Trio Of Rainbow Sailors Earn Academic Honors

The Intercollegiate Sailing Association announced its 2021-22 All-Academic Team with a trio of University of Hawai'i sailors earning honors. Kelsie Grant, Hayden Lahr and Owen Lahr each earned recognition for their accomplishments on the water and in the classroom.

Team captain Hayden Lahr completed her fourth year with UH sailing and earned her degree in animal science this past spring. As a skipper, she helped UH to runner up PCCSC finishes in both the Team Race and Spring Dinghy championships. She was also a crew member of the UH coed squad that had an impressive second-place finish at the LA Harbor Cup. Owen Lahr, meanwhile, completed his junior year at UH as a finance major. He has been a key member the last three seasons and served as skipper in UH's second-place finishes in the LA Harbor Cup and PCCSC Match Racing Championship.

Grant is a communications major who competed in a dozen regattas last year, serving as crew for both the Rainbow Wahine and coed squads. She helped UH take a pair of regular-season regatta trophies in 2021-22 and was part of the Rainbow Wahine squad that advanced to the ICSA Women's National Semifinals.

A total of 188 student athletes from across the country were named to the team. The ICSA All-Academic Sailing Team recognizes juniors and seniors who have participated as a competitor or alternate in at least seven regattas and have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher on a 4.0 scale. A committee comprised of representatives from conferences in the ICSA evaluates the nominated sailors.

UH sailing kicks off its 2022-23 campaign this weekend when it competes in the PCCSC Singlehanded Championships Sept. 24-25 in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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Players Mentioned

Hayden Lahr: 5' 6"; Freshman

Kelsie Grant: 5' 7"; Senior

Owen Lahr: 5' 10"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Hayden Lahr
: 5' 6"; Freshman

Kelsie Grant
: 5' 7"; Senior

Owen Lahr
: 5' 10"; Senior