Stanford sailors competed as sailing is a product of over a century of tradition. individuals and sometimes formed crews to enter regattas, but intercollegiate regattas were in their B 2007-08 STANFORD SAILING 2007-08 STANFORD SAILING 2007-08 Stanford Sailing Sailing History ............................ Inside Front Head Coach Jay Kehoe ............................... 2 Assistant Coach Erik Storck ....................... 3 Season Outlook ............................................. 4 Roster .............................................................. 5 Athlete Bios ............................................... 6-11 2006-07 Season in Review ......................... 12 Stanford Sailing Honors ........... Inside Back 2007-08 Schedule ................................... Back Taylor Grimes and Katherine Schlosser during sailing practice in Redwood City, CA. Quick Facts Mailing Address Location ............................................ Stanford, Calif. Sailing Office Conference ............................................ Pacific Coast Department of Athletics Enrollment ......................... 6,689 (Undergraduates) Arrillaga Family Sports Center Nickname ..................................................... Cardinal Stanford, CA 94305-6150 Colors ........................................ Cardinal and White President ............................................ John Hennessy Credits Athletic Director .................................. Bob Bowlsby The 2007-08 Stanford Sailing media guide was Athletics Website ................... www.gostanford.com written and edited by Cody Cassidy. Photography by David Gonzalez and Kyle Terada. Design and layout by Don Hogue. Printed by db Print Media Information Solutions. Media Relations Contact ................... Cody Cassidy Email .................................. [email protected] Phone ................................................ (650) 723-4418 Fax .................................................... (650) 725-2957 2007-08 STANFORD SAILING 1 COAchING STAFF One in 1994, where he led coaching clinics around Jay Kehoe the nation for two years. Head Coach In 1997 Kehoe left Race One to begin coaching college sailing at Yale, where in four years he built their club program into an Ivy League champion. He has won two world championships in the 505 ay Kehoe enters his class as a coach, and three national championships seventh season as head J outside school. coach of the Stanford sailing As a sailor he placed fourth in the 1988 Olympic team having solidified his trials, and has coached more than six of USODA’s and Stanford’s place among national teams and served on the coaching the elite of the sailing world. Kehoe has produced staff of the U.S. Optimist national team. He has 10 All-Americans while at Stanford, and guided coached High School, U.S. Youth and Youth World the Cardinal to a singlehanded championship Champions along with Olympic campaigners. last year. Since arriving at Stanford, Kehoe’s sail- Kehoe also co-wrote The Winner’s Guide to ing teams have qualified in at least four of the six Optimist Sailing, “a comprehensive guide for kids Intercollegiate National Championships every year. learning to sail and race Optis,” according to Sailing Kehoe’s sailing career began in Perth Amboy, World. New Jersey, a coastal town where Kehoe grew up. Kehoe’s knowledge and exuberance for sailing He began sailing Prams, Blue Jays and Lasers at the has enabled him to consistently recruit top athletes age of eight, and raced Optimists soon after. Kehoe to The Farm. This year experienced junior sailors sailed all through Youth Championships, placing as Cole Hatton, Hannah Burroughs and Graham Todd high as third. headline the freshman class. Kehoe entered the Coast Guard Academy, where Kehoe currently resides in Santa Clara with his he was transferred to the head sailing coach at wife, Amy, and daughter, Merrick. the school. After leaving the school, Kehoe ran St. Petersburg’s junior sailing program for four years, from 1989 to 1993. His coaching experience led him to found and lead the coaching company Race 2 2007-08 STANFORD SAILING COAchING STAFF “I am very excited to join the Cardinal,” said Erik Storck Storck. “The facilities and student-athletes here Assistant Coach certainly live up to the first-class reputation I have come to know in competing against this team. I am most excited about the resources and support given the sailing team by the University and the depart- torck, a 2007 graduate ment. I am grateful for being afforded this opportu- of Dartmouth College S nity and I look forward to working with this highly in Hanover, NH, was a competitive and driven team.” four-time All-American A native of Huntington, NY, Storck has most and two-time finalist for recently coached the Long Island Sound Optimist College Sailor of the Year (2005, 2007), in his time Team to a number of great successes, including competing for the Big Green. An Economics major, the National Team Racing Championship in the Storck brings two years of leadership experience Optimist Dinghy for 2007 this past July. on the nationally ranked Dartmouth team as Vice Commodore (2005-2006) and Commodore (2006- 2007). Most importantly, Storck brings a wealth of college sailing-specific knowledge, having skippered A-Division to top-5 finishes in four Coed Dinghy National Championships and three Team Racing National Championships for Dartmouth. “Erik brings a lot to the table,” commented Head Coach Jay Kehoe. “He has led his snow- bound Dartmouth team to the National Championships every year he sailed for the Big Green, which is no small feat considering they get on the water barely two weeks prior to the quali- fiers. I know this kind of drive and determination will pay off for our program.” 2007-08 STANFORD SAILING 3 2007-08 STANFORD OUTLOOK fter the most successful season in Cardinal sail- “We lost a lot of talented seniors last year,” says Aing history, Stanford finds itself among the top Kehoe, “but I’m excited about our freshman class and six teams in the nation in both women’s and coed what they bring to our program. Hatton led his high divisions in the 2007-08 preseason polls. school team to a national championship. He has the Led by seventh year head coach Jay Kehoe, the pedigree. We’re going to ask him to step into a big Cardinal enters the season as favorites to repeat as role right away.” As for the crew, All-American junior district and conference champions and contenders Kelly McKenna, and seniors Carrie Denning and for national honors. Sarah Schoknecht will lead the way. “We are an expe- A year ago, Stanford placed fourth in the Fowle rienced team with a little youth mixed in,” says Kehoe. Trophy award, won a national championship in Kehoe is looking to not only defend their con- singlehanded sailing, had five sailors named All- ference championship in 2008, but put Stanford American and recorded top finishes at four of six sailing among the elite programs in the nation. Intercollegiate National Championships. “Consistency in team racing” is an area of emphasis “We are one of the strongest teams in the confer- for the Cardinal in 2007-08. ence,” said Kehoe. “While we lost some of our top Under Kehoe, Stanford has continued to assert sailors from last year’s team, we have an outstand- itself as one of the nation’s top sailing programs. ing freshman class. They will be asked to take on The Cardinal has won three national champion- major roles for us this season.” ship trophies and placed in at least four of the six Despite the loss of Brian Haines and Emery Intercollegiate National Championship divisions for Wager, Kehoe will count on senior skippers Edward the last six seasons.