2021-22 Sailing Roster

Johnny Walton

  • Position Skipper
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Grosse Pointe, Mich.
  • High School Grosse Pointe South

Biography

2020-21: Finished 12th in A Division at the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship…Took the top spot in the Hawks 2 A Division boat to push the squad to a win at the URI Spring Invite…Helped the team win the Hap Moore Team Race…Helped the team finish runner-up at the Robin Wallace Team Race…Took sixth at the Southern New England Team Race…Placed 11th in the Hawks 1 A Division boat at the Ewenson Trophy, where RWU took seventh overall…Earned ninth at the RWU Invite…Finished 11th at the Robin Wallace Fleet Race.

2019-20: Part of the team that won the MIT FJ Team Racing Invitational…Helped RWU finish fourth at the Hood Trophy…Took fourth at B Division at the Nicholas Barnett Trophy.

2018-19: Placed third at the Mystic Lake Team Race Invitational…Claimed third place at the Admiral Moore Team Race…Took first place at B Division at the Mount Hope Bay Invitational…Finished fifth at B Division at the George Warren Smith Trophy.

High School: A 2018 graduate of Grosse Pointe South High School…Four-year member of the sailing team…Two-time team captain…Three-time Michigan State Champion in sailing…Member of the National Honors Society.

Personal: Parents are Ann and John…Has one sibling, Emily…Plans to major in Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Skipper
    5'9"

  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Skipper
    5'9"

  • 2020-21Junior

    Skipper
    5'9"

  • 2021-22Senior

    Skipper
    5'9"