***Yale University's team at the Harvard Women's Team Race are the NEISA Women's Sailors of the Week***

***Harvard University's team at the Liam O'Keefe Trophy are the NEISA Open Sailors of the Week***

The NEISA Awards Committee has announced the 2026 NEISA Watch List. Following the fall season, the committee has identified the top contenders for the six major All-NEISA awards. In identifying honorees, the committee looked at the comprehensive records of players throughout the fall season, and narrowed down the Watch List by considering the following criteria: quality and quantity of a sailor’s competitive record, how the record compares to those of fellow competitors, the quality of competition in which the record was achieved, results achieved competing with different skippers and crews, and how the record compares to those of All-NEISA sailors selected in previous years. While these stand-out athletes are the initial contenders, all athletes are eligible for NEISA Awards.