June 15, 2005

John Storck	Amanda Markee
Lee Sackett	Trevor Moore
Augusta Nadler

GENEVA, N.Y.—Fresh off a pair of North American Championships, five Hobart and William Smith Colleges sailors recently were named to the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) All-America teams sponsored by Ronstan. The quintet raises the number of sailing All-Americans at the Colleges to 34 since 1996.

Senior John Storck (St. Anthony’s/Huntington, N.Y.) and sophomore Trevor Moore (Woodstock Union/Pomfret, Vt.) earned Coed All-America honors, while senior Lee Sackett (Gilmour Academy/Mentor, Ohio) garnered Coed All-America honorable mention. Junior Augusta Nadler (Tabor Academy/Marion, Mass.) and sophomore Amanda Markee (Torrey Pines/Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) were named Crew All-Americans.

The team captain, Storck capped a distinguished career by helping the sailing program to its first two ICSA title last week, as HWS captured the ICSA/Layline North American Team Race Championship and the ICSA/Gill North American Coed Dinghy Championship in Austin, Texas. He was the Colleges’ skipper in the A Division in the dinghy championships, placing fifth in the division. Storck has participated in five ICSA Championship events over the past four years, helping the Colleges to two seconds and third place finish, and is the only HWS sailor to compete in all four ICSA Championships, coed dinghy, singlehanded, sloop, and team race. He was named Hobart’s most valuable sailor this season and was Hobart sailing’s Rookie of the Year in 2001-02. Storck’s younger brother Erik, a sophomore at Dartmouth, is also a Coed All-American.

Moore also sailed under the HWS flag in both the team race and dinghy championships. As the Colleges’ B Division skipper, he dominated the field, placing first 34 points ahead of the second place boat from Yale. After a bumpy start—HWS was out of the top three in six of the first eight races—Moore finished first or second in eight of the final 10 races to secure the championship. Following the 2003-04 season, he was named Hobart sailing’s Rookie of the Year.

A key member of the Colleges’ championship formula in the team race format, Sackett helped HWS to its first Prosser Trophy, the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA) Championship. He has sailed in two North American championship events, helping the Colleges to a second place finish in the 2003 ICSA Sloop Championship.

A two-time Crew All-American, Nadler was Moore’s crew in 16 of the 18 races in the dinghy regatta. She received the Ady Symonds ’96 Most Valuable Sailing Award from William Smith this season. Nadler has participated in seven ICSA Championships over the past three seasons—the most of any of her teammates—sporting five top-four finishes.

Markee sailed for HWS in both the Prosser Trophy and the America Trophy (MAISA dinghy) championships this season. She was named the Rochester Area College Athletics Female Athlete of the Week following HWS’s win in the America Trophy regatta. In the ICSA Dinghy Championship, Markee was one of three sailors to crew for Storck. In 2003-04, she received William Smith’s Sailing Most Improved Sailor Award.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges are coordinate, private, liberal arts institutions, located in Geneva, N.Y. Hobart College for men and William Smith College for women share faculty, facilities, and curriculum, but maintain separate dean’s offices, athletics programs, student governments, and traditions. Hobart and William Smith field 22 intercollegiate varsity teams. Since 1972, the Colleges have captured 22 national championships and dozens of conference championships.

Sailing is the only sport at the Colleges where the men and women compete as a single team.

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