STANFORD, Calif. - Six Stanford sailors earned All-America honors, as announced by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association. The Cardinal had at least one representative in each of the three categories of All-Americans — coed, crew and women's.
Stanford finished third in the Fowle Trophy, a competition based on teams` finishes at the six national championships throughout the year (men`s singlehanded, women`s singlehanded, match racing, coed racing, team racing and women`s championships).
Senior Sammy Steele was named All-America crew after a consistent season culminating in two strong performances at the ICSA National Championships. Steele helped Stanford finish sixth at the Laserperformance Team Racing Championship before crewing Stanford's A-division boat at the Gill Coed National Championship.
Junior J.P. Cannistraro was also named All-America crew, the first such honor in his collegiate career. Cannistraro helped Stanford finish sixth in the A-division at coed nationals, also crewing all 22 races in the team racing championship.
Senior Antoine Screve was named All-America honorable mention at coed skipper for the second consecutive season. Screve skippered all 22 races for Stanford in team racing nationals before finishing sixth in the A-division at coed nationals.
Sophomore Will La Dow earned his first career All-America selection as an honorable mention coed skipper. La Dow was a big part of Stanford's success at nationals, finishing fifth in the B-division of coed nationals and sailing every race at team racing nationals.
Freshman Martina Sly was named honorable mention women's skipper, spearheaded by her performance at the Sperry ICSA Women's Nationals. With crew Yuki Yoshiyasu, Sly led Stanford to a third-place finish in the B-division, helping the Cardinal finish ninth. She was the highest-finishing freshman in the fleet.
Freshman Kathryn Booker earned an All-America crew honorable mention, highlighted by her consistency across all three spring disciplines. She was the only Stanford sailor to represent the Cardinal in all three spring national championships (women`s, coed, team racing).
The six selections tied Stanford's 2014 squad for the most in program history, and comes one season after having four student-athletes named All-America in 2015.
The ICSA All-America team is selected by a committee of coaches who represent the seven conferences of the ICSA. The Committee evaluates competitors based on their competitive record in inter-conference competition as well as conference and national championships to select All-American skippers. For All-America crew selections, the committee also considers demonstrated leadership, outstanding body mechanics and boat handling skills along with results.