Vanessa Lahrkamp Season 2023-24

Career Accolades

• ICSA Open Fleet Race Champion (2022-23)
• ICSA Women's Fleet Race Champion (2022-23)
• Leonard M. Fowle Trophy (2022-23)
• ICSA All-America Women's Skipper (2022-23)
• ICSA All-America Open Skipper (2022-23)
• PCCSC Open Skipper of the Year (2022-23)
• SAB Awards Conference Athlete of the Year (2023)

As a Freshman (2022-23)

• ICSA Open Fleet Race Champion
• ICSA Women's Fleet Race Champion
• Leonard M. Fowle Trophy
• ICSA All-America Women's Skipper
• ICSA All-America Open Skipper
• PCCSC Open Skipper of the Year
• SAB Awards Conference Athlete of the Year
• Helped lead Stanford to its first ICSA Open Fleet Race Championship and ICSA Women's Fleet Race Championship during the spring season
  • Partnered with Grace Austin and Abigail Tindall to take first place in the ICSA Women's Fleet Race Championship B division with 31 points
  • In the ICSA Open Fleet Race Championship, finished third overall with Abigail Tindall with 56 points in the B division
• Led Stanford to its most successful season in school history, culminating with two national titles and two runner-up finishes
• Helped the Cardinal earn the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy, the award for the best university in collegiate sailing, for the first time in program history
• Guided Stanford to a clean sweep of the PCCSC regattas, taking first place in the PCCSC Open Team Race and Open Fleet Race
• Sailed in 22 regattas across thee fall and spring seasons, leading Stanford to 15 event wins

Before Stanford

• Four-time captain of Rye High School Sailing (2019-22)
• Two-time New York state champion (2019, 2021)
• Competed for LISOT from 2015-2021
• Women's World Champion (2021)
• Trained with the US i420 Sailing National Team
• Two-time World Championship competitor (Italy 2021, Portugal 2019)
• Two-time Junior European Championship competitor (Italy 2021, Spain 2019)
• ISAF Word Championship competitor (Oman 2021)

Personal

• Parents are Markus and Elke
• Has a younger sister Melanie and older sister Michelle who currently also sails for Stanford
• Interested in studying MSNE and finance
• Enjoys baking and playing tennis and paddle