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2024-2025 Sailing Roster

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Seattle, Wash.

Summary

Biography

2024-25 (Junior)

  • Received PCCSC Sportsmanship of the Year Award.
  • Earned All-PCCSC honors at skipper.
  • Competed in every regattas for the coed team, all as a skipper.
  • Part of the UH squads that finished runner-up at the PCCSC Match Race Championship, Open Team Race Championship, South Series, and the Top-Nine Invite.
  • Skippered the coed squad that finished second place at the LA Harbor Cup.
  • Sailed in 10 A division races during the Peter Wenner Rainbow Invite as a skipper.
  • Led the Rainbows team to first place.
2023-24 (Sophomore)
  • Earned All-PCCSC honors as a skipper.
  • Competed in all nine of the coed team’s regattas during the season.
  • Also finished runner-up at the season-opening PCCSC Fall Men’s Singlehanded Championship.
  • Sailed the majority of races with crew Amanda Turner in the A division.
  • Finished in top three of A division in five of six regattas.
  • Captured the A division in both the Stoney Burke Intersectional and Rainbow Invite, helping UH gain the overall trophy in both regattas.
  • Part of the UH squad that competed in the ICSA Open Fleet Race National Semifinals in Boston, Mass.
  • Also part of the coed squad that finished in sixth place in the prestigious Port of LA Harbor Cup.
  • Earned ICSA Academic All-America honors.
2022-23 (Freshman)
  • Earned All-PCCSC Rookie of the Year honors.
  • Sailed in five total regattas.
  • Made his collegiate debut in the PCCSC Fall Fleet Race Championship, finishing third in the C division.
  • Helped UH capture the Saint Francis Intersectional, placing first in the A division.
  • Skippered in the B division for the Rainbow Green team that placed second overall in the Rainbow Invite.
  • Also competed in the PCCSC Fleet and Team races as UH finished third in both regattas.
Prep
  • A 2022 graduate of Ballard High School in Seattle, Wash.
  • A four-year captain and A division sailor.
  • Helped squad qualify for the 2021 ISSA Mallory Doublehanded National Championship.
  • Led team to runner-up finishes in the NWISA Team Race and Fleet Race Championships.
  • Named Corinthian Yacht Club Junior Sailor of the Year.
  • Also qualified for 2020 US Sailing Youth Championships.
Personal
  • Born in Boynton Beach, Fla.
  • Intends to major in mechanical engineering.
  • Has one older sister.
  • Lived in Sweden for two years.
  • Parents are John and Deborah Anderson of Seattle, Wash.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-2023Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2023-2024Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2024-2025Junior

    6'0"