Awards & Trophies

Jim Kilroy Outstanding Outreach & Inclusion Award

The Jim Kilroy Outstanding Outreach & Inclusion Award, named in honor of Mr. John B. “Jim” Kilroy, Sr., is given annually to a Program Director or Program that has made notable  contributions to promote public access sailing by finding and including people in their program that would normally have no access to sailing.

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Previous Award Recipients

  • 2023 – Community Sailing New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) 
  • 2022 – Don Rotzien (New York, NY) 
  • 2021 – Owen Milne (Burlington, VT)
  • 2020 – PYC Satori Foundation (Pensacola, FL)
  • 2019 – Alicia Martorella Poole (Bronx, NY)
  • 2018 – New England Science & Sailing (Stonington, CT)
  • 2017 – Andrew Alletag (Boston, MA)
  • 2016 – Treasure Island Sailing Center (San Francisco, CA)
  • 2015 – Rocking the Boat (Bronx, NY)
  • 2014 – Nantucket Community Sailing (Nantucket, MA)
  • 2013 – Caitlin Ridgely, Piers Park Sailing Ctr.
  • 2012 – Ross Webb, Edison Sailing Center
  • 2011 – Rincon Sailing
  • 2010 – Marine del Rey Comm. Boating Council & Community Boating-Boston
  • 2009 – Diversification Sailing Program
  • 2008 – Milwaukee Community Sailing Center
  • 2007 – Community Boating-Boston
  • 2006 – OCSC Sailing
  • 2005 – Community Boating Ctr., New Bedford
  • 2004 – Challenged America
  • 2003 – Britt Price & Andrea Stringos, Coconut Grove Sailing Center
  • 2002 – Steve Gross, Downtown Sailing Center