Stanford

2007-08

2007-08 Stanford Sailing  Stanford Sailing History infancy and had yet to reach Stanford. In 1906 Eugene Overton sailed his “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. 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 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 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

 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  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. 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 - 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

 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 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 Championship in the Storck brings two years of leadership experience Optimist 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  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. Conrad and All-American Evan Brown to lead the The Cardinal’s 2007-08 version includes return- team. Freshman Cole Hatton, Hannah Burroughs ing All-Americans, an experienced crew and a and Graham Todd are all experienced junior sailors talented crop of newcomers – which adds up to who will be asked to play prominent roles for the Stanford challenging for top honors at the national Cardinal this season. championships.

 2007-08 Stanford Sailing 2007-08 Stanford Roster Name Year Position Hometown Mariana Beardsworth Senior Crew Palo Alto, CA Cameron Bell Junior Skipper/Heavy Crew Riverside, CT Graham Brant-Zawadzki Senior Skipper Newport Beach, CA Evan Brown Senior Skipper Tampa, FL Hannah Burroughs Freshman Crew Peace Dale, RI Edward Conrad Senior Skipper New Orleans, LA Sam Courtney Sophomore Skipper Auburn, WA Catherine Cu Senior Crew Hillsborough, CA Carrie Denning Senior Crew Greenwich, CT Lauren Egge Sophomore Crew McLean, VA Jonah Greenberger Senior Skipper/Crew Santa Monica, CA Taylor Grimes Junior Skipper Newport Beach, CA Megan Grove Sophomore Skipper/Crew Lafayette, CA Leigh Hammel Sophomore Crew Warren, VT Cole Hatton Freshman Skipper Newport Beach, CA Beth Hoover Senior Crew Corvallis, OR Kelly McKenna Junior Crew Lake Forest, IL Craig Page Senior Skipper Brooklyn, NY Ben Pedrick Freshman Skipper Newport, RI Sarah Schoknecht Senior Crew Darien, CT Peter Stemler Sophomore Skipper Newport Beach, CA Jared Sun Junior Crew Fullerton, CA Hayley Tobin Freshman Crew Rye, NY Graham Todd Freshman Skipper/Heavy Crew Royersford, PA TJ Tullo Junior Skipper Staten Island, NY

2007-08 Stanford Sailing  2007-08 Bios Edward Conrad Carrie Denning Class: Senior Class: Senior Hometown: New Orleans Hometown: Greenwich, CT High School: Jesuit High High School: Greenwich School Academy Position: Skipper Position: Crew Major: International Major: History and Art History Relations Denning began sailing at Eddie Conrad hails from the Belle Haven Club at the New Orleans, LA, where he age of nine because “I was grew up sailing optimists out of Southern Yacht immensely jealous of my older brother who had Club, traveling on the regional circuit throughout started the earlier year.” Denning sailed optimists Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. and competed at Opti Nationals, New ’s, After the optimist, which gave him his first taste and one trip to for North Americans, of international competition at the age of 13, where she met future coach Jay Kehoe. In High Eddie graduated into Radials and Club 420s, School at Greenwich Academy she was captain of but began spending more of his time sharing his her varsity team and won the Captain’s Harbor passion of the sport as a coach of several junior Trophy for MVP. In 2006-07 Denning competed programs. He loves all water sports, but especially with Evan Brown as the women’s Varsity A , sailing, both for the friendships and variety of and this year with Eddie Conrad on the Varsity competitions. Co-ed A boat. Denning enjoys sailing because “it is exciting and in the process my teammates have become my best friends.” In her senior year, Denning will crew for the coed team.

Evan Brown Kelly McKenna Class: Senior Class: Junior Hometown: Tampa, FL Hometown: Lake Forrest, High School: Berkeley IL/Palo Alto, CA Preparatory School High School: Castilleja Position: Skipper Position: Crew Major: Human Biology Major: Pre-Med, History

