The F. Gardner Cox Sportsmanship Trophy is US Sailing’s oldest junior championship sportsmanship award and is a perpetual trophy awarded per fleet to the team (if any) who exhibits the highest tradition in fairness during the regatta.
Originally a single sportsmanship trophy, the Gardner Cox Trophy, was awarded for three Junior Championships, even though the three events were often sailed at two different venues. By 2004, all three championships had their own sportsmanship trophy and the Cox Sportsmanship is now awarded in the triplehanded division.
Previous Award Recipients
Cox Sportsmanship Trophy
- 2022- Lucas Nykamp (Macatawa Bay Yacht Club)
- 2021 – Chase Englehart, Wesley Seifers, Elsa Simenstad, Charlotte Versavel (Richmond YC)
- 2020 – Event not held
- 2019 – Scott Sonnier, Mallory Edwards, Peter McGriff (Gulf Yachting Association)
- 2018 – Lucy Brock, Julius Heitkoetter, Taylor Snyder (Austin Yacht Club)
- 2017 – Christopher Lukens, TJ Danilek, Pierce Ornstein (Noroton YC)
- 2016 – Grant Gridley
- 2015 – Grant Gridley, Dylan Brady, Alexa Ripple, Conor Chapman
- 2014 – Liam Hood, Riley Allsop, Jeffrey Werner
- 2013 – Liam McCarthy, Noah Blacker, Nevin Avila, Emily Wright
- 2012 – Michael Madigan, Jim Madigan, Jack Thompson, Johannes McElvain
- 2011 – Sarah Fuller, Julia Fuller, Cary Anne Kane
- 2010 – Dylan Vogel, Casey Brown, Sam Hallowell
- 2009 – Scott Hoffman, Evan Hoffman, Colleen Hackett
- 2008 – Sam Oldroyd,Matt Stillin, Alexis Aird
- 2007 – Fritz Stunzi, Trevor Burd ,Callie Naughton
- 2006 – John Riddle, Lauren Berk, Charlotte Bauer
- 2005 – Peter Bujosa, William Turner, Elliot Womack
- 2004 – Ted Hale, Ben Allen, and Emily Bartlett
- 2003 – Eric Bradley, Steven Frazier, Ryan Lashaway
- 2002 – Eric Bradley, Karl Bradley, Steven Frazier
- 2001 – not awarded
- 2000 – David Parker, Chris Barret
- 1999 – John Skinner and Bobby Hamill; Ward Hackett
- 1998 – not awarded
- 1997 – Michael Alexander, Jennifer Celesia & John Alexander
- 1996 – Anglea Scheibner
- 1995 – Chad Atkins
- 1994 – Tom Loughrey, Kristin Loughrey, Craig Stryker
- 1993 – Amy Rosenfeld
- 1992 – Scott Thomson, Anthony Dekkers
- 1991 – William B. Stearns IV
- 1990 – Manning Montagnet, Gerard Ballanco, Alan Arnold, Owen Peneguy
- 1989 – Forrest Fennell
- 1988 – Jno Disch, Justin Corbett