Sailing senior tri-captain Kaity Storck picked up the latest of a slew of collegiate awards over the weekend, earning New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association's 2008 Women's Sailor of the Year.
In a collegiate career riddled with awards, including this year's NEISA Women's Sportsmanship Award, All-American recognition last year and an Honorable Mention All-American in her sophomore year, Storck has had her most impressive sailing campaign over the past few months en route to her Sailor of the Year award.
Storck and classmate Lyndsey Gibbons-Neff have led the women's team to a No. 6 ranking in the national poll.
Gibbons-Neff, also recognized by NEISA as an All-New England crew for this season, has been the perfect compliment to Storck's abilities as skipper.
In ending the fall season with a bang, Storck and Gibbons-Neff led the women's team to a fourth-place overall finish at the ACC Championships by winning the A division of the regatta.
More recently, Storck was a part of a family effort in winning the J80 division at the Key West Race Week at the end of January. She and her brothers sailed her father's boat, a J80 named Rumor, to a dramatic victory in the world-class regatta by winning six of the eight races sailed.
Currently, Storck is in pursuit of putting the finishing touches on her career at Tufts by winning Nationals, which take place at the end of May.
Most recently, Storck led the women's team to a near-win at the NEISA Women's Championships at Yale this past weekend, finishing a miniscule two points behind overall victor Boston College in the A division.
Overall, the team finished 20 points back, compiling a combined score of 138 in 28 total races between the A and B divisions.