Evan was born into a fam- McKenna was a successful ily of avid sailors and spent junior sailor in Lake Forrest, much of her early years IL and Palo Alto, CA before cruising around Florida and the Bahamas, and coming to Stanford, and she has transferred that became a competitive sailor at the age of 8. She raced success to the college level. In her freshman year optis for several years, progressing to national and she won the Frosh/Soph regatta, placed second in international competitions in which she represented the A division at the Stoney Burke regatta, third in the United States. She became an avid match racer at the A division North/South Fall PCC’s and 10th age 15 and was ranked as high as 37th in the world place in the A division College Dinghy Nationals. in the ISAF Women’s Rankings. Most recently, she Last season McKenna was named to the All-PCC was a member of the United States Sailing Team and team and was one of five Cardinal sailors named to represented the USA in the pre-Olympics in Beijing. the All-American team. At Stanford, she has “had the privilege to sail with some amazing crews including alum Joanna Madsen, current senior Carrie Denning and All-American Kelly McKenna.” Brown was named to the 2006-07 All-American team and the All-PCC team. She is a captain on the 2007/08 squad and A-division wom- en’s skipper, “and I can’t wait for an amazing season!”

 2007-08 Stanford Sailing 2007-08 Bios Peter Stemler Hannah Class: Sophomore Hometown: Newport Beach, Burroughs CA Class: Freshman High School: Corona Del Mar Hometown: Peace Dale, RI Position: Skipper High School: St. George’s Major: Undeclared School Position: Crew Major: Undeclared Stemler first started sailing when he was eight years old at Newport Harbor Yacht Hannah Burroughs began Club. Since his introduction to the sport he’s sailed sailing in her family’s everything from sabots to lasers to CFJs and 420s. homemade boat the “Elegant Punt” when she was Before Stanford, Stemler competed for his high 8. Burroughs started sailing competitively when she school, Corona del Mar, and sailed individually at was 11 in Optimists, and won her first race by being Junior Sailing Events. He helped his high school the only one to sail the correct course. Burroughs team to both team and fleet race nationals all four sailed 420s during high school and competed with years, and finished 5th in A Division at fleet race the Vineyard Haven from 2004-2006. nationals his senior year. Stemler most enjoys sail- Burroughs will be a key crewmember for the ing on his father’s boat with family and friends. To women’s team during her freshman year. Stemler, nothing is more exciting than starting a race with twenty other forty-five foot boats in any wind condition. “The friendships and teamwork that build around those experiences are absolutely priceless.”

Craig Page Beth Hoover Class: Senior Class: Senior Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Hometown: Corvallis, OR High School: Saint Ann’s High School: Corvallis High School School Position: Skipper Position: Crew Major: Science, Technology Major: Sociology and Society Beth Hoover began sailing A Brooklyn native, Page keelboats recreationally in first learned to sail on the high school, but didn’t sail east coast when his brothers introduced him to the a dinghy until she joined Stanford. The first time sport. Page first sailed optimists, but eventually Hoover sailed an FJ she was swamped and capsized, graduated to the 420. In high school Page was a and she has loved the sport ever since. Now she successful sailor for St. Ann’s school in New York. mainly sails FJ’s, 420’s and dinghy’s. Hoover was Page has been a key member of Stanford sailing named most improved crew in 2006 in addition to since his freshman year, and Sailing World’s pre- her title as official team “snacktician”. Hoover will season prognostications list his return as big reason compete in coed crew in her senior season with the to expect success from the Cardinal coed squad. Cardinal. According to Page, “sailing is most fun in big breeze and big waves.” Page will be a skipper on the coed team for his senior year.

2007-08 Stanford Sailing  2007-08 Bios Cole Hatton Hayley Tobin Class: Freshman Class: Freshman Hometown: Newport Beach, Hometown: Rye, NY CA High School: Rye High High School: Newport School Harbor High School Position: Crew Position: Skipper Major: Undeclared Major: Undeclared Hayley Tobin has been Cole Hatton joins the around sailing most of Cardinal as a highly her life but has only been accomplished junior sailor out of Newport Beach. interested in since her senior year in He began sailing when he was eight years old in high school. Last winter she sailed frostbiting on Southern California. In High School he sailed for Long Island Sound and over the summer she sailed Newport Harbor and the Newport Harbor Yacht on the weekends, even learning to windsurf. “I love Club. In 2005 he won the US Youth Doublehanded sailing because it rocks,” says Tobin. National Championships (Bemis), and in 2007 he won numerous regatta’s including the Governor’s Cup Match Race, the BSDRA International Team Racing Championships and the Cardinal Regatta (A division). He also placed second at the Baker National High School Team Racing Championships. Hatton sails because “The mental game is great, and you make great friends all over the US and around the world.”

