Meet The Team

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President

Jacob Elsen

Major: Biology

Hometown: Kennet Square, PA

Sailing Experience: Jacob has sailed small boats growing up and has lots of experience racing scows. He has sailed A scows, C scows, and D scows. The D scow is currently his favorite boat.

Fun Fact: He thinks that frostbiting (sailing in the winter) is just as fun as sailing in the summer, maybe more.

Vice President

Morgan Reeves

Major: Communication Media Studies & Spanish

Hometown: Orono, MN

Sailing Experience: Morgan was the Orono High School sailing team's co-captain and social media manager. She is also a 4-year varsity letterman. In the summers, she coaches pram and kinder sailing at Wayzata Sailing.

Fun Fact: She shoots film photography!

Secretary

Tamara Watson

Major: Physics with Secondary Ed

Hometown: Innisfail, QLD, Australia

Sailing Experience: Tamara is a boat kid! Her parents met sailing around the world and for most of her life, she has called SV Jasmine her home. Even though she’s more used to playing a smaller crew role on a larger boat, sailing Sunfish and windsurfing are her favorite activities.

Fun Fact: Tamara is graduating and getting married this May, but will still be around as a grad student for the MAT program.

Treasurer

Jediah Giller

Major: CFM

Hometown: Charlotte, NC

Sailing Experience: Jediah was introduced to sailing by his grandmother. He enjoys sailing small boats for fun.

Fun Fact: He runs hurdles for the track team.

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Steve Park

Major: Ph.D. in maritime history of the Atlantic World

Hometown: Simsbury, CT

Sailing Experience: He was the Club Advisor for the University of Connecticut's sailing club. He also has worked with the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School in Maine and the HoneyRock Navigators’ Program in Wisconsin.

Fun Fact: Dr. Park, his wife, and his three kids attend(ed) Wheaton College. Both Dr. Park and his wife work at the college, and he says that "we are kind of all in!"