June 12, 2014

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - In an online awards show on Wednesday evening, the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) announced the 2014 All-American Team and the Navy intercollegiate sailing team earned six All-America certificates.

A committee of coaches who represent the seven conferences in the ICSA selects the ICSA All-American Team. To select an All-American skipper, the committee evaluates a competitor based on their competitive record in inter-conference competition as well as conference and national championships. The committee analyzes how this record compares to fellow competitors, the quality of the competition the record was achieved in, the span of the record over the fall and spring seasons, results achieved with different crews, and how the record compares to previous All-American winners in past years.

For All-American crew selections, the committee uses criteria similar to skipper selection, but also considers: demonstrated leadership (may consider seniority), outstanding body mechanics and boat handling skills as well as proven ability to improve the results of the skipper(s) with whom he or she sails.

Navy junior Mary Hall was one of only five sailors to be named to the ICSA Women's Skipper All-America Team. Hall was also named to the ICSA Coed All-America Honorable Mention list with senior Michael Grove.

Junior Alex Asuncion and senior Elizabeth Morrison were named to the ICSA Crew All-America list.

Senior Marissa Lihan was named to the ICSA Honorable Mention Women's All-America list.

"We had a deep team that was consistently strong across all disciplines this year, producing the most end of year honors we have had at Navy in a long time," said head coach Ian Burman. "We are extremely proud of the individuals honored and the entire team for delivering the results throughout the year."

Hall earns Women's Skipper All-America honors for the second straight year and she how has four certificates.

Navy's six All-America certificates were the most since earning seven in 1997.

ICSA Coed All-AmericansIan Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI), Yale University `17Kieran Chung (Newport Beach, Calif.), Stanford University `15William Haeger (Lake Forest, Ill.), Tufts University `14Graham Landy (Norfolk, Va.), Yale University '15Raul Rios (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico), Boston College `16Jake Reynolds (San Diego, Calif.), College of Charleston `16Christopher Segerblom (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Yale University `14Fletcher Sims (Annapolis, Md.), St. Mary's College of Maryland `14Nevin Snow (San Diego, Calif.), Georgetown University '16Matthew Wefer (Glen Head, N.Y.), Dartmouth College `14
ICSA Honorable Mention Coed All-AmericansRyan Davidson (Newport Beach, Calif.), College of Charleston `16Esteban Forrer (Tucson, Ariz.), Old Dominion University `16Joshua Greenslade (Smiths, Bermuda), St. Mary's College of Maryland `14Michael Grove (Lafayette, Calif.), U.S. Naval Academy `14Mary Hall (Seminole, Fla.), U.S. Naval Academy `15Kevin Laube (San Diego, Calif.), Stanford University `14William McDonald (Newport Beach, Calif.), Roger Williams University `15Alex Post (Chicago, Ill.), Georgetown University `15
ICSA Crew All-AmericansAlex Asuncion (Knoxville, Md.), U.S. Naval Academy `15Charlotte Belling (Newport Beach, Calif.), Yale University `16Alicia Blumenthal (Bellport, N.Y.), College of Charleston `15Jacob Bradt (Bethesda, Md.), Harvard University `16Louisa Chaffee (Warwick, R.I.), Brown University `14Chloe Constants (Annapolis, Md.), Old Dominion University `14Eugenia Custo-Greig (Miami, Fla.), Yale University `14Katia DaSilva (East Greenwich, R.I.), Georgetown University `15Katherine Gaumond (Mill Valley, Calif.), Yale University '15Paula Grasberger (Salem, Mass.), Tufts University `14Shelby Hamilton (San Diego, Calif.), Boston College `14Kelly Merryman (Severna Park, Md.), St. Mary's College of Maryland `14Elizabeth Morrison (Signal Mountain, Tenn.), U.S. Naval Academy `14Justine Morrison (Merrimac, Mass.), U.S. Coast Guard Academy `14Yuri Namikawa (Palo Verdes, Calif.), Stanford University `14Carolyn Ortel (Annapolis, Md.), Stanford University `14Avery Plough (Portola Valle, Calif.), Dartmouth College `14Amanda Salvesen (Annapolis, Md.), Yale University `14Lisa Sukharev-Chuan (Temple, N.H.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology `16Julia Wiesner (Rochester, N.Y.), Old Dominion University `14
ICSA Women's All-AmericansMarlena Fauer (New York, N.Y.), Yale University '14Mary Hall (Seminole, Fla.), U.S. Naval Academy '15Morgan Kiss (Holland, Mich.), Yale University '15Deirdre Lambert (Portland, Maine), Dartmouth College '15Erika Reineke (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Boston College '16
ICSA Honorable Mention Women's All-AmericansNikole Barnes (St. Thomas, VI), U.S. Coast Guard Academy `17Rachel Bryery (Jamestown, R.I.), University of Rhode Island `17Clerc Cooper (New Orleans, La.), College of Charleston `15Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick (Darien, Conn.), Brown University `17Marissa Lihan (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), U.S. Naval Academy `14Grace Lucas (Little Silver, N.J.), College of Charleston `14Sarah Mace (Newport Beach, Calif.), Stanford University `14Molly McKinney (Sarasota, Fla.), Stanford University `14Hannah Vincent (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology `14Kelsey Wheeler (Osterville, Mass.), Dartmouth College `14