Taylor Grimes Sarah Class: Junior Hometown: Newport Beach, Schoknecht CA Class: Senior High School: Newport Hometown: Darien, CT Harbor High School: Darien High Position: Skipper School Major: Human Biology Position: Crew Major: Political Science Grimes began sailing a when she was six years Schoknecht joined the team old at a local summer camp. She sailed Naples in 2005/06 season, her sophomore year. Last year Seabots and CFJs for the Newport Harbor High she helped lead the women to a national berth School team, which she captained her final two when she won 1st place in B division Pac Coast years. Grimes lists her most exciting experience Championships. At ICSA Women’s Nationals she as nationals qualifiers last year at Treasure Island raced to a fourth place finish. The senior from where another boat’s foul caused her to capsize, yet Darien, CT will crew for a strong Stanford Women’s her and teammate Emery Wager managed to right squad this year. the boat and beat some teams on their way to quali- fying for nationals. Last year, Grimes was named All-American honorable mention and named to the All PCCSC team in addition to placing third at nationals. Her freshman year she won a Stanford block “S” award for outstanding female athlete of the freshman class. In addition to Stanford, Grimes currently sails for the Newport Harbor Yacht Club. Grimes will travel abroad for the fall quarter, but will return to the team for the spring season.

 2007-08 Stanford Sailing 2007-08 Bios Leigh Hammel Megan Grove Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Hometown: Warren, VT Hometown: Lafayette, CA High School: Green High School: Acalanes Mountain Valley School Position: Crew/Skipper Position: Crew Major: Human Biology Major: Undeclared A native of Lafayette, Leigh Hammel grew up California but born in sailing in Connecticut out Philadelphia, Megan Grove of Noroton Yacht Club. started sailing when she was She attended the Green Mountain Valley School in seven at Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club in Long Beach Waitsfield, VT, where her family now lives. Before Island, NJ. In 2000 she began sailing in California coming to Stanford she sailed 420s in the US and at Encinal Yacht Club where she continued to sail internationally. Her sailing highlights include win- throughout high school. Grove formed a sailing team ning the US Youth Champs in 2005 and 2006 and at Acalanes High School and was named captain of sailing in the 2006 in the team. Under Meghan the team progressed into , Gran Canaria, . Following the one of the top three high school sailing teams in World Championships she transitioned into the Northern California. In 2005 she placed 1st in the class sailing 29ers. “I had an exciting freshman Bay Area Youth Sailing Series and qualified for the year, sailing on the Co-ed team in the b-division 2005 Bemis Championship. In 2006 she backed up boat and team racing. While I learned a lot crewing, her championship with a second place finish in the I’m looking forward to skippering on the women’s Youth Series. Last year at Stanford she was named the team this year,” says Hammel. Most Improved Crew Freshman. During the sum- mer Grove is a US Sailing Instructor, teaching sailing to beginning and intermediate sailors. “Sailing has always been one of my greatest passions,” says Grove. “Not only for the thrill of competing but for all the great friendships I have made over the years.”

Graham Todd Catherine Cu Class: Freshman Class: Junior Hometown: Royersford, PA Hometown: Hillsborough, CA High School: Spring-Ford High School: Crystal Springs Area High School Uplands Position: Skipper/Heavy Position: Crew Crew Major: Management Major: English Literature/ Science and Engineering Creative Writing Catherine enters the 2007/08 Graham Todd began season as a second year sailing when his family went on yearly trips to veteran on the Stanford team, but her sailing career the Northeast coastline. When Todd was 10 he stretches back to her uncle taking her out to sail the joined a summer camp and sailed Optimists “and San Francisco Bay. She began competitive sailing I haven’t looked back since”. Todd crewed and in her sophomore season as a walk-on. She joined sailed with friends, and qualified for the 2005 and the team because “it is invigorating and challeng- 2006 Team USA International Sailing Team. In the ing,” and she likes sharing a passion with the other International 420 Championships at Gran Canaria sailors on the team. Catherine enjoys the strategy Island off the coast of Africa he encountered 30 involved with sailing, the ocean, and the power of knot winds and 20 foot swells on his way to placing the wind. She likes “connecting the puffs while rac- 6th in the event. In 2005 and 2006 Todd placed 7th ing upwind, hard, and sailing fast to gain a and 6th in the MidWinter C420 Championships. As close first. Everyday on the water is great,” she says. a freshman on the team Todd will fill in as both a Catherine grew up in Hillsborough, California and skipper and heavy crew. her parents are Neil and Dely Cu.

