Colleges for Sailors

Parents Forum
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<p>Hi all, Hoping you can help me. My daughter just finished her sophmore year and is starting to consider colleges. Does anyone have any experience with college sailing and recruiting. I have three older kids in college but never tried to go the recruiting route and really don't know where to begin and when. Do we start junior year? Do we contact coaches when we go to visit schools? Etc. Would like any advice or feedback you can give. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Maybe I should broaden my question, how do you go about with the process of Athletic recruiting (yes sailing is considered a sport!). Totally a novice at this. thanks,</p>

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<p>You might start by culling the list of intercollegiate sailing teams to those your D would consider:</p>

<p>[ICSA:</a> Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association » Teams](<a href=“ICSA SAILING PROGRAMS Team Database - Google Sheets”>ICSA SAILING PROGRAMS Team Database - Google Sheets)</p>

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<p>My son sails but his college only has club. However, all their competition is against schools which have intercollegiate teams, so don’t dismiss schools with only club sailing unless you are looking for a athletic scholarship.</p>

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<p>When I saw the subject, I thought the interest was in schools like USNA, USCGA, USMMA, and the various “maritime” schools in CA, MA, ME, NY.</p>

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<p>There are many and we looked at a few for S2 that had competition (as opposed to club). Of course it depends on what class of boat so YMMV.</p>

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<p>momofthreeboys had to google YMMV! She sails 420’s and Lasers. UCBAalumnus, see how you could make that assumption. No service academies for her! Her dad is a grad of one and we live in the same town as one of them! NewHope-good list, we looked today and started a list. I guess I am wondering did you contact coaches when you went to visit different schools or did you wait for them to contact you?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>S2 sent the coaches an e-mail before we visited. I always figured, most of the yacht clubs and regattas post results, so it’s fairly easy for a coach to google someone and see their info. The most interesting thing for me as I lived in various places was to learn how different areas seem to organically tilt toward different classes. But I guess if you can sail one you can sail most. Interesting S2 was the kid that at his first “real” non parent lesson pointed himself up wind, took off and went flying, finally got the dinghy turned into the wind, proceeded to spin, made it back down wind to the club and announced he’d “never sail again.” He did and grew to likesailing and we’re fortunate to have a competitive high school team. Ultimately he picked a college with no sailing club or competitive team and spends summers floating on a pontoon boat on the college local lake.</p>

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<p>You may know that there are no scholarships for sailing… ever… however, some schools do manage to find other scholarships that sailors might “fit” in order to entice them. I know quite a few sailors in colleges now who were sought after by schools. As NewHope points out, the first place to look is the list of colleges that have sailing teams. And YES, don’t discount club sailing. Schools that have varsity sailing frequently expect 3-4 hours a day, four days a week practice plus regattas on the weekend – that’s a heavy commitment. Club sailing can be a bit more lenient/lighter on the schedule, but do compete with the varsity teams.<br>
I know sailors at Stanford, Dartmouth, College of Charleston… Is your child a 420 sailor? If so, has she competed at Buzzards Bay and North Americans? If you are looking for recruiting, her placement in those types of nationally known regattas is important. PM me if you’d like more specific info.</p>

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<p>Depending on the size of college and what she is looking to major in, I strongly recommend St Mary’s College of Maryland. [St</a>. Mary’s College of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.SMCM.edu%5DSt”>http://www.SMCM.edu)
It has an EXCELLENT sailing program.</p>

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<p>Here is a list of Spring rankings for women to give you an idea.
Women’s
MAISA

  1. Navy
  2. St. Mary’s
  3. Georgetown
  4. Cornell
  5. Hobart/Wm. Smith
  6. Old Dominion
  7. George Washington
  8. Columbia
  9. Fordham</p>

<p>MCSA

  1. Minnesota
  2. Wisconsin
  3. Michigan
  4. Northwestern
  5. Ohio State
  6. Denison</p>

<p>NEISA

  1. Boston College
  2. Yale
  3. Dartmouth
  4. Tufts
  5. Rhode Island
  6. Connecticut College
    (tie) Roger Williams
  7. Brown
  8. Coast Guard
  9. Bowdoin
    (tie) MIT
    Also receiving votes: Harvard</p>

<p>NWICSA

  1. Washington
  2. Western Washington
  3. Oregon
    Also receiving votes: Victoria</p>

<p>PCCSC

  1. Stanford
  2. Hawaii
  3. Santa Clara
  4. UC Santa Barbara
  5. UC San Diego
  6. UCLA</p>

<p>SAISA

  1. Charleston
  2. South Florida
  3. Eckerd
  4. Florida
  5. Miami
  6. New College</p>

<p>SEISA

  1. Texas
  2. Texas A&M Galveston
  3. Tulane
  4. Texas A&M</p>
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<p>Thanks all, I have been using all the great information that you have given and also have talked to her coaches so we are getting off to a well informed start!</p>

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<p>There’s an app that! I mean…forum. :)</p>

<p>[Athletic</a> Recruits - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/]Athletic”>Athletic Recruits - College Confidential Forums)</p>

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<p>I know a few kids sailing in college. I know two girls at St Mary’s, a girl at Stanford, and a boy at Yale. For the schools above from the PCCSC I know that UCSD, UCSB, UCLA, and Santa Clara are all club teams.</p>

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<p>Thanks DeniseC, and tx5athome. Know a few kids as well at Yale, St. Mary’s and College of Charleston. Several of Daughter’s coaches sailed as well at Stanford, Dartmouth and College of Charleston. Need to go talk with them but at the time I posted D and I were trying to find information on line and I knew that the great parents of CC would be in the Know!</p>