ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy intercollegiate sailing team placed five individuals on the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA) All-Conference Teams, the organization announced this week.
 
JC Hermus, Gray Benson, Fiona Lobon, Kimmie Leonard and Ryan Wahba all represented the Midshipmen on the All-MAISA Teams. The All-MAISA honors bring the Mids' total to six on the season, as Olivia de Olazarra was named an All-MAISA Women's Skipper First-Team selection on April 20.
 
Hermus highlighted the Midshipmen accolades, as the senior was named the MAISA Open Skipper of the Year and an All-MAISA First-Team Skipper selection. Hermus was named a first-team honoree for the second time in his career, along with garnering MAISA Open Skipper of the Year honors for the first time.
 
Joining Hermus in earning first-team honors was Benson, who was named an All-MAISA First-Team Skipper for the first time in his career. Rounding out the Navy presence in earning first-team accolades was the pairing Leonard and Lobon, as each was named All-MAISA First-Team Crew selections, respectively, while Wahba was recognized as a second-team crew honoree.
 
This marks the third All-MAISA award of Leonard's career, while Lobon garnered All-MAISA recognition for the second time.
 
After completing its 2021-22 regular season over the weekend, Navy is scheduled to return to action for the ICSA National Championships that will be held in New Orleans May 16-26. The Midshipmen have qualified for each of the three spring national championship events. Free, live scoring of all three championships will be provided on NavySports.com.
 
2022 ICSA National Championship Schedule (New Orleans, La.)
ICSA Team Race National Championship – May 16-18
ICSA Fleet Race National Championship – May 19-22
ICSA Women's National Championship – May 23-26