2007-08 Stanford Sailing  2007-08 Bios Ben Pedrick Lauren Egge Class: Freshman Class: Sophomore Hometown: Newport, RI Hometown: McLean, VA High School: St. George’s High School: National School Cathedral School Position: Skipper Position: Crew Major: Undeclared Major: Product Design

Ben started sailing in Egge began sailing Sunfishes Optimists when he was eight at 10 in summer camps and and did summer sessions camp regattas. She has rep- at Sail Newport until he was thirteen, sailing opti’s resented the Echo Hill Yacht Club in annual regattas for a few years and eventually moving to 420s. Ben for nine years. Along with , she sailed Flying began competitive racing in the summer, sailing at Scots, Hobie Cats and Catlinas before coming to Ida Lewis Yacht Club and later with Sail Newport’s Stanford. Egge walked on to the Stanford squad as racing program. His biggest improvements were on a freshman and has sailed both FJs and 420s for the St. George’s sailing team, consistently one of the the women’s team. This year the sophomore from strongest teams in New England, where he started Virginia will crew for the women. on thirds and was varsity his junior and senior years. Ben sailed in the Newport J22 summer fleet from when he was 8 years old until he took a break last summer.

Jonah Mariana Greenberger Beardsworth Class: Senior Class: Senior Hometown: Santa Monica, CA Hometown: Palo Alto, CA High School: Harvard- High School: Palo Alto High Westlake Position: Crew Position: Skipper, Crew Major: Human Biology Major: Mechanical Engineering Mariana began sailing her junior year of high school, Jonah joined the sailing team as a sophomore at and joined Stanford’s team as a freshman. In 2005- Stanford at the urging of friends. In his first year 06 she won B division at Nationals crewing for of competitive sailing Greenberger crewed FJs and Taylor Grimes. Mariana enjoyed spending last year 420s, and last year he placed 7th in the V-15 nation- studying abroad in both and Paris, but als. Greenberger lists his most exciting experience missed sailing tremendously and is excited to be in sailing as making friends. This year the Santa back for the 07-08 season. “Being abroad was an Monica native will provide senior leadership as a incredible experience, but it didn’t feel right not to skipper on the team. be sailing.”

10 2007-08 Stanford Sailing 2007-08 Bios Cameron Bell Jared Sun Class: Junior Class: Junior Hometown: Riverside, CT Hometown: Fullerton, CA High School: Brunswick High School: Sunny Hills School Position: Skipper/Crew Position: Skipper, Heavy Crew Major: Human Biology Major: History, American Studies Jared began sailing at 17 on a friend’s recommendation. In his freshman season Bell Sun joined the Stanford served as heavy crew and team his freshman year and helped lead the cardinal coed team to a nationals berth filled in as crew on an FJ for the JV team. Last year and an 8th place finish in the Team Race Nationals. Sun skippered a JV boat, and this year he will skip- As a senior in High School Bell placed fourth in the per and crew for the varsity coed team. The human NESSA George O’Day trophy A division. Bell will biology major is also EMT certified. perform dual roles with the Cardinal in his junior season as both a skipper and heavy crew. TJ Tullo Class: Junior Graham Brant- Hometown: Staten Island, NY High School: St. Anne’s Zawadzki School Class: Senior Position: Skipper Hometown: Newport Beach, Major: Structural CA Engineering High School: Newport Harbor Position: Crew Major: Human Biology/ TJ Tullo came to Stanford as Religious Studies an experienced junior sailor. In 2005 he was a US Youth Sailing Team member Graham started out sailing FJ’s and 420’s. Since in the , a two time Opti North American picking up the sport he has also sailed the bigger Champion, two-time 420 North American cham- J-boats and a Transpac 52. Other than Stanford, pion and a National Champion. In Graham sailed with Team Morning Light in 2007, 2002 at age 15 Tullo led a group of friends on a where he placed third in class at the 2007 Transpac. sponsored sail for 28 miles from Sandy Hook, N.J., Graham lists his most exciting experience in a boat to Manhattan’s South Street Seaport and raised as “Passing 30 knots running downwind and surf- $12,000 for 9/11 victims. Tullo, a junior from ing down a 12 foot wave.” He joined the Cardinal Staten Island, leads the Cardinal coed team as a his sophomore year when his sailing friends skipper in his junior year. encouraged him to give it a try. Sam Courtney Class: Sophomore Hometown: Auburn, WA High School: Auburn High School Position: Skipper Major: Economics

