ICSA Individual Awards

The ICSA All-America Sailing Team

The All-America Sailing Team is announced each year at the conclusion of the National Dinghy Championship and includes

a. All-Americans (skippers or crews; men or women)
b. Women's All-Americans (skippers or crews;

women only)

c. Crew All-Americans (men or women)
d. Honorable Mentions in the first two categories
e. The College Sailor of the Year (winner of the

Everett B. Morris Trophy)

f. The Sportsman of the Year (winner of the

Robert H. Hobbs Trophy)

The Team is chosen by the ICSA All-America Selection Committee, which includes one representative from each Conference. Selection is based on performance throughout the year, with emphasis on Intersectional events, Conference Championships, National Championships, and observed skills. Nominations may be submitted by any interested individual to the Chair of the committee, listed on the bottom of the sample nomination form in this Manual, and are due no later than 15 May. Nominations may also be submitted by any member of the committee.

The ICSA Hall of Fame

The ICSA Hall of Fame is located in the Robert Crown Center at the U.S. Naval Academy. Each year a select number of individuals are inducted in the following categories

a. Lifetime Service

Ordinarily limited to one selected person per year who has passed his/her 60th birthday

b. Outstanding Service to ICSA

1. Volunteers who have contributed time,

talent, or resources; ordinarily no more than two persons per year who have passed their 45th birthdays

2. Professional Staff, including organizers,

administrators, advisors, and coaches; ordinarily no more than two persons per year who have passed their 45th birthdays

c. Student Leadership

Recognizing that undergraduate whose extraordinary leadership and achievement have made a significant contribution to the development, progress, and success of his/her club or team, Conference, or the ICSA

Inductees are chosen by the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, which includes one representative from each Conference, and are announced at the annual Afterguard event in the late spring or at another time as appropriate. Nominations may be made by any interested individual, the Conferences, or members of the committee. All nominations must include the nominee's full name, college and year of graduation, accurate current home address, date of birth, and a detailed statement supporting the nomination.

Nominations in the Lifetime and Outstanding Service categories are due no later than 1 January. Nominations for the Student Leadership award are due no later than 1 April.

All nominations must be submitted in writing to the chair of the committee as listed on the ICSA Website.

The ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team

The ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team recognizes those scholar-athletes who have distinguished themselves in national and intersectional competition, while achieving the highest levels of academic excellence. The ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team (AAST) was inaugurated in 2006, and joins the ICSA All American Sailing Team, which recognizes outstanding competitive performance only.

Selection of the ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team is made by a committee with representatives from each of the seven conferences that comprise the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association. In selecting the All Academic Sailing Team, the AAST Selection Committee identifies those sailors with the strongest academic records who have also distinguished themselves as competitors in either national or intersectional competition. The Selection Committee uses the same competitive data used for the ICSA All American Committee. In determining whether an individual should be named to a national versus a conference team, the individual with the stronger competitive record at a national championship or at numerous inter-sectional events shall be named to a national team.

Each year, up to 10 scholar athletes are selected for the National First Team, with up to another 10 selected for the National Second Team. In addition, the All Academic Sailing Team (AAST) Selection Committee may select up to 35 scholar-athletes for All Conference recognition.

In order to be eligible for consideration, a scholar-athlete must have a junior or senior academic standing, and have completed one full academic year at the member institution prior to the year for which the award is being received. The nominee must have achieved a minimum cumulative overall grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.00 scale. Each nomination must be endorsed by a college official (sports information director, club sports official, team advisor, or coach).

As a competitor, the nominee must be a key starter or reserve member of their institution’s sailing team; no distinction is made between sailors who compete for teams that are considered varsity sports or club sports by their respective institution. The nominee must have sailed in any of the six ICSA national championship disciplines (coed double-handed, women’s double-handed, men’s singlehanded, women’s singlehanded, coed team racing, or coed sloops), in any capacity (skipper or crew), though the nominee is not required to have competed in a national championship event.

Responsibility for submitting a nomination rests solely with the nominee and the nominee’s institution. In addition, each institution is limited to a maximum of three nominations. Nomination forms can be submitted to the Chair of the ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team Committee listed on the form which can be found on the ICSA website and must be submitted by July 1st.

The All Academic Sailing Team is announced in September.