Sam Courtney Class: Senior Hometown: Auburn, WA High School: Auburn High School Position: Skipper Major: Economics

Joined the varsity team fall of his sophomore year as a walk-on with limited experience...committed to the team in addition to being a fast learner and a very physical heavy-air crew...hard work and dedication make him one of the biggest team players on the coed squad.

2007-08 (sophomore): sailed in St. Francis YC Regatta...received Stanford Sailing Coaches' Award.

Cardinal Catalogue: Majoring in public policy...spending his fall season studying in Washington, D.C., where he is concurrently interning at the Bank Supervision Division of the Federal Reserve while taking classes...will spend an additional winter quarter studying abroad at the Stanford Overseas Studies Program in Berlin, Germany.