2024 NEISA Watch List Press Release
The NEISA Awards committee has announced the 2024 NEISA Watch List. Following the fall season, the committee has identified the top contenders for the five major All-NEISA awards. This fall saw some incredibly competitive regattas, with stand-out performances achieved by several sailors. In identifying honorees, the committee looked at the comprehensive records of sailors 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, whether the record spans the Fall and the Spring seasons, and how the record compares to those of All-NEISA sailors selected in previous years. While these stand-out players are the initial contenders, all players are eligible for NEISA Awards.
The Watch List honorees are selected for the following awards: NEISA Open Skipper of the Year, NEISA Women’s Skipper of the Year, NEISA Women’s Crew of the Year, NEISA Babineau Crew of the Year, NEISA Open Rookie of the Year and NEISA Women’s Rookie of the Year.
The NEISA Open and Women’s Skippers of the Year honors the best skippers in the conference. NEISA Skipper of the Year winners and finalists have a strong record of becoming finalists and winners of the ICSA Sailor of the Year Award.
The Babineau Trophy honors the Coast Guard Academy sailor and cadet Julie Babineau, and recognizes the most outstanding crew in NEISA across all competition. The Women’s Crew of the Year recognizes the best crew in women’s competitions.
The Open and Women’s Rookie of the Year recognizes sailors in the class of 2027 who, in their first year of college, hold an outstanding record in Open and Women’s competition. Both crews and skippers are eligible for these awards.
Respectfully Submitted by the NEISA Awards Committee:
Rebecca McElvain – Chair
Jeff Bresnahan
Gloria Kevliciute
John Mollicone
Matt Peter
Caroline Young
NEISA Open Skipper of the Year Watch List
Justin Callahan ’26 Harvard University
Lachlain McGranahan ’24 Harvard University
Connor Nelson ’24 Brown University
Teddy Nicolosi ’24 Yale University
Colman Schofield ’25 United States Coast Guard Academy
NEISA Women’s Skipper of the Year Watch List
Emma Cowles ’25 Yale University
Maddie Hawkins ’24 Dartmouth College
Mia Nicolosi ’25 Yale University
Michaela O’Brien ’24 Boston College
Caroline Sibilly ’26 Boston College
NEISA Women’s Crew of the Year Watch List
Catherine Cheung ’24 Yale University
Samantha Karlson ’25 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Katelyn McGauley ’24 Boston College
Sarah Moeder ’26 Yale University
Margo Silliman ’25 Harvard University
NEISA Babineau Crew of the Year Watch List
Vera Allen ’27 Brown University
Catherine Cheung ’24 Yale University
Ashley Highland ’27 Yale University
Kennedy Leehealey ’26 Harvard University
Marbella Marlo ’24 Harvard University
Katelyn McGauley ’24 Boston College
Sarah Moeder ’26 Yale University
Lauren O’Neill ’24 United States Coast Guard Academy
Margo Silliman ’25 Harvard University
Savannah Young ’25 Brown University
NEISA Women’s Rookie of the Year Watch List
Ava Arepally ’27 Bowdoin College
Lilly Baker ’27 Dartmouth College
Sidney Moyer ’27 Brown University
NEISA Open Rookie of the Year Watch List
Vera Allen ’27 Brown University
Ashley Highland ’27 Yale University
Robby Meek ’27 Harvard University
Morgan Pinckney ’27 Yale University
Cam Spriggs ’27 Brown University
Elle Sykes ’27 Yale University