Sam was introduced to competitive sailing this year. He enjoys the team aspect of the sport along with its competitive nature out on the water. “I look forward to learning more about the sport throughout the season,” says Courtney. The economics major from Auburn, WA will fill in as crew on the coed team.

2007-08 Stanford Sailing 11 2006-07 Season In Review

he 2006-07 season was the Cardinal’s most suc- Cardinal sailors to the all- team including Haines, Tcessful campaign in the history of the program. Wager, Brown, McKenna and Grimes along with The Cardinal won its district and conference in senior Caroline Young, freshman Leigh Hammel and dominating fashion while Cardinal sailors achieved senior Joanna Madsen. The loaded Cardinal squad top finishes in four of the six Intercollegiate won their district and conference championships and National Championships, including a first place qualified for the national championship regattas with finish in Men’s Singlehandeds. Five sailors earned wins at Treasure Island and Hawaii. All-American honors and Stanford placed a Coed Dinghy’s earned their nationals bid with a program-best fourth in the Fowle Trophy, which blowout win at the Pacific Coast Championships in recognizes the nation’s best overall sailing program. Hawaii. Stanford, led by A division sailors Haines and In addition to the top finish in Men’s McKenna, outpaced the competition with a 40 point Singlehandeds in the Inter-Collegiate National victory over second place UC Irvine and earned a spot Championships, Women’s Singlehandeds earned a at the tournament hosted by the Naval Academy. fifth place finish, while the Cardinal placed third in The Stanford women also won decisively in their Women’s and 12th in Coed Dinghies. national qualifier, held at Treasure Island in the The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association recog- San Francisco Bay. Both Cardinal A and B teams nized five Stanford sailors for the All-American posted low scores in the regatta. B division sopho- team. Junior Evan Brown became only the fifth more skipper Taylor Grimes and senior Katherine Cardinal sailor to be named a two-time All- Schlosser won 10 of their 14 races over the week- American. Joining her on the first team was end, giving Stanford the easy victory and earning a sophomore Kelly McKenna, while senior captain bid to nationals in Norfolk, Virginia. Brian Haines, sophomore Taylor Grimes and senior Senior Emery Wager became the third Cardinal Emery Wager were named honorable mention. sailor in 60 years to win the Men’s Singlehanded The five Cardinal selections on the All-American Championships when he bested 16 of the nation’s list tied the 1996 squad for the most in Stanford top sailors in Bristol, Rhode Island for a champi- sailing history. In addition, Haines was a finalist for onship. After the first day of sailing Wager found the Robert H. Hobbs award given annually to the himself in 7th but managed the comeback with sportsman of the year. consistently high finishes in shifty wind conditions Stanford dominated the fall season in the Pacific throughout the second day. On the women’s side Coast Conference, winning every event it entered on junior Evan Brown battled the tough conditions to the west coast. The Cardinal capped the fall season place fifth at the elite event. with a win at the PCC’s Fall Championships in In addition to its championship season, Cardinal Santa Barbara. The spring season did little to loosen sailing excellence extended to the classroom. Senior Stanford’s hold on the PCC. The Cardinal qualified Rebecca Levine, an All-American in 2006, was one for two of the three national championship regat- of 10 sailors across the country to be named first tas by winning the conference qualifying races. The team All-Academic by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing PCCSC recognized Stanford’s season by selecting eight Association.

