ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Following the unforeseen conclusion to the 2019-20 seasons, our Sunday Salute series rolls on with Navy offshore sailing, who had its final two events of the spring season canceled due to coronavirus.
 
In the 2019-20 season, the Midshipmen finished the year with five regatta victories. Of the five wins, one was the 10-team field for the Shields Trophy where Navy outlasted nine other service and maritime academies to win the event in Annapolis.
 
Don Poirier skippered Navy to the win at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta and Jonathan Hitt guided the Midshipmen to the title at the US Offshore Championship, which was Navy's first win at the event since 2005.
 
The Midshipmen also captured the oldest trophy in collegiate sailing after winning the McMillian Cup and Navy also picked up a victory at the Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta.
 
During the summer just before the 2019-20 season, Sean Caraher led Navy's crew on Zaraffa to the win at the Marblehead to Halifax Race and Matthew McClelland skippered Navy's crew on Wahoo to second place in the ORR-2 class at the race.
 
Navy Offshore Sailing Class of 2020
Madeline Arbogast – La Jolla, Calif. – Major: Oceanography (Honors) – Service Selection: Surface Warfare Officer
Zackary Bauer – Orefield, Pa. – Major: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering – Service Selection: Marine Corps Ground
Sean Caraher – West Sayville, N.Y. – Major: Aerospace Engineering – Service Selection: Navy Pilot
Hayden Espericueta – Queen Creek, Ariz. – Major: Electrical Engineering – Service Selection: Naval Flight Officer
Ethan Falsone – Edgewater, Md. – Major: Robotics & Control Engineering – Service Selection: Navy Pilot
Tim Forman – Springfield, Ill. – Major: Computer Science – Service Selection: Cryptologic Warfare
Tom Hawkins – Yorktown, Va. – Major: Computer Engineering – Service Selection: Submarines
Jonathan Hitt – Lake of Ozarks, Mo. – Major: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering – Service Selection: Surface Warfare Officer
Christian Hoffman – Sandy Hook, Conn. – Major: Chemistry – Service Selection: EOD
Zachary Krause – Shark River Hills, N.J. – Major: Ocean Engineering – Service Selection: Navy Pilot
Hayden Kuzemchak – Rector, Pa. – Major: Mathematics with Economics – Service Selection: Submarines
Matthew McClelland – Cumming, Ga. – Major: Oceanography – Service Selection: Surface Warfare Officer
Anirudh Murali – Andover, Mass. – Major: Applied Mathematics (Honors) – Service Selection: Submarines
Kevin Navarro – Long Beach, Calif. – Major: Ocean Engineering – Service Selection: Navy Pilot
Ben Van Duyne – Riverside, Conn. – Major: Cyber Operations – Service Selection: Cryptologic Warfare