{"id":234250,"date":"2026-05-13T13:34:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=234250"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:34:51","slug":"uh-sailors-national-academic-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/13\/uh-sailors-national-academic-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"6 UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa sailors earn National All-Academic honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Amanda<\/p>\n

Six student-athletes from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa sailing team<\/a> earned national academic recognition after being named to the 2025–26 Intercollegiate Sailing Association All-Academic Sailing Team.<\/p>\n

Amanda Turner, Arden Rathkopf, Erik Anderson, Kahlia Bailey, Kylie Alexander and Peyton Lieser were among 255 juniors and seniors nationwide honored by the Intercollegiate Sailing Association. To qualify, sailors had to compete in at least seven regattas, a series of boat races, during the season while maintaining a cumulative GPA<\/abbr> of 3.4 or higher.<\/p>\n

Anderson and Turner received the honor for the second consecutive year after serving as UH<\/abbr>\u2019s primary A division skipper-crew pair throughout the coed season. Anderson and Turner are both scheduled to graduate this spring. Turner will also compete with the Rainbow Wahine at the ISCA<\/abbr> Women\u2019s National Championship May 15–18 in St.<\/abbr> Petersburg, Florida.<\/p>\n

Rathkopf, Bailey, Alexander and Lieser earned the distinction for the first time. Rathkopf was the only UH<\/abbr> junior selected and helped the Rainbow Warriors place fourth at the L.A.<\/abbr> Harbor Cup.<\/p>\n

Bailey and Alexander, who frequently competed together as skipper and crew, highlighted their season with a runner-up finish in the A division at the Jeff Simon Women\u2019s Regatta in January.<\/p>\n

Lieser competed in 13 regattas during the season to cap her collegiate sailing career with national academic honors.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The group included repeat honorees Amanda Turner and Erik Anderson, while four Rainbow Warriors earned the recognition for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1565,9,550],"class_list":["post-234250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-sailing","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t