12 2007-08 Stanford Sailing Stanford Sailing Honors Stanford Sailing All-Americans Coed Skipper Women’s Skipper Crews 1967 Robert M. “Skip” Allan 1991 Rebecca Bryson 1984 Rona Sisson Kim L. Desenberg 1992 Andi Guerrero 1986 Marika Fussganger 1976 Alan Andrews 1993 Britt Johnson Rona Sisson 1982 Paul Yost 1994 Gretchen Uznis* 1987 Kristen Boyles 1983 William Buckingham* 1995 Sibyl Diver 1988 Kathleen Mallery 1987 Daniel Buckstaff* 1996 Mara Holian 1991 Matt Dunbar 1988 Thomas E. Kuhnle Heather Rogers Richard Rosen 1994 Scott Sellers 1997 Adrienne Stoltz 1994 Britt Johnson Jeremy McIntyre* 1998 Betsy Carmichael 1996 Alice Manard Charles Meade* 1999 Anika Leerssen* 1997 Alice Manard 1995 Charles Meade 2000 Anika Leerssen* 1999 Heather Porter 1996 Adam Lowry 2004 Elizabeth Rountree* 2002 Kara Sweeney John Alden Meade* 2005 Caroline Young 2004 Taylor Clark 1997 John Alden Meade* 2006 Evan Brown* 2006 Becca Levin Daniel Zimbaldi 2007 Evan Brown 2007 Kelly McKenna 1998 Steve Kleha* Taylor Grimes* Daniel Zimbaldi* *Honorable mention John Alden Meade* 2003 Ted Conrads* ICSA College Sailing National Championships Hall of Fame David Phillips* 1967 Men’s Singlehanded Charles Dole ’36 2007 Brian Haines* 1997 ICSA Team Race Nationals Robert M. Allan, Jr. ’40 Emery Wager* 1999 Women’s Singlehanded Charles M. Kober ’44 *Honorable mention 2007 Men’s Singlehanded

Emery Wager won the 2007 Men’s Singlehanded National Championships.

2007-08 Stanford Sailing 13 Stanford Sailing 2007-08 Schedule

Date Opponent/Event Location/Host Sept. 8-9 Harry Anderson Yale Sept. 19 Pre-Season Stanford Sept. 29-30 Bryson Women’s Stanford Oct. 6-7 Stoney Burke Berkeley, CA Oct. 12-14 Singlehanded PCCs Stanford Oct. 14 Alumni Regatta Stanford Oct. 20 Stu Nelson Trophy Connecticut College Oct. 20 Hoyt Trophy Regatta Brown Oct. 20-21 Sloop PCCs/Elims Irvine, CA Oct. 27-28 Frosh/Soph San Diego, CA Nov. 2-4 ICSA Women’s Singlehandeds Seattle, WA Nov. 10-11 PCCSC Fall Dinghy Champs Austin, TX Nov. 16-18 Sloop Nationals Austin TX Nov. 17-18 Women’s Fall Champs San Diego, CA Dec. 30-31 Sugar Bowl Tulane, LA Jan. 5-6 Rose Bowl Los Angeles, CA Feb. 9-10 North 1-2 CSUMB Feb. 15-16 Charleston Spring College of Charleston Feb. 15-16 North 3 (Sunday only) CMA FEB. 23-24 CARDINAL HS REGATTA Stanford Feb. 23-24 North 4 UCSC MAR. 1-2 MCINTYRE TEAM RACE Stanford Mar. 1-2 Cal Team Race Berkeley, CA Mar. 8-9 Navy Women’s Spring Navy Mar. 8-9 St. Mary’s Team Race St. Mary’s College Mar. 22-23 Aaron Szambecki Team Race Old Dominion Mar. 24-28 Spring Break Practice Week Coll. of Charleston Mar. 29-30 S. New England Team Race Coast Guard Mar. 29-30 Dellenbaugh Women’s Mar. 29-30 South 5 UCSB APR. 5-6 ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB Stanford APR. 5-6 NORTH 5 Stanford Apr. 11-13 Team Race PCCs *q Long Beach, CA Apr. 11-13 Coed Dinghy PCCs *q Long Beach, CA Apr. 19-20 Women’s PCCs *q University of Hawaii Apr. 19-20 Admiral’s Cup Kings Point, NY May 26-28 Women’s Nationals** Brown University Mar 30-6/1 Team Race Nationals** Brown University June 2-4 Coed Dinghy Nationals** Brown University

*q=qualifier **=qualified only Home regattas in bold caps